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Provides information on various abstracts related to clinical practice accepted for presentation for the 2004 American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Annual Meeting and Clinical Laboratory Exposition to be held from July 27 to July 31, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. "Assessing Students' Cognitive Ability Using a hybrid Instructional Model"; "Development of an Automated Inventory Management System for Patient Laboratory Specimens"; "Implementing Automation in the Transfusion Service."

Presents an introduction to papers commemorating the American Physiological Society's Legacy Project. Online appearance of the papers; History of APS.

Management of vascular anomalies is an emerging multidisciplinary, super-specialisation field involving several surgical, medical and radiological specialties. Over the years, development in this field has been limited because of complex nomenclature and lack of consensus on the best practice for treatment of some of the more complex vascular anomalies. It was only in 1996 that the International Society of the Study of Vascular Anomalies defined nomenclature for the anomalies and gave clear guidelines on management, allowing for improved clinical practices. As In all fields of clinical medicine, the correct diagnosis of the vascular anomalies is essential to choose the appropriate treatment. This paper gives clear guidelines for diagnosis, understanding of the anomalies and discusses their management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a revision of the address given by Professor Becker in connection with his receipt of the Leo G. Reeder Award for distinguished service to medical sociology. The address was given August 22, 1992, to the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association during its annual meeting, held in Pittsburgh, PA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is a revision of the address given upon receipt of the Leo G. Reeder Award for distinguished Scholarship in Medical Sociology. It was presented on August 19, 1987 to the Medical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association during its annual meeting held in Chicago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents information on meetings, conferences and notices related to medicine. Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association; 1st World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine; Awards sponsored by Volvo Co. to encourage research in low back pain.

Abstract: Benefit–risk assessment in medicine has been a valuable tool in the regulation of medicines since the 1960s. Benefit–risk assessment takes place in multiple stages during a medicine’s life-cycle and can be conducted in a variety of ways, using methods ranging from qualitative to quantitative. Each benefit–risk assessment method is subject to its own specific strengths and limitations. Despite its widespread and long-time use, benefit–risk assessment in medicine is subject to debate and suffers from a number of limitations and is currently still under development. This state of the art review paper will discuss the various aspects and approaches to benefit–risk assessment in medicine in a chronological pathway. The review will discuss all types of benefit–risk assessment a medicinal product will undergo during its lifecycle, from Phase I clinical trials to post-marketing surveillance and health technology assessment for inclusion in public formularies. The benefit–risk profile of a drug is dynamic and differs for different indications and patient groups. In the end of this review we conclude benefit–risk analysis in medicine is a developed practice that is subject to continuous improvement and modernisation. Improvement not only in methodology, but also in cooperation between organizations can improve benefit–risk assessment. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article presents the author's views on the Sexual Medicine Society of North America 2002 meeting, which was actually held in Florida in January 2003. The reason that this meeting was an invited speaker symposium and was held in the early Winter of 2003 as opposed to 2002 was out of respect to the International Society of Sexual and Impotence Research whose biennial meeting was held in Montreal, Quebec in the Fall of 2002. So as not to interfere with this important international meeting in which abstracts were presented, the North American Society decided to provide for their members what should become a traditional symposia-type meeting in even years.

This literature review and the recommendations therein were prepared for the American Gastroenterological Association Institute Clinical Practice and Economics Committee. The paper was approved by the Committee on February 22, 2006 and by the AGA Institute Governing Board on April 20, 2006. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The paper gives a review on the foundation of local associations of legal medicine and their journals at the beginning and in the mid of the 19th century in Germany before the German Society of Legal Medicine was founded. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article presents news related to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). AOSSM has announced that The American Journal of Sports Medicine editor Bruce Reider, MD, has been named to lead the 2007 Traveling Fellows to the Pacific Rim in late summer 2007. Newly revised and redesigned, the AOSSM patient education series, "Sports Tips," is now available for purchase.

Presents a calendar of events involving professional associations in the field of medicine. Schedule of activities; Venues of the events; Contact information.

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium sponsored by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) on the perspective on how to supervise the challenges and enjoy the rewards of a career of clinician scientist is presented. It suggested to have the best training possible with the appropriate and fulfilled supervisor. It also proposed to know in dealing with many hardships related with academic medicine which includes lack of rapid progress in academic program.

Focuses on the position of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the issue of abortion time limits in Great Britain. Motion debated by BMA; Developments in medicine on which supporters of the motion focused; Reason behind the option of women for abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The author focuses on the Association of Medical Physicists of India (AMPI), founded in 1976 to promote the application of physics in medicine and biology. AMPI also provides a forum for medical physicists during annual conferences and a publication for the exchange of ideas and dissemination of knowledge. The 27th Annual Conference of AMPI will be held in Bhubaneswar, India on November 9-12, 2006 and will be hosted by the Hemalata Hospitals and Research Centre.

Lists the members of the British Geriatrics Societywho won the Elizabeth Brown Prize Williams and Ferguson Anderson Prize from 1978 to 2003. Year when J.A. Dalziel won the Elizabeth Brown Prize Williams; Awardee of the Elizabeth Brown Prize Williams in 1994; Member who won the Elizabeth Brown Prize in 2003; Year when G.M Batty won the Ferguson Anderson Prize; Member who won the Ferguson Anderson Prize in 2003.

The article reports on the series of state-of-the-art (SOTA) conferences by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). It is noted that the VHA SOTA concentrate on the improvement of the health care system in the U.S. The conferences, which include participants from North America, disseminated manuals containing clinical information.

The article outlines the medical history of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in Great Britain since 1907. It could be noted that RSM's transformation from the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society loosely designated specialist. This transformation could be attributed to the merger of 17 societies with the federal structure. This is considered to be the first acceptance made by a national institution assessing that the practice of medicine is becoming specialized.

A study was done to determine why elderly users of hypertension medication seek or avoid prescription drug information. Subjects were users of the American Association of Retired Persons Pharmacy Service who returned a questionnaire that measured theoretically relevant motivations and corresponding knowledge and behaviors. Analysis indicated four distinct segments of information seekers: the ambivalent learners, who viewed themselves as vulnerable to negative health information, not particularly healthy, but receptive to drug information; the uncertain patients, who perceived difficulty adhering to the regimen and reported low levels of information receipt from health professionals; the risk avoiders, who viewed information-seeking as a risk-control coping strategy; and the assertively self- reliant, who were the least receptive to information about their medication. The authors postulate different message strategies that could be targeted to these four segments in response to their informational needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The question of how to measure, assess and optimise the returns from investment in health and medical research (HMR) is a highly policy-relevant issue. Research Impact Assessment Frameworks (RIAFs) provide a conceptual measurement framework to assess the impact from HMR. The aims of this study were (1) to elicit the views of Medical Research Institutes (MRIs) regarding objectives, definitions, methods, barriers, potential scope and attitudes towards RIAFs, and (2) to investigate whether an assessment framework should represent a retrospective reflection of research impact or a prospective approach integrated into the research process. The wider objective was to inform the development of a draft RIAF for Australia's MRIs.Methods: Purposive sampling to derive a heterogeneous sample of Australian MRIs was used alongside semi-structured interviews with senior executives responsible for research translation or senior researchers affected by research impact initiatives. Thematic analysis of the interview transcriptions using the framework approach was then performed.Results: Interviews were conducted with senior representatives from 15 MRIs. Participants understood the need for greater research translation/impact, but varied in their comprehension and implementation of RIAFs. Common concerns included the time lag to the generation of societal impacts from basic or discovery science, and whether impact reflected a narrow commercialisation agenda. Broad support emerged for the use of metrics, case study and economic methods. Support was also provided for the rationale of both standardised and customised metrics. Engendering cultural change in the approach to research translation was acknowledged as both a barrier to greater impact and a critical objective for the assessment process. Participants perceived that the existing research environment incentivised the generation of academic publications and track records, and often conflicted with the generation of wider impacts. The potential to improve the speed of translation through prospective implementation of impact assessment was supported, albeit that the mechanism required development.Conclusion: The study found that the issues raised regarding research impact assessment are less about methods and metrics, and more about the research activities that the measurement of research translation and impact may or may not incentivise. Consequently, if impact assessment is to contribute to optimisation of the health gains from the public, corporate and philanthropic investment entrusted to the institutes, then further inquiry into how the assessment process may re-align research behaviour must be prioritised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents an update on the activities of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and other medical issues in the U.S. as of September 2003. Information on a president's letter sent by AAFP president James Martin to all AAFP member discussing their readiness for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's transactions and code sets standards; Availability online of the AAFP positions on legislative issues critical to family physicians and their patients; Details of a report on increasing access and availability of vaccines issued by the Institute of Medicine.

This article presents announcements made by several organizations. The Vermont Sociological Association has been initiated by a group of sociologists associated with the State of Vermont. Weilman J. Warner, professor Emeritus at New York University, was elected the first president for the year 1970 to 1971. The Nebraska Confederation in Early Childhood Education brings together a variety of pre- and postdoctoral scholars and staff in programs scattered across the country and concerned with a variety of ethnic conclaves, socioeconomic groups and educational programs. The Committee on Sociological History, whose primary objective is to bring together sociologists and historians on a regular and informal basis, meets twice each year in New York City. Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Mental Health Section, announces a new Community Mental Health Specialists program for psychiatrist, psychologists, social workers, sociologists, psychiatric and public health nurses. The National Science Foundation is accepting applications for Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship awards in the Social Sciences.