THERE HAS been a great increase in postgraduate educational activity in this country, as well as in America, over the past few years. In this country postgraduate educational programmes are being organised in a number of hospitals, and the district hospitals often lead university hospitals in this field. This paper seeks to outline and discuss the programme of one district hospital, with specia...

OBJECTIVE To describe the policy and practice relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation in cardiac arrest in Australian hospitals. DESIGN Cross-sectional postal survey conducted in December 2001, using a semi-structured, four-page questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS Australian hospitals with more than 10 beds. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Type of defibrillator; provision of CPR/...

In Greece, respiratory medicine is a stand-alone specialty requiring a 5-year training programme. Acquisition of the general medicine specialty is not a prerequisite for entering the respiratory training programme. As background information, Greece's population is approximately 11 million and there are tertiary hospitals covering specific geographical areas of the country. The majority of the t...

BACKGROUND Cultural Respect Encompassing Simulation Training (CREST) is a learning program that uses simulation to provide health professional students and practitioners with strategies to communicate sensitively with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) patients. It consists of training modules with a cultural competency evaluation framework and CALD simulated patients to interact with...