Committees serve as an ideal forum for members of an organizaton to exchange views and information. If managed effectively, they can be utilized to generate ideas and to provide sound recommendations to the pharmacy manager. This article describes a personnel management program in which all levels of pharmacy personnel are ...

Based on in-depth interviews of hypertensive and diabetic patients attending out-patient clinics at a central hospital in Zimbabwe, it was found that patients had different ideas and attitudes about the use of medicine. Well over 60% of the patients interviewed lacked comprehension of their disease and the use of the ...

This article presents an opinion on the need for middle-management education in the four basic functions of management: planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. Using nursing management as an example, the author describes the role of middle management in complex organizations and states that the job of management is to ensure ...

The increasing importance of effective leadership and management in medicine in the United States has been discussed. Examples of continuing-education courses for physicians and scientists have been cited as an indication of enhanced awareness of this importance. Development of a minimal academic foundation in this area has been suggested as ...

To investigate coping strategies taught in childbirth education classes, a study was conducted to nulliparous women immersing their hands in ice water. Length of tolerance and self-reported pain served as measures of the techniques' effectiveness. Results in Experiment 1 showed structured breathing to be more effective than normal breathing. Effleurage ...

As part of a Queensland survey, we made an assessment of the attitudes of general practitioners to continuing education. We analysed responses for age, sex, type and geographical location of practice. Almost all the respondents (99%) agreed that commitment to CME is lifelong. Most of them did not feel that ...

The development of forensic medicine in Russia can be traced to the days of Peter the Great when in 1716 he included forensic investigation of violent death in his military regulations. Teaching of forensic medicine in Russian universities dates from the early 19th century. The current structure of forensic medicine ...

Allied health professionals, historically, have been predominantly female. Medical technologists have been no exception. Males now make up approximately 30 percent of the medical technology work force. As other changes have been introduced because of the expanding technology and regulatory demands for accountability, the role of the medical technologist has ...

There is increasing recognition of the need for educational programs in geriatric medicine, a previously neglected area of medical education. Such training is particularly important in family medicine residencies because primary care physicians have provided the bulk of health care to the elderly and probably will continue to do so. ...

In order to facilitate curriculum design for psychiatric education in aerospace medicine, three groups of physicians were surveyed: experienced flight surgeons, student flight surgeons, and psychiatrists trained in aerospace medicine. Two measures were obtained: 1) an assessment of the usefulness of particular psychiatric skills and knowledge in the practice of ...

The education of the doctor, traditionally based on the classics, is now founded on the sciences. However, the practice of medicine on individual patients will remain an art. The problems of delivery of health care in the next millenium will be moral and ethical rather than scientific. A broad, liberal, ...

As far as the small animals are concerned, animal husbandry refers to animal welfare and management. There are five main areas of undergraduate instruction in this subject--normal animal behaviour, nutritional requirements, restraint, housing and management in disease. University education, vacational studies and personal experience all provide important sources of knowledge. ...

A large part of the mission of the National Library of Medicine is to collect, index, and disseminate the world's biomedical literature. Until recently, this related only to serial and monographic material, but as new forms of information appear responsibility for bibliographic control of these also must be assumed by ...

As practices of altered states of consciousness (ASC) have become more widely used among psychotherapists who have become aware of the limitations of psychoanalytic, educational and behavioral approaches, negative aspects ('Makyo') of ASC have drawn their special attention. For the purpose of controlling or preventing these side-effects, (1) the problem ...

Oral medicine programs in U.S. and Canadian dental schools generally concern the nonsurgical management of oral and surrounding tissues as related to the total health of the patients. A survey was conducted to determine the current status of program administration, curriculum, graduate programs, and continuing education in oral medicine. A ...

Video tapes have been used extensively in medical education and especially in training for family practice. This article describes the use of video-tape equipment in rural health centers at the Rockford School of Medicine, University of Illinois, College of Medicine. The video camera was incorporated into clinical transaction by having ...

This paper outlines in Part I the method used to analyse and re-define a set of educational objectives on which a new course of teaching of general practice in the later clinical years is based. Part II describes the course, the learning methods, behavioural attainments and the techniques of evaluation ...

A postgraduate training and education course for physicians working in the field of pharmaceutical medicine is described. The course proved welcome and acceptable to the participants and provided valuable experience for the organizers. The scientific content and information gained in organizing the course have been incorporated in the planning of ...

Medicine among the ancient Mayas was a blend of religion and science. It was practiced by priests who inherited their position and received extensive education. The Mayas sutured wounds with human hair, reduced fractures, and used casts. They were skillful dental surgeons and made prostheses from jade and turquoise and ...

This study was designed to examine the determinants of interest in formal continuing education courses of two different types, clinical and practice oriented. Major findings were (1) practice-oriented and clinically oriented courses differed in attractiveness among different segments of the dental profession, (2) interest in courses of a clinical nature ...

Psychosomatic medicine began as a social movement within medicine, designed to counteract the mechanistic and impersonal features that had accompanied the introduction of science into medical education. In its early days, therapeutic inefficacy led to a concentration upon understanding the origins of disorders in which emotional determinants played a role. ...

An approach to tackle protein-calorie malnutrition through domiciliary management is described. Children suffering from moderate and severe protein-calorie malnutrition were managed using a food supplement containing low cost locally available foodstuffs and nutrition education. An evaluation showed that the anthropometric improvement was closely associated with better concepts in nutrition and ...

In 1970, a random sample of 9.5 per cent of general-practitioner principals in England and Wales were asked about continuing education; 53 per cent of them replied. Respondents preferred long intensive courses, thought that dissemination of information about national courses was defective, and the 32 per cent who required a ...

The educational background of eminent members of the British medical profession was examined by recourse to Who's Who. Substantial differences in background were found among the various medical specialties. Members of specialties enjoying high prestige within the profession-physicians, surgeons-were more likely than other members of the sample to have been ...

This protocol is a guide to the post-operative rehabilitation following acromioclavicular joint stabilisation. It has been written by ShoulderDoc.co.uk which produces patient information and professional educational material concerned with shoulder and elbow problems. It is dated 2003. ShoulderDoc.co.uk is based in the Manchester Sports Medicine Clinic, Manchester, UK.

Established in 1981, the College of Pharmacy Practice (CPP) is an independent organisation of pharmacists, drawn from all branches of the profession. The mission of the CPP is to promote professional and personal development through education, examination, practice and research, to the benefit of patients and health care provision. The ...

An educational website aimed at medical students and other health care professionals on physical examination and clinical education. The illustrated guide covers: history of present illness, rest of patient history, vital signs, eye exam, head and neck exam, lung exam, heart exam, abdomen exam, breast exam, male genital/rectal exam, upper ...

This online newsletter archive provides back issues, April 1990 to December 2001, of Marine Notes in downloadable PDF format. Articles cover news of research, education and outreach services of Maryland Sea Grant. Topics include: fisheries management, issues and advances; biology of keystone species like blue crabs, oysters, seagrasses, striped bass; ...

The Florida Forestry Association is a membership organisation which aims to educate environmental and political leaders about responsible forest management practices. This website also provides educational resources for the classroom, which includes a tree identification database, forthcoming events calendar, and information on forest resources and industry. Sections are also designated ...

Produced by Agriculture Canada, this code of practice focuses on the care and handling of beef cattle and is intended as an educational tool in the promotion of good husbandry and welfare practices. Topics covered include shelter and housing, feed and water, reproduction management, herd health management, transportation, auction markets, ...

Last week, we looked at the theories and models of reflective practice, in a continuing education article. This week, we present a practical example of the introduction, implementation and evaluation of reflection and reflective practice on an acute mental health admission unit. Practitioners used a variety of strategies to increase ...

The English National Board framework and higher national award for post-registration education has at its core the tripartite contract between practitioners, managers and educationalists. For managers the framework offers the potential to develop effective education and training strategies, particularly related to skill mix. By devising a skills matrix based on ...

This article presents a brief history of national and regional changes in pre-registration nurse education together with an overview of how these were adopted in Wales. The development and functions of the practice facilitator role are described and the results of a small-scale audit are discussed. The audit sought to ...

An increasing number of people are living with long-term conditions. These conditions cannot be cured, but can be managed through education, health promotion, medication, therapy and self-management. Self-management involves people taking responsibility for their own health and wellbeing, as well as learning to manage any long-term illnesses. Nurses play a ...

The aim of this article is to reinforce good practice in insertion and removal techniques for peripheral intravenous cannulation. The article is intended as a practical guide. It is important that staff receive adequate education and training to undertake this skill competently, and also that they maintain competence in practice.

The Committee to Study the Role of Medicine of the California Medical Education and Research Foundation (CMERF) is grateful to Dr. Watts for the following paper which served as the philosophical basis for the Committee's study and discussions. The Committee is also grateful to CMERF and to its president, James ...