Junior doctor perceptions of education and feedback on ward rounds.

Aim: The literature suggests that feedback is wanted and needed in clinical medicine and specifically on ward rounds, yet it is often lacking. This study aimed to examine junior doctor perceptions of education and feedback on ward rounds in one clinical department at a tertiary paediatric hospital and the key influences on these perceptions.

Methods: Six semi-structured focus groups were conducted over a period of 9 months comprising of 20 participants (post-graduate year 1-5) in a general medical department of a tertiary paediatric hospital.

A population-based study and systematic review of hearing loss in children with cerebral palsy.

Aim: The aims of this study were to estimate the frequency of hearing loss in children with cerebral palsy (CP), to examine factors associated with hearing loss, and to describe aspects of hearing in a population sample of children with CP and hearing loss.

Method: A systematic review of the international literature was undertaken, and data on the frequency of hearing loss or severe hearing loss were extracted from 14 data sets based on previously devised criteria. Six hundred and eight-five children with CP (406 males, 279 females) born in Victoria, Australia, between 1999 and 2004 were identified from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register.