Attitudes towards neurology among medical undergraduates.

Diseases of the nervous system are an important contributor to clinical and social problems. Therefore there is a need to provide undergraduates and postgraduates of medical faculties with adequate training in neurology. However, many shortcomings have been observed in this field, often associated with students' negative perception of neurology.

Media reporting of health interventions in New Zealand: a retrospective analysis.

Aim: To evaluate New Zealand media articles on their coverage of key issues regarding health interventions and whether it is consistent with available evidence.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was carried out of all articles published in five New Zealand media sources over a 6-week period between 15 October and 26 November 2014. Articles were included if their primary focus was on health interventions involving medications, devices or in-hospital procedures.

Psychometric Properties of a Core Set of Measures of Balance for People With Cerebellar Ataxia Secondary to Multiple Sclerosis.

Objective: To examine the reliability, validity, and interpretability of 4 clinical measures in assessing the severity of balance dysfunction among people with cerebellar ataxia (CA) secondary to multiple sclerosis (MS).

Design: Cross-sectional observation study.

Setting: Outpatient clinics.

New Zealand's neurologist workforce: a pragmatic analysis of demand, supply and future projections.

Aims: To estimate current and future specialist neurologist demand and supply to assist with health sector planning.

Methods: Current demand for the neurology workforce in New Zealand was assessed using neuroepidemiological data. To assess current supply, all New Zealand neurology departments were surveyed to determine current workforce and estimate average neurologist productivity.

Corneal topography matching by iterative registration.

Videokeratography is used for the measurement of corneal topography in overlapping portions (or maps) which must later be joined together to form the overall topography of the cornea. The separate portions are measured from different viewpoints and therefore must be brought together by registration of measurement points in the regions of overlap. The central map is generally the most accurate, but all maps are measured with uncertainty that increases towards the periphery.