The Medical journal of Australia
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To review the available literature regarding skills and competencies gained by junior doctors in rural and regional general practice placements and their alignment with the Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors (ACFJD). ⋯ Rural and regional general practice placements for junior doctors are likely to comply with the ACFJD requirements and, further, provide excellent learning opportunities in several domains of the curriculum. However, there was little research published confirming learning outcomes for junior doctors in rural general practice settings.
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To test the popular assertion that bald men are more virile than their well thatched contemporaries ⋯ In the population studied, bald men appear to be no more virile than their well thatched contemporaries.
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To determine the incidence of patients presenting to a major metropolitan hospital after experiencing syncope at church, and to compare their outcomes with those of patients experiencing syncope at other locations. ⋯ The number of patients presenting to hospital after church syncope was low; most had benign diagnoses and were discharged home from the emergency department. While syncope at church was associated with a lower rate of hospital admission, the church did not appear to offer any additional sanctuary when clinical risk profiles were taken into consideration.