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Emigrants and Immigrants , Health Services Accessibility/standards , Prenatal Care/standards , Australia , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , RefugeesSubject(s)
Clinical Competence/standards , Education, Medical, Graduate/standards , Education, Medical, Graduate/trends , Medical Staff, Hospital/education , Australia , Biomedical Research/standards , Education, Medical, Graduate/organization & administration , Humans , Leadership , Needs Assessment , Teaching/standards , United KingdomABSTRACT
Unaccredited registrar positions are a significant source of inefficiency in postgraduate medical training. Their educational value is debated due to a lack formal supervision, appraisal or assessment requirements. In the context of increasing numbers of trainees and escalating demand for public hospital services, the extent to which unaccredited registrar positions can be converted to accredited training posts warrants urgent examination. The major obstacle is meeting college standards, particularly with respect to caseload and supervision requirements. Notwithstanding the barriers to reform, this article describes how a coordinated process to accredit these posts would increase training capacity and enhance vertical integration in postgraduate medical education.
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Accreditation , Hospitals, Public , Medical Staff, Hospital , Australia , Education, Medical, Graduate/organization & administration , HumansSubject(s)
Internship and Residency , Physicians/supply & distribution , Australia , Humans , Physicians/trends , WorkforceABSTRACT
Venous thromboembolism is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in obstetrics. Management with anticoagulation can be problematic, especially peripartum. We report the successful placement and retrieval of an inferior vena cava filter as prophylaxis for peripartum pulmonary embolism in a woman with a large, proximal, deep venous thrombosis at term.
