Response to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ critique of our audit of ECT usage

Joseph Banks possessed the greater part of the zoological specimens collected on James Cook's three voyages round the world (1768–1780). In early 1792, Banks divided his zoological collection between John Hunter and the British Museum. It is probable that those donations together comprised most of the zoological specimens then in the possession of Banks, including such bird specimens as remained of those that had been collected by himself and Daniel Solander on Cook's first voyage, and those that had been presented to him from Cook's second and third voyages. The bird specimens included in the Banks donations of 1792 became part of a series of transactions during the succeeding 53 years which involved the British Museum, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and William Bullock. It is a great pity that, of the extensive collection of bird specimens from Cook's voyages once possessed by Banks, only two are known with any certainty to survive.

Download Full-text

Natural history drawings collected by John Hunter F.R.S. (1728-1793), at the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History ◽

10.3366/jsbnh.1978.8.part_4.329 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 8 (PART_4) ◽

pp. 329-333

Author(s):

WILLIAM LeFANU

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Royal College ◽

John Hunter

Download Full-text

A new multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 in a 6-year-old boy

Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna ◽

10.15557/pimr.2020.0054 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 295-300

Author(s):

Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kamieniak ◽

◽

Milena Wronecka ◽

Natalia Panasiuk ◽

Karolina Kasiak ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Child Health ◽

Physical Examination ◽

Medical History ◽

Royal College ◽

New Disease ◽

Imaging Findings ◽

Inflammatory Syndrome ◽

And Child Health

In December 2019, China reported cases of infections caused by a new zoonotic coronavirus, which gradually developed into a pandemic. The disease was initially believed to be mild in children. In April 2020, a possible relationship between a new paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome and SARS-CoV-2 was found. In May, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health published the criteria for the diagnosis of this new disease. We present a case of a 6-year-old boy retrospectively diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome based on medical history, physical examination, laboratory and imaging findings, as well as the available literature.

Download Full-text

17. Boundaries or overlap: An examination of the community-oriented clinical practice of community medicine specialists and family/general practitioners

Clinical & Investigative Medicine ◽

10.25011/cim.v30i4.2777 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 36

Author(s):

M. L. Russell ◽

L. McIntyre

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Primary Care ◽

Clinical Practice ◽

Community Health ◽

Royal College ◽

Community Medicine ◽

Work Setting ◽

Public Health Medicine ◽

Work Settings ◽

Main Work

We compared the work settings and “community-oriented clinical practice” of Community Medicine (CM) specialists and family physicians/general practitioners (FP). We conducted secondary data analysis of the 2004 National Physician Survey (NPS) to examine main work setting and clinical activity reported by 154 CM (40% of eligible CM in Canada) and 11,041 FP (36% of eligible FP in Canada). Text data from the specialist questionnaire related to “most common conditions that you treat” were extracted from the Master database for CM specialists, and subjected to thematic analysis and coded. CM specialists were more likely than FP to engage in “community medicine/public health” (59.7% vs 15.3%); while the opposite was found for primary care (13% vs. 78.2%). CM specialists were less likely to indicate a main work setting of private office/clinic/community health centre/community hospital than were FP (13.6% vs. 75.6%). Forty-five percent of CM provided a response to “most common conditions treated” with the remainder either leaving the item blank or indicating that they did not treat individual patients. The most frequently named conditions in rank order were: psychiatric disorders; public health program/activity; respiratory problems; hypertension; and metabolic disorders (diabetes). There is some overlap in the professional activities and work settings of CM specialists and FP. The “most commonly treated conditions” suggest that some CM specialists may be practicing primary care as part of the Royal College career path of “community-oriented clinical practice.” However the “most commonly treated conditions” do not specifically indicate an orientation of that practice towards “an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention” as also specified by the Royal College for that CM career path. This raises questions about the appropriateness of the current training requirements and career paths as delineated for CM specialists by the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada. Bhopal R. Public health medicine and primary health care: convergent, divergent, or parallel paths? J Epidemiol Community Health 1995; 49:113-6. Pettersen BJ, Johnsen R. More physicians in public health: less public health work? Scan J Public Health 2005; 33:91-8. Stanwell-Smith R. Public health medicine in transition. J Royal Society of Medicine 2001; 94(7):319-21.

Download Full-text

68. The resident experience in a large urban teaching setting: Results of the 2005-2006 resident exit survey, University of Torontos

Clinical & Investigative Medicine ◽

10.25011/cim.v30i4.2829 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

N. Tenn-Lyn ◽

S. Verma ◽

R. Zulla

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Residency Training ◽

Royal College ◽

Online Survey ◽

Career Guidance ◽

Training Programs ◽

Program Planning ◽

Educational Experience ◽

Care Experience

We developed and implemented an annual online survey to administer to residents exiting residency training in order to (1) assess the quality of the residency experience and (2) identify areas of strength and areas requiring improvement. Long-term goals include program planning, policy-making and maintenance of quality control. Survey content was developed from an environmental scan, pre-existing survey instruments, examination of training criteria established by the CFPC and the CanMEDS criteria established by the RCPSC. The survey included evaluation benchmarks and satisfaction ratings of program director and faculty, preparation for certification and practice, quality of life, quality of education, and work environment. The response rate was 28%. Seventy-five percent of respondents were exiting from Royal College training programs. Results of descriptive statistics determined that the overall educational experience was rated highly, with 98.9% of respondents satisfied or very satisfied with their overall patient care experience. Ninety-six percent of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the overall quality of teaching. Preparation for practice was identified as needing improvement, with 26% and 34% of respondents giving an unsatisfactory rating to career guidance and assistance with finding employment, respectively. Although 80% of respondents reported receiving ongoing feedback and 84% discussed their evaluations with their supervisors, only 38% of evaluations were completed by the end of the rotation. The results indicate that residents are generally satisfied with their experiences during residency training, especially with their overall educational experience. Areas of improvement include preparation for practice and timeliness of evaluations. Further iterations of this survey are needed to refine the instrument, identify data trends and maintain quality control in residency training programs. Frank JR (ed.). The CanMEDS competency framework: better standards, better physicians, better care. Ottawa: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2005. Merritt, Hawkins and Associates. Summary Report: 2003 Survey of final-year medical residents. http://www.merritthawkins.com/pdf/MHA2003residentsurv.pdf. Accessed May 1, 2006. Regnier K, Kopelow M, Lane D, Alden A. Accreditation for learning and change: Quality and improvement as the outcome. The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2005; 25:174-182.

Download Full-text