How important are role models in making good doctors?

How good are doctors as drug prescribers?

The training of doctors in therapeutics has created interesting discussions internationally. A survey of senior hospital pharmacists currently practising throughout West Malaysia was embarked on during a recent postgraduate seminar. About sixty per cent said prescribing errors were common amongst doctors. Sixteen per cent of the prescribing errors were potentially serious. Most of the time erro...

How many doctors are enough?

How good are you?

As orthodontists, most of us believe that we are among the best in our community at what we do—straightening teeth. Of course, we know that alignment is not the only important outcome of orthodontic therapy. We also strive to produce a good occlusal result and a well-balanced face. But how do you measure the quality of your treatment results? Are you consistent? One method is to take and pass t...

Back to the future: how good are doctors at gazing in the crystal ball?

sionals that we will need? Factors affecting the health workforce. Washington, DC: Association of Academic Health Centres, 2006. 2 Toffler A. Future shock. New York: Bantam Books, 1970. 3 Carroll F. A Harvard doctor doing research at the lab hopes to market a new way to remove acne and body fat.Daily Press 13 Apr 2006; A: 1. 4 Grenda E. Castle Island’s worldwide guide to rapid prototyping. Medi...

How Good Are Simplified Models for Protein Structure Prediction?

Protein structure prediction (PSP) has been one of the most challenging problems in computational biology for several decades. The challenge is largely due to the complexity of the all-atomic details and the unknown nature of the energy function. Researchers have therefore used simplified energy models that consider interaction potentials only between the amino acid monomers in contact on discr...