Research

A look at participation in and performance of the assessment process since its inception in 2008

Deborah A O’Mara BA(Hons), DipEd, PhD · Ben J Canny BMedSc(Hons), MB BS, PhD · Imogene P Rothnie BA BSc, PostGradDipPsychol, MEd · Ian G Wilson MAssess · John Barnard MSc, MEd, PhD · Llewelyn Davies MB BS, MD, FRACP

Rates of wound infection and adverse events were no higher when using non-sterile clean boxed gloves compared with sterile gloves

Clare Heal FRACGP, PhD · Shampavi Sriharan MB BS(Hons), DCH · Petra G Buttner PhD, MSc · Deborah Kimber RN, BN, CDE

A snapshot of an evolving health, social and economic burden

Jocasta Ball BBiomedSci(Hons), PhD · David R Thompson PhD · Chantal F Ski BA(Hons), PhD · Melinda J Carrington PhD, PostgradDip(Psych), BA · Tracey Gerber PhD · Simon Stewart PhD

Fewer in-hospital adverse events with highly sensitive troponin tests, but more non-invasive cardiac investigations

Louise Cullen MB BS, FACEM · John K French MB CHB, PHD, MSc · Tom G Briffa PhD · Julie Redfern BSc, BAppSc, PhD · Christopher J K Hammett BHB, MB ChB, MD · David B Brieger MB BS, PhD, FRACP · William A Parsonage FRACP · Jeffrey Lefkovits MB BS, FRACP, FCSANZ · Chris Ellis BM · Carolyn Astley RN, BN, DrPH · Tegwen Eleanor Howell BEcon, MEcSt · John M Elliott MB ChB, PhD, FRACP · Derek P B Chew FRACP, FCSANZ, FACC

Full fee-paying students are more likely to choose urban locations and higher-income specialties

Richard B Hays PhD, MD, FRACGP · Kathleen R Lockhart MB BS · Edward Teo MB BS, DipHSc (ParamedCare) · Janie Smith EdD, MPHC · David Waynforth PhD

A strong positive interaction between rural background and rural clinical school exposure

Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan MB BS, MPH, FRSPH · Diann S Eley PhD, MSc, BSc · Geetha Ranmuthugala MB BS, PhD · Alan B Chater MB BS, FACRRM, FRACGP · Maree R Toombs PhD · Deepak Darshan MB BS, MASc, PhD · Geoffrey C Nicholson PhD, FRACP, FRCP

Emergency department data can be useful for monitoring enterovirus infections

Alexis Zander BDS, MPhilPH, MFDS · Philip N Britton BMedSci, MB BS, FRACP · Tina Navin BSc, MBiostat · Emily Horsley MB BS, MPH · Sean Tobin BM BS, MPH, FAFPHM · Jeremy M McAnulty MB BS, MPH

A supported and empowering learning environment engenders competence and confidence

Alison M Campbell BA · James Brown FRACGP, FACRRM, MFM(Clin) · David R Simon FRANZCOG, FRACGP, MPH · Sari Young BNSc(Hons), AdDipNaturopathy, AdDipNutritionalScience · Leigh Kinsman BHSc, MHSc, PhD

Assessing comprehensive combination therapy from the perspective of the Australian health system

Tracey-Lea Laba PhD, BPharm(Hons), BSc(Hons) · Alison Hayes BSc(Hons), PhD · Serigne Lo PhD · David P Peiris MIPH, PhD, FRACGP · Tim Usherwood MD, FRACGP, FRCP · Graham S Hillis MB ChB, PhD · Natasha Rafter MPH, FAFPHM, NZCPHM · Christopher M Reid PhD · Andrew M Tonkin MD, FRACP, FCSANZ · Ruth Webster BMedSc(Hons), MB BS(Hons), MIPH(Hons) · Bruce C Neal MB ChB, PhD, FRCP · Alan Cass BA, FRACP, PhD · Anushka Patel SM, PhD, FRACP · Anthony Rodgers MB ChB, PhD · Stephen Jan BEc, MEc, PhD

Perioperative prophylaxis is one area in which there is capacity for improving the quality of prescribing

Joshua Osowicki MB BS · Amanda Gwee MB BS, FRACP, DTMH · Jesuina Noronha MB BS, DCH · Pamela Palasanthiran MB BS, MD, FRACP · Brendan McMullan BMed, FRACP, FRCPA · Philip N Britton BMedSci, MB BS, FRACP · David Isaacs MD, FRACP, FRCPCH · Tony Lai BPharm, GCClinPharm · Clare Nourse MRCPI, FRACP, MD · Minyon Avent BSc(Hons), PharmD, BCPS · Paul Moriarty MB BCh, BAO, MD · Julia Clark BM BS, FRCPCH, FRACP · Joshua R Francis BAppSc(MedSc), MB BS, FRACP · Christopher C Blyth MB BS, FRACP, FRCPA · Celia M Cooper BM BS, FRACP · Penelope A Bryant MRCP, FRACP, PhD

Alcohol is implicated in more emergency department presentations than we realise

Diana Egerton-Warburton MB BS, FACEM · Andrew Gosbell PhD · Angela Wadsworth BA(Hons) · Daniel M Fatovich MB BS, FACEM, PhD · Drew B Richardson MB BS(Hons), FACEM, MD

Outcomes are worse for trauma patients who present when senior specialist expertise is less available

Biswadev Mitra MHSM, PhD, FACEM · Peter A Cameron MB BS, MD, FACEM · Mark C B Fitzgerald MB BS, FACEM, FRACMA · Stephen Bernard MD, FACEM, FCICM · John Moloney FANZCA, GradCertArts(Writing), GradCertEmergHealth · Dinesh Varma MB BS, FRANZCR · Huyen Tran MB BS, FRCPA, FRACP · Martin Keogh GradDipCCRN, GradDipManagement

Poor pregnancy outcomes associated with maternal obesity differ by Indigenous status

Aaron P Thrift PhD · Leonie K Callaway MB BS, PhD, FRACP

Reassuring findings show the seasonal influenza vaccines recommended for use in young children are safe

Nicholas J Wood MB BS, FRACP PhD · Chris C Blyth MB BS, FRACP · Gabriela A Willis MB BS, BSc(Hons), DCH · Peter Richmond MB BS, FRACP, MRCP(UK) · Michael S Gold MD, FCP, FRACP · Jim P Buttery FRACP, MSc, MD · Nigel Crawford MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Michael Crampton MB BS, FRACGP · J Kevin Yin MB BS, MPH(Hons), PhD · Maria Yui Kwan Chow PhD, MIPH · Kristine Macartney MB BS(Hons), MD, FRACP

Does screening reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer?

Annika Steffen MSc(Epid), PhD · Marianne F Weber BA(Hons), PhD · David M Roder BDS, MPH, DDSc(Epid) · Emily Banks MB BS, PhD, FAFPHM

MET calls are disruptive and inconvenient but cause no major harm to patients

The Concord Medical Emergency Team (MET) Incidents Study Investigators

Surfing carries a small risk of eye trauma, which is sometimes severe

Juliette Howden MB BS, MMed, BMedSci · Jenny Danks MB BS, FRANZCO · Peter McCluskey MB BS, FRANZCO · Mark Gillett FACEM, FRACGP, MClinEd · Raf Ghabrial MB BS, FRANZCO

The negative impact of workplace aggression on clinician wellbeing could harm patient care

Danny Hills BN, MN(Hons), PhD · Catherine M Joyce BA(Hons), MPsych, PhD

Faster implementation of bowel screening can prevent close to twice as many bowel cancer deaths

Dayna R Cenin BSc(Hons), GradDipEd, MPH · D James B St John MD, FRACP, FRCP(UK) · Melissa J N Ledger BSc, MPH · Terry Slevin BA(Hons), MPH · Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar PhD

In a centralised model of oncological care, rural and urban patients have equivalent survival

Christopher Hocking MB BS, FRACP · Vy Tuong Broadbridge MB BS, FRACP · Christos Karapetis MB BS, FRACP, MMedSc · Carol Beeke BHS, GradCertClinDataMgmt · Robert Padbury MB BS, FRACS, PhD · Guy J Maddern PhD, MD, FRACS · David M Roder BDS, MPH, DDSc(Epidemiol) · Timothy J Price MB BS, FRACP, DHlthSc

South Australians are more likely to settle their financial affairs than their health care and lifestyle advance directives

Sandra L Bradley BSc, BN, MSc · Richard J Woodman PhD · Jennifer J Tieman BSc(Hons), MBA, PhD · Paddy A Phillips MB BS, DPhil, FRACP

Broadening surveillance among Indigenous Australians and centralising care will bring down unacceptably high rates

Christopher Parker MB BS · Steven Y C Tong MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Karen Dempsey BSc, MAE · John Condon MB BS, FAFPHM, PhD · Suresh K Sharma RN · John W C Chen MB BS, FRACS, PhD · William Sievert MD, FRACP · Joshua S Davis MB BS, FRACP, PhD

Differences by area of residence point to the potential to reduce deaths in NSW through increased resection

David C Currow MPH, PhD, FRACP · Hui You BEngSc, MInfSc, MAppStats · Sanchia Aranda PhD, MN · Brian C McCaughan MB BS, FRACS · Stephen Morrell PhD, BA, BSc · Deborah F Baker BAppSc, MPH, GradDipAppEpid · Richard Walton MSc · David M Roder MPH, DDSc(Epid)

Mandatory detention is a form of child abuse and paediatricians strongly disagree with offshore processing

Elizabeth J M Corbett BA, LLB(Hons), GDipLegalP · Hasantha Gunasekera MIPH(Hons), FRACP, PhD · Alanna Maycock MA, BSc, DipHE · David Isaacs MD, FRACP, FRCPCH

The check appears to be making a difference in child health management

Rae Thomas PhD · Jennifer A Doust BM BS, PhD, FRACGP · Kartik Vasan · Bianca Rajapakse · Leanne McGregor PhD · Evan Ackermann MB BS, FRACGP · Christopher B Del Mar MD, FRACGP, FAFPHM