Evaluating the Impact of Continuing Medical Education in the Interdisciplinary Team: A Novel, Targeted Approach.

In order to maximise the learning potential of medical education programmes aimed at interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary teams, it is important to understand how the effectiveness of these programmes can vary between healthcare professionals from different specialities. Measuring the impact of educational activities between specialities may facilitate the development of future interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary education programmes, yielding enhanced learner outcomes and, ultimately, improving outcomes for patients. In this analysis, we report on a new approach to measuring change in knowledge and competence among learners from different physician specialities.

Distinct structural features of G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 (GRK5) regulate its nuclear localization and DNA-binding ability.

G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) act to desensitize G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). In addition to this role at the plasma membrane, a nuclear function for GRK5, a member of the GRK4 subfamily of GRKs, has been reported. GRK5 phosphorylates and promotes the nuclear export of the histone deacetylase, HDAC5.