Publications by authors named "M P Forbes"
Objective: The 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guideline (CPG) for well-appearing febrile infants aims to promote evidence-based care, reduce practice variability, enhance care quality, and optimize cost. We aimed to examine the trends in resource utilization and cost associated with the evaluation and management of febrile infants aged 8 to 60 days before and after the CPG's publication.
Methods: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study using the Pediatric Health Information Systems Database, covering the periods of August 2019 to July 2021 (pre-CPG) and August 2021 to July 2023 (post-CPG).
A quirky truth is that the oldest biomarker findings are largely metabolic. These had minimal impact on contemporary thought and research and were largely ignored. They have been rediscovered and validated almost 100 years later, informing our understanding of neurobiology and medical comorbidity and spurring contemporary treatment discovery efforts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Australia faces a psychiatrist shortage, making it crucial to understand factors influencing specialty choice and workforce retention.
Method: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among medical doctors in their prevocational and vocational stages working in Victoria, Australia. Participants were asked about various factors that influenced their choice of specialty.
Article Synopsis
- - Cells without p53 signaling are common in ulcerative colitis (UC) and play a key role in the development of colorectal cancer linked to UC.
- - Epithelial injury during colitis triggers stem cells to shift to a "fetal-like" regenerative state, which is regulated by p53 signaling during colitis but not during normal conditions.
- - The study shows that while p53 is crucial in stopping excessive regeneration in healthy cells during injury, cells lacking p53 continue proliferating due to altered glycolysis processes, which helps explain their prevalence in UC and related cancers.
Purpose: The aim of this scoping review was to explore current program evaluation practices across various medical schools.
Methods: We conducted searches in MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Elsevier) and ERIC (ed.gov) for original research and review articles related to medical education evaluation with key words evaluation, program, medical education, pre-registration, framework, curriculum, outcomes, evaluation, quality.