The Effectiveness of a Self-Directed e-Learning Module on Trainee Knowledge and Confidence during Plastic Surgery Clinical Rotations.

Background: Exposure to plastic surgery is limited during medical school. This makes rotations for clinical clerks and off-service residents challenging. Available resources are often too detailed and overwhelming.

Perineal repair performed by midwives in Australia: A cross-sectional survey study of education and practice.

Problem: Perineal repair is generally not a widely practiced skill amongst Australian midwives, the reasons for this are uncertain and may result in technique variations.

Background: Many birthing women experience perineal tears that require suturing. As midwives attend the majority of vaginal births, they would be ideally placed to undertake perineal repair.

Antimicrobial stewardship: Prescribing across the primary care health professions.

We examined the patterns of antibiotic prescribing by medical and non-medical prescribers (dentists, nurse practitioners, and midwives) in Australia. We explored trends in the dispensed use of antibiotics (scripts and defined daily dose [DDD] per 1000 population/day) by Australian prescribers over the 12-year period, 2005-2016. We obtained data on dispensed prescriptions of antibiotics from registered health professionals subsidized on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Nurse practitioner and midwife antibiotic prescribing in Australia.

Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance is of global significance. To reduce the risk of harm associated with antibiotic prescribing in Australia, a recent strategy to tackle antimicrobial resistance has included non-medical prescribers. Traditionally, antibiotic prescribing has been the domain of the medical profession but, more recently, nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives have been authorized to prescribe antibiotics.