BACKGROUND Clinical education is an important component of many health professional training programs. There is a range of questionnaires to assess the quality of the clinical educator however none are in student-led clinic environments. The present study developed a questionnaire to assess the quality of the clinical educators in the osteopathy program at Victoria University. METHODS A syste...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common identifiable cause of sudden death in the young. This review details the history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, recent discoveries in its genetic underpinnings and important genotype-phenotype relationships described in recent studies. RECENT FINDINGS Since the discovery of the genetic underpinnings of hypertrophic cardiomyopat...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Although one in five U.S. adults continue to smoke, healthcare providers often fail to provide basic, effective interventions. This is particularly true for physician specialists. This study sought to investigate perceived role, self-efficacy, practice behaviors, and attitudes among otolaryngologists as they relate to the delivery of tobacco treatment services. STUDY DES...

BACKGROUND Evaluation of patients' experience of their osteopathic treatment has recently been investigated leading to the development of the Patient Perception Measure - Osteopathy (PPM-O). The aim of the study was to investigate the construct validity of the PPM-O. METHODS Patients presenting to osteopathy student-led teaching clinics at two Australian universities were asked to complete tw...

Clinical reasoning is situation-dependent and case-specific; therefore, assessments incorporating different patient presentations are warranted. The present study aimed to determine the reliability of a multi-station case-based viva assessment of clinical reasoning in an Australian pre-registration osteopathy program using generalizability theory. Students (from years 4 and 5) and examiners wer...