As healthcare continues to be impacted by unrelenting external forces that are transforming the healthcare system and the practice of nursing, attention must be paid to the impact of electronic technologies in shaping professional practice, regulation, the national interstate practice model, and the global marketplace. Emerging innovations in practice and education will challenge existing laws ...

Single dose vaccines are highly preferable for both price and operational/logistic considerations, particularly when considering low income country settings. Therefore, it is understood that compelling data will be necessary from clinical trials that heterologous prime-boost combinations are required and are of added benefit to single dose vaccination regimens for initial efficacy and/or the du...

Over the last 8 years, nearly every state has introduced graduated driver licensing (GDL) for teens. These new licensing procedures require teen drivers to advance through distinct stages where they are subject to a variety of restrictions (e.g., adult supervision, daytime driving, passenger limits). In this study, we present evidence on whether these restrictions have been effective in reducin...

A National Vaccine Safety Workshop was held at the University of Sydney on 17 November 2005. The workshop was sponsored by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) and the National Immunisation Committee (NIC). It was attended by 40 invited representatives of federal, state and territory health depar...

An overview of medical education at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Canadian faculties of medicine is provided. Particular attention is focused on changes that have occurred in the 1990s and their effect on medical students and on educational programs. Also considered are the effects of reductions in the number of entry-level positions for residency training and the changes in...

Immunogenicity can be a major obstacle to successful protein drug therapy. Antidrug antibodies may neutralize therapeutic function, influence pharmacokinetics and, in some cases, lead to severe adverse effects. These effects depend on factors including dose, regimen, delivery route and contaminants, among others. Importantly, immunogenicity is a consideration that is better addressed during pre...

With an increased number of dental schools graduating more dentists, along with the opening of new dental schools throughout the United States, more graduating dental students are considering utilizing Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) programs as a means to increase their understanding of the complexity of modern dentistry and to gain additional training and experience before head...

Canadian and U.S. universities are faced with the challenge that they are not graduating enough dentists to meet the future needs of the Canadian and U.S. populations. Foreign-trained dentists represent a valuable resource to society and the economy. Dental programs have been established to train foreign-trained dentists for some or all of the following reasons: public need for health care serv...

Telemedicine has been used for over a generation, but application limited in rural areas by lack of payment, licensure issues, cumbersome video equipment, and challenges with digital communications. Early the COVID-19 pandemic, our family medicine residency made rapid shift to all telemedicine services patients.