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Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals? (2012)
Journal Article
Coomber, J., Charlton, R., Thistlethwaite, J. E., & England, L. (2012). Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals?. BMC Family Practice, 13(123), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-13-123

Background Revalidation for UK doctors is expected to be introduced from late 2012. For general practitioners (GPs), this entails collecting supporting information to be submitted and assessed in a revalidation portfolio every five years. The aim of... Read More about Can GPs working in secure environments in England re-license using the Royal College of General Practitioners revalidation proposals?.

“Medioglycaemia”: a new concept in glycaemic control in intensive care (ICU) units? (2012)
Journal Article
Tomlinson, V. H., Langley, J., Meal, A. G., & Adams, G. G. (2012). “Medioglycaemia”: a new concept in glycaemic control in intensive care (ICU) units?. Journal of Diabetes Mellitus, 25(4), https://doi.org/10.4236/jdm.2012.24056

Introduction: Critically ill patients can experience stress-induced hyperglycaemia. Glycaemic control therapy (GCT) is administered to control patients’ blood glycaemic levels and reduce the incidence of infection, myocardial infarctions and organ fa... Read More about “Medioglycaemia”: a new concept in glycaemic control in intensive care (ICU) units?.

Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme to improve wellbeing outcomes in women with depression: findings from the qualitative component (2012)
Journal Article
Khalil, E., Callaghan, P., Carter, T., & Morres, I. (2012). Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme to improve wellbeing outcomes in women with depression: findings from the qualitative component. Psychology, 3(11), https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2012.311147

This paper reports the qualitative component from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial (PRCT), the quantitative component is reported in Callaghan, Khalil, Morres and Carter (2011). Exercise may be effective in treating depression, but trials test... Read More about Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of an exercise programme to improve wellbeing outcomes in women with depression: findings from the qualitative component.

Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey (2012)
Journal Article
Payne, K. F. B., Wharrad, H., & Watts, K. (2012). Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 12(121), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-12-121

Background: Smartphone usage has spread to many settings including that of healthcare with numerous potential and realised benefits. The ability to download custom-built software applications (apps) has created a new wealth of clinical resources av... Read More about Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey.

Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy (2012)
Journal Article
Weng, S. F., Redsell, S. A., Swift, J. A., Yang, M., & Glazebrook, C. P. (2012). Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(12), https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302263

Objective To determine risk factors for childhood overweight that can be identified during the first year of life to facilitate early identification and targeted intervention. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Search strategy Electroni... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy.

Patients’ narratives of surgical site infection: implications for practice (2012)
Journal Article
Tanner, J., Padley, W., Davey, S., Murphy, K., & Brown, B. (2013). Patients’ narratives of surgical site infection: implications for practice. Journal of Hospital Infection, 83(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2012.07.025

Background Exploring patients' experiences has been used widely within healthcare to improve clinical service delivery. To date there has been minimal patient input of this kind into aspects of surgical site infection (SSI), such as surveillance o... Read More about Patients’ narratives of surgical site infection: implications for practice.

Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care (2012)
Journal Article
Hui, M. L., Kumar, A., & Adama, G. G. (2012). Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care. Perioperative Medicine, 1(7), https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-0525-1-7

Perioperative hyperglycaemia is associated with poor outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Frequent postoperative hyperglycaemia in cardiac surgery patients has led to the initiation of an insulin infusion sliding scale for quality improve... Read More about Protocol-directed insulin infusion sliding scales improve perioperative hyperglycaemia in critical care.

Classroom assessment techniques: an assessment and student evaluation method (2012)
Journal Article
Walker, D. (2012). Classroom assessment techniques: an assessment and student evaluation method. Creative Education, 3(6A), https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2012.326136

Some of the challenges that face Higher Education are how to ensure that assessment is meaningful and that feedback is prompt in order to promote learning. Another issue is how to provide lecturers with feedback regarding their efficacy, in a timely... Read More about Classroom assessment techniques: an assessment and student evaluation method.

Why is the Liverpool care pathway used for some dying cancer patients and not others? Healthcare professionals’ perspectives (2012)
Journal Article
Freemantle, A., & Seymour, J. (2012). Why is the Liverpool care pathway used for some dying cancer patients and not others? Healthcare professionals’ perspectives. BMC Research Notes, 5(524), https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-524

Background: Despite evidence suggesting that the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient is a structured and proficient means of supporting care delivery in the last hours or days of life, discrepancies in uptake are widespread. This explorator... Read More about Why is the Liverpool care pathway used for some dying cancer patients and not others? Healthcare professionals’ perspectives.