Browsing Research Publications and Outputs by subject "11 Medical and Health Sciences"
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Audit of the Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit notification and contact tracing system during the first wave of COVID_19
Published 2021OBJECTIVE: To conduct a real-time audit to assess a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activity to improve the quality of public health data in the Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) Public Health Unit during the first ...Article -
Bridging the gaps in test interpretation of SARS-CoV-2 through Bayesian network modelling
Published 2021Abstract In the absence of an established gold standard, an understanding of the testing cycle from individual exposure to test outcome report is required to guide the correct interpretation of severe acute respiratory ...Article -
Could COVID_19 mark a turning point for global action on climate change?
Published 2021COVID-19 and climate change are both threats of immense proportions, however, the differing perception of climate change as far-off, projected and unpredictable, persists as a marked barrier to global action. COVID-19 is ...Article -
Enhancing Doctors and Healthcare Professionals Patient-care Role through Actor-training: Workshop Participants’ Responses
Published 2016Workshops for 'Applying Techniques from Actor-training to Performativity of Doctors and Healthcare Practitioners' were held in 2013 and 2014 within Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. We ...Open AccessArticle -
From program suspension to the pandemic: A qualitative examination of Australia’s vaccine pharmacovigilance system over 10 years
Published 2021BACKGROUND: In 2010, the Australian seasonal influenza vaccination program for children under 5 years of age was suspended due to an unexpected increase in fever and febrile convulsions causally associated with one particular ...Article -
Gender-Specific Issues
Published 2021This chapter reviews the literature on the gender-specific issues that should be considered when screening, diagnosing, and treating alcohol problems. Men and women may experience alcohol use and alcohol use disorders ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Globalisation, Economics and Professionalism
Published 2015This paper presents an analysis of the effect of globalisation and attendant economic factors on the global practice of medicine, medical education, medical ethics and medical professionalism.The authors discuss the ...Open AccessArticle -
Grace Under Pressure: a drama-based approach to tackling mistreatment of medical students
Published 2017A positive and respectful learning environment is fundamental to the development of professional identities in healthcare. Yet medical students report poor behaviour from healthcare professionals that contradict professionalism ...Open AccessArticle -
High value healthcare is low carbon. A cull of low value care will cut healthcare’s carbon emissions
Published 2021Previous research has found Australia’s healthcare community is responsible for seven percent of the country’s national carbon emissions. The hospital and pharmaceutical sectors account for 63 percent of that carbon ...Open AccessArticle -
Incidence and Outcomes of COVID-19 in People With CKD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Published 2021RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disproportionately affects people with chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease (CKD). We assessed the incidence and outcomes of COVID-19 in people with ...Article -
Perceived public health threat a key factor for willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Australia
Published 2021BACKGROUND: Vaccination rollout against COVID-19 is underway across multiple countries worldwide. Although the vaccine is free, rollout might still be compromised by hesitancy or concerns about COVID-19 vaccines. METHODS: ...Article -
A professionalism program in medical education and training – From broad values to specific applications: YLL School of Medicine, Singapore
Published 2020The process for introducing and developing a program for teaching medical professionalism at the National University of Singapore, School of Medicine is outlined. Professionalism was recognised as embracing ‘honesty and ...Open AccessArticle -
A randomised controlled trial of the Nextdoor Kind Challenge: a study protocol
Published 2021BackgroundCommunity interventions are often promoted as a way of reducing loneliness and social isolation in our neighbourhoods. However, those community interventions are rarely examined within rigorous study designs. One ...Article -
Risk factors leading to COVID_19 cases in a Sydney restaurant
Published 2021OBJECTIVE: To explore the factors associated with the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to patrons of a restaurant. METHODS: A retrospective cohort design was undertaken, with spatial examination and genomic sequencing of cases. ...Article