Innovating Pedagogy 2023
Looking for something innovative to try in 2024? MedEd professionals would benefit by looking through these ideas first. Open University's, Institute of Educational Technology's latest innovating pedagogy report from August 2023. This is the 11th annual report on emerging technologies in education...
Source: open.ac.uk
Biopharma futures
I've been looking at a few industry reports on the future of biopharma as part of a course I'm on with INSEAD Business School on Business Strategy and Financial Performance. I thought I'd share some of my ramblings on Biopharma Futures. Expectations are high Pharmaceutical
companies are operating...
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Google Brings Back Human Moderators for YouTube Content
Google Brings Back Human Moderators for YouTube Content | Digital Trends: More human moderators are going back to work to oversee YouTube content, taking over from automated systems that admittedly took down some videos erroneously. "YouTube revealed in late August that in the three months prior, 11.4...
Source: digitaltrends.com
APOD: 2020 August 11 - Churning Clouds on Jupiter
"Pictured by Juno, churning clouds on Jupiter show not only mesmerizing complexity but some high-level, light-colored pop-up clouds. Understanding atmospheric dynamics on Jupiter gives valuable perspective to similar atmospheric and lightning phenomena that occur on our home Earth."
Source: nasa.gov
Milasen - a drug developed for a single patient.
Patient-Customized Oligonucleotide Therapy for a Rare Genetic Disease | NEJM: Summary Genome sequencing is often pivotal in the diagnosis of rare diseases, but many of these conditions lack specific treatments. We describe how molecular diagnosis of a rare, fatal neurodegenerative condition led to the...
Source: nejm.org
Measles is killing more people in the DRC than Ebola—and faster: "Frankly, I am embarrassed to talk only about Ebola,"
Measles is killing more people in the DRC than Ebola—and faster: "Frankly, I am embarrassed to talk only about Ebola," WHO director-general says. Since January 2019, officials have recorded over 100,000 measles cases in the DRC, mostly in children, and nearly 2,000 have died. The figures surpass those...
Source: arstechnica.com
APOD: 2017 August 23 - The Crown of the Sun
APOD: 2017 August 23 - The Crown of the Sun
Source: nasa.gov
RCGP welcomes international recruitment boost to ease GP shortages
RCGP welcomes international recruitment boost to ease GP shortages
Source: rcgp.org.uk
Prospect of losing new GPs so early in their careers could be disastrous for the NHS, says RCGP
Prospect of losing new GPs so early in their careers could be disastrous for the NHS, says RCGP
Source: rcgp.org.uk
The burden of triumph: meeting health and social care needs. Andrew Dilnot, Lancet 15 August 2017. "Life is getting longer.
The burden of triumph: meeting health and social care needs. Andrew Dilnot, Lancet 15 August 2017. "Life is getting longer. Death is not defeated, but it takes longer to win than it used to. The increases seen for most people in life expectancy are surely a matter for great rejoicing. References to...
Source: thelancet.com
GPs in England 'unconfident' discussing physical activity with patients – report: Less than two-thirds of doctors feel
GPs in England 'unconfident' discussing physical activity with patients – report: Less than two-thirds of doctors feel confident discussing activity levels and almost a third have never heard of national guidelines. "The majority of doctors in England are unfamiliar with recommended
levels of physical...
Source: theguardian.com
Important for GPs to be aware of up to date clinical guidelines around physical activity, says RCGP
Important for GPs to be aware of up to date clinical guidelines around physical activity, says RCGP
Source: rcgp.org.uk
APOD: 2017 August 11 - A Total Solar Eclipse of Saros 145
APOD: 2017 August 11 - A Total Solar Eclipse of Saros 145
Source: nasa.gov
RCGP will continue to push for longer GP training programme despite Review recommendation. "It has been the position of
RCGP will continue to push for longer GP training programme despite Review recommendation. "It has been the position of the College for many years that GP training should be a minimum of four years in length. This was reconfirmed at our governing Council meeting in February, and the idea of a ‘3+1’...
Source: rcgp.org.uk
Labour's analysis of GP access backs up previous College warnings
Labour's analysis of GP access backs up previous College warnings
Source: rcgp.org.uk
College statement on MRCGP assessment. In response to an article in Pulse today on differential attainment in the Clinical
College statement on MRCGP assessment. In response to an article in Pulse today on differential attainment in the Clinical Skills Assessment, Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: "The purpose of the MRCGP assessment is to ensure GPs meet the highest standards to...
Source: rcgp.org.uk
APOD: 2017 August 1 - Perseid Meteors over Turkey
APOD: 2017 August 1 - Perseid Meteors over Turkey
Source: nasa.gov
Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective
Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey Valeria Cetorelli. Isaac Sasson. Nazar Shabila. Gilbert Burnham. PLOS Medicine.
Source: plos.org
Wyoming marks first known rabies fatality with death of woman, 77: Wyoming has recorded the state's first known fatality
Wyoming marks first known rabies fatality with death of woman, 77: Wyoming has recorded the state's first known fatality from rabies with the death of an elderly woman from Lander who contracted the viral disease in August after being bitten by an infected bat, state health officials said on Wednesday.
Source: reuters.com
Pierre Louis and the "numerical method"
The French doctor who analysed the use of blood letting in pneumonia and settled the argument about whether it was helpful or harmful.
Numbers trump even the most strongly voiced opinions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Charles_Alexandre_Louis "Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis (14 April 1787...
Source: wikipedia.org
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