Compared to other specialties fewer physicians in surgical specialties reported "Use of best evidence in clinical practice" (74% versus 86%, p = 0,003) and "Independent systematic review" (66% versus 79%, p = 0,021) as important aspects of EBM.
Many physicians from a variety of specialties reported difficulties in diagnosing FM, and many were not confident in differentiating the symptoms of FM from other conditions.
Four of seven studies involving procedural specialties reported either no preference for attire or a preference for scrubs; four of five studies in intensive care and emergency settings also found no attire preference.
We selected from the discharge SDO database the records meeting the following criteria: i) admission in the period from October 2003 to October 2009; ii) admission with discharge on a different day; iii) age ≥16 years; iv) admissions not resulting in transfer to another acute hospital; v) admitted to the wards/units of the nine specialties reporting at least 130 deaths per year.
Unlike with the major credit-reporting bureaus (Equifax, Experian and Trans Union, there isn't a central Web site where consumers can go to obtain their annual report from the specialty reporting firms.
Some lament the disaggregation of news, the unpacking that leaves specialty reporting fending for itself in the digital age.
The major obstacle discouraging respondents from choosing GP/FM (59.2%) as a specialty was reported to be the lack of specialization of this discipline, followed by perceived difficulty in finding a career post, low grade of acceptance by the medical community, and low social prestige (14.8%, 13.7% and 12.3% respectively).
Two giants of specialty retailing reported disappointing November sales yesterday.
[Page C12.] Limited and Gap Post Weak Sales Two giants of specialty retailing reported disappointing November sales, playing to investor fears of a slowing consumer market.
Wally Brewster, a senior vice president at General Growth, said that shopping center parking lots were 85percentt full by 8 a.m., much earlier than in 2001, and that both department stores and specialty shops reported increases in sales.
