These factors affect the doctor-patient and doctor-health professionals communication, and the educational role doctors ought to play.
This is valuable as there is a danger that 'without well thought-out competencies and educational approaches, doctors and medical students may lack the foundation to participate in international global health programs' [ 34] (p. 5), resulting in 'harm to patients and their communities' [ 35] (p. 2).
The plan includes tamper-resistant prescription pads for doctors, antidiversion brochures and educational seminars for doctors and pharmacists in affected areas, an initiative to combat smuggling of OxyContin from Mexico and Canada and a donation of $100,000 to a Virginia group for a study of prescription-monitoring programs.
Undergraduate oncology teachers need more information about newly qualified doctors' educational needs, so they can ensure doctors leaving medical school are well prepared to care for patients with cancer.
Also, at least originally, the history was meant to be real history and, because the science was nonsense, the educational value of "Doctor Who" derived almost entirely from its exploration of the past.
Strength of findings may be limited by the uncontrolled nature of the studies, but given the methodological difficulties of evaluating topics such as educational impact and doctor performance, 38 descriptive and observational studies can still provide useful information.
The debate became heated at a meeting this month when some of the nation's top doctors learned of the decision by the accrediting council to deny doctors educational credit if industry employees presented findings at the fall meeting of the American Heart Association.
In addition to the salary, the program paid down as much as $40,000 of the doctors' educational debt for each year of service — making it possible for Dr. Young to join, though he owed $170,000 after his undergraduate and medical studies.
The program included educational programs for doctors, nurses and pregnant women.
Doctors are allowed to prescribe a drug for unapproved uses, but drug companies cannot promote such uses, though in some cases they can provide educational material to doctors.
