How do we educate medical students interprofessionally about patient safety? A scoping review.

Medical education has an important role in developing attitudes, behaviors and cultures that support safe care. Increasingly, however, research has argued for a more interprofessional approach to be taken. This scoping review examines the design and impact of interprofessional education interventions involving medical students that focus on patient safety.

The early experiences of Physician Associate students in the UK: A regional cross-sectional study investigating factors associated with engagement.

Background: The number of physician associates (PAs) training and working in the UK has increased over the last few years following the proliferation of postgraduate courses. Understanding early experiences and what impacts on engagement is important if we are to appropriately support this relatively new professional group.

Methods: This paper reports on a cross-sectional analysis of the first year of data from a prospective 10-year longitudinal cohort study.

Implementing the Safe and Effective Clinical Outcomes (SECO) simulation to prepare physician associate students for practice.

The number of physician associates (PAs) training in the United Kingdom is rising dramatically, yet the approaches to teaching this new professional group are yet to be examined. We set out to determine if and how the 'Safe and Effective Clinical Outcomes' (SECO) simulation training could help this new group of students to develop skills around conducting a consultation in primary care.Six clinics were designed and implemented over three academic years (2016-2018) in a clinical skills simulation centre in a university hospital.

WORKFORCE: 'What can you do then?' Integrating new roles into healthcare teams: Regional experience with physician associates.

In the context of NHS workforce shortages, providers are increasingly looking to new models of care, diversifying the workforce and introducing new roles such as physician associates (PAs) into clinical teams. The current study used qualitative methods to investigate how PAs are integrated into a workforce in a region largely unfamiliar with the profession. We conducted an observational study examining factors that facilitated and challenged PA integration.

Experience of the impact of physician associates on -postgraduate medical training: A mixed methods -exploratory study .

The introduction of new professional roles to the multidisciplinary team has been heralded as a way to facilitate medical education in the face of increasing service pressures. However, concerns have been raised that the training of new healthcare professionals will dilute the availability of learning opportunities, thereby detracting from postgraduate medical education. As part of a mixed methods exploratory study, the experienced impact of newly qualified physician associates on medical training was explored.

Implementation of a model of emergency care in an Australian hospital.

Aim: Emergency departments are characterised by a fast-paced, quick turnover and high acuity workload, therefore appropriate staffing is vital to ensure positive patient outcomes. Models of care are frameworks in which safe and effective patient-to-nurse ratios can be ensured. The aim of this study was to implement a supportive and transparent model of emergency nursing care that provides structure - regardless of nursing staff profile, business or other demands; improvement to nursing workloads; and promotes individual responsibility and accountability for patient care.

Genetic and cellular studies highlight that A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase 19 is a protective biomarker in human prostate cancer.

Background: Prostate cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in men worldwide. Current treatments include surgery, androgen ablation and radiation. Introduction of more targeted therapies in prostate cancer, based on a detailed knowledge of the signalling pathways, aims to reduce side effects, leading to better clinical outcomes for the patient.