Psychometric properties of the multifactor leadership questionnaire when used in early-career pharmacists with provisional registration.

Background: The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) is a validated instrument used to explore participants' perceptions of leadership and the Outcomes of leadership, participants' evaluation of and satisfaction with leadership and willingness to put in extra effort. The factor structure of MLQ varies across studies. The aim was to explore the psychometric properties of the MLQ for early-career pharmacists rating their preceptor's leadership.

Estimates of eskd risk and timely kidney replacement therapy education.

Background: Kidney replacement therapy (KRT) needs preparation and its timing is difficult to predict. Nephrologists' predictions of kidney failure risk tend to be more pessimistic than the Kidney Failure Risk Equation (KFRE) predictions. We aimed to explore how physicians' risk estimate related to referral to KRT education, vs.

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