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Demographic and epidemiological characteristics of scorpion envenomation and daily forecasting of scorpion sting counts in Touggourt, Algeria [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2020
OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to provide better insights into the demographic and epidemiological characteristics of scorpion envenomation in an endemic area in Algeria and to identify the model that best predicted daily scorpion sting counts ...
Kaouthar Boubekeur, Mohamed L’Hadj, Schehrazad Selmane   +2 more
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Medical education reform in Tajikistan: comparison of the conventional one-year family medicine residency program and the new two-year residency program for postgraduate medical education

BMC Medical Education, 2021
Introduction The last two decades have seen a shift in former Soviet countries from highly specialized to more family medicine-focused systems. Medical education has slowly adjusted to these reforms, although the region is still at risk to have a chronic
Leah F. Bohle, Edgar Valencia, Greta Ross, Davlyatova Dilbar Dzhabarovna, Shakhlo N. Yarbaeva, Zukhra A. Kasymova, Helen Prytherch   +6 more
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Assessing the effects of the nursing education reform on the educational environment in Tajikistan: a repeated cross-sectional analysis

BMC Nursing, 2020
Background A well-functioning education system for family nurses is a priority of the primary health care reform in Tajikistan. In 2015/2016, a baseline study was carried out to measure the educational environment at two nursing colleges, in Kulob and ...
Filippo Lechthaler, Michele Arigoni, Mohira Khamidova, Dilbar Davlyatova, Helen Prytherch, Kaspar Wyss   +5 more
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Investment case for two-year post university speciality training in family medicine in Tajikistan: how much is needed for continuing and scaling up the improved education of family doctors?

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background A new two-year Post University Specialty Training (PUST) programme in family medicine was introduced to improve the quality of postgraduate speciality medical education in Tajikistan.
Jari Kempers, Leah F. Bohle, Alexandra Topa, Greta Ross, Zukhra Kasymova, Shakhlo Yarbaeva, Cristina Rotaru, Helen Prytherch   +7 more
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A Community Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis in Sydney Associated with a Public Swimming Facility: A Case-Control Study

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2011
In February, 2008, the South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Public Health Unit investigated an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis within the south east region of Sydney, Australia.
Darren J. Mayne, Kelly-Anne Ressler, Diane Smith, Gareth Hockey, Susan J. Botham, Mark J. Ferson   +5 more
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Assessing professional behaviors: a self-administered scale for medical students during clerkships

BMC Medical Education
Background Medical professionalism is a core competency for medical students during clerkships for further professional development. Given that the behavior-based framework could provide clear insight and is easy to assess, the study aimed to create a ...
Chunyu Xin, Xinzhi Song, Simeng Wang, Xuemei Cui, Ning Ding, Deliang Wen   +5 more
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Commissioning health services for First Nations, regional, and remote populations: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research
Background Commissioning for health services has been implemented as one approach to improve the quality and access to healthcare for First Nations, regional and remote populations.
Henry Boer, Janya McCalman, Chris Doran, Amanda Rush, Bridgett Mitchell, Ruth Fagan, Elizabeth Whiting, Megan Kreis, Hannah Johnson, David Lyon   +9 more
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Health Accord

Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, 2022
In February 2022, a task force appointed by the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador submitted a report that he had commissioned 14 months earlier. The task force’s objective was to devise a 10-year strategy for modernizing and reforming the province's ...
Stephen
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Perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding professionalism and their relationships reported by newly enrolled Chinese residents

BMC Medical Ethics
Background The professionalism perceptions of newly enrolled residents determine how to implement targeted professionalism training during residency, but few studies have paid attention to this point.
Xinzhi Song, Chunyu Xin, Honghe Li, Ning Ding, Yan Wang, Charice Augustine, Deliang Wen   +6 more
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Approaches to rationing antiretroviral treatment: ethical and equity implications

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005
Despite a growing global commitment to the provision of antiretroviral therapy (ART), its availability is still likely to be less than the need. This imbalance raises ethical dilemmas about who should be granted access to publicly-subsidized ART ...
Sara Bennett, Catherine Chanfreau
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