Managerial accounting assignment. The student can apply individually to those placement offers if they wish to and at the same time they can be sure that it is a placement where they will learn something more mundane that 'making copies and coffee'. The student can review the existing QRCs on the Q-PlaNet website and choose the one in the region of their interest and view the placement on offer. On the relevant QRCs' websites they will find appropriate information, links etc. A very important activity of QRCs is the assessing or 'labelling' of the organisation offering the placement. The QRC investigates the potential host organisation of interest and proposes to them the implementation of a quality framework in order to be approved to organise student placements. Once the host organisation agrees to the terms and conditions of labelling attestation, the labelling procedure starts by submitting a 'visit plan' to the host organisation which provides a proposed timetable for the conditions to be assessed. Any required improvement action identified in accordance with Q-PlaNet requirements will be notified in writing during, or immediately following, the assessment visit. The candidate host organisation is then asked to advise how it intends to address the Q-PlaNet criteria. Once the improvement action has been implemented the Q-PlaNet label will be granted.

Question 11 What is the significance of the thyroid-releasing horomone (TRH) test in differentiating various causes of hypothyroidism?

Question 12 Is retention of urine/incomplete voiding related to hypothyroidism? If so, how?

Question 13 It is stated that a little overtreatment might be required for hypothyroidism, i.e. slightly raised thyroxine (T4) and suppressed thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Is the clinical improvement the best criteria or is there an optimum/maximum level that one should watch out for when monitoring TSH and T4?

Question 14 Why is thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) normal or increased in patients with peripheral resistance to tri-iodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4)? The thyroid hormone levels are high in these patients, so the TSH should drop lower: why doesn't it?

Question 15 Thyroxine is a peptide hormone used to treat thyroid deficiency and other thyroid disorders. It is taken orally. Peptides are broken down into amino acids before being absorbed. What factors cause the thyroxine to remain stable in the digestive tract so that it is absorbed without being digested?

Question 16 1. Does the absence of bradycardia exclude hypothyroidism? 2. How often is hypothyroidism accompanied by bradycardia?

Question 17 Should patients with hypo- or hyperthyroidism be given iodine supplements?

Question 18 Is Hashimoto's thyroiditis associated with dementia?

Question 19 Please explain the causes of, and suggest recommended treatments for, euthyroid and hypothyroid states.

Question 20 What is the role of propranolol in the management of a 35-year-old male thyrotoxic patient who is also hypertensive?