Medical history and medical practice: persistent myths about the foreskin

Although many 19th-century misconceptions about the foreskin have been dispelled since it was shown that infantile phimosis was not an abnormality, the ideas that ritual or religious circumcision arose as a hygiene measure, and that circumcision makes no difference to sexual response, have persisted. The first idea should be dismissed as a myth and the second has been seriously questioned by modern research.     

Competencies required for the practice of geriatric medicine as a consultant physician.

Geriatric medicine in Canada is now being viewed not merely as an academic specialty but, rather, more broadly as a service specialty providing consulting support to other physicians. Any redesigning of training programs will have to be done with this fact in mind. We drew up a list of competencies required for consultant practice in the field and presented them to other practitioners of geriatric medicine and members of the Canadian Society of Geriatric Medicine for feedback. We believe that the resulting list of competencies can be used as a starting point for redesigning training programs in geriatric medicine.     

呼吸科医生对于COPD认知和处理现状的断面调查

目的 了解国内部分城市呼吸科医生对COPD的认知水平,以及COPD的防治现状.方法 2006年7～10月,由中国呼吸病专家咨询小组设计调查方案,制订调查提纲,采取横断面调查,分析24家医院,对258名呼吸科医生进行面对面调查,主要内容包括:对COPD认知水平,初诊及复诊COPD患者处方用药情况,监测肺功能情况,对稳定期COPD患者的评估和干预措施,对于常用药物的认识和评价,戒烟的作用及采取的措施,对于COPD治疗前景、效果及患者教育的认识等.结果 88%的呼吸科医生自己认为对COPD非常了解,95%的呼吸科医生熟悉COPD病情严重度分级,绝大多数呼吸科医生知晓GOLD和COPD防治指南.对COPD的危害认识比较全面,诊断中重视胸部X线和肺功能检查.对稳定期COPD病情评估标准认识不够统一,92%的呼吸科医生要求COPD患者在稳定期复查肺功能.79%的呼吸科医生积极建议患者戒烟.初诊和复诊时用药方案基本符合指南,但是对于祛痰药评价过高,应用频率也较高.93%的呼吸科医生认为对稳定期COPD进行治疗很有必要,69%的呼吸科医生认为稳定期COPD患者经过治疗可以取得令人满意的生活质量.结论 目前国内大城市呼吸科医生对于COPD的认知水平较高,但是对COPD的用药及长期防控干预还有一定差距.     

建立新型农村医师教育培训模式的探索与实践

针对农村缺乏合格医疗卫生人才的现状和农村医师教育存在的不足,提出了建立农村医师的教育模式,并进行了初步的探索与实践。     

The young physician: types of practice.

An inquiry was conducted into the type of practice (whether solo, group or salaried) entered by young physicians graduating from Canadian medical schools in 1970. Twenty-one percent entered solo practice, 57% joined a group practice or partnership, and 22% became salaried physicians in a number of different categories. Surgeons and psychiatrists, more than other types of specialist, were inclined to select solo practice. Group practice was more popular in the western provinces and in rural than in urban areas. More than half of the physicians recently established in urban solo practice complained of having too few patients. Lack of patients was a lesser problem in smaller towns and rural areas.