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Respite care for people with dementia is increasingly promoted. However, little is known about the safety-relevant aspects of handover between home and respite care facilities for people with dementia. We thus focus on the safety-relevant information exchange taking place at the admission to and the discharge from respite care and discuss the need for improvement.A pilot online survey with staff in...
International data suggest that for-profit nursing homes tend to provide lower quality than not-for-profit nursing homes. In Germany, the relationships between profit orientation, price and quality of nursing homes have not been investigated.We performed an observational study using secondary data from statutory quality audits of all nursing homes in Germany. The relationships were analyzed bivariately...
Only a few general practitioners (GPs) are committed to screen their patients for alcohol consumption and, in case of excessive alcohol consumption conduct by a brief intervention according to WHO recommendations. Apart from inadequate compensation and work load, another barrier identified by the GPs was their uncertainty about how to deal with affected patients. Most German universities presently...
More than 600 trainees in family medicine (FM trainees) have participated in the Verbundweiterbildungplus (VWBplus) since this rotation network programme has been implemented in 2009. Mentoring as need-based support and counselling is an essential element of this programme. The aim of this study was to identify FM trainees’ most frequent reasons for counselling in order to explore the qualifications...
A competent review process is crucial to ensure the quality of multiple-choice (MC) questions. However, the acquisition of reviewing skills should not cause any unnecessary additional burden for a medical staff that is already facing heavy workloads.100 MC questions, for which an expert review existed, were presented to 12 novices. In advance, six participants received a specific information sheet...
First, to assess the quality of counselling for acute diarrhoea; second, to evaluate the patient's approach and different user groups as a determinant of counselling.The simulated patient methodology was used in all 21 community pharmacies in a north-eastern German city with a population of about 63,000. Four scenarios related to self-medication for acute diarrhoea were developed and used in all pharmacies...
To ensure true patient-centered care, the urgency of patient participation in research is increasingly recognized. This study takes this one step further and reports on patient participation in describing patients’ needs for improving quality of care in the context of research priorities – a challenging partnership with patients in research as we yet lack experience in the Netherlands.1) To illustrate...
The German Society of General Practice and Family Medicine (DEGAM) has defined educational seminars during post-graduate training as a core element to improve trainees’ specific knowledge and competencies. Furthermore, these seminars facilitate networking among trainees and support the process of identity formation in family medicine. Since its implementation in 2009, the Verbundweiterbildungplus...
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