Publications by authors named "Brent Bartholomew"
Background: Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are commonly used to provide feedback to students on their performance in formative examinations. However, students are often unable to act independently on the feedback they receive. This study explored how the use of video-assisted reflection in OSCEs can enhance students' ability to reflect and engage in sustainable feedback.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Newly qualified doctors feel unprepared to take responsibility for patients and work independently, lacking confidence in skills essential during on-calls. We designed this study to assess the educational value of simulated on-calls and to explore the characteristics of this approach that contribute to improving students' preparedness.
Methods: A total of 38 final-year medical students attended two sessions, each including a simulated on-call followed by a one-to-one debriefing.
Background: Tigecycline has potential utility in the treatment of complex polymicrobial infections or those caused by MDR organisms in the ambulatory care setting owing to its breadth of antimicrobial coverage. Whilst licensed for twice-daily IV administration, its long half-life permits once-daily administration, which may facilitate successful outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT).
Methods: A retrospective case series of patients receiving once-daily tigecycline under OPAT was analysed at a single-centre NHS acute hospital (January 2016-June 2018).