Publications by authors named "J P Natali"

The COVID-19 pandemic has had disruptive effects on all parts of the health-care system, including the continuing education (CE) landscape. This report documents, what has happened in six different CE accreditation systems to CE activities as well as learners. Complete lockdown periods in the first part of the COVID-19 pandemic have inevitably led to reductions in numbers of the then predominant format of education, i.

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Private geriatricians report heterogeneous practices, while the specialty as a whole is questioning its model. We conducted semi-structured interviews to understand how private geriatricians viewed their role in the health care system. They report a certain homogeneity in their conception of their role, which corresponds to that of geriatricians as a whole: there seems to be a professional identity for geriatrics.

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Private practice geriatrics is a little known practice modality. We conducted a questionnaire survey to try to describe the role of private geriatricians in the health care system. Although few in number, private geriatricians report very different practices, including their conception of their role.

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Offering relevant, evidence based continuing professional development (CPD) to ensure the continued competence of health professionals is a universal concern. This concern will become even more crucial in a world facing global health threats and in a context of internationalisation of learning environments. While accrediting systems (i.

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Histidine-containing dipeptides (HCDs) are abundantly expressed in striated muscles. Although important properties have been ascribed to HCDs, including H buffering, regulation of Ca transients and protection against oxidative stress, it remains unknown whether they play relevant functions in vivo. To investigate the in vivo roles of HCDs, we developed the first carnosine synthase knockout (CARNS1) rat strain to investigate the impact of an absence of HCDs on skeletal and cardiac muscle function.

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