This survey highlights a number of important issues which relate to the needs to counseling for distance learners studying at the School of Distance Education in University science Malaysia (DEUSM) according to their gender. Data were obtained by selfreport questionnaire that had been developed by the researchers in counseling and educational psychology and interviews were take place. 116 volun...

a ANDROS Day Surgery Clinic, Psychology Unit, Palermo, via Ausonia, 43/45, 90144, Italy b Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education, College of Education, 3207 Benjamin Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA c ANDROS Day Surgery Clinic, Reproductive Medicine Unit, Palermo, via Ausonia, 43/45, 90144, Italy d Department of Psychology and Educational S...

Education is a cornerstone of antimicrobial stewardships programs, because 50% of inappropriate antimicrobial prescriptions are a consequence of an imbalance between the high levels of knowledge required for the appropriate use of antibiotics and the scarce training offered to medical specialists. For this reason, programs optimizing antimicrobial (PROA) are essentially based on support and edu...

BACKGROUND Rising dementia prevalence rates rise combined with the policy objective of enabling people with dementia to remain living at home, means that there will be a growing demand for dementia care in the community setting. However, GPs are challenged by dementia care and have identified it as an area in which further training is needed. Previous studies of GPs dementia care educational ne...

TO THE EDITOR: Currently, nearly one in every 13 adults abuses alcohol or is alcohol dependent. In addition, several million adults also engage in risky drinking behavior that could lead to alcohol-related problems. However, only a small proportion of the people with alcohol problems ever seek and engage in treatment (1). A national survey in the United States (2) found that only 16% of those w...

BACKGROUND Healthcare providers (HCPs) play a critical role in controlling the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI) through early and accurate diagnosis, appropriate treatment and prevention counselling. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention about STI on knowledge and reported practice among HCPs and to explore which determinants may influence th...

OBJECTIVES Pharmacy assistants are often the first point of contact for patients presenting in community pharmacies. The current role of pharmacy assistants in the supply of asthma-reliever medications (short-acting β-agonists) was identified as a barrier to appropriate guideline-based care. The aim of this research was to devise and evaluate a team-based intervention to formalise the role of p...