IAN MARTIN SYMONDS



Salutation
Professor

School/Centre
School of Medicine

Appointment
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic

Position
Professor

Email
iansymonds@imu.edu.my



Education

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MMedSci (Medical Education), 2004 University of Nottingham
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DM (Medicine), 1995 University of Nottingham
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MBBS (Medicine), 1983 University of Nottingham

Memberships

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Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Fellow 2004 - Present

Research Funding
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STan intrapartum fetal monitoring (cardiotocographic plus electrocardiographic) compared with cardiotocographic (CTG) monitoring alone: an Australian randomised controlled trial NHMRC (AUSTRALIA) PARTNERSHIP GRANT | 2017-01-01 - 31 Dec 2023
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A practice change intervention to increase the provision of antenatal care addressing maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy: a stepped-wedge trial. A practice change intervention to increase the provision of antenatal care addressing maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy: a stepped-wedge trial. | 2015-01-01 - 31 Dec 2023

Publications

Research Articles

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Launching the ACE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 2024
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A common curriculum in obstetrics and gynecology for medical students globally INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS 2024
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Comparing the effect of CTG+ STan with CTG alone on emergency Cesarean section rate: STan Australian Randomized controlled Trial (START) ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY 2023
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Education in ANZJOG and under RANZCOG: Primary purpose or secondary intention? AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 2023
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Deep learning in the marking of medical student short answer question examinations: Student perceptions and pilot accuracy assessment FOCUS ON HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: A MULTI-PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL 2023
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ST analysis plus CTG compared to CTG alone for intrapartum fetal monitoring (the START randomised controlled trial): A cost minimisation study. AUTHOREA PREPRINTS 2023
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Protocol: Iterative delivery of an implementation support package to increase and sustain the routine provision of antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster trial BMJ OPEN 2022
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Iterative delivery of an implementation support package to increase and sustain the routine provision of antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster trial BMJ OPEN 2022
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Professionalism and clinical short answer question marking with machine learning INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL 2022
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Practice change intervention to improve antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy: a randomised stepped-wedge controlled trial BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH 2022
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Effectiveness of a practice change intervention in reducing alcohol consumption in pregnant women attending public maternity services SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND POLICY 2022
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Testing The Acceptability Of Stillbirth Awareness Messages In An SMS Program For Fathers HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA 2022
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Balloon catheters versus vaginal prostaglandins for labour induction (CPI Collaborative): an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials THE LANCET 2022
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Differential effectiveness of a practice change intervention to improve antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy: exploratory subgroup analyses within a randomised stepped-wedge controlled trial. MIDWIFERY 2022
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A comparison of balloon catheters and vaginal prostaglandins for cervical ripening prior to labour induction AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY 2022
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Medical student knowledge and critical appraisal of machine learning: a multicentre international cross‐sectional study INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL 2021
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Predictors of alcohol use during pregnancy in Australian women Drug and Alcohol Review 2021
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Barriers to the implementation of clinical guidelines for maternal alcohol consumption in antenatal services: A survey using the theoretical domains framework HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA: OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PROMOTION PROFESSIONALS 2020
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The associations among medical student debt, distress and resilience in the early years of medical school: an international cross-sectional study AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRY: BULLETIN OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS 2020
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Comparing the effect of STan (cardiotocographic electronic fetal monitoring (CTG) plus analysis of the ST segment of the fetal electrocardiogram) with CTG alone on emergency caesarean section rates: study protocol for the STan Australian Randomised controlled Trial (START) Trials 2019
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Implementation strategies to improve preconception and antenatal care for tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and weight management: a systematic review protocol Systematic reviews 2019
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Sleep patterns and risky driving behaviors in clinical medical and nursing students Academic psychiatry 2019
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Developing a practice change initiative to improve care for alcohol consumption in pregnancy Women and Birth 2019
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A practice change intervention to improve antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption by women during pregnancy: research protocol for a randomised stepped-wedge cluster trial Implementation Science 2018
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Can Australian medical students' predictions of peers' responses assist with gaining reliable results on course evaluations? FOCUS ON HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL 2018
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A common medical schools curriculum in obstetrics and gynaecology Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2018
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Decreasing birth rate determining worldwide incidence and regional variation of female breast Cancer ADVANCES IN BREAST CANCER RESEARCH 2018
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Screening for recommended antenatal risk factors: how long does it take? WOMEN AND BIRTH 2018
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Low fertility may be a significant determinant of ovarian cancer worldwide: an ecological analysis of cross-sectional data from 182 countries Journal of ovarian research 2018
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Screening for recommended antenatal risk factors: How long does it take? Women and Birth 2018
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Have we got the selection process right? The validity of selection tools for predicting academic performance in the first year of undergraduate medicine MEDEDPUBLISH 2017
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Respective value of the traditional clinical rotation and high fidelity simulation on the acquisition of clinical reasoning skills in medical students–A Randomized Controlled Trial. MEDEDPUBLISH 2016
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A RETROSPECTIVE AUDIT OF THE DRUGS IN PREGNANCY SERVICE IN NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES: Paper 185 Drug and Alcohol Review 2015
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Disadvantage and the ‘capacity to aspire’to medical school Medical Education 2015
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Progesterone Activates Multiple Innate Immune Pathways in C hlamydia trachomatis‐Infected Endocervical Cells American journal of reproductive immunology 2014
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The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology–a personal perspective Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2014
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Basic clinical skills in gynaecology ESSENTIAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY E-BOOK 2013
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Can professionalism be taught? The Medical Journal of Australia 2013
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Screening for gynaecological conditions OBSTETRICS, GYNAECOLOGY & REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE 2013
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Postterm pregnancy FACTS, VIEWS & VISION IN OBGYN 2012
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A comparative study of efficacy and outcomes of large loop excision of the transformation zone procedure performed under general anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2012
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An RCT protocol of varying financial incentive amounts for smoking cessation among pregnant women BMC public health 2012
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A systematic approach to workplace‐based assessment for international medical graduates Medical journal of Australia 2012
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Modulation of the Chlamydia trachomatis in vitro transcriptome response by the sex hormones estradiol and progesterone BMC microbiology 2011
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Paying women to quit smoking during pregnancy? Acceptability among pregnant women Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2011
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New undergraduate curricula in the UK and Australia Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2010
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Progesterone receptor isoform expression in the guinea pig myometrium from normal and growth restricted pregnancies Reproductive sciences 2010
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Adopting an e-portfolio as an assessment tool: Investigating options, issues and future possibilities EPORTFOLIOS AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE 2011 2010
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Polymorphisms in genes of the steroid hormone biosynthesis and metabolism pathways and endometrial cancer risk Cancer Epidemiology 2010
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Toll-like receptor (TLR) and nucleosome-binding oligomerization domain (NOD) gene polymorphisms and endometrial cancer risk BMC cancer 2010
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Genetic variants in MUTYH are not associated with endometrial cancer risk Hereditary cancer in clinical practice 2009
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Polymorphisms in TP53 and MDM2 combined are associated with high grade endometrial cancer Gynecologic oncology 2009
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Estrogen receptor polymorphisms and the risk of endometrial cancer BJOG: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 2009
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Graduate entry to medicine: widening psychological diversity BMC medical education 2009
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Screening for gynaecological conditions OBSTETRICS, GYNAECOLOGY & REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE 2009
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Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice HEREDITARY CANCER IN CLINICAL PRACTICE 2009
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Should liquid‐based cytology be performed prior to colposcopy? A comparison of the accuracy, unsatisfactory rates and cost in a tertiary referral setting Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2009
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Abnormalities of early pregnancy MYLES TEXTBOOK FOR MIDWIVES. 15TH ED. EDINBURGH: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE 2009
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The influence of the Cyclin D1 870 G> A polymorphism as an endometrial cancer risk factor BMC cancer 2008
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Graduate entry to medicine: widening academic and socio‐demographic access Medical education 2008
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Randomised comparative trial of thermal balloon ablation and levonorgestrel intrauterine system in patients with idiopathic menorrhagia Australian and New Zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2007
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Screening for gynaecological conditions THE FOUNDATION YEARS 2007
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Screening for gynaecological conditions CURRENT OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 2006
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Gynaecological surgery: techniques, training, skills and assessment BAILLIèRE'S BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH. CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 2006
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Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology THE OBSTETRICIAN & GYNAECOLOGIST 2005
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Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women's Health THE OBSTETRICIAN & GYNAECOLOGIST 2005
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Multiprofessional or interprofessional education in obstetrics and gynaecology THE OBSTETRICIAN & GYNAECOLOGIST 2005
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Menstrual disturbance CURRENT OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 2004
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Screening for gynaecological conditions CURRENT OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 2004
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Infrared microscopy of epithelial cancer cells in whole tissues and in tissue culture, using synchrotron radiation Faraday discussions 2004
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Dr R. Allibone, NHS, UK Dr F. Bahrami, CCLRC, UK APPLICATIONS OF SPECTROSCOPY TO BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS: UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, SEPTEMBER 1-3, 2003 2004
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Dr R. Allibone, NHS. UK Dr F. Bahrami, CCLRC, UK Mr BR Baker, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Professor H. Barr, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital UK APPLICATIONS OF SPECTROSCOPY TO BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS: UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, SEPTEMBER 1-3, 2003 2004
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Strategies for interprofessional education: the Interprofessional Team Objective Structured Clinical Examination for midwifery and medical students Nurse Education Today 2003
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Evaluation of a formative interprofessional team objective structured clinical examination (ITOSCE): a method of shared learning in maternity education Medical teacher 2003
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Ultrasound, hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy in the investigation of endometrial cancer REVIEWS IN GYNAECOLOGICAL PRACTICE 2003
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Investigating the potential for infrared micro-analysis in cancer screening EUROPEAN CLINICAL LABORATORY 2002
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Immediate and associated complications of hysterectomy for benign disease Australian and New Zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2002
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FT-IR microscopy of oral and cervical tissue samples DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL, INTERNAL REPORT 2002
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Ultrasound, hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy in the investigation of endometrial cancer Best practice & research Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology 2001
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A university department merger of midwifery and obstetrics: a step on the journey to enhancing interprofessional learning. MEDICAL TEACHER 2000
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Self-assessment questions: Vulval disorders CURRENT OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 2000
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P3. 16.06 Characterization of human ovarian cancer cell lines by infrared spectroscopy INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS 2000
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APPENDIX Emergencies in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Self-assessment Multiple Choice Questions BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 2000
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Vulval Pain Syndrome Study Day, Derby, 5 March 1999 JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 1999
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Diagnosis and management of cervical neoplasia CURRENT OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 1999
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Establishing an outpatient hysteroscopy service CURRENT OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 1999
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Psychosocial support or active management of labour or both to improve the outcome of labour BJOG: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 1999
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Ectopic pregnancy: modern management CURRENT OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 1998
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TOG Referees 2006 J PERIODONTOL 1996
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Magnetic resonance imaging, OC125 immunoscintigraphy and serum CA125 levels in the management of patients with suspected primary or recurrent ovarian carcinoma Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1996
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Immunoscintigraphy of ovarian carcinoma using a monoclonal antibody (111In-NCRC48) defining a polymorphic epithelial mucin (PEM) epitope. Nuclear medicine communications 1993
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Monoclonal antibodies in ovarian cancer CURRENT OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY 1992
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C595–a monoclonal antibody against the protein core of human urinary epithelial mucin commonly expressed in breast carcinomas British journal of cancer 1990

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Other Publications

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A clinical practice change intervention to improve the provision of antenatal care addressing alcohol consumption by women during pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE | 01 Jan 2021
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Cervical ripening-one size may not fit all-cervical ripening using misoprostol versus dinoprostone vaginal insert in very unfavourable primiparous women (CRUMD study): protocol and preliminary results BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY | 01 Jan 2019
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Changes to the Balance of Prostaglandin Synthesis and Metabolism with Intrauterine Growth Restriction Contributes to Preterm Labour in the Guinea Pig REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES | 01 Jan 2011
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THE ACCEPTABILITY OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL INCENTIVES (PFI) FOR REDUCING ANTENATAL SMOKING INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE | 01 Jan 2010
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Infrared microspectroscopy in cancer diagnosis BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER | 01 Jan 2004
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A Preliminary Fuzzy Model to Identify Abnormal Cervical Smears Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Developments in Soft Computing | 01 Jan 2001

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Books

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Elsevier Masson (2017). Relecteurs
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Chandos Publishing (2014). Evaluating Student Experiences of Medical Education in the Joint Medical Programme: a Case Study of a Unique Dual University Programme