Training in intercultural competency for health care professionals is necessary to bring greater balance to the disparity currently found among those needing health care. The purpose of this study was to determine what, if any, improvements in cultural competency were measurable in physician assistant (PA) students as they matriculated, using the Multicultural Awareness, Knowledge and Skills Su...

The objective of this research is to determine the impact of EMR and CPOE implementation on physician efficiency. A time series observational study was conducted within a hospital setting at six weeks pre-implementation, six weeks post-implementation and five months post-implementation. All 19 subjects were observed twice with one patient per observation. Physician follow-up rounding times per ...

AT the rT(euICSt Of tlle Ministry of Labour (N. l.), a post-graduate course in medicine aind surgery for National Healthi Insurance P'ractitioners was held in conjunction wNith the clinical staffs of the Royal Victoria andi Mater Iinfirmorum Hospitals, lIelfast, and( with the pre-clinical Miedical School of Queen's University, itn Septemiber, 19:83. So successful was this course that the Minist...

objective: bad news disclosure is one of the most complex tasks of physicians. recent evidences indicate that patients' and physicians' attitude toward breaking bad news has been changed since few years ago. the evidence of breaking bad news is different across cultures. the aim of this study is to evaluate the attitude of medical staff toward breaking bad news to provide a clinical guideline i...

background: this study provided the theoretical basis for program development through a new conceptualization of the concept of family physician related health care. methods: critical interpretive synthesis (cis) was used to carry out qualitative analysis and synthesis of the literature from 2006 until 2015. at the beginning of cis, the search strategy was designed to access electronic database...

background rational prescription is a considerable issue which must be paid more attention to assess the behavior of prescribers. the aim of this study was to examine factors affecting family physicians’ drug prescribing.   methods we carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study in khuzestan province, iran in 2011. nine hundred eighty-six prescriptions of 421 family physicians (including 3...

background: although ionizing radiation is widely used to diagnose many diseases, the relevant hazards are known to be as an important limitation of its application. it is believed that the awareness of ionizing radiation dose values is one of the main stages in patient's radiation protection. the purpose of this study has been to investigate the level of physicians' knowledge about r...

BACKGROUND The physician manager role in the health care system is invaluable as they serve as role models and quality setters. The requirements from physician managers have become more demanding and the role less prestigious; yet burnout and its prevention in this group have received little attention. Physician leadership development programmes have generally dealt directly with skill and know...

BACKGROUND Advanced practitioners including nurse practitioners and physician assistants are contributing to care for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit through their participation on the multidisciplinary team and in collaborative physician practice roles. However, the impact of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the intensive care unit setting is not well known. ...