Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a significant cause of morbidity in high-risk infants. Palivizumab is proven to prevent serious RSV disease, but compliance with prophylaxis (monthly doses during the RSV season) is essential to ensure protection. We invited 453 pediatricians to participate in a survey to identify their perspectives of barriers to compliance and interventions to improve comp...

introduction. need assessment is one of the most important steps in planning any educational program. in this cross-sectional study, educational needs of general physicians were questioned in east-azarbaijan. methods. according to different need assessment sources and methods, educational needs and related learning objectives were determined for general physicians of iran. then considering expe...

This study aimed to identify the impact of brand equity and its dimensions (brand awareness, association, perceived quality, loyalty) Global Pharmaceutical Companies on Prescriptions decisions physicians in Jordan.The population sample were Jordanian physicians, tool was questionnaire, which distributed connivance (Physicians), data collected from (240) participants population, analysed by usin...

We describe a new tool, the Physicians' Practice Assessment Questionnaire (PPAQ), designed for the global self-assessment of implementation of asthma and COPD guidelines, as determined by the percentage of patients in whom physicians estimate that they implement guidelines key recommendations. Some of its properties were assessed by a group of 47 general practitioners (GPs), and test-retest dat...

the same time that the public image of physicians has been suffering in many countries, doctors have become important symbols of new global thinking. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and Médecins sans Frontières (known, along with Doctors for the World, as the "French doctors" movement) have actively pioneered and articulated a new global ethic for physicians a...

Background & aims: Malnutrition is common in geriatric patients and associated with poor outcome. If recognised, effective treatment is possible. In recent years, low nutritional awareness among health care professionals (HCPs) has been deplored with respect to the general hospital population. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to assess to which extent malnutrition and nutrition-...

BACKGROUND Evaluation of the older driver is a difficult task for primary care physicians. We investigated the physician-perceived barriers to assessing older drivers in primary care practice. METHODS Twenty family physicians whose patients had completed a clinical questionnaire and neuropsychological tests participated in one of 2 focus groups. Physicians were asked about barriers to assessi...