Medical Brain Drain From Southeastern Europe: Using Digital Demography to Forecast Health Worker Emigration by Tado Jurić

“…The paper analyzes recent trends in HW mobility in Europe and focuses specifically on mobility patterns among medical doctors and nurses using digital demography. Without increased emigration in the last 10 years, Croatia and the WB would have 50% more HWs today, and this staff is now crucial in the fight against a pandemic. …”
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Identifying Optical Coherence Tomography Markers for Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis and Management by Larisa Cujba, Cristina Stan, Ovidiu Samoila, Tudor Drugan, Ancuta Benedec (Cutas), Cristina Nicula

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Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future—a systematic review and meta-analysis by Aikaterini Dedeilia, Michail Papapanou, Andreas N. Papadopoulos, Nina-Rafailia Karela, Anastasia Androutsou, Dimitra Mitsopoulou, Melina Nikolakea, Christos Konstantinidis, Manthia Papageorgakopoulou, Michail Sideris, Elizabeth O. Johnson, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Giorgio Cometto, Jim Campbell, Marinos G. Sotiropoulos

“…The sample mostly consisted of undergraduates, medical doctors, and studies from institutions in Asia. …”
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Survival Prediction of Lung Cancer Using Small-Size Clinical Data with a Multiple Task Variational Autoencoder by Thanh-Hung Vo, Guee-Sang Lee, Hyung-Jeong Yang, In-Jae Oh, Soo-Hyung Kim, Sae-Ryung Kang

“…For this task, mathematical and traditional machine learning approaches are commonly used by medical doctors. While the deep learning approach has had proven success in computer vision tasks, natural language processing and other AI techniques are also adopted for this task. …”
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among First-Degree Relatives of Patients with Premature Cardiovascular Disease in Malta. Baseline Findings from the CRISO Project by Mifsud JL, Galea J

“…Patients with premature cardiovascular disease facilitated recruitment by informing their relatives about the project. Medical doctors and cardiac rehabilitation nurses referred first-degree relatives. …”
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Healing Ukrainian Wounded Soldiers by Sandor G. Vari

“…We will train volunteer medical doctors to help the wounded soldiers online. Also, if the online consulting doctor realizes the severity of the health problems, soldiers should be referred to the nearby university hospital mental health unit. …”
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Evaluation of Three Feasibility Tools for Identifying Patient Data and Biospecimen Availability: Comparative Usability Study by Christina Schüttler, Hans-Ulrich Prokosch, Martin Sedlmayr, Brita Sedlmayr

“…The evaluation was conducted in the form of a web-based usability test (usability walkthrough combined with a web-based questionnaire) with participants aged between 26 and 63 years who work as medical doctors. ResultsIn total, 17 study participants evaluated the three tools. …”
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Emotional assistance in thalassaemia: pilot implementation of a standard protocol by M.T. Veit, R.C. Macieira, M. Zendron, H. Pedrosa, S. Cantu, A.P. Teixeira

“…Conclusions are that the routines are adequate to enable multicenter research to compare findings and develop specific interventions to Thalassaemia patients, their families and caregivers; information gathered through them is an important means of supporting medical doctors and other members of the professional team, both in the therapeutic planning and in the communication process with patients and families; finally, considering the nature of the information, psychologists and psychiatrists are the most indicated professionals to perform the assessment and the interventions related to emotional issues, due to their professional background, training and specific skills that allow a free and candid communication with the patients and their families.…”
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Healthcare workers safety in the COVID-19 era: the impact of pre-pandemic personal protective equipment (PPE) training in Pakistan by Zia Ul Haq, Zarghona Fazal Sher, Farhad Ali Khattak, Zala, Muhammad Hakim, Naeem Ullah, Abid Rahim, Umar Hussain, Saima Afaq

“…Multi-logistic regression analysis identified paramedics as 0.26 times less likely to have received prior PPE training (Adjusted OR 0.26, 95% CI 0.10–0.65, p = 0.01) compared to medical doctors. Healthcare workers in tertiary care hospitals were 0.46 times less likely to undergo PPE training (Adjusted OR 0.46, 95% CI 0.25–0.87,p = 0.01) compared to those working at COVID-19 facilities/hospitals/quarantine centers. …”
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Um ensaio sobre burnout, engagement e estratégias de coping na profissão docente An essay on burnout, engagement, and coping strategies in the teaching profession by Margarida Pocinho, Célia Xavier Perestrelo

“…<br>Researchers throughout the world have started to worry about the phenomenon of burnout, identifying it mainly in professions that involve a relation of assistance or help, as in the case of medical doctors, nurses, and psychologists. However, it was not long before it was noticed that such phenomenon can also be present in the teaching profession in a very significant way. …”
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A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLOMIPHENE CITRATE IN COMPARISON TO GNRH ANTAGONIST IN PREVENTING LH SURGE AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING OVULATION INDUCTION IN IVF-ICSI by Shiuan Yee Tan, Salleha Khalid, Mohamad Azrai Abu, Abdul Kadir Abdul Karim, Mohd Hashim Omar

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A COMPARISON OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA CASES OPERATED ON DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WITH DIFFERENT PERIODS: A SINGLE CENTRE STUDY by Akalın Yavuz, Ulusaloglu Can Armagan, Avci Ozgur, Cevik Nazan, Guler Olcay Burak, Ozturk Alpaslan

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DOES PREOPERATIVE TIBIAL TUBEROSITY – TROCHLEAR GROOVE DISTANCE EFFECT ON POSTOPERATIVE PATELLAR INSTABILITY IN THE PATIENTS WITH KNEE ARTHROPLASTY DUE TO MEDIUM-ADVANCED KNEE OSTE... by Oguz Turker, Nazan Cevik, Yavuz Akalin, Alpaslan Ozturk, Yavuz Durmus, Hikmet Sahin

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Applications of flow to work by Moneta, Giovanni B.

“…In the past two decades, researchers in the fields of organizational psychology and management have increasingly focused on the occurrence of flow in the work context across a wide range of occupations and organizational contexts, including scientists (Quinn, 2005), medical doctors (Delle Fave & Massimini, 2003), software engineers (Debus et al., 2014), and school teachers (Salanova, Bakker, & Llorens, 2006). …”
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Retrograde headless compression screw fixation of olecranon stress fractures in throwing athletes: a novel technique by Richard M. Michelin, DO, Isaac Manuputy, BS, Brian M. Schulz, MD, Mark Schultzel, MD, Brian K. Lee, MD, John M. Itamura, MD

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EVALUATION OF TWO SURGICAL TREATMENTS OF PRIMARY VESICOURETERAL REFLUX AMONG CHILDREN: A 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE by Memeti Shaban, Petrovski Mile, Petrovski Pero, Simeonov Risto, Kamilovski Marjan, Todorović Lazar, Ziberi Jetmir, Ristevski Toni, Lumani Njomza, Mihajlova Mila, Ristovska Gordana

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FIRST 5-DAYS FOLLOW-UP AND CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN URINARY CYSTEINYL LEUKO TRIENES AND EDEMA VALUES IN PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS SUPRATENTORIAL INTRACEREBRAL HEMO RRHAGE by Dolnenec-Baneva Natalia, Nikodijevik Dijana, Petrovska-Cvetkovska Dragana, Poposka Anastasika

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PERINATAL OUTCOME OF PRETERM INFANTS IN FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Skokić Fahrija, Hotić Nesad, Muratović Selma, Skokić Maida, Hadžić Devleta, Ćosićkić Almira, Selimović Amela, Zulić Evlijana, Merić Alma, Halilbašić Amir

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ORAL TOPICAL TIMOLOL MALEAT OR ORAL PROPRANOLOL TREATMENT FOR INFANTILE HEMANGIOMAS: CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF 403 PATIENTS by Terzi Özlem, Arslantaş Esra, Baş Nur Cennet, Kaçar Gonca Ayşe, Uysalol Pasli Ezgi, Solgun Avni Hüseyin, Yıldırgan Duygu, Karagenç Özkan Ayşe, Ertürk Saide, Ayçiçek Ali

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EVALUATION OF A PROGRAM OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES ADAPTED TO THE MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BODY COMPOSITION PARAMETERS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE ADOLESCENTS OF THE LUKUNGA SPORTS... by Bofosa Linkoko Teddy, Kam Kampy Eric, Miangindula Mabenza Betty, Njimbu Kampend Francois, Nkiama Ekisawa Constant

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