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F Greaves

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Compliance with DOTS diagnosis and treatment recommendations by private practitioners in Kerala, India.

The Indian government has a national tuberculosis (TB) plan based on DOTS recommendations. The private health sector plays an increasing role in health care provision in India, and a public-private mix (PPM) project has been introduced to standardise TB diagnosis and treatment methods in Kerala, India. This study interviewed 45 private practitioners (PPs) to evaluate diagnostic, treatment and reporting practices, of whom 80% diagnose with sputum microscopy and 43% treat all of their patients according to the treatment regimens recommended by the DOTS strategy. This study demonstrates that the current management of TB by private practitioners in Kerala is still in need of improvement.

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Objectively toward curriculum improvement in nursing education in England and Wales.

The General Nursing Council (G.N.C.) for England and Wales (circular 77/19/4) is currently influencing schools of nursing to use behavioural objectives, which means immediate implications for the basic training of nurses. As the majority of nurse teachers seek to influence their students' behaviour, there appears to be good grounds for stating clearly what it is they hope their students will achieve. Operationalizing objectives in realistic learning environments will rest on two fundamental assumptions. First, there must be a clear foundation of integrated theory and practice. Secondly, nurse teachers must be using objectives in the light of clear understanding of objective approaches which are based in a conceptual framework of curriculum theory.

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