What about using distance teaching for emergency care? This area too is developing, and now has a small, but growing, evidence base. Stansfield and colleagues (2001) used distance teaching for medical...
The paramedic profession has changed dramatically over recent years and continues to change. We have moved away from protocol-led treatment and more towards independent clinical decision making...
Data from student surveys and student and mentor feedback meetings informed the findings discussed here. This paper focuses on the barriers to learning identified in the analysis of these data..
Study in other countries is viewed as a strategic goal for many universities, as it promotes understanding of world issues affecting society, cultural competence, and international engagement, which...
Patients at the end of their life may have a variety of symptoms or urgent care needs. Pain, nausea/vomiting, agitation, breathlessness and terminal respiratory secretions are commonly experienced...
Data from student surveys and feedback meetings informed the findings discussed here. Key themes arising from analysis of the data include learning experiences the students perceived as positive and...
Specific items of the CTEI have been observed to have scored more positively than others by the cohort of undergraduates. Scoring highly was item 1, ‘Establishes a good learning environment (e.g....
While gout is becoming an increasingly prevalent condition, it has its background many thousands of years ago. The Egyptians first identified gout in 2 640 BC, and in the fifth century, Hippocrates...