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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “derek burke”
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  • How Doctors Think and Learn

    by Derek Burke ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book describes the theoretical basis for the acquisition; development and refining of professional medical skills from entry level into professional training to those developing specialist expertise. Chapters review the presently available literature on educational theory, the cognitive processes underpinning memory and learning, skill acquisition, competence and assessment and reflection. A ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Why Hospitals Fail

    Between Theory and Practice

    Edited by Prasad Godbole, Derek Burke, Jill Aylott ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book explores the current wider political, social and economic context of hospitals in the public and private sector globally and identifies the push and pull tension between the demands of the quality regulator and the requirements of health care commissioning processes.This book draws on the evidence of what works to improve the quality of hospital services in the development of medical and ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Self-Assessment In Accident and Emergency Medicine

    by Derek Burke, Ian Greaves, Philip Hormbrey ...
    A pocket-sized self-test book designed for junior doctors. It features not only multiple choice questions, but also case histories, questions on ECGs, data interpretation, x-ray and picture questions. The range of subjects covered is comprehensive andthe answers informative and unambiguous.Designed for junior doctors, Self Assessment in Accident and Emergency Medicine features not only MCQs but ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Hospital Transformation

    From Failure to Success and Beyond

    Edited by Derek Burke, Prasad Godbole, Andrew Cash ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book discusses the factors that contribute to the success of hospitals from a theoretical, practical and operational perspective to allow hospital managers both clinical and non-clinical at all levels to achieve success via a turnaround process where necessary. A robust performance management framework is detailed to make this success sustainable. Case studies where appropriate support the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare Transformation

    Edited by Jim Austin, Judith Bentkover, Laurence Chait ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book focuses on how to lead transformative and strategic change in the healthcare industry in times of great uncertainty. Written for senior healthcare leaders, it will provide new tools, processes, examples and case studies offering an effective framework in which to transform healthcare systems. Specifically, leaders will be able to answer the following questions:• Why change? What has led ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • High Performance in Hospital Management

    A Guideline for Developing and Developed Countries

    by Edda Weimann, Peter Weimann ...
    This book provides a broad overview of what is needed to run hospitals and other health care facilities effectively and efficiently. All of the skills and tools required to achieve this aim are elucidated in the book, including business engineering and change management, strategic planning and the Balanced Scorecard, project management, integrative innovation management, social and ethical aspects ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Mindful Medical Practitioners

    A Guide for Clinicians and Educators

    by Craig Stephen Hassed, Patricia Lynn Dobkin, PhD ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Following up on Mindful Medical Practice, this book describes in detail how mindfulness is being taught to medical students, residents, practicing physicians, and allied health care professionals. Steps to set up and integrate programs into curricula are featured and educators’ questions concerning practical aspects of doing this work are addressed. The argument on how to promote the kinds of ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • A How To Guide For Medical Students

    Edited by Michael O. Meyers, Michael J. Englesbe ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book will be a ‘how to’ guide for medical students interested in pursuing a career in academic surgery. It will discuss personal traits and rationale for going into academic surgery. It will review accomplishments as a medical student that are key components of beginning an academic career and highlight what makes a student competitive for a surgical program. Sections will be devoted to ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities

    Edited by Gaetano Settimo, Marco Gola, Stefano Capolongo ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This interdisciplinary guide offers background, research findings, and practical strategies for assessing and improving air quality in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Positing good air quality as critical to patient and staff well-being, it identifies disease-carrying microbes, pollutants, and other airborne toxins and their health risks, and provides localized interventions for reducing ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Healthcare Changes and the Affordable Care Act

    A Physician Call to Action

    Edited by James S. Powers ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Healthcare Changes Reach Main Street: A Call to Action for Physicians provides guidance, examples, and information on processes and time lines for physicians based on the implementation of The Affordable Care Act (ACA) that was established in 2010. This volume focuses on how geriatricians and other healthcare professionals can be engaged in responding to the roll-out of the ACA in their ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Scrub's Bible

    How to Assist at Cataract and Corneal Surgery with a Primer on the Anatomy of the Human Eye and Self Assessment

    by David C. Ritterband, Elaine I. Wu, Richard S. Koplin, John A. Seedor ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Directed at the growing number of untutored personnel aspiring to enter the disciplines of ophthalmic technicianry and surgical assisting, The Scrub's Bible represents an entry level guide to understanding the human eye, its basic anatomy, and physiology. Absorbing this information serves as the foundation for the authors, who are all skilled and respected eye surgeons, educators, and surgery ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Bayesian Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with the R package BCEA

    by Gianluca Baio, Andrea Berardi, Anna Heath ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The book provides a description of the process of health economic evaluation and modelling for cost-effectiveness analysis, particularly from the perspective of a Bayesian statistical approach. Some relevant theory and introductory concepts are presented using practical examples and two running case studies. The book also describes in detail how to perform health economic evaluations using the R ... Read more

    $76.49 USD