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From the editor’s desk

… 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 …

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 454 Free

Research

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 medical education at the time. However, more focused and …

Med J Aust 1997; 166 (11): 577-580 Free

Supplement

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; …

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): S18 Free

Research enterprise

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 …

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (6): 310-312 Free

Perspectives

Jennifer Lacy‐Nichols and Katherine B Cullerton

… is partly due to the concerted lobbying of health and medical professionals. 2 , 3 Yet the extent of public health … additional details “provide information regarding public education campaign” can be seen. No further information is …

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 60-64 Free

From the editor’s desk

… 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 …

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (4): 146 Free

Research

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 …

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (1): 24-28 Free

Medicine and the community

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 …

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 591-595 Free

Management

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 …

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): S38 Free

Research

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 …

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 160-163 Free

Research

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 …

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (3): 128-132 Free

Health care

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 …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 69-72 Free

Careers

Amanda Bryan

… 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 …

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): C1 Free

Research

Annika Steffen, Marianne F Weber, David M Roder and Emily Banks

… included information on sociodemographic characteristics, medical history, body weight and height, smoking, alcohol, … Men 41.1% 44.6% < 0.001 Diabetes 8.0% 8.1% 0.95 University education 23.8% 25.3% < 0.001 Yearly household income … history, adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, income, education, remoteness, family history, aspirin use, smoking, …

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (9): 523-527 Free

Research

Olav B Nielssen, Matthew M Large, Bruce D Westmore and Steven M Lackersteen

… killing other children. 7 , 8 We examined court judgments, medical reports and news reports of child homicide offences … for early intervention through parent training and education, offered together with other forms of assistance. …

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 7-11 Free

Healthcare

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 …

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (10): 528-531 Free

Research

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 …

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 185-186 Free

Research

Diana Egerton-Warburton, Andrew Gosbell, Angela Wadsworth, Daniel M Fatovich and Drew B Richardson

… in excess of that recommended in the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) alcohol guidelines 1 is the … non-accredited EDs that are part of the Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) teaching network were … injuries (intentional and unintentional), intoxication and medical conditions related to alcohol use. Indirect …

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 584-587 Free

Research

Fiona M Blyth, Ross Lazarus, David Ross, Michael Price, Gary Cheuk and Stephen R Leeder

… 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/>". … individuals. At the time of this study there were few educational resources for CHF patients. This is surprising, …

Med J Aust 1997; 167 (2): 67-70 Free

GP Research

Chris van Weel

… Research networks can change the culture of biomedical science When my predecessor Frans Huygen, the Founding Chair of General Practice of the University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, stood to give his … networks are closely connected to centres for advanced education for research in primary care, 10 and these centres …

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (2): 62-63 Free

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