Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Practice 10 Minute Consultation

Vitamin B-12 deficiency

BMJ 2010; 340 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c2305 (Published 01 June 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c2305

Rapid Response:

An Intergrated Approach Assessing Vit B 12 Deficiency

Dear Editor,

This letter is in response to your article dated June 1st on the
“Assessment of Vit B 12 deficiency”. As a nursing lecturer teaching
General Nursing Science, I often encounter students who have great
difficulty integrating theory and practice. I applaud the author for the
simple yet excellent integration of physiology, nutrition and clinical
manifestations.

It is critical for educators of health related content to facilitate the
comprehension of physiology, pathophysiology and application to clinical
manifestation, as displayed in this article. This will make it easier for
students to understand how dysfunctional physiology translates to clinical
manifestation (signs and symptoms) of different medical conditions.

zodwalinda@yahoo.com

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

11 June 2010
Ntombizodwa S.B. Linda
Nursing Lecturer
University of the Wester Cape ZA