/library/oar/handle/123456789/26862 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:03:21 GMT 2025-12-21T04:03:21Z :443/library/oar/retrieve/ecf6b64c-dcf8-427c-9c1c-a2543c9ae468/ /library/oar/handle/123456789/26862 /library/oar/handle/123456789/22832 Title: Knowledge management Authors: Soler, Jean Karl; Marnoch, Gordon Abstract: "Define "knowledge management" in the primary care context, and conduct a critical appraisal of the effectiveness of knowledge management in the primary care system you practice in." This article is largely derived from an assignment submitted in by the first author in January 2006 as part of a Masters in Primary Care and General Practice near the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. The essay was written for the purposes of summative assessment of the module on "Commissioning, Leadership and Management" led by Dr. Gordon Marnoch. The assignment question was: "Define "knowledge management" in the primary care context, and conduct a critical appraisal of the effectiveness of knowledge management in the primary care system you practice in." Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/22832 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/22831 Title: Dealing with alcohol abuse within the family Authors: Saliba, Mario Abstract: The role of the family in understanding and treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse has been recognised since the 1970s. Before, these problems were believed to be related to genetics and/or individual psychopathology. There are some genetic linkages, but this is only part of the story. Nonns for acceptable behaviour with mind-altering substances are first encountered in families. It is acceptable that wine and other alcohol drinks are served with food on a daily basis in our homes. It is part of our culture that every occasion, whether it is winning a football game, a horse race, or a village festa, it is celebrated by freely drinking alcohol. Furthermore, conditions that exist in families may reinforce maintenance of these behaviours. Once these patterns are established, changing these patterns often involves and affects family members. Successful treatment will virtually always involve all the familyl. But the most alanning data about substance abuse in Malta was revealed from the European School Survey Project Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) 1995 - 1999. The survey concluded that alcohol remains the number one problem. According to this study the fact that 1 in every 5 respondents said the last time they drank alcohol was at home, indicates the strong reflection of the acceptance of alcohol within our society and indeed within our families Also Malta compared very high in alcohol use among adolescents less than 16 years of age when compared to other European countries but it ranked very low when compared with regards to illicit drug use. Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/22831 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/22830 Title: Maltese Family Doctor : volume 17 : issue 1 Editors: Caruana, Noel Abstract: 1/ Dr Noel CARUANA - Moving forward -- 2/ Dr Mario SALIBA - Dealing with alcohol abuse within the family -- 3/ Dr Michael GALEA - Burnout : helping the helpers -- 4/ Dr Charles J BOFFA - Man and the pageant of life : a mosaic -- 5/ Dr Mateja BULC - EUROPREV guide on promoting health through physical activity -- 6/ Dr Cythia GRECH SAMMUT - To see or not to see : symptoms and signs -- 7/ Dr Daniel SAMMUT - Vocational training in greater London -- 8/ Continued medical education : self assessment quiz 9/ Prof Jean K SOLER and Dr Gordon MARNOCH - Knowledge management. Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/22830 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/22829 Title: Vocational training in Greater London Authors: Sammut, Daniel Abstract: March, 2008. 7:45 am. I'm on a cosy train goingfrom Ashford to East Sheen, in Greater London. The train is packed with passengers -sitting, standing. People of diverse ages, backgrounds and ethnicity. They are on their way to work or school. Most of them are reading papers or books; some stare somewhere out of focus, avoiding eye-contact. A few fiddle with their laptop, while others have their eyes closed. Nobody speaks - the only sounds are the du- dum, du-dum of the train on the rails, and the rustle of newspapers. Then a female voice on the microphone proclaims: "This station is Mortlake". Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/22829 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z