Teaching webside manner: development and initial evaluation of a video consultation skills training module for undergraduate medical students.

Background: Video consultations are increasingly used to communicate with patients, particularly during the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, training in video consultation skills receives scant attention in the literature. We sought to introduce this important topic to our undergraduate medical school curriculum.

Antioxidant and antimicrobial capacities of ethanolic extract of Pergularia daemia leaves: a possible substitute in diabetic management.

Background: The leaves of Pergularia daemia Forsk (family Asclepidaceae) provide alternative plant-based treatments for the management of diabetes mellitus and diarrhoea in both humans and indigenous poultry species like the Guinea fowls (Numida meleagris). However, no scientific investigations to validate its usefulness in Ghana have been established. This study therefore sought to investigate the anti-hyperglycaemic activity of the 70 % ethanolic extract of P.

Long term outcomes in men screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm: prospective cohort study.

Objective: To determine whether there is a relation between aortic diameter and morbidity and mortality in men screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Highland and Western Isles (a large, sparsely populated area of Scotland).

Geography, private costs and uptake of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in a remote rural area.

Background: The relationship between geographical location, private costs, health provider costs and uptake of health screening is unclear. This paper examines these relationships in a screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm in the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, a rural and remote area of over 10,000 square miles.

Methods: Men aged 65-74 (n = 9323) were invited to attend screening at 51 locations in 50 settlements.