https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Improving teamwork and patient outcomes with daily structured interdisciplinary bedside rounds: a multimethod evaluation https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:32273 Thu 17 May 2018 13:51:22 AEST ]]> The Australian Rural Clinical School (RCS) program supports rural medical workforce: evidence from a crosssectional study of 12 RCSs https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44092 2 test was used to detect differences in gender, rural background and extended placement at an RCS between rural and metropolitan practice locations. Binary logistic regression was used to determine odds of rural practice and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Results: Although data were received from 14 universities, two universities had not started collecting origin data at this point so were excluded from the analysis. The proportion of students with a rural background had a range of 12.3-76.6% and the proportion who had participated in extended RCS placement had a range of 13.7-74.6%. Almost 17% (16.6%) had a principal practice postcode in a rural area (according to ASGC), range 5.8-55.6%, and 8.3% had a principal practice postcode in rural areas (according to MMM 3-7), range 4.5-29.9%. After controlling for rural background, it was found that students who attended an RCS were 1.5 times more likely to be in rural practice (95%CI 1.2-2.1, p=0.004) using ASGC criteria. Using the MMM 3-7 criteria, students who participated in extended RCS placement were 2.6 times as likely to be practising in a rural location (95%CI 1.8-3.8, p < 0.001) after controlling for rural background. Regardless of geographic classification system (ASGC, MMM) used for location of practice and of student background (metropolitan or rural), those students with an extended RCS had an increased chance of working rurally. Conclusion: Based on the combined data from three-quarters (12/16) of the Australian medical schools who had a graduating class in 2011, this suggests that the RCS initiative as a whole is having a significant positive effect on the regional medical workforce at 5 years post-graduation.]]> Thu 06 Oct 2022 16:09:26 AEDT ]]> Influence of rural clinical school experience and rural origin on practising in rural communities five and eight years after graduation https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:48084 Fri 24 Feb 2023 14:27:54 AEDT ]]> Health-related quality of life in people with advanced dementia: a comparison of EQ-5D-5L and QUALID instruments https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:42248 r = − 0.437; p < 0.001 at 12 months). Changes within QUALID and EQ-5D-5L across the same follow-up periods were also correlated (r = − 0.266; p = 0.005). The regression analyses support these findings. Conclusion: Whilst these quality of life instruments demonstrated moderate correlation, the EQ-5D-5L does not appear to capture all aspects of quality of life that are relevant to people with advanced dementia and we cannot recommend the use of this instrument for use within this population. The QUALID appears to be a more suitable instrument for measuring HRQOL in people with severe dementia, but is not preference-based, which limits its application in economic evaluations of dementia care.]]> Fri 19 Aug 2022 12:03:27 AEST ]]>