Irving Cooper describes his life as a neurosurgeon in a way that is interesting and often so inspiring to patients that Dr. MacDonald Critchley compares Cooper's message to the inscription over the gateway to the medical facility at the University of Wales: "Without inspiration, technical skill is not enough." Not Quite a Miracle is not quite an inspiration. The idea of having a subject index s...

For IBM PC and compatibles. $259.00. Usually I am a klutz about getting new programs started. Once I am in them I learn fast, but installing them is another matter. MEDMICRO's Professional Health Risk Analysis Program, however, taught me a new one: I was able to install and run the program easily; I just couldn't get out! I could not exit the program until I provided an authorization number tha...

BACKGROUND Social media can be used in health care settings to enhance professional networking and education; patient communication, care, and education; public health programs; organizational promotion; and research. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the use of social media networks for the purpose of professional development among health care professionals in Saudi Arabia using...

BACKGROUND Attention is turning to nurses, who form the greatest proportion of health personnel worldwide, to play a greater role in delivering health services amidst a severe human resources for health crisis and overwhelming disease burden in low-income countries. Nurse leaders in low-income countries must consider essential context for nurses to fulfill their professional obligation to deliv...

BACKGROUND Patient-centred care based on needs has been gaining momentum in health policy and the workforce. This creates new demand for interprofessional teams and redefining roles and tasks of professionals, yet little is known on how to implement new health policies more effectively. Our aim was to analyse the role and capacity of health professions in driving organisational change in interp...

T clinical teaching and learning process involves different activities including assessment. No one denies the importance of assessment and its role as a main driver in the educational processes. Assessment is defined as a “process of measuring or appraising individual performance against a required standard”.1 An assessment process can be viewed as 2 complementary and overlapping models aiming...

INTRODUCTION Evidence suggests that professional support for allied health professionals contributes to improved clinical practice, better client outcomes, enhanced workplace satisfaction, increased workplace morale and better clinical governance within organizations. Despite these benefits, the uptake of formal professional support is surprisingly low and implementation often ad hoc. Further, ...

The inadequacy of access to oral health care is a complex problem facing society. Many in society who need care are unable to obtain it or do not seek it for a variety of reasons. Most commonly, these are the unfunded, who simply have inadequate resources; the "unaccepted," who may not have dental coverage or have types of coverage that are not accepted by private practitioners; the inaccessibl...