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Pharmacy Swine Flu Trial Moves Into Phase II – Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia
The first phase of a swine flu vaccination program trial conducted in Tasmania by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Department of Health and Human Services has proved popular with the community. Phase II of the pandemic vaccination program will now be rolled out to allow pharmacy-based clinics to support other elements of the swine flu vaccination program…
Virology: New insight into Chikungunya virus infection from nonhuman primates
Researchers have successfully modeled CHIKV infection in cynomolgus macaques. Specifically, CHIKV infection in cynomolgus macaques was found to recapitulate the viral, clinical, and pathological features observed in CHIKV infected humans.
Stopping a cold from turning into a sinus infection
Have a cold that just won’t go away or is getting worse? Chances are your cold has developed into a sinus infection – a common problem this time of year, says Alan Wild, M.D., assistant professor of otolaryngology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. “Most colds resolve without progressing to a sinus infection,” Wild said…
Introducing an online community into a clinical education setting: a pilot study of student and staff engagement and outcomes using blended learning
Background:There are growing reasons to use both information and communication functions of learning technologies as part of clinical education, but the literature offers few accounts of such implementations or evaluations of their impact. This paper details the process of implementing a blend of online and face-to-face learning and teaching in a clinical education setting and it reports on the educational impact of this innovation.Methods:This study designed an online community to complement a series of on-site workshops and monitored its use over a semester. Quantitative and qualitative data recording 43 final-year medical students’ and 13 clinical educators’ experiences with this blended approach to learning and teaching were analysed using access, adoption and quality criteria as measures of impact.Results:The introduction of the online community produced high student ratings of the quality of learning and teaching and it produced student academic results that were equivalent to those from face-to-face-only learning and teaching. Staff had mixed views about using blended learning.Conclusions:Projects such as this take skilled effort and time. Strong incentives are required to encourage clinical staff and students to use a new mode of communication. A more synchronous or multi-channel communication feedback system might stimulate increased adoption. Cultural change in clinical teaching is also required before clinical education can benefit more widely from initiatives such as this.
New Insight Into Nerve Cell Communication
Communication between nerve cells is vital for our bodies to function. Part of this communication happens through vesicles containing signalling molecules called neurotransmitters. The vesicle fuses with the nerve cell membrane; the neurotransmitters are released and quickly recorded by the next nerve cell…
Comparative attainment of 5-year undergraduate and 4-year graduate entry medical students moving into foundation training
Background:Graduate entry medicine is a recent innovation in UK medical training. Evidence is sparse at present as to progress and attainment on these programmes. Shared clinical rotations, between an established 5-year and a new graduate entry course, provide the opportunity to compare achievement on clinical assessments. To compare completion and attainment on clinical phase assessments between students on a 4-year graduate entry course and an established 5-year undergraduate medicine course.Methods:Overall completion rates for the 4 and 5 year courses, fails at first attempt, and scores on 14 clinical assessments, were compared between 171 graduate-entry and 450 undergraduate medical students at the University of Nottingham, comprising two graduating cohorts. Percentage assessment marks were converted to z-scores separately for each graduating year and the normalised marks then combined into a single dataset. Z-score transformed percentage marks were analysed by multivariate analysis of variance and univariate analyses of variance for each summative assessment. Numbers of fails at first attempt were analysed aggregated across all assessments initially, then separately for each assessment using Chi2.Results:Completion rates were around 90% overall and significantly higher in the graduate entry course. Failures of assessments overall were similar, but a higher proportion of graduate entry students failed a community follow-up project and the final OSLER. Mean performance on clinical assessments showed a significant overall difference, made up of lower performance on 4 of 5 knowledge-based exams (as well as higher performance on the first exam) by the graduate entry group, but similar levels of performance on all the skills-based and attitudinal assessments.Conclusions:High completion rates are encouraging. The lower performance in some knowledge-based exams may reflect lower prior educational attainment, a substantially different demographic profile (age, gender), or an artefact of the first 2 years of a new graduate entry programme.
Transplanting People’s Own Stem Cells Into Heart Lessens Pain, Improves Ability To Walk
The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. The transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn’t receive stem cells.
Senate Might See Health Overhaul Vote Slip Into 2010
Democrats are, by many accounts, a long way from agreement among their own members on a health care reform bill. Politico reports that “Democrats have blown so many deadlines for getting health reform done this year that insiders are increasingly skeptical they can finish by year’s end – and some even suggest the effort might slip to a new deadline, before the State of the Union address.
The Safety Of Injecting Nanowires Into The Brain
The biological safety of nanotechnology, in other words, how the body reacts to nanoparticles, is a hot topic. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed for the first time to carry out successful experiments involving the injection of so-called ‘nanowires.
Publix Pharmacies To Compound Tamiflu Into Oral Suspension
In response to the shortage of Tamiflu in liquid form, all 795 Publix Pharmacies will offer to compound Tamiflu into an oral suspension. Tamiflu, a drug often prescribed to treat flu-like symptoms, is typically available in two forms – capsule or liquid form. The liquid form is generally prescribed to children and adults unable to swallow the capsule form.
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