Professor Peter Bazira's Outputs (9)

Anatomy of the caecum, appendix, and colon (2022)
Journal Article
Bazira, P. J. (2023). Anatomy of the caecum, appendix, and colon. Surgery (Oxford), 41(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2022.11.003

The large intestine comprises the caecum and appendix, colon, rectum, and anal canal from proximal to distal. Embryologically, the proximal half of the large intestine is derived from the midgut, while the distal half develops from the hindgut. This... Read More about Anatomy of the caecum, appendix, and colon.

Anatomy of the rectum and anal canal (2022)
Journal Article
Bazira, P. J. (2023). Anatomy of the rectum and anal canal. Surgery (Oxford), 41(1), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2022.11.002

The rectum and anal canal are the terminal portions of large intestine and the entire gastrointestinal tract. They are thus readily accessible to direct inspection and examination. The rectum functions as a distensible reservoir for faeces, while the... Read More about Anatomy of the rectum and anal canal.

UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study (2022)
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Vishnubala, D., Iqbal, A., Marino, K., Whatmough, S., Barker, R., Salman, D., Bazira, P., Finn, G., Pringle, A., & Nykjaer, C. (2022). UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), Article 12030. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912030

Despite strategies to enable Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to give physical activity (PA) advice to patients, this appears to be rarely done in consultations. The aims of the present study were to gain an understanding of doctors’ awareness of cur... Read More about UK Doctors Delivering Physical Activity Advice: What Are the Challenges and Possible Solutions? A Qualitative Study.

“Preparing them for the profession”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of anatomy educators coping with complexity in the United Kingdom curriculum (2022)
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Kirkness, K. B., Bazira, P. J., Finn, G. M., & Nizza, I. E. (2023). “Preparing them for the profession”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of anatomy educators coping with complexity in the United Kingdom curriculum. Anatomical Sciences Education, 16(2), 237-251. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.2225

Efforts to integrate the basic sciences into the ever-changing curriculum are a trending area of research in health professions education. Low-stakes, high-frequency assessment methods such as the progress test are now widely implemented in the Unite... Read More about “Preparing them for the profession”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of anatomy educators coping with complexity in the United Kingdom curriculum.

Anatomy of the lower urinary tract (2022)
Journal Article
Bazira, P. J. (2022). Anatomy of the lower urinary tract. Surgery (Oxford), 40(8), 489-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2022.05.007

For descriptive purposes, the urinary tract is divided into upper and lower parts. The kidneys and ureters make up the upper urinary tract with the urinary bladder and urethra forming the lower urinary tract. In this article, a detailed description o... Read More about Anatomy of the lower urinary tract.

Anatomy of the kidney and ureter (2022)
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Bazira, P. J. (2022). Anatomy of the kidney and ureter. Surgery (Oxford), 40(8), 481-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2022.05.008

For descriptive purposes, the urinary tract is divided into upper and lower parts. The kidneys and ureters make up the upper urinary tract with the urinary bladder and urethra forming the lower urinary tract. This article discusses the anatomy of the... Read More about Anatomy of the kidney and ureter.

Creating a Sport and Exercise Medicine Masters syllabus for doctors: a Delphi study (2022)
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Vishnubala, D., Iqbal, A., Marino, K. R., Salman, D., Pringle, A., Nykjaer, C., Bazira, P., & Finn, G. (2022). Creating a Sport and Exercise Medicine Masters syllabus for doctors: a Delphi study. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 8(2), Article e001252. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2021-001252

Objective Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) Masters curricula vary. This Delphi study is aimed to create a consensus curriculum for doctors undertaking SEM Masters courses. Methods A modified Delphi survey was used. An expert panel was established of... Read More about Creating a Sport and Exercise Medicine Masters syllabus for doctors: a Delphi study.

Anatomy of the pancreas and spleen (2022)
Journal Article
Bazira, P. J., & Mahadevan, V. (2022). Anatomy of the pancreas and spleen. Surgery (Oxford), 40(4), 213-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2022.02.002

The pancreas is a large, retroperitoneal organ situated immediately behind the posterior wall of the lesser sac, in the floor of the supracolic compartment of the abdominal cavity. Although principally an exocrine gland, the pancreas also performs cr... Read More about Anatomy of the pancreas and spleen.

Surgical anatomy of the hand (2022)
Journal Article
Bazira, P. J. (2022). Surgical anatomy of the hand. Surgery (Oxford), 40(3), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2022.01.001

This article discusses the surgical anatomy of the hand highlighting key aspects that are of relevance to its function and to the surgeon.