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Field Trials of Health Interventions: A Toolbox

Before new interventions can be used in disease control programmes, it is essential that they are carefully evaluated in “field trials”, which may be complex and expensive undertakings. Descriptions of the detailed procedures and methods used in trials that have been conducted in the past have generally not been published. As a consequence, those planning such trials have few guidelines available and little access to previously accumulated knowledge. In this book the practical issues of trial design and conduct are discussed fully and in sufficient detail for the text to be used as a “toolbox” by field investigators. The toolbox has now been extensively tested through use of the first two editions and this third edition is a comprehensive revision, incorporating the many developments that have taken place with respect to trials since 1996 and involving more than 30 contributors. Most of the chapters have been extensively revised and 7 new chapters have been added.

Subjects:: Medicine
Keywords:: Tropical medicine -- Research Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

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Drugs quality control (Theoretical foundation and practical application): The Coursebook

The Course book presents the basics of drugs quality control in accordance with regulatory documents (pharmacopoeia of Europe, USA, Japan, Russia) and new data from current scientific periodicals, monographs The features of the physical, spectral and chemical quality control of medicines according to the indicators «identification», «tests» and «assay» are described in detail. Part II presents a workbook, which includes questions for the self-control of the material studied and tasks for a laboratory workshop. The Course book contains reference material and samples of pharmacopoeial articles. The Course book is designed for students of the specialty «Pharmacy».

Subjects:: Medicine
Keywords:: Drugs -- Quality control Textbooks Drug control
Resource Type:: e-book

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Vaccine Practice for Health Professionals - 1st Canadian Edition

This open access textbook is intended to guide best practices in vaccine delivery in Canada. This resource is designed for students in post-secondary health profession programs, including nursing. It may also be useful for graduate students and healthcare providers. This textbook provides information related to clinical practice, including the administration of vaccine, and communication with clients.

Subjects:: Medicine
Keywords:: Hbooks manuals etc. Vaccination Immunization Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

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Medicines by design

"Medicines By Design aims to explain how scientists unravel the many different ways medicines work in the body and how this information guides the hunt for drugs of the future. Pharmacology is a broad discipline encompassing every aspect of the study of drugs, including their discovery and development and the testing of their action in the body. Much of the most promising pharmacological research going on at universities across the country is sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Working at the crossroads of chemistry, genetics, cell biology, physiology, and engineering, pharmacologists are fighting disease in the laboratory and at the bedside."--BCcampus website.

Subjects:: Medicine
Keywords:: Drugs Pharmacology Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

Others

TRIP Medical Database

TRIP is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. However, the FREE access only supports Simple search and PICO search functions; the 'Pro" access is on subscription base.

Subjects:: Nursing, Medicine, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Evidence-based medicine Databases
Resource Type:: Others

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Hong Kong Medical Journal

HKMJ is published bimonthly and indexed in MEDLINE/Index Medicus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Current Contents–Clinical Medicine, BIOSIS Previews, Embase/Excerpta Medica, Biological Abstracts, Index Copernicus, and SCOPUS. The 2020 Journal Impact Factor for the HKMJ is 2.227 (Clarivate, 2021). The 2020 CiteScore for the HKMJ is 1.6 (Scopus, 2021).

Subjects:: Public Health and Medicine
Keywords:: Periodicals Clinical medicine -- Periodicals Electronic journals Medicine -- Periodicals Public health -- Periodicals
Resource Type:: e-journal

Video

Chubbyemu

This channel was created in September 2015 as a way for me to create something I could call my own. The earlier videos served to teach me how to make a video, as I have no background in filming, editing, etc. That early content was following trends of the time, learning how best to approach my lack of understanding of video.