Supporting professional doctorate women students through identity change and turbulent times: who cares?

Who cares?

Who cares for students with epilepsy in mainstream education?

RATIONALE For children with specific healthcare needs, educational staff must be able to act in 'loco parentis', so that families can safely place their child in the school of choice. If a student has unstable epilepsy, staff must know its potential effects on the individual, and understand enough to manage this. Needs will vary from career advice to management issues such as administration of ...

Unmasking identity dissonance: exploring medical students’ professional identity formation through mask making

PURPOSE Professional identity formation is an on-going, integrative process underlying trainees' experiences of medical education. Since each medical student's professional identity formation process is an individual, internal, and often times emotionally charged unconscious experience, it can be difficult for educators to understand each student's unique experience. We investigate if mask maki...

Sexually transmitted infections in women who have sex with women: who cares?

OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of sexually transmitted infection (STIs) in a sample of women who have sex with women (WSW) and to identify risk factors for the acquisition of STI. METHOD Cross sectional survey. Questionnaire for demographic, sexual history, and sexual practice data linked with the results of genitourinary examination. 708 new patients attending two sexual health clinic...

Professional doctorate in health and social care.

of content: of content: The taught element includes health policy and economics, critical analysis of research methods, leadership, project management and evidence-based practice. The research element involves an in-depth research project.