BACKGROUND Little is known about the perceived learning needs of Australian general practice (GP) registrars in relation to the quality use of medicines (QUM) or the difficulties experienced when learning to prescribe. This study aimed to address this gap. METHODS GP registrars' perceived learning needs were investigated through an online national survey, interviews and focus groups. Medical ...

E-learning is a new project for education based on the adoption of new computerised, multimedia and telematic technologies. Its application has deeply changed the concept of a teacher-based teaching to a student-centred educational project. It offers a great flexibility in the educational methodology, in the administration of contents, in the synchronous and/or asynchronous interaction between ...

The work life of “misfits”—employees whose important values are incongruent with the values of their organization—represents an under-researched area of the person– environment fit literature. The unfortunate reality is that these individuals are likely to be disengaged and unproductive at work. In thismanuscript, we entertain the possibility that employees can protect themselves from this situ...

May 2007 | Volume 4 | Issue 5 | e113 Interest in evidence-based medicine (EBM) is growing in Italy, although its impact upon health policies and clinical practice is unclear. Rather than getting health information from unbiased evidence-based sources, doctors in Italy still rely heavily upon the pharmaceutical industry for their information needs. For example, a recent survey showed that genera...

BACKGROUND The study objective was to compare physical function documented in the medical records with interview data, and also to evaluate hospital mortality predictions using pre-admission and on-admission functional status derived from these two data sources. METHODS A prospective cohort study of 1402 subjects aged 65 years and older to the general medicine department of an acute care hosp...

The present brief review is a survey of the role of forensic anthropology (FA) in the new millennium. After an introduction which deals with the expanding definition of the discipline and the issue of professionality and training, the author approaches the role and novel developments of the field, with particular reference to the past 5 years. Such developments are discussed in a sectorial mann...

BACKGROUND The Chief Medical Officer has presented a report proposing a change in general practitioners' education towards a 'Practice Professional Development Plan', which, in principle, is based around formal needs assessment, practice-based learning in areas identified by those involved, and with the potential for multi-professional learning. This aims to replace the present system of a fina...

BACKGROUND Since the mid-1980s, medical residents' long duty hours have been under scrutiny as a factor affecting patient safety and the work environment for the residents. After several mandated changes in duty hours, it is important to understand how residents spend their time before proposing and implementing future changes. Time-motion methodology may provide reliable information on what re...

The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources traces its history to 1869 when the University was designated as Tennessee's Federal Land-Grant Institution . Under terms of the Federal Land-Grant Act, the University was enabled for the first time to offer instruction in agriculture . This later was expanded to include research for the development of new knowledge and extension for di...

(CASNR) dates back to 1869 when the university was designated as Tennessee’s federal land-grant institution. Under terms of the Federal Land-Grant Act, the university was enabled for the first time to offer instruction in agriculture. Later, federal legislation provided resources for agricultural research and extension programming for dissemination of research findings to the people of Tennesse...