Travel Medicine: A Systematic Review

CROSSING THE WAY OF PRECISION MEDICINE APPROACH IN PERSONALIZED MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Background: Precision medicine is a new approach in the field of medical sciences that utilizes the genetic characteristics of each patient along with clinical information to guide decisions related to diagnosis and early treatment of diseases. The Personalized Medicine Research Center, as the only center approved by the Ministry of Health, is working on precision medicine context and producing...

A Brief Overview of the Specialty of Travel Medicine

Avian influenza--a review for doctors in travel medicine.

First identified in humans in Hong Kong, influenza A/H5N1, known commonly as avian influenza, has caused human disease in 15 countries around the world. Although the current number of confirmed patients is tiny compared to seasonal and the recently emerged H1N1 'swine' influenza, H5N1 remains a candidate for the next highly pathogenic influenza pandemic. Currently, H5N1 has very limited ability...

Toilet in Transportation Vehicles: A Topic for Consideration on Travel Sanitation in Travel Medicine

Promoting active travel to school: a systematic review (2010–2016)

BACKGROUND Interventions aiming to promote active school travel (AST) are being implemented globally to reverse AST decline. This systematic literature provides an update of AST interventions assessing study quality and theory use to examine progress in the field. METHODS A systematic review was conducted to identify and analyse AST interventions published between 2010 and 2016. Seven databas...

Mentoring in academic medicine: a systematic review.

CONTEXT Mentoring, as a partnership in personal and professional growth and development, is central to academic medicine, but it is challenged by increased clinical, administrative, research, and other educational demands on medical faculty. Therefore, evidence for the value of mentoring needs to be evaluated. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the evidence about the prevalence of mentorship ...