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View article: Medication Adherence in Children with Asthma
Medication Adherence in Children with Asthma Open
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood. If untreated, asthma can lead to debilitating daily symptoms which affect quality of life, but more importantly can lead to fatal asthma attacks which unfortunately still occur global…
View article: How can quality be measured within a physician-led Community Emergency Medical service? A scoping review protocol
How can quality be measured within a physician-led Community Emergency Medical service? A scoping review protocol Open
Background Quality measurement as part of quality improvement in healthcare is integral for service delivery and development. This is particularly pertinent for health services that deliver care in ways that differ from traditional practic…
View article: How can quality and performance be measured within a physician-led Community Emergency Medical service? A scoping review protocol
How can quality and performance be measured within a physician-led Community Emergency Medical service? A scoping review protocol Open
Background Quality and performance measurement as part of quality improvement in healthcare is integral for service delivery and development. This is particularly pertinent for health services that deliver care in ways that differ from tra…
View article: The use of remote video directly observed therapy to improve both inhaler technique and adherence to asthma medications
The use of remote video directly observed therapy to improve both inhaler technique and adherence to asthma medications Open
Incorrect inhaler technique and non-adherence to inhaled preventer therapy often is the cause of poorly controlled asthma. Detecting and correcting non-adherence in asthma therapy has proven difficult. In addition, while patients may be ab…
View article: Minimum accepted competency examination: test item analysis
Minimum accepted competency examination: test item analysis Open
Background To ascertain if undergraduate medical students attain adequate knowledge to practice in paediatrics, we designed the minimum accepted competency (MAC) examination. This was a set of MCQ’s designed to test the most basic, ‘must k…
View article: How Inhaler Technique is Assessed in Children and Young People: A Scoping Review Protocol
How Inhaler Technique is Assessed in Children and Young People: A Scoping Review Protocol Open
BackgroundAsthma is the most common chronic childhood condition. Unfortunately, many children have poorly controlled asthma. Current guidelines strongly recommend that all asthma review appointments must include an assessment of the patien…
View article: Minimum Accepted Competency Examination: Test Item Analysis
Minimum Accepted Competency Examination: Test Item Analysis Open
Background The minimum accepted competency (MAC) examination in paediatrics was a set of MCQ’s designed to test undergraduate medical students on the most basic, ‘must know’ knowledge as determined by non-faculty paediatric clinicians. The…
View article: Can omalizumab be used effectively to treat severe conjunctivitis in children with asthma? A case example and review of the literature
Can omalizumab be used effectively to treat severe conjunctivitis in children with asthma? A case example and review of the literature Open
A 14-year-old girl with poorly controlled asthma attended the difficult-to-treat asthma clinic for review. Although she has eosinophilia and significantly raised immunoglobulin E levels, she is not currently a candidate for omalizumab (Xol…
View article: How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review
How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review Open
BackgroundOne reason that asthma remains poorly controlled in children is poor inhaler technique. Guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique at each clinical visit. However, they do not specify how best to train children to mastery of…
View article: Use of Teach-Back Methodology to Promote Self-management and Treatment Adherence in Children With Chronic Illness: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocol
Use of Teach-Back Methodology to Promote Self-management and Treatment Adherence in Children With Chronic Illness: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocol Open
Introduction Chronic disease in childhood is becoming more prevalent worldwide. Self-management skills can only be taught with effective communication between the health care worker and the patient or primary care provider. ‘Teach-back’ is…
View article: Study of performance on a novel paediatric examination to investigate disparity between what undergraduate medical students are taught and what is felt to be essential knowledge in the postgraduate paediatric domain?
Study of performance on a novel paediatric examination to investigate disparity between what undergraduate medical students are taught and what is felt to be essential knowledge in the postgraduate paediatric domain? Open
BackgroundIt is recognised that newly qualified doctors feel unprepared in many areas of their daily practice and that there is a gap between what students learn during medical school and their clinical responsibilities early in their post…
View article: How We Teach Children with Asthma to Use Their Inhaler: A Scoping Review
How We Teach Children with Asthma to Use Their Inhaler: A Scoping Review Open
BackgroundOne reason that asthma remains poorly controlled in children is poor inhaler technique. Guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique at each clinical visit. However, they do not specify how best to train children to mastery of…
View article: Preparedness for practice: Is there a disparity between what undergraduate medical students are taught and what is felt to be essential knowledge in the postgraduate paediatric domain?
Preparedness for practice: Is there a disparity between what undergraduate medical students are taught and what is felt to be essential knowledge in the postgraduate paediatric domain? Open
BackgroundThis study aimed to evaluate how undergraduate students and junior paediatric doctors performed against an examination of knowledge set by non-academic consultants at a “must –know “ level for starting in paediatrics. We named th…
View article: How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol
How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol Open
Background One reason that asthma remains poorly controlled in children is poor inhaler technique. Current guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique at each clinical visit. However, they do not specify how best to train children to m…
View article: How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol
How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol Open
Background One reason that asthma remains poorly controlled in children is poor inhaler technique. Current guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique at each clinical visit. However, they do not specify how best to train children to m…
View article: How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol
How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol Open
Background One reason that asthma remains poorly controlled in children is poor inhaler technique. Current guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique at each clinical visit. However, they do not specify how best to train children to m…
View article: How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol
How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol Open
Background One reason that asthma remains poorly controlled in children is poor inhaler technique. Current guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique at each clinical visit. However, they do not specify how best to train children to m…
View article: How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol
How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: A scoping review protocol Open
Background One reason that asthma remains poorly controlled in children is poor inhaler technique. Current guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique at each clinical visit. However, they do not specify how best to train children to m…
View article: GP149 Introducing a minimum accepted competency (MAC) exam for commencing supervised paediatric practice
GP149 Introducing a minimum accepted competency (MAC) exam for commencing supervised paediatric practice Open
Aims To determine if undergraduate students and paediatric trainee doctors level of knowledge meet a non-faculty clinician-determined minimum accepted competency (MAC). Methods A 30-item multiple-choice (MCQ) paper (MAC exam) was created, …
View article: P254 Comparing the opinion of trainee doctors and consultants with regards a trainee’s preparedness for paediatric work
P254 Comparing the opinion of trainee doctors and consultants with regards a trainee’s preparedness for paediatric work Open
Aim To compare the opinion of paediatric consultants to paediatric Senior House Officer's (SHO's) with regards their perceived level of preparedness for starting clinical work in paediatrics. Methods A 10 item five-point Likert scale quest…
View article: P260 Parental satisfaction with junior doctor consultations
P260 Parental satisfaction with junior doctor consultations Open
Aims To determine parental satisfaction of a consultation with a junior doctor in a paediatric hospital, with reference to the affective aspects of the medical council's domains of good professional practice. Methods Administering a five-p…