NEFARIOUS ATTACKS ON QUALIFIED PRACTITIONERS.

Nefarious Numbers

The impact factor has been widely adopted as a proxy for journal quality. It is used by libraries to guide purchase and renewal decisions, by researchers deciding where to publish and what to read, by tenure and promotion committees laboring under the assumption that publication in a higher impact factor journal represents better work, and by editors and publishers as a means to evaluate and pr...

How general practitioners manage acute asthma attacks.

BACKGROUND The management of asthma attacks by general practitioners in 1992/93 was compared with 1991/92 in relation to recommended guidelines. METHODS The findings from a postal survey of 299 UK general practitioners who managed 2332 patients with an asthma attack in 1992/93 were compared with those from 218 practitioners who managed 1805 attacks in 1991/92. Management by a subgroup of prac...

Supporting completion of an online continuing professional development programme for newly qualified practitioners: A qualitative evaluation.

BACKGROUND Development programmes to support newly qualified practitioners gain confidence in their first professional role often show varied levels of engagement, due to competing priorities and demands. In Scotland, the Flying Start NHS® programme uses a structured programme of online and work-based learning with associated mentoring, to support individuals through an often difficult transiti...

Awareness about bibliographic databases among students of Ayurveda and qualified Ayurveda practitioners

Students of Ayurveda and qualified Ayurveda practitioners were assessed for awareness about bibliographic databases. One hundred and four volunteers (age range 17-64 years; group mean±SD, 24.3 ± 7.9 years; 62 females) participated in this cross-sectional study. There were 3 groups. Group I had 60 undergraduate students of a bachelor's level course in Ayurveda, Group II had 20 graduate students ...

Minor Medical Operations: For Senior Medical Students and Recently Qualified Practitioners