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To investigate if Hippocrates was onto something, we each undertook a ‘straw poll’ in our respective university departments. While straw polls are not a commonly published methodology, our personal...
For this aphorism to be true, early behavioural problems must be linked to enduring and stable patterns of maladaptation. Children with externalising behaviours both at school and at home are at...
Several prominent doctors have published collections of their aphorisms. The collection of Hippocrates and Sir William Osler are two famous examples. More recent examples include collections by...
As Dr August Bier (1861–1949) put it, ‘a smart mother often makes a better diagnosis than a poor doctor’. (Bier is known for developing the ‘Bier’s block’ for regional anaesthesia). So what...
We decided to test this aphorism by establishing a set of conditions for which there are treatments classified by evidence of effectiveness. Clinical Evidence, from the British Medical Journal’s...
A 2002 United States survey indicated that most doctors (83%) choose topic areas for continuing medical education programs that constitute a significant part of their regular practice.1 While GPs...
General practitioners (GPs) provide the vast majority of medical care,1 yet the majority of medical research is based in hospitals. Evidence generated in the hospital setting is often not directly...
Increasingly, regional training providers (RTPs) employ registrars within their medical education teams, reflecting both registrar interest in teaching and current workforce need. Anecdotally, the...
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