Zeliha KOÇAK TUFAN*, Hatice Rahmet GÜNER, Gülruhsar YILMAZ, Aybegüm ÖZŞAHİN, Murat BOZKURT, Mehmet Akın TAŞYARAN Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Bil...

1. Pediatric Infectious Disease Department, Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 2. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 3. Laboratory of Microbiology, Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 4. National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Public Health ...

Quality improvement (QI) continues to be a health care challenge, and the literature indicates that osteopathic medical students need more training. To qualify for portions of managed care reimbursement, hospitals are required to meet measures intended to improve quality of care and patient satisfaction, which may be challenging for small community hospitals with limited resources. Because oste...

BACKGROUND There is a perceived conflict between the need for service provision and surgical training within the National Health Service (NHS). Trainee surgeons tend to be slower (thereby reducing theatre throughput), and may have more complications (increasing hospital stay and costs). OBJECTIVE To quantify the effect of training on outcome and costs. DESIGN Data on 2740 consecutive isolat...