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PAs Around the World: The First PA Class in Australia
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/pas-around-the-world-the-first-pa-class-in-australia/5073/Even though physician assistants aren't officially recognized in Australia, the University of Queensland is training its first class of PAs. The two-year program, which is comparable to the traditional US model, will graduate its first home-grown PAs in 2011. Host Lisa Dandrea Lenell talks with KarePAs Around the World: Bush Medicine in Sudan
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/pas-around-the-world-bush-medicine-in-sudan/5056/Imagine your patients walking for two weeks just to receive medical care or operating your medical practice in mud huts without running water or electricity. Those are the conditions under which PA Catherine Hoelzer operates in South Sudan everyday. Ms. Hoelzer joins host Lisa Dandrea Lenell to talkDENTEX Brings Smiles to Alaska
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/dentex-brings-smiles-to-alaska/5036/The rate of dental disease in Alaska is the highest in the United States. In order to combat the problem, Medex has started a dental therapy program in the area called DENTEX. Ruth Ballweg, director of the MEDEX Northwest program, discusses with host Lisa Dandrea Lenell how Medex became involved witGuillain-Barre Syndrome and the H1N1 Vaccine in Context
https://reachmd.com/programs/neurofrontiers/guillain-barre-syndrome-and-the-h1n1-vaccine-in-context/4967/How is the CDC monitoring neurological complications from the H1N1 vaccine as it relates to the risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome? Dr. James Sejvar, neuroepidemiologist in the division of viral and rickettsial diseases at the National Center for Infectious Diseases and the Center for Disease Control aEthnogeriatric Considerations: Toward Culturally Sensitive Care
https://reachmd.com/programs/advances-in-long-term-care-medicine/ethnogeriatric-considerations-toward-culturally-sensitive-care/4941/As our older patient population grows more diverse, it will become increasingly important to understand how to best communicate with patients, and their families, about values and expectations. In addition, teams of medical providers come from different backgrounds, so good dialogue within the teamFDA Patient Safety News: Helping Healthcare Professionals Protect Patients
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-pharmacy/fda-patient-safety-news-helping-healthcare-professionals-protect-patients/4851/The FDA periodically releases documents in print and on its website that are geared toward healthcare professionals. New drugs, medical devices, safety notifications and product recalls: all are meant to help healthcare professionals protect patients. But channeling information through only the prinA Transplantation Pioneer Looks Forward
https://reachmd.com/programs/inspired-to-act/a-transplantation-pioneer-looks-forward/4797/Now in his 80s, Dr. Thomas E. Starzl is actively pursing his latest research interests and gives no indication of slowing down. He is widely known as the father of transplantation. But what is not widely known is that his early work was in neurophysiology. What made him choose surgery? What was it lEvaluating the Hospital Report Card
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/evaluating-the-hospital-report-card/4763/The hospital report card is a much talked-about effort to provide transparency about quality information. It's becoming a more important tool for consumers, just as President Obama and Congress prepare to initiate healthcare reforms that demand such information. Bruce Crowther is president and chiefDiagnosing and Treating Pressure Ulcers
https://reachmd.com/programs/advances-in-long-term-care-medicine/diagnosing-and-treating-pressure-ulcers/4750/How common are pressure ulcers in hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities? What clinical situations put patients at risk for developing pressure ulcers, and how are these wounds diagnosed? Dr. David Thomas, professor of internal medicine and geriatric medicine at Saint Louis UniOral Vaccines Using Probiotics
https://reachmd.com/programs/gi-insights/oral-vaccines-using-probiotics/4724/Researchers have developed an oral vaccine utilizing probiotics and, in preclinical studies, have found it successful in providing immunity against anthrax. Why are probiotics a good delivery component, and why might this method encourage a greater degree of response than the traditional vaccine inj