Table of contents (Vol 7, No 12)
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| Catheter-directed thrombolysis for acute limb ischaemia: An audit |
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In Australia, catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) is not widely used in hospitals to manage acute limb ischaemia (ALI). In hospitals where CDT is performed, consideration should be given to managing these patients on general wards, rather than in the high-dependency unit (HDU). Photo by Freedigitalphotos
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Heather Michelle Pascoe, Donald Robertson
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| The challenges of rural practice |
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International medical graduates (IMGs) encounter professional challenges at the time of recruitment and migration, and throughout employment. This paper highlights motivators that impact why IMGs stay or leave rural areas, while delivering greater insight into the needs, desires, and challenges encountered by IMGs locally and nationally. Photo by Freedigitalphotos
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Daniel R Terry, Quynh Le, Ha Hoang
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| An educational intervention’s effect on healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards pharmacovigilance |
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This study explores healthcare professionals’ knowledge of and attitude towards pharmacovigilance and consumer pharmacovigilance at a regional pharmacovigilance centre in Nepal. It also highlights how an educational intervention improved the HCPs’ knowledge and attitude towards reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Photo by Freedigitalphotos
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Nisha Jha, Devendra Singh Rathore, P Ravi Shankar, Sudesh Gyawali, Mohamed Alshakka, Shital Bhandari
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| Team-based learning as a teaching strategy for first-year medical students |
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This study gives an objective assessment on whether supplementing didactic lectures with team-based learning (TBL) enhances student engagement with course content. It also gives information on students’ attitudes towards TBL. Photo by Freedigitalphotos
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Dhiren Punja, Shivananda Kalludi, Kirtana Pai, Raghavendra Rao, Murali Dhar
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| Student feedback on problem-based learning processes |
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Problem-based learning (PBL) is widely used in medical schools but not in the Caribbean. This study offers information on PBL processes and use of Internet resources in an offshore Caribbean medical school delivering a hybrid undergraduate medical curriculum. Photo by Freedigitalphotos
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P Ravi Shankar, Atanu Nandy
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EDITORIAL |
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| Can a cricket ball influence societal change? Exemplifying societal dichotomy in the tolerance of risk |
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The recent death of an Australian cricket batsman struck by a “bouncer” raises the question about ethics in sports. Ethics appears to have been supplanted by “gamesmanship”. This editorial argues for the encouragement of “sportsmanship”, of ethical sporting engagement, and explores risk as it applies to sport and society. Photo by Freedigitalphotos
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Maurice Christopher McGrath
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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| The use of complementary and alternative medicines for hypertension: a summary of the Arab region |
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A summary of the Arab region's use of complementary and alternative medicines for hypertension Photo by Freedigitalphotos
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Inas Rifaat Ibrahim, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Fahad Saleem
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