OBJECTIVE Community-based medical education is growing to meet the increased demand for quality clinical education in expanded settings, and its sustainability relies on patient participation. This study investigated patients' views on being used as an educational resource for teaching medical students. DESIGN Questionnaire-based survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Patients attending six rural...

OBJECTIVE To undertake a pilot study assessing effectiveness of a tailored training programme in behaviour change counselling (BCC) for community pharmacists on, their competence and confidence in delivering behaviour change consultations, skill retention over time and impact on practice. METHODS Community pharmacists (N=87) attending Primary Care Trust training were given study information a...

BACKGROUND Consultation with cardiologists may improve the quality of ambulatory care and reduce disparities for patients with heart disease. We assessed the use of cardiology consultations and the associated quality by race/ethnicity, gender, insurance status, and site of care. METHODS AND RESULTS In a retrospective cohort, we examined electronic records of 9761 adults with coronary artery d...

This study uses artificial intelligence and big data technologies to develop a chatbot prototype for veterinary consultations. To understand pet owners’ behavioral intentions use the consultations, we modify technology acceptance model usage intention consultation chatbot. We survey members of network community by using Google Forms collect partial least squares structural equation modeling ana...

As community pharmacy services become more patient centered, they will be increasingly reliant on access to good quality patient information. This review describes how the information that is currently available in community pharmacies can be used to enhance service delivery and patient care. With integration of community pharmacy and medical practice records on the horizon, the opportunities t...

INTRODUCTION Evidence suggests that people who inject drugs often begin their drug use and injecting practices in adolescence, yet there are limited data available on the HIV epidemic and the responses for this population. The comprehensive package of interventions for the prevention, treatment and care of HIV infection among people who inject drugs first laid out in 2009 (revised in 2012) by W...