PURPOSE The development and implementation of a systemwide specialty pharmacy program in an academic healthcare system are described. SUMMARY Although the system's pharmacy department had developed specialty pharmacy services for patients with certain conditions, it was necessary to expand and standardize those services to meet the needs of all specialty clinics because (1) many of the clinic...

Proposed changes to visa rules could lead to hundreds of UK trained doctors leaving the NHS each year, the BMA has warned. In a letter to the Home Office Mark Porter, chair of the BMA, said that recommendations for changes to visa rules made by the Migrations Advisory Committee could harm the medical workforce. In the letter to immigration minister James Brokenshire, Porter asked whether the Ho...

Plastic surgery is a unique specialty that defies definition, has no organ system of its own, is based on principles rather than specific procedures, and, because of cosmetic surgery, is the darling of the media. What is plastic surgery? No complete definition exists. Joe McCarthy defines it as the “problem-solving specialty.” My wife, an anesthesiologist, calls plastic surgeons the “finishers”...

Editorial When I was asked to write an editorial for the journal, my first reaction was 'What do I have to say that needs to be in the form of an editorial? " Fortunately, I was preparing to attend the 16 th International Congress of Dento Maxillo Facial Radiology in Beijing, where I was to present an invited paper on The Status of Oral and Maxillofa-cial Radiology Worldwide in 2007. I have bee...

Abstract Introduction The development of postgraduate programs for physician assistants (PAs) began in 1973 and by 2020 there were approximately 72 spread across a broad range medical surgical disciplines. PA Post-graduate education are voluntary available to American licensed PAs. Therefore, an assessment the characteristics post-graduate fellowships residencies was initiated. Method A non-exp...

The hallmark of skilled reading is the ability to read individual words accurately and quickly in isolation as well as in text, referred to as “context free” word reading skill (Stanovich, 1980). For a skilled reader, even a quick glance at a word activates its pronunciation and meaning. Being able to read words from memory by sight is valuable because it allows readers to focus their attention...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the training process for resident physicians. objective of this study was to evaluate professional training, and also subjective perception levels stress, anxiety, depression among doctors specializing in gastroenterology Romania. Methods: We conducted an observational cross-sectional study, period two months, 180 gastroenterology, ...

ôbjective: to examine the relationship between psychological well-being and social solidarity of apartment residents in shahrekord, ïran. methods: â sample of 200 apartment dwellers was selected randomly. fessler social solidarity ïnventory and general health questionnaire were used to gather data. results: üsing partial correlation test and having controlled the effect of age, sex and educatio...

Before starting medical school, students are asked to complete the Association of American Medical Colleges matriculating student questionnaire predict their eventual career in medicine. These same then a school graduation at completion school. Analysis these surveys can be used track students’ initial specialty choice, whether they eventually matched that choice (early discernment), had select...