Posted by: drtaqi on: December 30, 2008
A primary care medical conference in Jeddah, as advertised below:
The Department of Family Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (www.kfshrcj.org) is holding its 2nd Family Medicine Symposium on Jan 27 – 28, 2009, at the Inter-Continental Hotel Jeddah. This symposium is being held in collaboration with the Saudi Society for Family [...]
Posted by: drtaqi on: December 29, 2008
The OSCEs are standardized stations where specific history, examination and thinking skills are going to be assessed. The RCGP have provided for the international MRCGP five main areas or domains that are being tested for in the OSCEs. These are probably as equally applicable to the nMRCGP CSA section as well. To make life easier and, God [...]
Posted by: drtaqi on: December 28, 2008
Should pregnant mothers be vaccinated against influenza?
This is currently a recommendation in the USA and Canada across all trimesters, but the uptake of this vaccine in the USA is only 16% indicating reluctance amongst pregnant ladies and health professionals. I must admit to being one of the reluctant health professionals and decided to read up [...]
