SIMULATION INTO THE VIRTUAL ORTHOPAEDIC UNIVERSITY S. GRANGE, G.B WILLS, N. HUMPHREY, J. BURRILL, T. BUNKER, D. DEROURE Department of Education, Royal College of Surgeons of England, United Kingdom IAM Group, Electronics & Computer Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, United Kingdom Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter, United Kingd...

This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of smoking among employees of a university hospital in Southern Brazil. Data collection happened in 2008, during the periodic health exam, using a questionnaire, according to the smoking status of the employees. The sample consisted of 1,475 subjects, in which 979 (66.4%) were non-smokers, 295 (20%) former smokers and 201 (13.6%) smoke...

INTRODUCTION Practice guidelines can be used to support healthcare decision making. We sought to identify the use, and barriers to the implementation, of electronic based guidelines to support decision-making in maternal and child healthcare (MCH) and the rational use of medicines, in developing countries. METHODS Graduates who had gained the Master of Public Health degree through the Peoples...

Information technology (IT) education and the industry continue to be male dominated and less women are entering computing courses at the university level. Research into gender and IT suggests that this is partly due to the masculine meanings generally ascribed to computing. Earlier research by authors of this paper (Greenhill, v. Hellens, Nielsen and Pringle, 1996a, 1996b) indicates that despi...