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Fulltext Summary and application of the WHO 2020 physical activity guidelines for patients with essential hypertension in primary care

Wattanapisit A, Ng CJ, Angkurawaranon C, Wattanapisit S, Chaovalit S, Stoutenberg M

Heliyon, 2022 Oct;8(10):e11259.
PMID: 36325139 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11259

The new World Health Organization (WHO) 2020 guidelines on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior include recommendations for adults with chronic conditions. The guidelines provide adaptable and general recommendations for people living with chronic medical conditions. This article summarizes the content and provides suggestions for the application of the guidelines for patients with essential hypertension in primary care. The WHO 2020 PA guidelines recommend broad advice for adults and older adults with chronic conditions. The key recommendations are consistent with other hypertension guidelines. A systemic approach to promote PA in primary care (i.e., PA assessment, safety considerations, PA prescription, behavioral counseling, and referral) along with applying the WHO guidelines is required. Health risk assessment and safety issues related to hypertension (e.g., current PA levels, level of blood pressure, treatment plans, comorbidities) should be concerned. The FITT Pro (frequency, intensity, time, type, and progression) can be adopted as a framework to break down the guidelines into specific PA prescription. The WHO 2020 PA guidelines address the importance of PA in clinical populations. The guidelines can be adapted for patients with hypertension in primary care settings.
Fulltext Advocating Submission of Case Reports in Family Medicine: An Analysis of Case Report Submissions in Journals Related to Family Medicine

Wattanapisit A, Sirirak K, Wattanapisit S, Jenn Ng C, Hai Teo C, Wiwatkunupakarn N, et al.

J Prim Care Community Health, 2025;16:21501319251320171.
PMID: 39952911 DOI: 10.1177/21501319251320171

INTRODUCTION: Family medicine embraces a wide range of principles. Identifying appropriate journals for publishing family medicine case reports can be challenging for authors. This study aims to identify journals related to family medicine that publish case reports and summarize the requirements of case report submissions.
METHODS: Journals related to family medicine were identified from the subject categories: "family practice" in Scopus and "primary health care" in Web of Science. The author's instructions on the journal websites regarding the criteria for case report submissions were reviewed, and the specific requirements for case reports of each journal were recorded. Journals were excluded if family medicine was not the main aim and scope.
RESULTS: Among the 80 journals focused on family medicine, 30 (37.5%) were found to accept submissions of case reports. These reports were classified into various article types, such as case reports, patient studies, clinical case studies. The length of the main text varied between 400 and 3000 words, and some journals did not mandate an abstract. However, for those that did, abstracts typically ranged from 50 to 300 words. The number of references cited ranged from 5 to 30.
CONCLUSIONS: Less than half of the journals in the family medicine field accept case report submissions. It is advisable for authors to choose their target journal early in the preparation process, as each journal typically provides specific submission guidelines and instructions.
Student and Staff Perspectives on Important Employability and Global Mobility Skills for Health Professionals in Higher Education

Chadda KR, Routh J, Ismail T, Amirthalingam SD, Angkurawaranon C, Boonyaratanakornkit V, et al.

Ann N Y Acad Sci, 2026 Mar;1557(1):e70207.
PMID: 41793302 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.70207

This study investigated what value health professional students and staff place on employability and global mobility training. It investigated the most important employability and global mobility characteristics, and how perceptions vary between students and academics. The study used an anonymous, online questionnaire distributed to health professional students and academic staff at the University of Surrey (UK) and the University of Malaysia, Sarawak (Malaysia). The outcomes of pairwise comparison questions were processed using the Elo algorithm to generate importance rankings of the employability and global mobility characteristics. One hundred and forty-two students and 42 academics were included. The most important employability and global mobility characteristics were an ability to get along with people from different cultural backgrounds, adaptability, openness to new experiences, an ability to read situations and respond to them, communication skills, and problem-solving. The characteristics that were ranked highly by academics were also likely to have high rankings by students. This study demonstrates that students and academics value employability and global mobility teaching and give similar ratings to specific characteristics. The next step is to investigate how these characteristics can be incorporated into higher education curricula and adapted over time in response to evolving workforce requirements.

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