Publications by authors named "L McElligott"

Purpose: To map the current literature on undergraduate neurology medical education and research. Recommendations for future undergraduate neurology education and research are described.

Method: PRISMA-Scoping Review guidelines and Arksey and O'Malley's methodological framework are followed.

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Purpose: This quality improvement project aimed to improve parental experiences with healthcare delivery and collaborative health care offered at a school serving children with medical complexity (CMC) by implementing telehealth services.

Methods: Parents of students at an urban public charter school for CMC were surveyed before and after telehealth was implemented at the school for two months, and again one year later, using the Measure of Processes of Care (MPOC-20).

Results: Parental scores on the MPOC-20 were generally high both before and after the implementation of telehealth.

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The object of this study was to assess the quantity and quality of morphine prescribing in a specialist cancer hospital. An audit of prescription charts of all patients was performed using palliative care unit recommendations as the standard. The major weaknesses identified in morphine prescription were a lack of provision of breakthrough doses, the use of 'as required' (prn) oral morphine in the absence of regular oral morphine, and the lack of reference in the unit guidelines to co-prescription of aperients, antiemetics and night sedation.

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