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...

BACKGROUND Capacity for teaching in general practice clinics is limited. Shared learning sessions are one form of vertically integrated teaching that may ameliorate capacity constraints. METHODS This study sought to understand the perceptions of general practitioner supervisors, learners and practice staff of the facilitators of shared learning in general practice clinics. Using a grounded th...

Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australian Practice Nurses Association, The Family Practice, Bundaberg, Queensland, Department of Renal Medicine, Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, The St George Hospital, Department of General Practice, Sydney Medical School – Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney...

The Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) requires that General Practice Residency (GPR) programs report a summary of each resident's clinical experiences. The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of handheld computer technology in tracking residents' clinical procedures. In the academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06, University of Kentucky GPR residents were provided a Palm M1...

John Aloizos is a part-time GP in Brisbane and is currently Chairman of the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council, and a member of the Australian Health Information Council, where he Chairs the Electronic Decision Support Steering Committee. He is a former member of the General Practice Computing Group Management Committee and the General Practice Partnership Advisory Council. He was the i...

The opportunities for significant research in general practice are nearly unlimited. All that is required is an open mind, normal powers of seeing, and confidence in the accuracy of our observations. Very little is known about the significance of symptoms, and nearly every patient will provide data of some sort provided he is listened to and observed with interest and sympathy. Many of us erron...

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and professional practice of medical physics. The AAPM has more than 8,000 members and is the principal organization of medical physicists in the United States. The AAPM will periodically define new practice guidelines for medical physics pr...

BACKGROUND Patient engagement in clinical practice guideline (CPG) development is recommended by multiple institutions and instruments measuring guideline quality. Approaches to engaging patients, however, vary between oversight organizations, quality tools and guideline developers. OBJECTIVE We propose a ten-step framework outlining steps and options for patient engagement in guideline devel...