conclusions this study revealed a low level of knowledge and practice regarding post-exposure prophylaxis, with the mean score of some respondents being below 50%. objectives this study was conducted with the aim of demonstrating the level of knowledge and practice amongst general dental practitioners in hamadan city, iran in 2013 - 14, in terms of prevention after dealing with blood-borne path...

â  background this study aims to elucidate the knowledge and practice of general practitioners (gp) and internists regarding diagnosis and treatment of helicobacter pylori ( h. pylori ) infection in a high prevalent area, with the intent to assist with future educational strategies for h. pylori inâ­fection. methods in this cross-sectional study in guilan, a northern province of iran, all gps a...

BACKGROUND General practitioners (GPs) are expected to be responsive to patients' expectations, but patients and doctors may have different views on what constitutes good general practice care. AIM To elicit areas of controversy as well as areas of mutual agreement between the opinions of patients and GPs with regard to good general practice care. METHOD A questionnaire, distributed to 850 ...

General practitioners' (GPs') advice against smoking has a small, beneficial effect on patients' smoking. Consequently, GPs have been urged to adopt a population-based approach to advice-giving that involves discussing smoking repeatedly with the maximum possible number of smokers. This discussion paper assesses how far GPs' current clinical practice is from a population-based approach to advic...

the article of marc jamoulle shows the importance of the contribution of general practitioners (gps) in improving the quality and the efficiency of the health systems. starting from the concept of quaternary prevention for reducing excessive costs in the preventive procedures, he suggests a change of paradigm in every daily activity of the gp in order to have a stronger ethical approach to the ...

General practitioner attitude questionnaires were sent in May 1987 to 525 general practitioners (GPs) within Avon. A year later a section dealing with the management of clinical situations was sent to 198 Avon consultants, to determine how they would ideally expect a GP to respond to these situations. The majority of both the GPs and consultants held a common viewpoint, but significant differen...

materials and methods this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was carried out in hamadan in 2011. ninety gdps participated in this study and filled out a questionnaire. one-way anova andchi-squared test were used for statistical analysis of data. results the knowledge levels of gdps about cardiac diseases, dental procedures requiring prophylaxis and endocarditis prophylaxis regimens w...

conclusions the conjoint analysis results show that gps concerned about various factors of family physician contracts. these results can be helpful for policy-makers as they complete the process of creating family physician plans, which can help increase the motivation of gps to participate in the plan. results the results show that “quotas for admission to specialized courses” is the strongest...

introduction: general dental practitioners provide the majority of treatment in iran. the aim of this study was to gather information on the methods, materials and attitudes employed in root canal treatment by dentists participated in 7 th congress of iranian academy of restorative dentistry in shiraz /2007 in order to evaluate the quality of current practice. materials and methods: a questionn...

BACKGROUND The ability of general practitioners to make important clinical decisions about the diagnosis and management of skin lesions is poorly understood. METHODS A questionnaire on the diagnosis and management of eight photographed skin lesions was sent to 150 GPs in southeast Queensland. RESULTS The questionnaire was completed by 114 GPs (response rate 77%). General practitioners' prov...