During the past 40 years, the roles of the pharmacy technician have expanded to services beyond traditional duties within the pharmacy department, correlating with the ever-changing needs of the health care system. In other countries, such as the United Kingdom, the roles of pharmacy technicians go beyond those of their Canadian counterparts to include advising patients about medications, revie...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental School, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. 2DDS, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 3DDS, MSc, Ph.D Student, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil. 4Dental tec...

The following points are important to remember in the quest to achieve a successful dairy reproductive program: • Pregnancy rate is a sensitive and valuable indicator of reproductive performance. • Insemination risk and conception risk are components of pregnancy rate. • Low heat detection accuracy can reduce conception risk and ultimately decrease pregnancy rate. • In an on-going heat detectio...

This is a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study whose general objective was to learn, considering the perspective of the nursing technician who works in school hospitals, the competencies developed during their educational process to implement the Nursing Care Systematization (NCS). Data collection and analysis were carried out through a focal group, with content analysis and nursing t...

BACKGROUND Minor differences in technique may account for the wide range of published normal values of maximum expiratory and inspiratory pressures. The effects of holding the lips while the subject performed a maximal expiratory pressure manoeuvre were investigated in this study. METHODS Maximum static expiratory pressures (PEmax) obtained with a cylindrical tube by means of lip compression ...

BACKGROUND Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has been shown to be effective when guided by a clinician. The present study sought to replicate this finding, and determine whether support from a technician is as effective as guidance from a clinician. METHOD Randomized controlled non-inferiority trial comparing three groups: Clinician-ass...