Establishing a postgraduate qualification in remote health
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) provides medical care for the scientists and support staff working on British scientific bases and research vessels in the Antarctic. The BAS directs significant resources towards medical research, so a doctor who does not complete the research component of the pro...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:515140 2023-05-15T13:49:33+02:00 Establishing a postgraduate qualification in remote health Haston, W. Horsley, H. Milne, A. 1996-06 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515140/ http://jtt.sagepub.com/content/2/2/114.abstract unknown SAGE Journals Haston, W.; Horsley, H.; Milne, A. 1996 Establishing a postgraduate qualification in remote health. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2 (2). 114-118. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X9600200208 <https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X9600200208> Medicine Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1996 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X9600200208 2023-02-04T19:43:51Z The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) provides medical care for the scientists and support staff working on British scientific bases and research vessels in the Antarctic. The BAS directs significant resources towards medical research, so a doctor who does not complete the research component of the programme of training and medical duties represents a partially wasted investment. Additionally, the professional experience gained by the doctor is appropriate for a postgraduate qualification. For these reasons, the training, clinical placement and research undertaken by doctors were formalized as a masters degree in 1992. The objectives of the MSc degree were to optimize the benefits of the training and research for Antarctic doctors and their patients, and to improve the quality of the research output. In the three years before the degree was introduced, only 25% of doctors produced a useful research output. Following the introduction of the MSc, this figure rose to 88%. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic British Antarctic Survey Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic The Antarctic Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2 2 114 118 |
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The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) provides medical care for the scientists and support staff working on British scientific bases and research vessels in the Antarctic. The BAS directs significant resources towards medical research, so a doctor who does not complete the research component of the programme of training and medical duties represents a partially wasted investment. Additionally, the professional experience gained by the doctor is appropriate for a postgraduate qualification. For these reasons, the training, clinical placement and research undertaken by doctors were formalized as a masters degree in 1992. The objectives of the MSc degree were to optimize the benefits of the training and research for Antarctic doctors and their patients, and to improve the quality of the research output. In the three years before the degree was introduced, only 25% of doctors produced a useful research output. Following the introduction of the MSc, this figure rose to 88%. |
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