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Vol 130 No 1449: 27 January 2017

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Presenteeism in the New Zealand senior medical workforce—a mixed-methods analysis

Charlotte Chambers, Chris Frampton, Murray Barclay

Senior doctors and dentists in New Zealands public hospitals are routinely going to work when they are ill. This suggests that doctors and dentists are forcing themselves to go into work, often to the detriment of their own health and wellbeing let alone that of their patients, because of the immense pressure that they are under to keep the public health system functioning.

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Applying ethical and legal principles to new technology: the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences’ policy ‘Taking and Sharing Images of Patients.’

Monique Jonas, Phillipa Malpas, Kate Kersey, Alan Merry, Warwick Bagg

Technological developments are changing practice in medicine. These changes can be beneficial for patient care, but they can also generate risks. The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland have adopted a policy that clarifies expectations for the way in which healthcare students handle photographic and radiological images of patients. This policy prohibits University of Auckland healthcare students from uploading patient images to image-sharing apps and also sets requirements relating to the use of personal devices to take images of patients for treatment purposes.

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An overview of pharmacoepidemiology in New Zealand: medical databases, registries and research achievements

Prasad Nishtala, Henry Ndukwe, Te-yuan Chyou, Mohammed Salahudeen, Sujita Narayan

Pharmacoepidemiology is a combination of the sciences involved in epidemiology and pharmacology. In New Zealand there have been recent advances in pharmacoepidemiology to examine medicine use and observe adverse drug events for individuals who are often not included in trials such as older people. This paper attempts to describe the past, present and future of pharmacoepidemiology in New Zealand, with a particular focus on medicine use and safety.

SUMMARY

Advanced Choice Employment (ACE) factors influencing PGY-1 workplace selection and future career intentions of a cohort of doctors in Waikato

Helen Clark, Wayne de Beer, Veronique Gibbons

We asked a sample of postgraduate year-one (PGY 1) doctors in the Waikato region to complete a survey around reasons for selecting the DHB, satisfaction with the Advance Choice Employment (ACE) process and future career intentions. Waikato DHB was viewed favourably regardless of social (family, friends) and experience factors (during undergraduate years). Overall satisfaction with the ACE selection process was reasonable (63%) with 60% identifying Waikato as their first choice DHB. An overwhelming majority (93-96%) intended to continue practising in New Zealand.

SUMMARY

Clinical anatomy e-cases: a five-year follow-up of learning analytics

Vivek Perumal, Russell Butson, Phil Blyth, Ben Daniel

E-learning or web-based education is becoming popular due to lack of physical resources, reduced numbers of skilled teachers and less time to cover the curriculum. While some e-learning resources are commercially available, they do not meet the needs of students from specific universities. We made a tailor made e-learning supplementary resource to cater to our own medical students' needs; its development, distribution and management was kept simple and less expensive. During the past five years, the students utilised the resources. The resources were used 24/7 throughout the year, with weekend and holidays as no exception. Student participation is maximal at beginning of courses and towards exams, which seems to be a right time to introduce such resources.

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Grafting With Frog Skin.

By H. W. M. KENDALL, M.R.C.S., CAPT. R.A.M.C., B.E.F., France.

Presenteeism in the New Zealand senior medical workforce—a mixed-methods analysis

Charlotte Chambers, Chris Frampton, Murray Barclay

Pott’s puffy tumor

Satvinder Singh Bakshi

Lifting the lid on senior medical workforce vulnerability in DHBs

Ian Powell

Professor Archibald John Campbell

David Perez

CPR decision making in the hospital setting

Katherine Bloomfield, Xu Wang, Martin Connolly

Halfdan Mahler

Don Matheson, Julia Carr, Kumanan Rasanathan

HaNDL syndrome: transient headache and neurological deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis

Joseph Hutton, Daniel Wellington, Steven Miller

Applying ethical and legal principles to new technology: the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences’ policy ‘Taking and Sharing Images of Patients.’

Monique Jonas, Phillipa Malpas, Kate Kersey, Alan Merry, Warwick Bagg

The unexpandable lung

Elena Thampy, Sujith V Cherian

An overview of pharmacoepidemiology in New Zealand: medical databases, registries and research achievements

Prasad Nishtala, Henry Ndukwe, Te-yuan Chyou, Mohammed Salahudeen, Sujita Narayan

Advanced Choice Employment (ACE) factors influencing PGY-1 workplace selection and future career intentions of a cohort of doctors in Waikato

Helen Clark, Wayne de Beer, Veronique Gibbons

Clinical anatomy e-cases: a five-year follow-up of learning analytics

Vivek Perumal, Russell Butson, Phil Blyth, Ben Daniel

Proceedings of the Waikato Clinical Campus Biannual Research Seminar

Low uptake of maternal vaccination in notified pertussis cases aged less than 20 weeks

Gary Reynolds, Nicola Grant, Simon Thornley, Michael Hale

Better Help for Smokers to Quit targets need evaluation and integration with community-based services

Hermaleigh Townsley, Rowena Woodhams, Adilya Arslanova, Harriet Marshall, Zoe Lahood, Grace Chia, Mercy Moxham, Matthew Beaumont, Hera Cook, Stephen Vega, Richard Edwards

SUMMARY

Presenteeism in the New Zealand senior medical workforce—a mixed-methods analysis

Charlotte Chambers, Chris Frampton, Murray Barclay

Senior doctors and dentists in New Zealands public hospitals are routinely going to work when they are ill. This suggests that doctors and dentists are forcing themselves to go into work, often to the detriment of their own health and wellbeing let alone that of their patients, because of the immense pressure that they are under to keep the public health system functioning.

SUMMARY

Applying ethical and legal principles to new technology: the University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences’ policy ‘Taking and Sharing Images of Patients.’

Monique Jonas, Phillipa Malpas, Kate Kersey, Alan Merry, Warwick Bagg

Technological developments are changing practice in medicine. These changes can be beneficial for patient care, but they can also generate risks. The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland have adopted a policy that clarifies expectations for the way in which healthcare students handle photographic and radiological images of patients. This policy prohibits University of Auckland healthcare students from uploading patient images to image-sharing apps and also sets requirements relating to the use of personal devices to take images of patients for treatment purposes.

SUMMARY

An overview of pharmacoepidemiology in New Zealand: medical databases, registries and research achievements

Prasad Nishtala, Henry Ndukwe, Te-yuan Chyou, Mohammed Salahudeen, Sujita Narayan

Pharmacoepidemiology is a combination of the sciences involved in epidemiology and pharmacology. In New Zealand there have been recent advances in pharmacoepidemiology to examine medicine use and observe adverse drug events for individuals who are often not included in trials such as older people. This paper attempts to describe the past, present and future of pharmacoepidemiology in New Zealand, with a particular focus on medicine use and safety.

SUMMARY

Advanced Choice Employment (ACE) factors influencing PGY-1 workplace selection and future career intentions of a cohort of doctors in Waikato

Helen Clark, Wayne de Beer, Veronique Gibbons

We asked a sample of postgraduate year-one (PGY 1) doctors in the Waikato region to complete a survey around reasons for selecting the DHB, satisfaction with the Advance Choice Employment (ACE) process and future career intentions. Waikato DHB was viewed favourably regardless of social (family, friends) and experience factors (during undergraduate years). Overall satisfaction with the ACE selection process was reasonable (63%) with 60% identifying Waikato as their first choice DHB. An overwhelming majority (93-96%) intended to continue practising in New Zealand.

SUMMARY

Clinical anatomy e-cases: a five-year follow-up of learning analytics

Vivek Perumal, Russell Butson, Phil Blyth, Ben Daniel

E-learning or web-based education is becoming popular due to lack of physical resources, reduced numbers of skilled teachers and less time to cover the curriculum. While some e-learning resources are commercially available, they do not meet the needs of students from specific universities. We made a tailor made e-learning supplementary resource to cater to our own medical students' needs; its development, distribution and management was kept simple and less expensive. During the past five years, the students utilised the resources. The resources were used 24/7 throughout the year, with weekend and holidays as no exception. Student participation is maximal at beginning of courses and towards exams, which seems to be a right time to introduce such resources.

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