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Do Good on Autopilot (i.e. without even thinking about it) with These 4 Apps. The apps (mostly plugins to browsers) help

Do Good on Autopilot (i.e. without even thinking about it) with These 4 Apps. The apps (mostly plugins to browsers) help with raising money for charitable causes without you having to do anything other than install the app.
Source: thelifeyoucansave.org

Computer model for the cardiovascular system: development of an e-learning tool for teaching of medical students: This study

Computer model for the cardiovascular system: development of an e-learning tool for teaching of medical students: This study combined themes in cardiovascular modelling, clinical cardiology and e-learning to create an on-line environment that would assist undergraduate medical students in understanding...
Source: biomedcentral.com

A cross-sectional examination of psychological distress, positive mental health and their predictors in medical students

A cross-sectional examination of psychological distress, positive mental health and their predictors in medical students in their clinical clerkships: Medical students can experience the transition from theory to clinical clerkships as stressful. Scientific literature on the mental health of clinical...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Algorithm outperforms radiologists at diagnosing pneumonia | Stanford News: In just over a month of development, their algorithm

Algorithm outperforms radiologists at diagnosing pneumonia | Stanford News: In just over a month of development, their algorithm outperformed expert radiologists at diagnosing pneumonia.
Source: stanford.edu

Towards a Competence-Based Course Authoring Tool Supporting Learning Management Systems: To establish a more comparable,

Towards a Competence-Based Course Authoring Tool Supporting Learning Management Systems: To establish a more comparable, compatible, and coherent system of higher education in Europe, the so-called Bologna Process (BP) has been adopted. As a measure to improve comparability, the BP requires that every...
Source: online-journals.org

A model for the use of blended learning in large group teaching sessions: Although blended learning has the potential to

A model for the use of blended learning in large group teaching sessions: Although blended learning has the potential to enhance the student experience, both in terms of engagement and flexibility, it can be difficult to effectively restructure existing courses. To achieve these goals for an introductory...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Using social media to support small group learning: Medical curricula are increasingly using small group learning and less

Using social media to support small group learning: Medical curricula are increasingly using small group learning and less didactic lecture-based teaching. This creates new challenges and opportunities in how students are best supported with information technology. We explored how university-supported...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Cut work hours and bureaucracy if NHS trusts want to retain older doctors - Hospital Dr

Cut work hours and bureaucracy if NHS trusts want to retain older doctors - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Donald Clark Plan B: Kirkpatrick evaluation: kill it - happy sheet nonsense, well past its sell-by-date

Donald Clark Plan B: Kirkpatrick evaluation: kill it - happy sheet nonsense, well past its sell-by-date
Source: blogspot.co.uk

Surgeons trained with touch-and-feel VR: Virtual reality technology that lets trainee surgeons feel "flesh and bone" is

Surgeons trained with touch-and-feel VR: Virtual reality technology that lets trainee surgeons feel "flesh and bone" is developed. Haptic feedback added to the virtual experience of anatomy and pathology. I'm not usually a techno-enthusiast but this has enormous potential for surgical skills training....
Source: bbc.co.uk

Using 'cooperative perception' between intelligent vehicles to reduce risks | KurzweilAI This is taking the Internet of

Using 'cooperative perception' between intelligent vehicles to reduce risks | KurzweilAI This is taking the Internet of Things idea to its automated driving conclusion. If all vehicles on the road have all the facts then they could optimise the routes and risks. We should try hard to democratise this...
Source: kurzweilai.net

YoDerm Provides Consultations and Prescriptions Within 24 Hours |: In many areas the wait time to see a dermatologist can

YoDerm Provides Consultations and Prescriptions Within 24 Hours |: In many areas the wait time to see a dermatologist can span weeks or even months, leaving those with acute or chronic skin conditions frustrated. YoDerm is
Source: medgadget.com

How older people move in bed when they are ill: Kenneth Rockwood MD, FRCPC, FRCP is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine

How older people move in bed when they are ill: Kenneth Rockwood MD, FRCPC, FRCP is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology) at Dalhousie University, and a staff physician at the Halifax Infirmary of the Nova Scotia Health Auth…
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Technology as the New Tobacco - The Scholarly Kitchen: Comedian Bill Maher draws a disturbing parallel between social media

Technology as the New Tobacco - The Scholarly Kitchen: Comedian Bill Maher draws a disturbing parallel between social media and cigarettes.
Source: sspnet.org

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017
Source: nobelprize.org

Maslach Burnout Inventory - Mind Garden: The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a psychological assessment instrument that

Maslach Burnout Inventory - Mind Garden: The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a psychological assessment instrument that is the leading measure of burnout; Mind Garden, Inc. is the publisher.
Source: mindgarden.com

Massive year-on-year increase in number of patients waiting in A&E over 12 hours - Hospital Dr

Massive year-on-year increase in number of patients waiting in A&E over 12 hours - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Sepsis guidance from NICE "unachievable" given NHS workforce pressures - Hospital Dr

Sepsis guidance from NICE "unachievable" given NHS workforce pressures - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Facebook trial hides alcohol adverts: The social network is testing a tool that will let people hide categories of ads for

Facebook trial hides alcohol adverts: The social network is testing a tool that will let people hide categories of ads for the first time.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Mind-Altering Cat Parasite Linked To a Whole Lot of Neurological Disorders - Slashdot: schwit1 shares a report from ScienceAlert:

Mind-Altering Cat Parasite Linked To a Whole Lot of Neurological Disorders - Slashdot: schwit1 shares a report from ScienceAlert: The brain-dwelling parasite Toxoplasma gondii is estimated to be hosted by at least 2 billion people around the world, and new evidence suggests the lodger could be more dangerous...
Source: slashdot.org