The simulated ward: ideal for training clinical clerks in an era of patient safety.

Introduction: Work rules have changed medical education. Knowledge previously acquired by experience must now be actively taught to avoid prolonging the training period. We report the feasibility of and clinical clerk opinions regarding a novel simulated floor management course to teach patient care concepts required on the surgical wards.

Structural properties of periplasmic SodCI that correlate with virulence in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.

Salmonella enterica strains survive and propagate in macrophages by both circumventing and resisting the antibacterial effectors normally delivered to the phagosome. An important aspect of Salmonella resistance is the production of periplasmic superoxide dismutase to combat phagocytic superoxide. S.