Cost of Training Crisis: Anaesthetics
This article provides an overview of the average financial cost of training for doctors in the anaesthetic training programme. The cost incurred by anaesthetic trainees illustrates the level of financial burden faced by trainees across multiple specialities. The cost includes: student loan repayment (with interest rates), compulsory membership fees (including the Royal College of Anaesthetists and General Medical Council), postgraduate examinations (Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetist exams are compulsory to complete training) and medical indemnity. The average trainee spends between 5.6% and 7.4% of their annu...
Source: British Journal of Hospital Medicine - May 6, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Rose Smith Molly Davey Source Type: research
Dual practice in the Spanish health system: problem or solution? SESPAS Report 2024
Gac Sanit. 2024 Mar 19:S0213-9111(24)00026-8. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2024.102379. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Spanish public health system is overburdened. As a result, heath care professionals are showing symptoms of burnout, while private health services are expanding more than ever. As revealed by numerous strikes in recent years, health care professionals want better pay and work conditions and feel frustrated by their inability to give proper time and care to their patients. The institutional response from regional governments in Spain has been to remove the exclusivity clause that provided a salary bonus for phy...
Source: Gaceta Sanitaria - May 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ariadna Garc Ãa-Prado Paula Gonz ález Source Type: research
A Cross-sectional Survey of Public Knowledge and Perspective on Coronavirus Disease, Vaccination, and Related Research in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic
CONCLUSION: The survey provides insight into the public awareness and perception of the pandemic that has taught all the lessons for capacity building in automation, construction of robust medical infrastructure, and the need for future preparedness. How to cite this article: Munshi R, Maurya M. A Cross-sectional Survey of Public Knowledge and Perspective on Coronavirus Disease, Vaccination, and Related Research in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Assoc Physicians India 2023;71(9):19-27.PMID:38700297 | DOI:10.59556/japi.71.0335 (Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India)
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Renuka Munshi Miteshkumar Maurya Source Type: research
Qualitative Study of Food Insecurity in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted unemployment and poverty and consequently exacerbated FI. Our findings point to the need to focus on proximal societal solutions, such as federal policies aimed at food assistance and childcare. Understanding the challenges related to FI that caregivers and patients experience can improve screening, support, and treatment of patients presenting for care and inform the design of necessary interventions for individuals and communities beyond COVID-19.PMID:38701847 | DOI:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001684 (Source: Southern Medical Journal)
Source: Southern Medical Journal - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Natalie King Adolfo Molina Samantha Hanna Lori Brand Bateman Source Type: research
A Cross-sectional Survey of Public Knowledge and Perspective on Coronavirus Disease, Vaccination, and Related Research in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic
CONCLUSION: The survey provides insight into the public awareness and perception of the pandemic that has taught all the lessons for capacity building in automation, construction of robust medical infrastructure, and the need for future preparedness. How to cite this article: Munshi R, Maurya M. A Cross-sectional Survey of Public Knowledge and Perspective on Coronavirus Disease, Vaccination, and Related Research in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Assoc Physicians India 2023;71(9):19-27.PMID:38700297 | DOI:10.59556/japi.71.0335 (Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India)
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Renuka Munshi Miteshkumar Maurya Source Type: research
Qualitative Study of Food Insecurity in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic impacted unemployment and poverty and consequently exacerbated FI. Our findings point to the need to focus on proximal societal solutions, such as federal policies aimed at food assistance and childcare. Understanding the challenges related to FI that caregivers and patients experience can improve screening, support, and treatment of patients presenting for care and inform the design of necessary interventions for individuals and communities beyond COVID-19.PMID:38701847 | PMC:PMC11073801 | DOI:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001684 (Source: Southern Medical Journal)
Source: Southern Medical Journal - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Natalie King Adolfo Molina Samantha Hanna Lori Brand Bateman Source Type: research
A Cross-sectional Survey of Public Knowledge and Perspective on Coronavirus Disease, Vaccination, and Related Research in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic
CONCLUSION: The survey provides insight into the public awareness and perception of the pandemic that has taught all the lessons for capacity building in automation, construction of robust medical infrastructure, and the need for future preparedness. How to cite this article: Munshi R, Maurya M. A Cross-sectional Survey of Public Knowledge and Perspective on Coronavirus Disease, Vaccination, and Related Research in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Assoc Physicians India 2023;71(9):19-27.PMID:38700297 | DOI:10.59556/japi.71.0335 (Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India)
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - May 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Renuka Munshi Miteshkumar Maurya Source Type: research
Evaluation of a Training Course for Certified Nursing Assistants
The optimal performance of nursing homes depends significantly on training their personnel, especially certified nursing assistants (CNAs), who provide the bulk of daily care for residents. There are several challenges to delivering effective training in the long-term care (LTC) setting. One of the greatest challenges is high turnover rates, which interfere with the continuity of care and necessitate the constant training of new staff. 2022 Long Term Care Staffing Study, which received information from 1201 nursing facilities in Texas noted direct care CNA turnover at 67.4%, and licensed vocational nurse (LVN) turnover at ...
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - April 30, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Sarah E. Ross, Jennifer J. Severance, Sara Murphy, Solymar Rivera-Torres Source Type: research
Wagers for work: Decomposing the costs of cognitive effort
by Sarah L. Master, Clayton E. Curtis, Peter Dayan
Some aspects of cognition are more taxing than others. Accordingly, many people will avoid cognitively demanding tasks in favor of simpler alternatives. Which components of these tasks are costly, and how much, remains unknown. Here, we use a novel task design in which subjects request wages for completing cognitive tasks and a computational modeling procedure that decomposes their wages into the costs driving them. Using working memory as a test case, our approach revealed that gating new information into memory and protecting against interference are costly. Critically,...
Source: PLoS Computational Biology - April 29, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Sarah L. Master Source Type: research
Factors influencing medical expenditures in patients with unresolved facial palsy and pharmacoeconomic analysis of upper eyelid lid loading with gold and platinum weights compared to tarsorrhaphy
Conclusions Eye protection in patients with FP should be a crucial element of health policy. Findings suggest UELL procedure with a GW or a PC to be a cost-effective procedure with GW being the most cost-effective. (Source: Health Economics Review)
Source: Health Economics Review - April 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
People With Long COVID Have Greater MH Care Needs yet Face More Barriers
Adults with persistent COVID-19 symptoms are about twice as likely to report psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, or cognitive difficulties versus other adults, reports astudy inJAMA Network Open. Yet these adults with post –COVID-19 condition (PCC) are also more likely to report cost barriers to mental health treatment that delayed or inhibited their care.“People with PCC may have more difficulty paying for counseling or therapy due to lost employment wages and greater costs of managing complications from COVID-19, or they may experience challenges obtaining health plan authorization for these supports,â€...
Source: Psychiatr News - April 26, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: anxiety barriers to care coronavirus costs depression fatigue long COVID National Health Interview Survey persistent symptoms Source Type: research
Implementation costs of the appraise alcohol brief intervention (ABI) for male remand prisoners: A micro-costing protocol and preliminary findings
CONCLUSIONS: This paper provides the first estimates of the implementation costs of an ABI delivered in criminal justice setting in the UK. Although these costs are from a pilot implementation that was heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, this paper nonetheless provides useful, policy-relevant information on the potential costs of providing ABI to remand prisoners. It also serves as a methodological template, guidance, and proof of concept for future micro-costing studies of ABIs in criminal justice settings.PMID:38669136 | DOI:10.15288/jsad.23-00341 (Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs)
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - April 26, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Gillian Waller Jennifer Ferguson Jeremy W Bray Dorothy Newbury-Birch Andrew Stoddart Aisha Holloway Source Type: research
