BACKGROUND The symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are associated with difficulty coping with the social, behavioural and academic components of school. Compared with medication and other non-pharmacological treatment, there is less evidence relating to school-based interventions to support children with ADHD. There is additionally an absence of any research focused on the expe...

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional survey assessed the adequacy of ophthalmology teaching in undergraduate medical education and evaluated the comfort level of family medicine residents in diagnosing and managing common ophthalmic conditions. METHODS Postgraduate year 1 and 2 family medicine residents at the University of Western Ontario were recruited for this study. The main outcome measures w...

Are there lessons to be learned about managing performance in schools from the world beyond the classroom? Three case studies-Toyota, the Derbyshire Building Society and the RAF-provide clues to a successful performance management system

a Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica y Estadística Médica, Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad de Sassari, Unidad de Investigación, Formación Médica y Desarrollo Profesional, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy b Centro Colaborador con la OMS para la Tuberculosis y Trastornos Pulmonares, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Centro de Asistencia e Investigación, Tradate, Italy c IdISPa-FISIB, Hospital Unive...