A review of the home haemodialysis programme at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, between 1977 and 1984 revealed that out of 194 patients accepted into the programme, 187 completed home training and continued haemodialysis at home, seven died before having started on the training programme. The majority of patients required less than four months to be trained; 107 patients performed dialysis ...

I thank Bajona [1] for his interest in the article regarding a European Training Programme in Cardiothoracic Surgery [2] and the comments by Hamilton [3], and for the caveats raised. The selection of appropriate trainees for a training programme is of vital importance, equal to having the appropriate trainers and training programmes as one of three sides of a successful training programme trian...

This paper outlines the Europe-wide programme of outreach and training events, jointly organised by HATII at the University of Glasgow and the British Library, in collaboration with a number of European partner institutions, on behalf of the Planets project (Preservation and Long Term Access Through Networked Services) between June 2009 and April 2010. It describes the background to the program...

OBJECTIVE to describe the specific characteristics of one model of training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Guatemala. DESIGN participant observation, unstructured and semi-structured interviews undertaken between 1997 and 2003 to gather the data to report on the characteristics of this training programme as it is evolving in the field. SETTING the birth centre site of Ixmucane in An...

The following Guidelines for specialist training in Anaesthesiology are intended to help in the process of harmonizing specialist education in Europe. Thus, they re ̄ect common minimum criteria for training, and these Guidelines should be reviewed regularly. It is recognized that individual EU member countries are responsible for specialist training. However, within the EU mutual recognition of ...

The effect of the South African Defence Force's (SADF) military training on the endurance fitness of recruits was investigated. Pre-military training maximal O2 consumption (53,14 ml/kg/min) did not change significantly during the study. In contrast, lactate turnpoint (ml O2/kg/min) and treadmill performance time were moderately enhanced (7,5% and 8% respectively; P less than 0,05) by the initi...

for the further recognition of the past and present situation of on the job (further) training in industrially developed countries and the impact of economic and social trends this article is been researched. in this article the pros and cons of further education in different organizations on the basis of the expert views have been analysed. in this arena the advocates of the programme is very ...

OBJECTIVES To examine the feasibility of a power-type strength training programme for middle aged men and women, the impact of the training programme on perceived health and fitness and on knee and low back symptoms, and the rate of exercise induced injuries. METHODS A total of 154 voluntary, healthy, sedentary men and women participated in a training programme lasting about four months. The ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the short- and long-term effects of aerobic interval training on quality of life and on symptoms of anxiety and depression among patients with ischaemic heart failure and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. DESIGN Prospective, non-randomized controlled study. SUBJECTS Patients with ischaemic heart failure and an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, willing to...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate participant reactions and attitudes to crew resource management teamwork classroom-based training by comparing Likert responses before and after the intervention and exploring potential differences in attitudes across the different healthcare professionals. METHODS Between 26 January and 27 March, 2015, a randomly selected sample of 240 frontline healthcare professionals...