Evaluation of the quality of fit of flexible bolus material created using 3D printing technology.

Aims: To retrospectively evaluate the quality of fit of 3D printed bolus over four different treatment sites to determine whether certain sites favor a 3D printed approach and if the quality of fit changes over the course of treatment.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis of the first 60 cases treated using 3D printed bolus in our radiotherapy center was undertaken. All boluses were printed using flexible thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material.

Revisiting cultural competence.

Background: Although the importance of developing health care trainees and trainers' cultural competence is widely acknowledged, limited information is available on what elements of cultural competence should be taught. A lack of theoretical clarity and consensus over what constitutes the competence attributes is a key hurdle in faculty development (FD). This results in patchy cultural education across health schools globally.

Offering antenatal sickle cell and thalassaemia screening in primary care: a pre-post evaluation of a brief type of communication skills training.

Objective: To evaluate brief communication skills training for healthcare professionals (HCPs) in offering antenatal sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening in primary care.

Design: Descriptive study within a cluster randomised controlled trial in 17 inner city practices.

Methods: 126 HCPs were invited to attend a training session.

Interprofessional perceptions of health care students.

Effective interprofessional working, which is widely considered as essential to high-quality health care, is influenced by the attitudes of health care professionals towards their own and other professional groups. Relatively little is known, however, about interprofessional attitudes, particularly of students in health care professions. This study aimed to increase our understanding of students' attitudes towards their own and other professional groups on entry to a programme of professional education.