Social and Cognitive Skills (SCOPE)-a generic model for multi-professional work and education in healthcare.

In this article, we present a generic model for social and cognitive skills that can be used in work and (simulation-based) education in healthcare. We combined existing non-technical skills tools into a tool that we call SCOPE. SCOPE is a model that comprises the three social categories of "teamwork", "leading", and "task management" as well as the two cognitive categories of "situation awareness" and "decision making".

An interview study about how nurses and physicians talk about the same concepts differently.

Background: How healthcare professionals understand and use concepts of social and cognitive capabilities will influence their behaviour and their understanding of others' behaviour. Differing understandings of concepts might lead to healthcare professionals not acting in accordance with other healthcare professionals' expectations. Therefore, part of the problem concerning errors and adverse incidents concerning social and cognitive capabilities might be due to varying understandings of concepts among different healthcare professionals.

Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Graves' Disease: The DAGMAR Trial.

Treatment options in Graves' disease (GD) are limited and do not target the underlying autoimmunity, and relapse rates following a course of antithyroid drug (ATD) reach 50%. Previous research has shown promising results for a role of vitamin D in GD. We aimed to investigate whether vitamin D reduces failure to enter and sustain remission in patients with GD treated with ATD.

Shared responsibility for continuing professional development translates into short-term trade-offs.

Introduction: In Denmark, responsibility for continuing professional development (CPD) of consultants is shared between employers, often represented by heads of department, and the consultants themselves. This interview study explored patterns in the ways that shared responsibility is practiced in the context of financial, organisational and normative structures.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were held with 26 consultants holding different levels of experience, including nine heads of department, across four specialties in five hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark in 2019.

Use of analgesics in Denmark: A national survey.

People suffering from pain constitute a sizeable and heterogeneous patient group. Conventional oral analgesics are considered a cheap and safe first-line treatment. These drugs are used on both a regular and 'as needed' basis and are often obtained over-the-counter (OTC).