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MJA Practice Essentials: Infectious Diseases

Benjamin P Howden and M Lindsay Grayson, Series Editors:

… While home-based medical treatment is age-old, its use for serious medical conditions is relatively new to Australia. Usually … Monitoring of complications Patients and their carers need education to recognise complications of HITH therapy. Most …

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (7): 440-445 Free

Review

Lucy J Modra, R John Massie and Martin B Delatycki

… workplaces, by a dedicated service that provided pre-test education, administered the test and communicated the … exercise the type of agency they routinely use outside the medical clinic, for example, when deliberating over an … over testing rather than compliantly accepting “another medical test” from their doctor. Having the test in a …

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 157-160 Free

Careers

Sophie McNamara

… diseases. “I found it was as challenging as many medical specialties in terms of the clinical acumen … neurosurgeons are also actively involved in research (see “Medical mentor”, page C5) and the specialty enables doctors … (RACS) in neurosurgery, by completing the 6-year surgical education and training program in neurosurgery. Applications …

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (8): C1 Free

Research

Wendy Bryant,*, Jerry R Greenfield,*, Donald J Chisholm and Lesley V Campbell

… established cardiovascular disease) National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel III (2001, …

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (6): 305-309 Free

Supplement: Depression and the community

Nicole J Highet, Ian B Hickie and Tracey A Davenport

… mental health awareness programs; and widespread educational depression programs for primary care physicians … opinion. When all responses were ranked in terms of medical and mental disorders only ( Box 1 ), the gap between traditional medical problems and mental health problems in terms of …

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 63 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

… not a lot of kids from my area were going on to tertiary education. There wasn’t a university in the northwest of … Territory, and it was to there she returned as a resident medical officer. “It was fabulous,” she says. “It was more … the teachers were really excited about it and helped.” Don Medical is now a three-doctor practice, including a location …

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (6): Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

…        2018 , Gold Coast, QLD 16-18      21st World Nursing Education Conference , Melbourne, VIC 20            AOA … Association 28th ASM , Brisbane, QLD   AUGUST 1-3           Medical Oncology Group of Australia ASM 2018 , Adelaide, SA … WA 10-17      2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference , Sydney, NSW 11-14      11th …

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): C2 Free

Perspective

Nicholas M Kowalenko, Sarah P Mares, Louise K Newman, Anne E Sved Williams, Rosalind M Powrie and Karin T M van Doesum

… rigid attitudes to parenting, poverty, and low parental education are present. 36 Other problem outcomes include … negative thinking, practical support, developmental education, baby massage and behaviour modelling were also …

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (3): S14-S17 Free

Research

Arshad A Khan, Trent Williams, Lindsay Savage, Paul Stewart, Asma Ashraf, Allan J Davies, Steven Faddy, John Attia, Christopher Oldmeadow, Rohan Bhagwandeen, Peter J Fletcher and Andrew J Boyle

… IT and Statistical Support (CReDITSS) unit at the Hunter Medical Research Institute. Study patients For all patients … patients who could reach a CCL within 60 minutes of first medical contact (FMC) or for whom there was any … can influence treatment intervals after FMC, community education campaigns that encourage patients to call an …

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (3): 121-125 Free

Research

Sarah Larney, Denise L Monkley, Devon Indig and Stephen E Hampton

… were analysed at the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital. Some samples were of … in younger birth cohorts ( P  = 0.04), those with lower education levels ( P  = 0.02), and participants who had … with measles susceptibility ( P  = 0.1); however, less education ( P  = 0.02) and no history of IDU ( P  = 0.05) …

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 376-379 Free

Supplement

Kate A Neilson, Annabel C Pollard, Ann M Boonzaier, June Corry, David J Castle, Karen R Mead, Marcelle C L Gray, David I Smith, Tom Trauer and Jeremy W Couper

… measures of quality of life after the completion of their medical treatment, compared with pretreatment measures. We … to record their sex, age, marital status, employment, education, past and present substance use, and mental … and treatment were obtained from reviewing patients’ medical records. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale …

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): S48 Free

Supplement

Kathleen M Griffiths, Louise Farrer and Helen Christensen

… et al ), 12 a search of the contents of the Journal of Medical Internet Research and our personal knowledge of the … One trial also included an evidence-based depression education intervention. 14 Two of the eight depression … health intervention web portal Beacon and the Journal of Medical Internet Research . Study selection: A total of …

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (11): S4-S11 Free

Editorials

Victor S C Fung

… of life and motor function better than adjustment of medical therapy. 15 - 17 DBS was approved for treating PD in …

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (6): 283-284 Free

Research

Kate M DePaoli, Judy A Seal, John R Burgess and Roscoe Taylor

… were completed by the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital. UIC was measured using … Ethics approval was obtained from the Tasmanian Health and Medical Human Research Ethics Committee and the Department of Education Tasmania. Parent or carer consent was obtained for …

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (9): 492-494 Free

Research

Rachel E McDonald, Amy E Jeeves, Carolyn E Vasey, Deborah M Wright and Gregory O’Grady

… characteristics, including age, sex, specialty and Surgical Education and Training (SET) program year. Demographic data … 13% rate reported among male general surgical residents and medical students in the United States. 4 The leading factor … Female students now outnumber male students in Australasian medical schools, 22 and our study suggests the proportion of …

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (8): 423-425 Free

Research

Ian A Scott, Patrick H Derhy, Di O’Kane, Kylie A Lindsay, John J Atherton and Mark A Jones, for the CPIC Cardiac Collaborative

… admitted with ACS. The methods were approved by the Medical Quality Program Management Committee, a gazetted … We may not have captured all patient characteristics (medical comorbidities, psychosocial factors) that might … frequently than low-risk patients. Targeted professional education, risk stratification tools, guideline …

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 153-159 Free

Research

Bianca Calabria, Rosemary J Korda, Raymond W Lovett, Peter Fernando, Tanya Martin, Leone Malamoo, Jennifer Welsh and Emily Banks

… comprised participants aged 18–74 years who provided biomedical data for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait … ). Data and variables Socio-demographic characteristics, medical history (including prior CVD), and health behaviour … or cholesterol level; however, they did differ in terms of education level and speaking an Indigenous language at home …

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (1): 35-41 Free

Careers

Cate Swannell

… medicine, as well as PhDs in Chinese medicine and biomedical engineering. He has since become Australia’s first … held positions as Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at Monash University, Expert Advisor to the TGA …

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (4): C1 Free

Being a man

Richard J Fletcher, Stephen Matthey and Christopher G Marley

… new fathers Men in the age group 20–35 years rarely seek medical advice unless they have acute symptoms, and are … and checklists have been produced by various health and education bodies, and many of these are available at low … general practice, interviews, research, and facilitating educational and therapy groups for fathers. … Fathers may be …

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (8): 461-463 Free

Indigenous health

Lisa R Jackson and Jeanette E Ward

… European colonists, without a means of replenishing their medical supplies, were taught by Aboriginals to use … from land, cultural dislocation, poverty, poor education and unemployment. 10 To Aboriginal people, … foundation for health services development. The Australian Medical Association has stated that "The process of …

Med J Aust 1999; 170 (9): 437-440 Free

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