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Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman, Erik M. Donker, Jelle Tichelaar, on behalf of the CP4T programme   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asynchronous Multi-Context Systems

, 2015
In this work, we present asynchronous multi-context systems (aMCSs), which provide a framework for loosely coupling different knowledge representation formalisms that allows for online reasoning in a dynamic environment. Systems of this kind may interact
G. Brewka, J. Lang, J.J. Alferes
core   +1 more source

Community pharmacists' practices and perspectives on deprescribing high‐risk psychotropic medicines: National survey findings

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim To explore the practices, confidence and perspectives of community pharmacists in deprescribing high‐risk psychotropic medicines, including opioid analgesics, benzodiazepine, gabapentinoids and medicinal cannabis. Methods An anonymous, cross‐sectional national online survey was conducted between January and April 2025 among Australian community ...
Monica Jung, Louisa Picco, Aili V. Langford, Rose Laing, Jana Dostal, Suzanne Nielsen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ambulances are for emergencies: shifting attitudes through a research-informed behaviour change campaign

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2019
BackgroundIn Victoria, Australia, emergency calls requesting an ambulance have been increasing at a rate higher than population growth. While most of these calls are for genuine emergencies, many do not require an immediate ambulance response.
Kim Borg, Breanna Wright, Liz Sannen, David Dumas, Tony Walker, P. Bragge   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Physiology-Aware Rural Ambulance Routing

, 2017
In emergency patient transport from rural medical facility to center tertiary hospital, real-time monitoring of the patient in the ambulance by a physician expert at the tertiary center is crucial.
Berlin Jr., Richard B., Hosseini, Mohammad, Sha, Lui   +2 more
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Incidence and outcomes of childhood status epilepticus in Kano, northern Nigeria

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is a major neurological emergency in childhood, but population‐based data from low‐ and middle‐income countries remain limited. We estimated the incidence, mortality, neurological outcomes, and predictors of adverse outcomes among children with CSE in Kano, northern Nigeria.
Umar A. Sabo, Halima Kabir, Aminu T. Abdullahi, Halima Adamu, Auwal S. Salihu, Abba M. Abdullahi, Aminu Wada, Zubairu Iliyasu, Jamilu Zakari, Safiya Gambo, Binta W. Jibir, Muktar H. Aliyu, Usman J. Wudil, Donna J. Ingles, Heather L. Prigmore, Bryan E. Shepherd, Angela R. Paolucci, Edwin Trevathan   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Parallel Provision to Health System Integration: Exploring the Trajectory and Contextual Drivers of the Healthcare Response for Refugees in Six Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rising numbers of refugees, prolonged displacement and reduced funding have led to challenges in terms of how to address their healthcare needs, with different approaches taken, ranging from parallel mechanisms to arrangements that are integrated (to different extents) within the national health system. Increasingly, global frameworks call for
Maria Paola Bertone, Natasha Palmer, Amina Olabi, Ibrahim Bou‐Orm, Hussam Rekani, Hassan Ould Moctar, Ricardo Chuquimia, Chitalu Miriam Chama‐Chiliba, Ben Ngoye, Zahid Ali Memon, Marcia Vera‐Espinoza, Karin Diaconu, Alastair Ager, Sophie Witter   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community First Responders’ role in the current and future rural health and care workforce: a mixed-methods study

Health and Social Care Delivery Research
Background Community First Responders are trained volunteers dispatched by ambulance services to potentially life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest in the first vital minutes to provide care until highly skilled ambulance staff arrive ...
Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Gupteswar Patel, Vanessa Botan, Murray D Smith, Viet-Hai Phung, Julie Pattinson, Ian Trueman, Colin Ridyard, Mehrshad Parvin Hosseini, Zahid Asghar, Roderick Orner, Amanda Brewster, Pauline Mountain, Elise Rowan, Robert Spaight   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact on Ambulance Mobilisations of an Increasing Age Profile of Telecare Service Users Receiving Advanced Proactive, Personalised Telecare in Spain—a Longitudinal Study 2014–2018 [PDF]

, 2021
Wendy Hugoosgift Contreras, Ester Sarquella, Eva Binefa, Mar Entrambasaguas, Anette Stjerne, P. B. Booth   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source

Maternal and neonatal outcomes in Gaza amid armed hostilities in 2025

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study documents facility‐based maternal, obstetric, and neonatal outcomes and associated conflict‐related exposures and living conditions among pregnancy‐related encounters at Al‐Helou Maternity Hospital in Gaza from late April to early September 2025, with a small number of additional encounters recorded at Al‐Shifa Medical ...
Shaymaa Abuhaiba, Younis Elijla, Aya El‐Dadah, Othman Nassar, Meran Abu‐Sultan, Maysaa Almasry, Hebatallah Alkhatib, Mahmoud Alsady, Amir Mahdi Ghafarian, Muath Alsarafandi, Lina Abumughessib, Arham Ali, Yassar Arain, Abeerah Muhammad, Belal Aldabbour, Shayan Ali, Bilal Irfan   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source