What the NHS is learning from the British army in the covid-19 crisis
“Military planning” has become a feature of efforts to tackle covid-19. But what is it–and how has it proved to be what we need now?
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Category: Journals
British Medical Journal News
NHS launches Race and Health Observatory after BMJ’s call to end inequalities
A new NHS centre to investigate the effects of race and ethnicity on people’s health has got the go ahead after a special issue of The BMJ in February focused on the continuing problem of racism in medicine.
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The British Journal of Psychiatry
BMC Medical Education
Patient participation in medical student teaching: a survey of hospital patients
Despite the common practice of involving inpatients in the teaching of medical students little is known about the experience for patients. This study investigated inpatients’ willingness, motivations and experience with participation in medical student bedside teaching.
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Journal of Clinical Nursing
Top ten reasons papers are rejected during initial screening and some tips to avoid early rejection
Read here for advice from the editorial office at the Journal of Clinical Nursing on submitting manuscripts
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Dementia: eating plenty of apples, berries and tea linked to lower risk – new research
We are often advised to eat more fruit and vegetables, and for good reason. Many of the nutrients found in fruits and vegetables are responsible for numerous health benefits, in particular preventing a wide range of diseases, including heart disease and diabetes. New research now suggests that diets high in flavonoids, a group of compounds found in foods such as citrus fruit, berries, apples, legumes, tea and red wine, can lower your risk of dementia.
Reach for an apple and read the study here
BMJ
The positive effects of COVID-19
As the coronavirus pandemic continues its deadly path, dramatic changes in how people live are reducing some instances of other medical problems. This article explores positive side effects of the abrupt shifts in human behaviour in response to the Covid-19 epidemic.
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Health Services Journal
Open data – the challenges and opportunities for the NHS
Making healthcare data open can offer various advantages, but several issues will need to be addressed if the benefits are to be realised.
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Nephrology Nursing Journal
ProQuest: Nurses need to publish scholarly articles: overcoming reticence to sharing valuable experience
This article is part of the “Exploring the Evidence: Focusing on the Fundamentals” series. It provides nephrology nurses with basic principles related to writing for publication, information regarding different types of professional articles that may be used for the dissemination of nursing knowledge, as well as steps to follow and issues to consider in the planning and preparation of a manuscript.
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