Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study: Medical specialists
Effectiveness and feasibility of a mindful leadership course for medical specialists: a pilot study: Medical specialists experience high levels of stress. This has an impact on their well-being, but also on quality of their leadership. In the current mixed method study, the feasibility and effectiveness...
Source: biomedcentral.com
Effects of a quasi-experimental study of using flipped classroom approach to teach evidence-based medicine to medical technology
Effects of a quasi-experimental study of using flipped classroom approach to teach evidence-based medicine to medical technology students: Flipped classroom is known to improve learning efficiency and to develop one’s ability to apply high-level knowledge. To investigate the effect of flipped classroom...
Source: biomedcentral.com
Student Performance on an E-Learning Platform: Mixed Method Approach
Student Performance on an E-Learning Platform: Mixed Method Approach: E-learning is considered a leading application of digital technologies in educational systems. The aim of the paper is to explore the utilization and impact of digital technologies on an e-learning platform. For this purpose, research...
Source: online-journals.org
A smart jumpsuit could track development in at-risk babies
A smart jumpsuit could track development in at-risk babies: A smart jumpsuit for babies can monitor their movement, and may be able to help spot any potential mobility issues early on.
Source: newscientist.com
Peak meat: is veganism the future?
Peak meat: is veganism the future?: Marco Springmann, a public health expert, tells Anushka Asthana why cutting out animal products is the best route to a healthy diet – and why veganism is good for the planet. Part of a Guardian Podcast. "Veganism is having a moment. From ‘Veganuary’ promotions...
Source: theguardian.com
Lorentzian-geometry-based analysis of airplane boarding policies highlights
Lorentzian-geometry-based analysis of airplane boarding policies highlights “slow passengers first” as better: This paper tackles the problem of airplane boarding by making use of geodesics in an appropriate spacetime. The authors find that boarding slower passengers first reduces the total boarding...
Source: aps.org
Drug therapy for delirium in terminally ill adults. Cochrane review.
Drug therapy for delirium in terminally ill adults. "terminally ill adults includes anyone with an advanced progressive illness such as advanced cancer, advanced dementia or organ failure, as well as those receiving hospice and end-of-life care ... " "We found low-quality evidence that, compared to...
Source: cochrane.org
WhatsApp: A Real-Time Tool to Reduce the Knowledge Gap and Share the Best Clinical Practices in Psoriasis
WhatsApp: A Real-Time Tool to Reduce the Knowledge Gap and Share the Best Clinical Practices in Psoriasis: Abstract Background: Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects around 100 million people worldwide. The burden of disease is high, but more recent therapies show promising results....
Source: liebertpub.com
New twist on marshmallow test: Kids depend on each other for self control
"New twist on marshmallow test: Kids depend on each other for self control: Simply placing kids in a cooperative environment boosts the ability to resist temptation. ... In the 1970s, the late psychologist Walter Mischel explored the importance of the ability to delay gratification as a child to one's...
Source: arstechnica.com
Mayfly populations falling fast in North America
"Mayfly populations falling fast in North America: A team of researchers from the University of Oklahoma, Virginia Tech and the University of Notre Dame has found that populations of mayflies in parts of North America have fallen dramatically in recent years. In their paper published in the Proceedings...
Source: phys.org
Curious Neanderthals may have been early scientist explorers investigating volcanoes.
Neanderthals may have climbed an active volcano soon after it erupted: Footprints on an extinct Italian volcano suggest ancient humans were regular visitors, and the shapes of the tracks point to the identity of the trackmakers. "A set of preserved footprints suggests that ancient humans often went scrambling...
Source: newscientist.com
Harvard professor says surveillance capitalism is undermining democracy: In her new book, “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,”
Harvard professor says surveillance capitalism is undermining democracy: In her new book, “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” HBS Professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff outlines her belief that surveillance capitalism is undermining personal autonomy and eroding democracy — and the ways she says society...
Source: harvard.edu
Diagnostic Tests for Syphilis Continue to Perplex Even the Experts
Diagnostic Tests for Syphilis Continue to Perplex Even the Experts: An Unanswerable Question in Infectious Diseases - HIV and ID Observations: Here’s a tricky clinical scenario: An elderly person with cognitive decline or some other non-specific neurologic symptom sees a clinician. Clinician sends...
Source: jwatch.org
Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor
Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor: Neurosurgery represents one of the most challenging and delicate of any surgical procedure. Skull base tumors in particular oftentimes present as a very technically difficult procedures in the setting of neurosurgical teaching....
Source: biomedcentral.com
The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade
The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade: "For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how...
Source: hackeducation.com
A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse showing both a partial eclipse and the Etruscan vase effect from atmospheric distortion.
Source: nasa.gov
Diet and Dermatology: Google Search Results for Acne, Psoriasis, and Eczema
Diet and Dermatology: Google Search Results for Acne, Psoriasis, and Eczema: It is difficult to regulate the abundance of medical information that is available to patients on the Internet. This systematic review evaluated content available online related to diet and 3 dermatologic conditions: acne, psoriasis,...
Source: mdedge.com
Moore's outcomes framework and related papers
Outcomes-based planning for CME (Continuing Medical Education) often cites Donald Moore, Professor of Medical Education at Vanderbilt University. In 2009 he published an outcomes framework for CME (1) - which expanded George Miller's 1990 competency pyramid (2) - followed by a more detailed explanation...
Source: agnate.co.uk
UCL cancer policy update
“Because of the complexity of delivering better cancer care and the dynamics of NHS funding and introducing better practices in the health service there is a strong case for developing new cancer strategies for all the UK nations for the 2020s. Britain could also benefit from leading an independent...
Source: ucl.ac.uk
Media predictions for 2020 from BBC's Amol Rajan
Amol Rajan's 9 media predictions for 2020: Could we see streamageddon, eco-browsing, the break-up of Amazon and a new owner for ITV? "The data shows we really are living through the most extraordinarily peaceful, prosperous, wealthy, healthy, safe period in human history. There is strong evidence to...
Source: bbc.com
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