Do you think medicines can be prescribed in a more eco-directed, greener way? A qualitative study based on public and prescriber focus groups on the impact of pharmaceuticals in Sc... by Claire Anderson, Lydia Niemi, Naoko Arakawa, Mark Taggart, Stuart Gibb, Sharon Pfleger

“…Data were iteratively analysed using the one sheet of paper technique.Setting Public focus groups were held in-person (Inverness, Scotland, April 2023), and prescriber focus groups were held virtually (MS Teams, August 2023).Participants Nine public representatives and 17 NHS Scotland prescribers participated in one of four focus groups. …”
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Teaching undergraduate medical students virtual consultation skills: a mixed-methods interventional before-and-after study by Edie Booth, Kate McFetridge, Evelyn Ferguson, Catherine Paton

“…Objectives To evaluate the impact and transferability of a novel teaching method on virtual communication skills for final year medical students.Design Mixed-methods, interventional before-and-after study.Setting NHS Lanarkshire, Scotland.Participants 21 final year medical students on their obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) placement from September to December 2020.Interventions A two-part teaching session on virtual communication skills.Main outcome measures Self-reported confidence in conducting consultations preteaching and post-teaching, exposure to virtual consultations, usefulness of teaching and transferability to primary care. …”
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Understanding repeated non-attendance in health services: a pilot analysis of administrative data and full study protocol for a national retrospective cohort by Alex McConnachie, Philip Wilson, Ross McQueenie, David A Ellis, Andrea E Williamson

“…The full study, using a retrospective cohort design, will link routine health service and education data to determine the relationship between GP appointment attendance, health outcomes, healthcare usage, preventive health activity and social circumstances taking a life course approach and using data from the whole journey in the National Health Service (NHS) healthcare. 172 practices will be recruited (∼900 000 patients) across Scotland. …”
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EUFOREA meeting on defining disease states in allergic rhinitis: towards a unified language in AR by G. K. Scadding, D. M. Conti, D. M. Conti, S. Scheire, V. Backer, M. Blaiss, L. O. Cardell, L. O. Cardell, W. De Yun, A. K. Ellis, W. Fokkens, A. T. Fox, T. Gilbert Kruz, S. Halken, P. W. Hellings, P. W. Hellings, P. W. Hellings, V. Hox, L. Kalogjera, S. Lau, S. Marinho, M. McDonald, R. Mösges, R. Mösges, J. Mullol, S. Nasser, R. Pawankar, D. Price, D. Price, D. Ryan, G. Scadding, P. Smith, M. Sosa Kostrábová, M. Vazquez-Ortiz, U. Wahn, L. Zhang, P. Gevaert

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The Impact of Changes in Corneal Back Surface Astigmatism on the Residual Astigmatic Refractive Error following Routine Uncomplicated Phacoemulsification by Larysa Tutchenko, Sudi Patel, Oleksiy Voytsekhivskyy, Mykhailo Skovron, Olha Horak

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Evaluation of two electronic-rehabilitation programmes for persistent knee pain: protocol for a randomised feasibility trial by Philip G Conaghan, Kim L Bennell, Mark Conner, Rana S Hinman, Sarah R Kingsbury, Elizabeth M A Hensor, Gretl A McHugh, Christine Comer, Dawn Groves-Williams, Rachel K Nelligan

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Improving the experience of health services for trans and gender-diverse young people and their families: an exploratory qualitative study by Melissa Stepney, Samantha Martin, Magdalena Mikulak, Sara Ryan, Jay Stewart, Richard Ma, Adam Barnett

“…These were structural, educational, cultural and social, and technical barriers. …”
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