Debbie A Scott, Frances M Boyle, Christopher J Bain and Patricia C Valery
… that are not always as clear-cut as those of biomedical research or clinical trials, where adverse effects … significantly in terms of socioeconomic status, maternal education, patients' sex or patients' age at diagnosis. … by interview for pregnancy-related factors, subjects' medical history, sociodemographic status, family history of …
… to crisis. General practice workforce issues, Medicare and medical indemnity currently occupy centre stage, 1 but as … 8 - 10 One determinant of a specialty's standing in the medical community is its performance in research. Australian … practices are involved in community-based undergraduate education. 14 Del Mar and his international colleagues (page …
Heather Douglas, Merali Boyle and Nicholas Lintzeris
… woman, Brisbane). A number of users believed khat to be medically beneficial, rather than being associated with … problems. Others reported that khat users sometimes sought medical treatment for sleep and mood problems. The sad part … khat was harmless or possibly beneficial for a range of medical complaints. There were a number of instances where …
… be complete without discussing the shortages in the rural medical workforce. Most studies have examined recruitment, … Suffer the children Recently, religious and educational organisations in Australia and the United States …
… the project and return the funds to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). There is little that is … not compound any negative perceptions about Aboriginal Medical Services and Aboriginal patients. Rather, the NHMRC … participation by members of a community whose standard of education and reading ability are often poor, that sees …
Katharine E Jong, David P Smith, Xue Q Yu, Dianne L O’Connell, David Goldstein and Bruce K Armstrong
… nodes), distant, or unknown. 14 Coding was done either by medical coders in the hospitals who notified the registry, or by medical coders in the registry who used pathology, inpatient … survival, such as socioeconomic status, race and level of education. 26 , 27 In NSW, Indigenous people make up 17.3% …
John S Humphreys, Shari Mathews-Cowey and Herbert C Weinand
… of the publisher. For permission, contact the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Journalists are welcome to write … source as "an article published on the Internet by The Medical Journal of Australia <http://www.mja.com.au/>". … priorities were not reflected in undergraduate medicaleducation at the time. However, more focused and …
Bradley R Crammond, Anna V Parker, Megan Brooks, Marina Skiba and John J McNeil
… now receiving greater attention. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National statement on … Ethics Unit The self-audit is designed principally as an educational tool, providing a quick check for researchers to … United Kingdom and the United States National Health and Medical Research Council — National statement on ethical …
Mary-Louise McLaws, Annette C Pantle, Kimberley R Fitzpatrick and Clifford F Hughes
… attended another patient — without touching any object (eg, medical notes, telephone, computer keyboard, monitor, … consultants, clinical nurse specialists; Doctors: visiting medical officers, consultants, registrars, junior medical officers, residents, interns, medical students; …
… concerns, rapid patient turnover and the division of medical practice into silos, the tradition of “morning … assisted reproduction treatment: educating patients and medical staff) . Wicked problems Philosophers have long …
Amy S Herlihy, Jane L Halliday, Megan L Cock and Robert I McLachlan
… and timely intervention may be essential for optimal medical and psychosocial outcomes in adulthood. 12 … Underdiagnosis may be due to men’s hesitancy about seeking medical attention, low awareness of KS among health … system presents a number of challenges: for professional education, in terms of raising awareness and normalising …
Lisa Y Gibson, Susan M Byrne, Elizabeth A Davis, Eve Blair, Peter Jacoby and Stephen R Zubrick
… and without shoes with regularly calibrated digital medical scales (Tanita, Chicago, Ill, USA), and had their … The family’s socioeconomic status was measured by maternal education level and total family income. Codes from the … lower annual family income and fewer years of maternal education (both P < 0.05) ( Box 2 ). In a multivariate …
Richard E Ruffin, David H Wilson, Sarah L Appleton and Robert J Adams
… discussion, we define an algorithm according to Stedman’s medical dictionary as a “step-by-step [written] protocol for … and not to diagnosis, and should be dealt with in health education campaigns. Probably the most relevant issue to … must be considered in developing the algorithm. The medical history can provide an indication for the diagnosis …
Suzi S Mikhail, Nicholas A Zwar, Sanjyot Vagholkar, Sarah M Dennis and Richard O Day
… who were training with the Institute of General Practice Education, were invited by announcements at educational … is a lot that we don’t know. (GP, 30 years’ experience) The medical literature debating the safety of NSAIDs and … (GP, 3 years’ experience) Scepticism: Scepticism about medical information provided by some sources, particularly …
Heather J Rowe, Maggie Kirkman, E Annarella Hardiman, Shelley Mallett and Doreen A Rosenthal
… concern worldwide. 1 In Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recommended national … development, planning and coordination of services, and education of health professionals more than a decade ago. 2 … A variety of other special needs were recorded, including medical, drug or alcohol problems and intellectual or …
… The medical community was well represented in this year’s … disease is managed in the 50 years since he graduated from medical school. When he was a registrar at Royal Melbourne … roles, and to Kidney Health Australia. He is currently medical director for Kidney Health Australia, but spent most …
Catherine E Huggins, Sharleen O’Reilly, Maree Brinkman, Allison Hodge, Graham G Giles, Dallas R English and Caryl A Nowson
… the research centre, machine failure, discomfort and medical reasons. Three consecutive BP measurements were … reduce the sodium content of processed foods, together with educational strategies to advise consumers to limit …
Helen Zorbas, Kathy Rainbird, Karen Luxford, Bruce Barraclough and Sally Redman
… approach to the provision of healthcare by all relevant medical and allied health disciplines. In 1995, … management of early breast cancer , the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recommends that women with … Systems are established for the support of professional education activities. Involvement of the woman Women with …
Ann L Bull, Noleen Bennett, Helen C Pitcher, Philip L Russo and Michael J Richards
… and laboratory staff. Clinical was further divided into medical, nursing, allied health, and other. The staff … are reported in Box 1 and Box 2 . The proportion of medical and nursing staff vaccinated was significantly lower … is higher than among nursing staff. 15 - 17 Importantly, education regarding influenza vaccination has been shown to …