Screening for End-of-Life in Acute Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Background: Patients are frequently admitted to hospital in the last year of life. Actively recognising patients at this stage gives the opportunity to plan future care.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey of all acute medical and surgical inpatients at one tertiary hospital.

A framework for local-level economic evaluation to inform implementation decisions: health service interventions to prevent hospital-acquired hypoglycemia.

Objectives: Published evidence on health service interventions should inform decision-making in local health services, but primary effectiveness studies and cost-effectiveness analyses are unlikely to reflect contexts other than those in which the evaluations were undertaken. A ten-step framework was developed and applied to use published evidence as the basis for local-level economic evaluations that estimate the expected costs and effects of new service intervention options in specific local contexts.

Methods: Working with a multidisciplinary group of local clinicians, the framework was applied to evaluate intervention options for preventing hospital-acquired hypoglycemia.

Key aspects of teaching that affect perceived preparedness of medical students for transition to work: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The self-perceived preparedness of medical students to transition into practising junior doctors has implications for patient safety, graduate well-being and development of professional identity.

Aims: To examine the impact of changes to final-year education and placements and determine key elements that contribute to self-perceived preparedness for transition to work.

Methods: An online survey among final-year medical students at one Australian medical school in 2020 (the cohort most affected by the coronarvirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic), exploring overall self-perceived preparedness and specific competencies, including questions in previous Australian Medical Council/Medical Board of Australia annual national surveys.

The Impact of Weight Loss Prior to Hospital Readmission.

Hospital readmissions place a burden on hospitals. Reducing the readmission number and duration will help reduce the burden. Weight loss might affect readmission risk, especially the risk of an early (<30 days) readmission.