June 2018

Knowledge, attitude and practice of medical students towards complementary and alternate medicine

Complementary and alternative medicine has been an important part of Pakistani culture for a long time. Whilst it is widely practiced amongst the general population, this study aims to determine attitude and practices of medical students towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and their willingness to learn about them and give advice to their patients about it in future. Cross sectional study was conducted...

Author(s): Fauzia Imtiaz, Abeera Junaid, Sarmad Pirzada, Arham younus and Rafay Amir  

June 2018

Emerging trends in the profession of Biokinetics: A 10 year perspective (2007-2017)

The consistent review of developing patterns in any healthcare profession is important, as this allows the determination of whether the current practitioner registry meets the healthcare demands, or whether the patient market has become oversaturated with practitioners. The South African Biokinetics profession has been established for 35 years, but as never undergone an examination of its developing trends. The aim was...

Author(s): Terry J. Ellapen, Marco Barnard, Mariette Swanepoel, Henriette V. Hammill, Yvonne Paul and Gert L. Strydom