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OBJECTIVE To explore how students learn in community-based family physicians' offices from the student's point of view. METHOD Each student completing a community-based family medicine clerkship wrote a "critical incident" narrative about an event that was particularly educational. A coding system was developed by a multidisciplinary research team and thematic analysis was conducted. RESULT...

interactions between physicians and nurses are regarded as an indicator to present the desirable care for the patient. the present study was conducted with aim of clarifying the status of communication and collaboration of nurses and physicians as well as the correlation between these two factors from the nurses' viewpoint. this research was a descriptive - analytical study of the cross-se...

in orders to promote the level of healthcare in societies, governments try to have different policies to transform the health system. the aim of this study was to measure the level of awareness of practitioners in iran, after initiating the new transformation of the health system in the country, starting from may 2014. this is a descriptive–cross-sectional study, which was inducted in october 2...

introduction: equity in health means justice in the distribution of community health. the purpose of justice in health is to consider health needs of all people regardless of their geographical location or cultural, economic, and social status. the aim of this study was to assess distribution of specialists based on population (100,000 people) in public hospitals of iranian provinces during 201...

Increases in physician office visits involving the use or prescribing of a drug were observed between 1985 and 1999 using data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. The prescription rate increased from 109 to 146 prescriptions per 100 visits. Growth in drug mention rates for specific therapeutic classes varied by patients' age. The rate of multiple prescriptions per visit rose 39 pe...

A central goal of The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success. These protocols serve only as guidelines for the care of breastfeeding mothers and infants and do not delineate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as standards of medical care. Variations in treatment may be appropria...

With the kind permission of Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), Energy Efficiency Office (EEO) of Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) completed a pilot lighting project in 2002 at Kowloon Bay Indoor Games Hall (KBIGH). The new lighting system made use of the latest T5 lighting technology for illuminating the high ceiling games hall. As compared with the existing hi...

We studied the bias and precision of serum cholesterol analysis by physician's office analyzers. Total imprecision (CV range, %) for analysis of serum pools was: Abbott Vision 1.5%-1.9%; Ames Seralyzer 3.9%-4.5%; BMD Reflotron 2.3%-3.8%; Chrometrics Cholesterol Test System 2.3%-2.8%; Kodak DT-60 1.6%-2.2%. The Ames Seralyzer exhibited an excessive between-run component of variation. We collecte...