/library/oar/handle/123456789/12439 2026-05-30T00:21:01Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/12797 Title: The Malta Foundation Programme : one year on : pt.II Authors: Cassar, Kevin; Piscopo, Tonio V. Abstract: Part 2 of the article. The Malta Foundation programme was launched in July 2009, In July 2010 the first group of foundation doctors were awarded their Foundation Achievement of Competence Document allowing them to proceed to the next step of their career, basic specialist training. The programme was set p with two main objectives: A. to improve the first two years of postgraduate training of doctors and to ensure that doctors achieved a level of competence enabling provision of safe patient care; and B. to reverse the exodus of Maltese medical graduates and retain an adequate proportion of doctors to allow the local health service to provide a good quality service. we present the results of the introduction of the Foundation programme to Malta and ask whether the main objectives have been achieved. Description: Part 1 of this article can be found in this link : /library/oar//handle/123456789/12739 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/12736 Title: The Synapse : the medical professionals' network Editors: Galea, Wilfred; Ellul, Ian C. Abstract: Apart from the normal articles regarding medicine, this issue contains also the following: Editor's word - Ian C. Ellul; Of Social Corporate Responsibilities (editorial) - Ian C. Ellul; What is on for the health promotion and disease prevention directorate for summer? - Charmaine Gauci; Becoming a dentist in the 50s (Carmen Joslin) - Marika Azzopardi 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/12735 Title: What is Doppler ultrasound? Authors: Vassallo, Pierre Abstract: The term Doppler should be capitalized because it refers to Christian Johann Doppler, an Austrian physicist (1803–1853). He described a phenomenon whereby the frequency of sound changes when it is reflected off a moving object. If the object is moving towards the observer, reflected sound frequency is increased (blue shift), while if the reflecting object is moving away from the observer, the sound frequency decreases (red shift). This is analogous to a moving ambulance with its siren on; the siren pitch increases as ambulance approaches and decreases as it receeds. The Doppler Effect may be used also in ultrasound. With normal grey scale ultrasound we rely on amplitude of reflected sound waves and the reflectivity of anatomic structures is proportional to the intensity (or amplitude) of the reflected sound and hence brightness on the scanner display. If frequency (rather than amplitude) is analysed, one can detect motion on the basis of Doppler shifts. These frequency shifts can be quantified reasonably accurately according to direction, velocity and also acceleration, all of which provide specific signatures that help identify both normal and diseased blood vessels. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/12734 Title: Management of consumers' pharmaceutical waste in a pharmacy setting : part I Authors: Attard, Karen; Zarb Adami, Maurice; Azzopardi, Lilian M.; Serracino-Inglott, Anthony Abstract: The management of pharmaceutical waste is increasingly becoming of great concern to our society since no official program currently exists. This study proposes a management plan for consumer’s pharmaceutical waste in a pharmacy setting in Malta. It involves disposing of unwanted solid dosage-forms in their original packaging in waste containers which will be installed in front of pharmacies, and returning hazardous medicines and other dosage-forms directly to the pharmacist to reduce hazards from mixing incompatible products. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z