BACKGROUND The goal of integrated care is to offer a continuum of care that crosses the boundaries of public health, primary, secondary, and tertiary care. Integrated care is increasingly promoted for people with complex needs and has also recently been promoted in maternity care systems to improve the quality of care. Especially when located near an obstetric unit, birth centres are considered...

The study is based on online survey, including the occupational health and safety of care professionals. was conducted in tertiary centres Chandigarh (UT), India by applying snowball sampling technique. There were 69 professional included from different category, i.e. medical staff, paramedical nursing staff helpers. to underline components during Covid-19 pandemic. Another scenario discuss var...

This presentation discusses online learning provision using blended approach in educational settings. Online learning provision in the African setting includes both the traditional e-Learning management systems (e. g. proprietary – blackboard and webCT), and Open Source (i. e. Moodle, KEWL etc.). Online learning can feature at primary, junior and senior secondary as well as tertiary levels. How...

• Significant growth in demand for education, meaning scale of educational institutions. • Increased funding from non-government sources with an increased expectation of relevance and utility. • Changing government and community expectations regarding the nature and role of tertiary education institutions raising expectations of relevance and efficiency. • Increased commercial activity of tradi...

OBJECTIVES To determine the impact on clinicians and any consequent influence on patient care of taking part in the bespoke interface-focused educational intervention. DESIGN Qualitative design. SETTING Primary and secondary care centres in NHS Highland health board area, Scotland. PARTICIPANTS 33 urban-based clinicians (18 general practitioners and 15 hospital specialists) in NHS Highlan...

Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become widespread among most centres for education and training. Being a mature technology, LMS have left the vanguard of innovation. Educational usages of the Web 2.0, Personal Learning Environments, Game-based Learning and particularly the introduction of mobile phones and tablets in education are happening outside the boundaries of the LMS. This paper p...

A 'Bare Below the Elbows' (BBTE) dress code policy has been introduced by the majority of NHS trusts in the UK. The aim of this Irish study was to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on perception of medical attire. The study was carried out in two centres: a tertiary referral centre (Beaumont Hospital) and a district hospital (MRH, Portlaoise). Two questionnaires, incorporating ...

Since 1991, general practitioners (GPs) in the UK have been allowed to manage part of the NHS funds allocated for the secondary care of their patients. This has included outpatient consultations, pharmaceuticals, community services, and elective surgery. Despite the growing body of research on the impact of such GP fundholding,' there have been no reports on its effect on the use of tertiary se...

Malaria in pregnancy (MIP) remains a major public health concern, inspite of the adoption of WHO recommended intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for its control in Nigeria. Using interviewer administered questionnaires, information on knowledge of the burden, consequences and the use of SP for malaria control in pregnancy was obtained from 800 mothers w...