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08/07/2006

A new training scheme for junior doctors

“The UK is at the forefront of worldwide educational practice”. …

08/03/2006

High flyers and high earners

Thousands of foreign medical professionals underpin the UK's National Health Service (NHS). In 2004, of the country's newly registered medics, two thirds of the doctors, and over …

07/01/2006

Brunel University offers unique Public Health Doctorate

UK - Brunel University is to provide a new three-year course offering a Doctorate in Public Health. The doctorate course, which will commence in October this year, is unique …

07/01/2006

Low nurse levels cause deaths

Geneva - Inadequate staffing is reaching crisis levels in all regions, according to the International Council of Nurses (ICN). Among studies reviewed, one showed that an increased …

07/01/2006

Bringing Toyota production to the healthcare industry

In a widely publicised, groundbreaking report titled 'To Err is Human', issued in 1999 by the Institute of Medicine in the United States, the magnitude of unwanted deaths …

07/01/2006

Teamwork and the future of intensive care medicine

The recent 26th International Symposium of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine - the largest annual meeting of its kind - attracted around 5,000 participants, who travelled to …

05/23/2006

24/7 Shopping in Hospitals

Ever since the American automats that brought about fast food living were reduced in size, people have become used to picking up a quick bite. …

05/01/2006

Life-long learning

The case for structured training, board certification and revalidation* …

05/01/2006

Seeking a compatible heart

Transplant surgeons use checklists to establish whether donor and recipient hearts are compatible - almost like people looking for suitable partners. …

05/01/2006

Integrated care

Dr Darius Jakubowski, a perinatal specialist and former senior physician at Holweide Hospital, works for three days a week at Holweide Hospital as a resident gynaecologist. …

03/01/2006

Work analysis

The problem is ubiquitous: Due to their workload, medical teams cannot accomplish their tasks to everyone’s satisfaction during regular working hours. Is the solution to raise …

03/01/2006

Security alert

Security in hospitals is not easy. Thousands of patients, visitors, members of staff, as well as delivery and removal people, come and go, and with so many strangers inevitably on …

04/30/2003

80% of sharps injuries are avoidable

Injuries caused by needles and other sharp medical devices - and the related risk of potentially fatal disease transmission - remain a major threat to medical staff. …

04/30/2003

A&E nurse practitioners

In a three part study in clinical and cost effectiveness of nurse practitioners (published by the BMA in the Emergency Medicine Journal 2003; 20:158-163) a team* from Sheffield …

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