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To assess the awareness, knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) among relatives of people with and without heart disease and their influence in South China. This is a cross-sectional survey. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the demographic factors associated with CPR training, learning and knowledge. The study w...
Published in BMJ military health
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated unprecedented change within the NHS. Some medical staff have been deployed into unfamiliar roles, while others have been exposed to innovative ways of working. The embedded military Trauma and Orthopaedic (T&O) cadre have been integral to this change. Many of these new skills and ways of working learnt will be tra...
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this systematic review is to examine the use of telemedicine in the delivery and teaching of gynaecological clinical practice. To our knowledge, no other systematic review has assessed this broad topic. DESIGN: Systematic review of all studies investigating the use of telemedicine in the provision of gynaecological care and e...
Published in Postgraduate medical journal
Social and economic factors have a profound impact on patient health. However, education about these factors has been inconsistently incorporated into residency training. Neighbourhood walking tours may help physician-residents learn about the social determinants of health (SDoH). We assessed the impact of a neighbourhood walking tour on physician-...
Published in BMJ open
'Emergency medicine (EM) in the UK has a medical staffing crisis.' Inadequate staffing, in EM and across healthcare, is a problem that affects the quality of patient care globally. Retention of doctors in EM is a particularly acute problem in the UK's National Health Service. Sustainable careers in healthcare are gaining increasing attention at a n...
OBJECTIVES: To identify the availability and variability of learning opportunities through patient presentations on an acute medical placement at a teaching hospital. DESIGN: A prospective study evaluating all acute admissions to the Acute Medical Unit over 14 days (336 hours). Clinical presentations and the day and time of admission were recorded ...
Published in Postgraduate medical journal
Medical informed choice is essential for a physician meeting their fiduciary duty when proposing medical and surgical actions, and necessary for a patient to consent or cull the outlined therapeutic approaches. Informed choice, as part of a shared decision-making model, allows widespread give-and-take of ideas between the patient and physician. Thi...
Objectives The aim of this systematic review is to examine the use of telemedicine in the delivery and teaching of gynaecological clinical practice. To our knowledge, no other systematic review has assessed this broad topic. Design Systematic review of all studies investigating the use of telemedicine in the provision of gynaecological care and edu...
Published in BMJ open
(1) Understanding the characteristics of online learning experiences of Chinese undergraduate medical students; (2) Investigating students' perceptions of ongoing online education developed in response to COVID-19 and (3) Exploring how prior online learning experiences are associated with students' perceptions. Students' familiarity with online lea...
Published in BMJ open
To estimate the prevalence and severity of burnout and explore the factors associated with burnout among Hong Kong medical graduates up to 20 years post-graduation. Cross-sectional survey. Hong Kong. Doctors who graduated from the University of Hong Kong between 1995 and 2014. Burnout as measured by the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), alcohol c...
