BACKGROUND Graduating medical students enter the workforce with substantial medical knowledge and experience, yet little is known about how well they are prepared for the transition to medical practice in diverse settings. We set out to compare perceptions of medical school graduates' career guidance with their perceptions of preparedness to practice as interns. We also set out to compare perce...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to clarify essential abilities of novice physical and occupational therapists for independent execution of their duties and to develop a clinical competence assessment tool. [Subjects] Forty-five experienced therapists participated in this study. [Methods] A two-phase mixed-methods design was used. First, semi structured interviews were conducted on 15 experi...

THERE IS a growing awareness of the inadequacy of medical library services in hospitals and of the lack of co-ordination of medical information services in this country. The development of postgraduate education in hospitals makes it essential that more medical library facilities should be available. A recent Working Party on Medical Libraries (1965) has recommended a hierachy with Regional and...

Doctorate holders represent a crucial human resource for research and innovation. As a site for the production of new knowledge and new knowledge making practices, doctoral education has recently become ‘a matter of increasing interest and concern’ in many parts of the world (Lee & Green, 1995, p. 2), as a consequence of educational reforms. In China, postgraduate education is a borrowed concep...

POSTGRADUATE education has been discussed to a great extent among doctors, association committees, health authorities and among university 'teachers. Owing to the relative shortage of teachers a 'co-ordination committee which has recently been appointed has just started work. The committee collects information about all postgraduate education planned or running for general practitioners and spe...

Despite the drive towards evidence-based practice, the extent to which research evidence is being implemented in nursing practice is unclear, particularly in developing countries. This study was to assess the levels of perceived barriers to and facilitators of research utilization in practice among Chinese nurses and inter-relationships between these barriers and facilitators and their socio-de...

The aim of this study is to investigate and measure postgraduate students’ attitudes toward the Internet and computer use. Specifically, the present study sought answers to the following questions: What is the overall profile of postgraduate students’ attitudes toward the Internet and computer use? Do postgraduate students’ attitudes toward Internet and computer use differ in terms of gender? D...

X-ray exposure to dental patients has been significantly reduced by the introduction of speed group E intraoral film, rectangular beam limitation, long position indicating devices (PIDs), and rare-earth intensifying screens for extraoral radiography. Research indicates that many dentists do not use these techniques. However, schools of dentistry have implemented them to varying degrees for many...

PEDIATRIC PRACTICE: A. THE PEDIATRICIAN AS A SPECIALIST T lIE BOLE of time pediatrician in the totality of medical practice in timis country undergoes close scrutiny; panels and papers imave dealt witim it. Pediatric educators are vitally concerned timat timeir teaclming programs be tailored to future needs; official interest of the American Academy of Pediatrics lmas been expressed througim it...

The present paper reports on the results of a telephone survey of 217 alcohol and drug treatment clinicians on their beliefs and practice, in relation to service provision for women. Nurses comprised the second largest professional group surveyed. Seventy-eight percent of clinicians believed that women's treatment needs differed from men's and 74% reported a range of approaches and intervention...