BACKGROUND Canadian pharmacy residency programs rely on preceptors to support the growing demand of graduates wishing to pursue hospital residencies. Understanding the educational needs of these preceptors is important to ensure that they are well prepared to deliver successful programs. OBJECTIVE To determine what new and experienced residency preceptors self-identify as learning needs in or...

BACKGROUND The use of educational and behavioural interventions in the management of chronic asthma have a strong evidence base. There may be a role for educative interventions following presentation in an emergency setting in adults. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of educational interventions administered following an acute exacerbation of asthma leading to presentation in the emerge...

This study aims to optimize video and leaflet educational media increase nurse awareness about Nursing Audits at X Hospital. The method used is a pilot study. Data was collected through interviews, observation questionnaires 263 respondents. analysis carried out using fishbone, preparation of Plan Action (POA) in the form videos leaflets. results showed that head room did not know Audit process...

Two prospective surveys of the immunisation state and its documentation were conducted among children under 2 years old attending a children's hospital. A survey of 111 children attending the casualty or outpatient departments showed that, according to reliable records, 106 (95%) were fully immunised for age with oral polio vaccine, 93 (84%) with triple antigen, and 26 of 33 children greater th...

Minimal invasive techniques are rapidly becoming standard surgical techniques for many surgical procedures. To develop the skills necessary to apply these techniques, box trainers and/or inanimate models may be used, but these trainers lack the possibility of inherent objective classification of results. In the past decade, virtual reality (VR) trainers were introduced for training minimal inva...

Background & objectives: Hospital wastes can be categorized as hazardous wastes due to their risks to the environment and human. Considering the fact that the hospital staff are in direct contact with biomedical wastes, their knowledge and safe operation are important in waste management. The aim of this study was to determine the status of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthcare staff o...

1Pain Research and Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK; 2Centre for Pain Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK; 3National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, London, UK; 4Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College Lon...