Copyright © 2005, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc. All rights reserved. 1079-2082/05/0402-0856$06.00. There is a pressing need to prepare health-system pharmacists for executive-level positions, motivate them to step into these roles and educate health-system administrators about the value a pharmacist in such a position could bring to his or her organization. To do this, the...

BACKGROUND Reducing the prevalence of unhealthy lifestyle behaviour could positively influence health. Motivational interviewing (MI) is used to promote change in unhealthy lifestyle behaviour as part of primary or secondary prevention. Whether MI is actually applied as taught is unknown. Practice nurses' application of motivational interviewing in real-life primary care consultations was exami...

A 42-year-old man with schizophrenia was referred to our hospital after 2 weeks of worsening fatigue. His hemoglobin level was 2.8 g/dL owing to folic acid deficiency stemming from alcohol abuse and consumption of unbalanced meals. We induced behavioral changes in the patient by motivational interviewing. We had direct methodical conversations with medical staff involved with the patient as wel...

OBJECTIVE To examine the feasibility and efficacy of a staff-delivered motivational interviewing technique on treatment, diet, medication, and fluid adherence in adult patients receiving outpatient hemodialysis. DESIGN A pre-post design was used for this pilot study. SAMPLE/SETTING Twenty-nine participants were recruited from a non-profit, free-standing hemodialysis clinic in the central Un...

Of particular interest to researchers and practitioners is the impact of board members’ composition and characteristics on corporate activities. With the exception of studies focusing on the gender of board members and the inside director-outside director dichotomy, much of the research tends to treat directors as a homogeneous group. This study seeks to determine whether a relationship exists ...

Background The student costs of residency interviewing are of increasing concern but limited current information is available. Updated, more detailed information would assist students and residency programs in decisions about residency selection. The study objective was to measure the expenses and time spent in residency interviewing by the 2016 graduating class of the University of Kansas Scho...

BACKGROUND National Health Service (NHS) trusts, which provide the majority of hospital and community health services to the English NHS, are increasingly adopting a 'public firm' model with a board consisting of executive directors who are trust employees and external non-executives chosen for their experience in a range of areas such as finance, health care and management. In this paper we co...

Frank Gower Bergin passed away in his sleep on October 25th, after a prolonged period of restricted activity due to cardiac weakness. His father and brother were at one time Directors of Muller's Orphanage; two brothers were doctors, and a sister was for a while Casualty Sister at the General Hospital. With the late James Taylor, he pioneered radiological services in Bristol, working for many y...