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Heath beliefs of UK South Asians related to lifestyle diseases: a review of qualitative literature.
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013)OBJECTIVE: To review available qualitative evidence in the literature for health beliefs and perceptions specific to UK South Asian adults. Exploring available insight into the social and cultural constructs underlying ... -
Resisting the "righting reflex" in conversations about covid vaccine hesitancy.
(2021-06-21)Letter -
Undertaking a high stakes virtual OSCE ("VOSCE") during Covid-19.
(BioMed Central, 2021-04-20)BACKGROUND: The Covid pandemic and associated lockdown forced medical schools globally not only to deliver emergency remote teaching, but to consider alternative methods of high stakes assessment. Here we outline our ... -
Medical school stressors - What about the health of our students?
(2021-02-15)Letter to the editor -
Defining Telemedicine and Engaging Future Medical Practitioners. Comment on "Telemedicine in Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multi-Professional National Survey"
(2021-02-17)Comment on: https://www.jmir.org/2020/8/e19745/ -
Does the UKCAT predict performance in medical and dental school? A systematic review.
(2021-01-22)OBJECTIVES: For the first time, this systematic review provides a summary of the literature exploring the relationship between performance in the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) and assessments in undergraduate medical ... -
Communicating with people with hearing loss: COVID-19 and beyond.
(Royal College of General Practitioners, 2021-01-12) -
Health professionals and the contingent body: social determinants in the curriculum.
(University of Oslo, 2018-10-26)Health professionals and the contingent body: social determinants in the curriculum Background Health professional education situates health workers within an objectivist biomedical model. Yet workers are also expected to ... -
Treatment of megarectum in anorectal malformation with emphasis on preventive aspects: 17 years experience.
(2020-08)PURPOSE: Megarectum in anorectal malformation (ARM) causes severe morbidity. To compare conservative management (CM) of megarectum with excision (EX), to propose a new classification and to analyse management strategies. ... -
Evaluation of appendicitis risk prediction models in adults with suspected appendicitis.
(John Wiley and Sons, 2020-01)BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is the most common general surgical emergency worldwide, but its diagnosis remains challenging. The aim of this study was to determine whether existing risk prediction models can reliably identify ...