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Modified early warning score predicts the need for hospital admission and inhospital mortality by Burch, V C, Tarr, G, Morroni, C

“…The modified early warning score (MEWS) is a useful tool for identifying hospitalised patients in need of a higher level of care and those at risk of…”
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A structured assessment of newly qualified medical graduates by Burch, V C, Nash, R C, Zabow, T, Gibbs, T, Aubin, L, Jacobs, B, Hift, R J

“…Introduction  While there is extensive published experience with the assessment of procedural skills in undergraduate students, this is limited in newly…”
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Developing an educational research framework for evaluating rural training of health professionals: A case for innovation by van Schalkwyk, S., Bezuidenhout, J., Burch, V.C., Clarke, M., Conradie, H., van Heerden, B., De Villiers, M.

“…Background: World-wide, rural clinical training of undergraduate medical students is looking to transform learning experiences, calling for the adoption of…”
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The cost of treating serious abdominal firearm-related injuries in South Africa by ALLARD, D, BURCH, V. C

“…Firearms, the leading external cause of non-natural deaths in South Africa, claim approximately 15,000 lives annually. Up to 127,000 firearm-injured victims…”
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Performance of Academically At-Risk Medical Students in a Problem-Based Learning Programme: A Preliminary Report by Burch, V. C, Sikakana, C. N. T, Yeld, N, Seggie, J. L, Schmidt, H. G

“…Introduction: Racially segregated schooling, a legacy of Apartheid policies, continues to hamper education in South Africa. Students entering university from…”
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Formative assessment promotes learning in undergraduate clinical clerkships by BURCH, V. C, SEGGIE, J. L, GARY, N. E

“…Clinical clerkships, typically situated in environments lacking educational structure, form the backbone of undergraduate medical training. The imperative to…”
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Hyperglycaemic emergency admissions to a secondary-level hospital : an unnecessary financial burden by PEPPER, D. J, LEVITT, N. S, CLEARY, S, BURCH, V. C

“…Diabetes affects approximately 1 million South Africans. Hospital admissions, the largest single item of diabetes expenditure, are often precipitated by…”
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Are specialist certification examinations a reliable measure of physician competence? by Burch, V. C., Norman, G. R., Schmidt, H. G., van der Vleuten, C. P. M.

“…High stakes postgraduate specialist certification examinations have considerable implications for the future careers of examinees. Medical colleges and…”
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Career intentions of medical students trained in six sub-Saharan African countries by Burch, V C, McKinley, D, van Wyk, J, Kiguli-Walube, S, Cameron, D, Cilliers, F J, Longombe, A O, Mkony, C, Okoromah, C, Otieno-Nyunya, B, Morahan, P S

“…Sub-Saharan Africa(SSA) is the world region worst affected by physician migration. Identifying reasons why medical students wish to stay or leave Africa could…”
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A prospective evaluation of the Cape triage score in the emergency department of an urban public hospital in South Africa by Bruijns, S R, Wallis, L A, Burch, V C

“…Until recently South Africa had no triage system for emergency department (ED) use. The Cape triage group developed a triage scale called the Cape triage score…”
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Checklist of cognitive contributions to diagnostic errors : a tool for clinician-educators by Burch, V.C., Naude, J.M.

“…Background. Experienced clinician-educators readily identify trainees making diagnostic errors, but lack pedagogic expertise to make educational diagnoses and…”
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Understanding faculty development as capacity development : a case study from South Africa by Frantz, J., Sandars, J., Rhoda, A., Marshall, M., Murdoch-Eaton, D.B., Burch, V.C.

“…Background. Faculty-development programmes for health professions educators focus on capacity building, which may not recognise the pre-existing skills and…”
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Effect of introduction of nurse triage on waiting times in a South African emergency department by Bruijns, S R, Wallis, L A, Burch, V C

“…In a resource poor setting with poverty, a high burden of disease and critically low medical staff numbers, triage could potentially improve the long waiting…”
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Self-reported generic learning skills proficiency : another measure of medical school preparedness by Murdoch-Eaton, D., Gunston, G.D., Sikakana, C.N.T., Burch, V.C.

“…Background. Strong generic learning skills may improve academic performance at medical school. Studies evaluating the generic learning skills proficiency of…”
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Acute hospitalisation needs of adults admitted to public facilities in the Cape Town Metro district by de Vries, E, Raubenheimer, P, Kies, B, Burch, V C

“…Public health care delivery in South Africa aims to provide equitable access at the most appropriate level of care. We studied to what extent the acute health…”
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Ethnicity and patterns of spondyloarthritis in South Africa--analysis of 100 patients by Burch, V C, Isaacs, S, Kalla, A A

“…To determine the spectrum and ethnic differences of spondyloarthritis disease patterns in patients attending the Rheumatic Diseases Unit, University of Cape…”
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Surgical treatment of severe autistic regression in childhood epilepsy by Neville, Brian G.R., Harkness, William F.J., Cross, J.Helen, Cass, Hilary C., Burch, Victoria C., Lees, Janet A., Taylor, David C.

“…We report 2 children with partial epilepsy who manifested social and language regression and partial recovery after surgical treatment. One child had seizures…”
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Rational planning for health care based on observed needs by Burch, V C, Benatar, S R

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Patient perception of cervical screening among women living with human immuno-deficiency virus infection attending an antiretroviral therapy clinic in urban South Africa by Wake, R. M., Rebe, K., Burch, V. C.

“…Summary This study aims to ascertain the perception of cervical screening practices among HIV-positive women attending an ART clinic in urban South Africa. It…”
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Conn's syndrome due to adrenocortical adenoma : a rare but rewarding cause of curable hypertension by QUARMBY, C. J, BURCH, V. C, DENT, D. M, OPIE, L. H

“…To determine the characteristics of an aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) as a cause of hypertension, its mode of presentation and investigation, as well as…”
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