Showing papers by "General Medical Council published in 2011"
TL;DR: The infrared absorption spectra of steroids, when compared with the specta of Authentic Specimens, provide a simple and complete means of identification, provided that the effects of polymorphism are precluded.
Abstract: The infrared absorption spectra of steroids, when compared with the spectra of Authentic Specimens, provide a simple and complete means of identification, provided that the effects of polymorphism are precluded. Of 35 substances examined, 16 showed no evidence of polymorphism and a further twelve were sufficiently soluble to be examined in solution. Specific solvent treatments, details of which are given, may be necessary with the remaining seven substances if the spectra of the sample and of the Authentic Specimen are not identical when first examined.
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TL;DR: There is a broad range of consensus on the relevance of more than 40 forms of poor professionalism at the proto-professional undergraduate level and the appropriate responses that students should feel empowered to make to observed lapses.
Abstract: Aim: To identify behaviours and attitudes that exhibit poor professionalism at the proto-professional stage of undergraduate health professions education, and investigate the extent and nature of agreement by faculty on appropriate responses by undergraduate students in the UK. Methods: A preliminary inventory of 69 items of behaviour and attitude was derived from literature review and 1-month observation at a UK teaching site. Reference Groups were formed by e-mail solicitation of senior medical educators in the UK and the Dundee Medical School to identify consensus on the relevant items and the appropriate responses. Results: The multi-stage study generated a preliminary inventory with 42 items and identified clear areas of consensus among faculty on appropriate responses by students to lapses in professionalism. Conclusions: There is a broad range of consensus on the relevance of more than 40 forms of poor professionalism at the protoprofessional undergraduate level and the appropriate responses that students should feel empowered to make to observed lapses. These data will give guidance in the development of e-learning programmes for UK students and to undergraduate Fitness to Practise Committees as they seek consistency in responding to lapses in professionalism by students and teachers at the undergraduate level.
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TL;DR: Administration of a preliminary 41-item inventory to 57 faculty and 689 students from a Scottish College of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Midwifery has allowed us to preliminarily rank the sanctions that are broadly agreed between the two cohorts as well as to identify a small cluster of behaviours which are viewed less severely by students than by faculty.
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the extent of consensus between faculty and students in order to benchmark appropriate sanctions for first-time offences with no mitigating factors in the area of Academic Probity by quota sampling in one cohort of medical, nursing and dental students in a Scottish university.Methods: This study reports administration of a web-based preliminary inventory derived from the international research literature to a target population of health professions staff and students. This study was conducted at Scottish University College of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Midwifery.Subjects: 57 faculty and 689 students in the College in first quarter of 2009 participated in this study.Results: 50% of medical students, 26% of dental students, 22% of nursing students and 27% of midwifery students responded; 22% of faculty responded. Administration of a preliminary 41-item inventory to 57 faculty and 689 students from a Scottish College of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Midwifery has allowed us...
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TL;DR: A method is described for the separation of corticosteroids by paper chromatography that is more sensitive than the present official test and will control the presence of related foreign steroids to a uniform degree and in a reproducible manner.
Abstract: A method is described for the separation of corticosteroids by paper chromatography. It is more sensitive than the present official test and will control the presence of related foreign steroids to a uniform degree and in a reproducible manner. Details of the application of this test to many pharmaceutically important steroids are given and the relationship of molecular structure to mobility in the solvent systems used is discussed.
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TL;DR: Cooper is mistaken in thinking that the principle of making the care of your patients your first concern does not apply to doctors when they are assessing benefits claimants on behalf of Atos.
Abstract: Cooper is mistaken in thinking that the principle of making the care of your patients your first concern does not apply to doctors when they are assessing benefits claimants on behalf of Atos.1 Our guidance is for all doctors, and …