Medical Practice Among the Maoris.

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF HAND HYGIENE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS IN URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Background & Aims: Health care-associated infections (HCAIs) are a major patient safety concern, and consequently prevention should be a top priority for institutions. Hand hygiene is the most effective way to reduce nosocomial infections. Materials & Methods: 296 medical students in different wards of university hospitals in Urmia participated in this descriptive study. They completed a hand ...

A Socio-Medical Survey on the Practice of Birth Control among the Medical Men

Metabolic Maladies in New Zealand Maoris.

The problems of health and disease in the Maori and European people of New Zealand offer many opportunities for study of diseases by modern epidemiological methods. The emergence of the Maori people of New Zealand as a particularly high-risk group in terms of a variety of related metabolic disturbances has only recently been appreciated. Obesity, diabetes, hyperuricaemia, clinical gout, and cor...

[Trends among medical students towards general practice or specialization].

BACKGROUND A 60/40 ratio has been estimated as a country's ideal proportion between general practitioners and specialists. In Chile this proportion was 36/ 64 in 2004, exactly the opposite of the ideal. Trends towards specialization or general practice among medical students have not been thoughtfully studied. AIM To assess trends among medical students towards becoming general practitioners ...

Knowledge and practice of contraception among Greek female medical students.

OBJECTIVE In Greece, modern contraceptive methods are used on a limited scale. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge as well as the practice of contraception among female medical students in Greece. STUDY DESIGN Knowledge and practice of contraception of 102 female graduating medical students were assessed with a self-administered, anonymous questionnaire. RESULTS Most students were...