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Higgins I. Benchmarking in health care: A review of the literature. Australian Health Review 1997; 20 (4):60-9 This paper provides a review of the 10 significant publication related to benchmarking in health care. The discussion which follows is presented according to four headings: what the study did, how the study was conducted, what was learnt… Read more »
Willy C, Sterk J, Schwarz W, Gerngross H. Computer assisted training program for simulation of triage, resuscitation, and evacuation of casualties. Mil Med 1998; 163(4): 234-8 Screen-based simulation is an emerging modality with much promise and application to ADF health personnel. This article from the April edition of Military Medicine represents one of the first… Read more »
Introduction After the evacuation of Gallipoli, the AIF was reorganised in Egypt, and divided in two. The larger part, I Anzac Corps, under the Australian General Birdwood, was moved to France in March 1916. The smaller part, comprising II Anzac Corps, under the New Zealander General Godley, and later including the famous Anzac Mounted Division… Read more »
At 1030 am on Tuesday, 5 May 1998, the larger of the Navy’s two tankers, HMAS WESTRALIA, was proceeding out of the Gage Roads off Perth on the way to a SE Asian deployment, with 98 men and women looking forward to a variety of work and play over the following six weeks. A major… Read more »
Mr Chairman, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure for me to be here participating in this joint Veterans’ Affairs and ADF presentation on stress and peacekeeping. Most of all, I’m pleased to be here to provide a military perspective which will cover a case study on the sort of stress to which… Read more »
Short of participation in medical support of actual combat, there is no optimal educational medium to facilitate competence in the precepts of wartime casualty care. Consequently, there have been periodic calls for “military specific curricula” to help orient medical officers to the differences between the unique science of military medicine, and the practice of medicine… Read more »
