Locum doctors in English general practices: evidence from a national survey
CONCLUSION: Locum working is an essential part of English general practice, but this research raises some concerns about the robustness of arrangements for locum working and the impact on quality and safety of care. Further research is needed about the clinical practice and performance of locums, and to explore how locum working can be organised in ways that assure safe and high-quality care.PMID:37604697 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2023.0039 (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - August 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Gemma Stringer Jane Ferguson Kieran Walshe Christos Grigoroglou Thomas Allen Evangelos Kontopantelis Darren M Ashcroft Source Type: research
Locum doctors in English general practices: evidence from a national survey
CONCLUSION: Locum working is an essential part of English general practice, but this research raises some concerns about the robustness of arrangements for locum working and the impact on quality and safety of care. Further research is needed about the clinical practice and performance of locums, and to explore how locum working can be organised in ways that assure safe and high-quality care.PMID:37604697 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2023.0039 (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - August 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Gemma Stringer Jane Ferguson Kieran Walshe Christos Grigoroglou Thomas Allen Evangelos Kontopantelis Darren M Ashcroft Source Type: research
Locum doctors in English general practices: evidence from a national survey
CONCLUSION: Locum working is an essential part of English general practice, but this research raises some concerns about the robustness of arrangements for locum working and the impact on quality and safety of care. Further research is needed about the clinical practice and performance of locums, and to explore how locum working can be organised in ways that assure safe and high-quality care.PMID:37604697 | PMC:PMC10471140 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2023.0039 (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - August 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Gemma Stringer Jane Ferguson Kieran Walshe Christos Grigoroglou Thomas Allen Evangelos Kontopantelis Darren M Ashcroft Source Type: research
Models using private general practitioners to provide caesarean deliveries at five South African district public hospitals: insights for public-private contracting for obstetric care in rural areas
CONCLUSION: Structured appropriately, private public partnerships can fill important gaps in human resources in rural district hospitals. Policy makers should look to developing a 'contracting framework' which requires compliance with a set of underlying principles but allows for flexibility in developing context specific contracting arrangements. These underlying principles should include a 'risk' based delivery model, adherence to public sector- evidence-based protocols, time-based rather than per delivery/type of delivery remuneration models, group liability arrangements, and processes to monitor outcomes.PMID:37552135 ...
Source: Global Health Action - August 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Geetesh Solanki Emmanuelle Daviaud Sue Fawcus Vishal Brijlal Tanya Doherty Source Type: research
Treatment preference and quality of life impact: ravulizumab vs eculizumab for atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
Conclusion: Adult patients and caregivers of pediatric patients indicated an overall preference for ravulizumab than eculizumab for the treatment of aHUS, driven primarily by infusion frequency. This study contributes to the emerging real-world evidence on the treatment impact and preference in patients with aHUS.PMID:37515502 | DOI:10.57264/cer-2023-0036 (Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research)
Source: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research - July 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Teri J Mauch Michael R Chladek Spero Cataland Shruti Chaturvedi Bradley P Dixon Katherine Garlo Christoph Gasteyger Anuja Java Jorge Leguizamo Lucy Lloyd-Price Tan P Pham Tara Symonds Ioannis Tomazos Yan Wang Source Type: research
Locum Tenens: Considerations of this Career Model for the Radiologist
(Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR)
Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - July 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Monika Bapna, Taj M. Kattapuram Source Type: research
Preferences of People Living with HIV for Long-Acting Antiretroviral Treatment in Germany: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment
ConclusionsAll attributes included in our survey were important to participants when choosing an antiretroviral therapy. We found evidence that the frequency of dosing as well as the risk of long-term side effects have a particular impact on the acceptance of novel therapy regimens and should be considered in order to optimize adherence and satisfaction. (Source: The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research)
Source: The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research - July 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Exploring gender differences in uptake of GP partnership roles: a qualitative mixed-methods study
CONCLUSION: There are some long-standing gendered barriers that continue to affect the career decisions of women GPs. The relative attractiveness of salaried, locum, or private roles in general practice appears to discourage both men and women from partnerships presently. Promoting positive workplace cultures through strong role models, improved flexibility in roles, and skills training could potentially encourage greater uptake.PMID:37365008 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2022.0544 (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - June 26, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Laura Jefferson Su Golder Holly Essex Veronica Dale Karen Bloor Source Type: research
Exploring gender differences in uptake of GP partnership roles: a qualitative mixed-methods study
CONCLUSION: There are some long-standing gendered barriers that continue to affect the career decisions of women GPs. The relative attractiveness of salaried, locum, or private roles in general practice appears to discourage both men and women from partnerships presently. Promoting positive workplace cultures through strong role models, improved flexibility in roles, and skills training could potentially encourage greater uptake.PMID:37365008 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2022.0544 (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - June 26, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Laura Jefferson Su Golder Holly Essex Veronica Dale Karen Bloor Source Type: research
Exploring gender differences in uptake of GP partnership roles: a qualitative mixed-methods study
CONCLUSION: There are some long-standing gendered barriers that continue to affect the career decisions of women GPs. The relative attractiveness of salaried, locum, or private roles in general practice appears to discourage both men and women from partnerships presently. Promoting positive workplace cultures through strong role models, improved flexibility in roles, and skills training could potentially encourage greater uptake.PMID:37365008 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2022.0544 (Source: The British Journal of General Practice)
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - June 26, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Laura Jefferson Su Golder Holly Essex Veronica Dale Karen Bloor Source Type: research
LGBTQIA+ Hospitalists Find Their Comfort Zones
Hospitalists who are part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other (LGBTQIA+) community have had an array of experiences, both in medical school and professionally, related to their personal identity. While many see real progress and describe their workplace as welcoming, these same hospitalists have had previous struggles with fitting in. Some find themselves still fielding unusual comments from colleagues, which they dodge with humor or sincere curiosity.
The Hospitalist recently spoke with five hospitalists who shared more about their challenges and opportunities as members of the ...
Source: The Hospitalist - June 1, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Career Diversity in Medicine LGBTQIA Source Type: research
Exploring views of members of the public and policymakers on the acceptability of population level dietary and active-travel policies: a qualitative study
CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight that members' of the public and policymakers' support for dietary and active-travel policies can be shaped by the perceived effectiveness, fairness and communication of policies and provide suggestions on how to improve policy support. This information can inform the design of acceptable policies but can also be used to help communicate existing and future policies to maximise their adoption and sustainability.PMID:37259093 | DOI:10.1186/s12966-023-01465-7 (Source: Health Physics)
Source: Health Physics - May 31, 2023 Category: Physics Authors: Z Toumpakari S Valerino-Perea K Willis J Adams M White M Vasiljevic L Ternent J Brown M P Kelly C Bonell S Cummins A Majeed S Anderson T Robinson V Araujo-Soares J Watson I Soulsby D Green F F Sniehotta R Jago Source Type: research
