Publications by authors named "Pauline S Duke"

Introduction: Clostridium difficile infection causes severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss. A course of metronidazole is the initial treatment; however up to 40% of patients have at least one recurrence. Some patients have recurrent infections requiring further treatment with vancomycin, others need multiple courses of expensive treatment.

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Critical self-reflection, medical ethics and clinical skills are each important components of medical education but are seldom linked in curriculum development. We developed a curriculum that builds on the existing integration of ethics education into the clinical skills course to more explicitly link these three skills. The curriculum builds on the existing integration of clinical skills and ethics in first year medicine.

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Objective: To investigate the experiences of physicians as parents and to see if there were any differences in the parenting challenges perceived by male and female physicians.

Design: Mailed survey.

Setting: Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Objective: To determine the initiation rate and duration of breastfeeding among female physicians in Newfoundland and Labrador, and to identify demographic factors that might influence duration of breastfeeding in this population.

Design: Mailed survey.

Setting: Newfoundland and Labrador.

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