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Background: The trends in medical publishing are towards electronic versions and the use of the English language. The objective of this study was to compare general practitioners' ability to retain information when reading on paper versus on screen, and in their mother tongue versus in the English., Material and Methods: Randomized controlled trial of 114 Scandinavian general practitioners. They read a review article for 10 minutes either on paper/in English, on screen/in English, on paper/in their mother tongue, or on screen/in their mother tongue. Afterwards they completed a questionnaire with six open questions from the article. The main outcome measure was sum score on a scale from 0 (no correct answers) to 13 (all questions answered correctly)., Results: We found no difference between readers of paper and screen versions (median (interquartile range) 4 (2-6) vs. 4 (2-5), p = 0.97). Those who read their mother tongue scored significantly higher than those who read English (4 (3-6) vs. 3 (2-4), p = 0.01)., Interpretation: The medium (paper vs. screen) does not influence the ability of general practitioners to retain medical information. Doctors best retain medical information when reading it in their mother tongue.

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In this paper it is argued that in recent years, therapeutic techniques have played an increasingly significant role in Danish educational thinking. One way in which this therapeutic thinking discloses itself is in the ever-growing use of educational-therapeutic games as part of the educational practice. Theoretically, this paper is inspired by Foucault and we argue that educational-therapeutic games can be understood as a kind of confessional practice that introduces a pastoral power relationship between pupils and teachers. We present a small empirically based analysis of one of the frequently used therapeutic-educational games in Denmark, called «The Good Chair». [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The national medical journals in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden publish selected papers from the other journals in their original languages. We wanted to know how well Scandinavian general practitioners understand their neighbour languages and English, today the "lingua franca" in medical publishing., Material and Methods: 111 doctors (36 Norwegians, 32 Danes, 43 Swedes) completed a questionnaire in which they rated their own subjective understanding of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and English on a five point Likert scale., Results: The Norwegian doctors rated their understanding of Danish significantly higher than Swedish (p < 0.01) and English (p < 0.01). The Swedish doctors rated English significantly higher than Danish (p < 0.01) and Norwegian (p = 0.01) and Norwegian significantly higher than Danish (p = 0.02). The Danish doctors did not rate the foreign languages differently., Interpretation: Particularly because of the Swedish doctors' incomplete understanding of Danish and to some extent Norwegian, there is a risk that future communication between doctors in these countries will be conducted in the English language.

Background: The decline in incidence of tuberculosis in Scandinavia has stagnated in the last decades because of a growing number of immigrants from high incidence countries. The aim of this study was to find out what has been published on tuberculosis among immigrants in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the main medical journals in these countries from 1995 to 2000., Material and Methods: 23 papers on the topic were identified through PubMed searches. Eight papers were selected for a more detailed description of their content., Results: The main medical journals in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have published papers on epidemiological aspects and clinical traits as well as the challenge for the health services of controlling tuberculosis in immigrants. The majority of patients are under the age of 40 and of African origin. They seldom infect the population of the host country. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is relatively common. Control on arrival could be improved in all three countries. Considerable doctor's and patient's delay is not uncommon., Interpretation: Medical journals are an important source for knowledge on tuberculosis among immigrants from high incidence countries.