Return to work and activity after rib-fixation for acute chest trauma: first application of a validated patient-reported outcomes assessment tool.

Objectives: Rib fractures present a heavy pain and functional burden in trauma. Our primary aim was to determine return to work in patients with acute rib fractures requiring surgical stabilization of rib fractures. Our secondary outcomes were pain and quality of life.

Outcomes of Selective Arthrodesis Based on Joints Affected in 33 Feet With Müller-Weiss Disease.

No consensus exists regarding operative treatment of Müller-Weiss disease (MWD). Its only classification is based solely on Méary's angle and serves neither as guide to management nor prognosis. We report on 33 feet that underwent surgery following failed conservative management.

Virtual teaching in the COVID era: Providing surgical core trainee teaching via online webinars and videoconferencing.

Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, regular teaching for core surgical trainees (CSTs) in Northern Ireland was cancelled at short notice, leaving a significant gap in training. We aimed to develop an effective core surgical teaching programme, within the remit of government regulations, to ensure training was not negatively affected by COVID-19.

Design, Setting And Participants: A novel virtual teaching programme was designed and implemented regionally across Northern Ireland.

Are remote clinical assessments a feasible and acceptable method of assessment? A systematic review.

The COVID-19 pandemic presented an enormous and immediate challenge to assessing clinical skills in healthcare professionals. Many institutions were unable to deliver established face-to-face assessment methods such as Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Assessors needed to rapidly institute alternative assessment methods to ensure that candidates met the clinical competences required for progression.

"Just Engage in It or Not, You Get Out What You Put In": Student and Staff Experiences of Feedback and Feedforward in Workplace-Based Learning Environments.

Feedback is central to student learning in the veterinary workplace. Feedforward, a related concept, is used to describe the way information about a student's performance may be used to improve their future performance. Feedback and feedforward practices are diverse, with varied student and staff understandings of the nature and purpose of feedback (feedback literacy).

How can medical schools create the general practice workforce? An international perspective.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Medical schools are responsible for producing the future medical workforce that is fit for purpose to meet the needs of patients.

Online Graduation of Doctors During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. In March 2020, the United Kingdom declared a nationwide lockdown, a public health intervention in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Out of hours, out of sight? Uncovering the education potential of general practice urgent care for UK undergraduates.

There is a need to increase undergraduate primary care exposure and subsequently enhance primary care recruitment. This study aimed to establish the current use and education potential of the primary care out of hours (OOH) learning environment. This was a mix methods study.

Use of consumer monitors for estimating energy expenditure in youth.

The purpose of this study was to compare energy expenditure (EE) estimates from 5 consumer physical activity monitors (PAMs) to indirect calorimetry in a sample of youth. Eighty-nine youth (mean (SD); age, 12.3 (3.

Tests of Eustachian Tube Function: the Effect of Testing Technique on Tube Opening in Healthy Ears.

Objective: There is no agreement on the best clinical test for Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction. Numerous tests have been developed to detect ET opening, and all require a patient to perform a Valsalva, Toynbee or sniff maneuver, or to swallow on demand. We aimed to characterize existing tests of ET function in healthy ears, and identify the optimal method and patient maneuver for each test.

The repeatability of tests of eustachian tube function in healthy ears.

Objectives/hypothesis: Many objective tests of eustachian tube (ET) function have been devised for clinical and research use but they have not been directly compared or characterized. As a first step to identifying tests to incorporate into an outcome set for ET dysfunction, we assessed repeatability of a panel of eight of these tests in healthy ears.

Study Design: Comparison of eight tests of ET function.

Tuboimpedance: A New Test of Eustachian Tube Function.

Objective Eustachian tube (ET) dysfunction is most frequently caused by a failure of the ET to adequately open; however, there is currently no reliable method of assessing this. Tubomanometry has recently shown good interindividual repeatability as a measure of ET function by measuring middle ear pressure after the application of regulated nasopharyngeal pressures during swallowing. We present the first reports of a novel test: middle ear impedance measurements during standard nasopharyngeal pressure application (tuboimpedance).

Medical undergraduate primary care teaching across the UK: what is being taught?

Background: All UK medical schools use primary care settings to deliver their undergraduate courses. However there is no national undergraduate curriculum for primary care and it is thought that the learning objectives of primary care teaching vary considerably between medical schools.

Aim: The overall aim was to establish what is being taught within and by primary care across UK medical schools.

Therapeutic relationships and involuntary treatment orders: service users' interactions with health-care professionals on the ward.

There is increasing evidence that an involuntary hospital admission and treatment can undermine the therapeutic relationship. While good relationships with staff are important factors influencing long-term recovery, there is little information on how people experience their relationships with staff while under an involuntary treatment order (ITO). Twenty-five involuntary inpatients were interviewed about their experiences of an ITO.