Objective. To assess student perceptions of teamwork during an interprofessional exercise and to evaluate if students could identify domestic violence through a standardized patient interview. Design. Medical, pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy, and social work students were assigned to teams to interview and examine a patient with a "cut on the hand" later revealed a result of domestic violen...

The provision of care work by families plays an integral role in the quality of life of older adults living in a nursing home setting. This critical interpretive synthesis examines family members' perceptions of their roles and responsibilities in nursing home settings and interrogates the structural and relational barriers and enablers to family involvement as they relate to fostering an inclu...

background having a patient in a vegetative state in the family is a complicated and stressful experience. caring for such patients with complete disability at home is very challenging. objectives the present study aimed to explore the outcomes of caring for patients in a vegetative state for families and caregivers at home. patients and methods in this qualitative study, 16 vegetative patients...

At the very outset I take the opportunity of expressing my deep gratitude to the distinguished members of our Society for the honour they have conferred on me by electing me as the President for the year 1985. I am thankful to the members for reposing confidence in me to take the onerous responsibilities of our worthy society. I am aware of my limitations, for which I do share your indulgence a...

Introduction. Several studies have shown that the effective educational attendance of faculty members have been substantially decreased. This is due to many different factors. Lack of a comprehensive analysis of this issue has led the university managers to implement ineffective, arbitrary strategies to force the faculty members to increase their attendance in the educational activities. In ord...

Information systems are organisations in which signs are created, processed and consumed. In order to fulfil the organisational goals and objectives, its members must understand their responsibilities and authorities, and must act cooperatively. The key to this organisation and coordination lies in norms which define responsibilities and authorities for each human agent, and establish regularit...

background: one of the medical team’s responsibilities is to teach the methods of rescue and aid necessary for casualties who have been injured in disasters. they must be taken away of the place of disaster, transferred, categorized and cured. methods: delphi technique was used in this research. firstly, a number of questions were framed and sent to a number of experts of different majors. they...