Publications by authors named "Alexander Burke"

Objective: This study aimed to explore academics' views on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety content in pharmacy school curricula to inform recommendations for future curricula.

Methods: All 18 Australian pharmacy schools were contacted, and interviews were conducted with consenting heads of school and/or their delegate(s). The interviews covered what the school was doing with respect to the First Nations theme in the revised accreditation standards and further ideas for improvement.

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Network plasticity in the medial perforant path (MPP) of adult (five to nine months) and aged (18-20 months) urethane-anesthetized male and female Sprague Dawley rats was characterized. Paired pulses probed recurrent networks before and after a moderate tetanic protocol. Adult females exhibited greater EPSP-spike coupling suggesting greater intrinsic excitability than adult males.

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Objectives: To explore how clinical yarning has been utilised as a health intervention for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and if there are any reported impacts yarning might have on health outcomes.

Study Design: Systematic scoping review of published literature.

Data Sources: A one-word search term "yarning" was applied in Scopus, EMBASE, CINAHL, MEDLINE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Australian Public Affairs Information Service-Health, and the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography databases.

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Background: The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of cytology in omental or peritoneal lesions.

Methods: A retrospective review of the pathology database for cytology cases of peritoneal or omental nodules over a 3-year period (2016-2018) was conducted. The cases consisted of either FNA only (FO); FNA and Core biopsy (FCB) or Touch prep and core biopsy (TCB).

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