PURPOSE We are entering a new era of medicine in which an equal number of men and women are becoming doctors. Many factors combine in complex and poorly understood ways to influence a medical student's career and choice of specialty. This study investigated the preferences of medical students with regard to specialty and examined differences between genders. METHODS We administered a survey t...

The use of specialty pharmacies is expanding in oncology pharmacy practice. Specialty pharmacies provide a channel for distributing drugs that, from the payor perspective, creates economies of scale and streamlines the delivery of expensive drugs. Proposed goals of specialty pharmacy include optimization of pharmaceutical care outcomes through ensuring appropriate medication use and maximizing ...

BACKGROUND Transition to Specialty Practice Programs was introduced to facilitate the transition of nurses to specialty practice, and is recognised as preparatory for emergency nurses. Emergency nursing Transition to Specialty Practice Programs and their characteristics have developed locally in response to unit needs. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of emer...

BACKGROUND The current climate of rising health care costs has led many health insurance programs to limit benefits, which may be problematic for children needing specialty care. Findings from pediatric primary care may not transfer to pediatric specialty care because pediatric specialists are often located in academic medical centers where institutional rules determine accepted insurance. Furt...

Based on the discussion of ODS (Operational Data Store), enterprise data environment features and data integration requirement, three granularity level data models of Web logs in e-commerce are analyzed. Further, data updating and collecting train of thought has been expressed which is realized by granularity manager. Finally, a model is put up, which integrates e-commerce data and other enterp...

BACKGROUND Since 2011, specialty hospitals in South Korea have been known for providing high- quality care in specific clinical areas. Much research related to specialty hospitals and their performance in many such areas has been performed, but investigations about their performance in obstetrics and gynecology are lacking. Thus, we aimed to compare specialty vs. non-specialty hospitals with re...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the link between the rank at the national pharmacy residency examination and the choice of pharmacy specialty for hospital residency-admitted French pharmacy students. METHODS Examination ranks as well as the pharmacy residency specialty to which residency candidates are finally admitted were collected for all students (n=1948) having successfully passed the national Fren...

BACKGROUND Since 2007 junior doctors in the UK have had to make major career decisions at a point when previously many had not yet chosen a specialty. This study examined when doctors in this new system make specialty choices, which factors influence choices, and whether doctors who choose a specialty they were interested in at medical school are more confident in their choice than those doctor...

This book is aimed at trainee paediatricians and radiologists preparing for membership and fellowship examinations. It is written by 4 consultant radiologists and 1 consultant paediatrician. It opens with 8 short chapters outlining a system of image interpretation for the chest radiograph, a brief explanation of renal nuclear medicine, an example of normal fluoroscopy of the upper GI tract and ...