Medical Genetics is going through rapid growth with the help of evolving high throughput technologies and collaborative work across various scientific areas. Human genome sequencing opened the flood gate in identifying gene mutations for hundreds of genetic diseases and the genetic markers associated with complex disease risk factors. This decade can be considered as the golden age of medical g...

Technology: Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair Use: The tremendous enthusiasm within the international vascular community for endovascular aneurysm repair is evidenced by widespread clinical investigations and numerous reports in the literature. The device used for the procedure consists of a balloon-expandable metal stent covered with a dacron graft. The stent is introduced through ...

Five cultivars of honeydew and speciality type melons were evaluated in 2001. Performance from all cultivars was less than optimum. Foliage diseases and fruit cracking and rotting resulted in an extremely large percentage of the fruits having to be graded as culls. This also resulted in smaller fruits than desired. ‘Passport’, an early maturing, speciality type melon has characteristics that me...

 T. O. White, FRCSEd(Tr&Orth), MD, FFTEd, Consultant Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon  S. P. Mackenzie, MBChB, BSc MedSci (Hons), MRCS, Specialty Registrar  T. H. Carter, BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCS(Ed), Specialty Registrar  O. R. Prescott, BSC BMBS PGCert, Foundation Doctor  A. D. Duckworth, BSc(Hons), MBChB, MSc, FRCSEd(Tr&Orth), PhD, Specialty Registrar  J. F. Keating, MPhil, FRCSEd(Tr&Orth), Con...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of consumer cost sharing on use of physician-administered and patient self-administered specialty drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN Multivariate statistical analysis of probability and use of physician-administered specialty drugs, patient self-injected specialty drugs, non-biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, and symptom relief drugs. Analys...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES There are multiple procedural skills common to all residency programs. This study had two main objectives: (1) Use an interdisciplinary team to develop a procedural competency checklist for adult endotracheal intubation that could be shared across specialty programs and levels of training and (2) Evaluate the validity and reliability of the checklist. METHODS Clinica...

BACKGROUND Although demands on family physicians (FP) are to a large extent similar in the European Union, uniform assessment standards for family medicine (FM) specialty training and assessment do not exist. Aim of this pilot study was to elicit and compare the different modalities and assessment methods of FM specialty training in five European countries. METHODS A semi structured survey wa...

OBJECTIVES The importance of professional attitudes in medical care has long been recognized; however, medical training has not stressed attitude development until recently. In previous studies among medical students, we found that gender and specialty preference are important factors in attitudes. In this study, patient-centredness of trainees in general practice and surgery and of final-year ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study investigated the relationship of role models to primary care specialty and gathered information on the attributes and functions of role models. METHODS A questionnaire on medical school experiences and attitudes was administered to primary care graduates from 24 US medical schools. RESULTS Questionnaires were completed by 1,457 physicians. Sixty-three pe...