Interprofessional Education: More Is Needed

A Narrative Review of Norovirus Gastroenteritis: More Global Attention Is Needed

Noroviruses (NoVs), an important pathogenic agent of foodborne illness, lead to acute and chronic gastroenteritis in humans of all ages and to travelers’ diarrhea. Many genotypes exist in nature; GII.4 is widely known as the most predominant. Outbreaks mostly occur in semi-closed settings. Although the disease is self-limited to person, many cases have resulted in death, which has raised more c...

Why we need more research into interprofessional education.

Interprofessional education (IPE) has long been considered an important means of improving communication and interaction between health professionals and of addressing patient safety concerns. This study aimed to explore whether a high-fidelity (HF) simulator could enhance a postgraduate IPE session on team-working and communication skills. A convenience sample of six doctors and six nurses, al...

Interprofessional education.

• What is interprofessional education? The most widely accepted defi nition is ‘when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care’. 1 This may include ‘all such learning in academic and work based settings before and after qualifi cation, adopting an inclusive view of “professional”’. 1 Such a broad defi nition leads to many dif...

Trauma outcome research – More is needed

Anaesthesia and Critical Care Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Finnmark Health Trust, Hammerfest Hospital, Hammerfest, Norway Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Trauma, Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Healt...

Routine statistics: more interest is needed.