The purpose of this article is to outline the underlying assumptions, principles and processes of a continuous quality improvement approach which underpins the accreditation of general practice offered by Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited.

Recent trends in general practice towards working in multi-disciplinary teams from purpose-built premises have emphasised the need to study the ways in which doctors and other staff spend their working time.This paper describes a well-established work-study technique (activity sampling), which has been adapted to enable doctors to assess how they use their time. The method needs no observer and...

coronary artery disease is one of the most common reasons of death around the world. also, according to previous studies, the incidence of coronary artery disease is rapidly increasing in developing countries such as iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge and practice of pharmaceutical company workers towards the prevention of cardiovascular disease. in this cross sectional s...

background: we investigated the perceptions of the neurologists practicing in fars province in southern iran about psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (pnes); their diagnostic processes and management strategies. methods: in this survey, all neurologists participating at the annual meeting of neurologists were asked to participate. these neurologists practice in fars province. an anonymous questi...

midwives may play an important role in oral health promotion of pregnant women, whom they are in close contact with. our aim was to evaluate an educational intervention on the oral health attitude and practices among the junior midwifery students of tehran university of medical sciences in 2010.the junior midwifery students were divided into intervention (n=29) and control (n=33) groups. the in...

the present study examines the hypothesis that the attitudes and behaviors of people toward dental health practice varies with such factors as locality (urban- rural) age and levels of education. for this study 1085 urban and 871 rural heads of households have been interviewed. the results indicated that locality and age influences the behaviors of the respondents but the general attitude leads...

background: while the use of herbal medicines is common in tehran, there is scant data regarding various aspects of the use of such medicines during pregnancy. objective: the frequency of the use of herbal medicines in a group of pregnant women in tehran and their attitude to the use of such medicines were evaluated. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 600 pregnant women were studied. a res...

background : in this study we evaluated the knowledge and practice of patients with breast cancer about complication of chemotherapy referred to chemotherapy ward of nemazee hospital in shiraz, shiraz province, iran, in 2004. methods: forty patients suffering breast cancer and under chemotherapy, were selected with a simple random sampling method. all were interviewed and a questionnaire was co...

background: evidence-based practice (ebp) is one of the main professional competencies for health care professionals and a priority for medicine and nursing curriculum as well. ebp leads to improve effective and efficient care and patient outcomes. nurse educators have responsibility to teach the future nurses, and an opportunity to promote patient outcomes. therefore, the aim of this study was...

Introduction: Halitosis is a common and devastating condition, which may affect up to 1/3 of the population. It can be classified either as genuine halitosis, pseudohalitosis, or halitophobia. Genuine halitosis is more common and usually related to an organic pathology such as periodontitis. Malodour molecules such as sulfur compounds that arise from bacterial interactions generate the basis of...