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The Power of "My": The phrase "my doctor"€ implies a relationship that is key to the practice of medicine. Understanding

The Power of "My": The phrase "my doctor"€ implies a relationship that is key to the practice of medicine. Understanding the implications of this relationship is vitally important, particularly in this time of rapid change in the structure of medical practice. Some years ago, as a young research fellow,...
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iPhone app tracks 600 patients in biggest ever study of Parkinson’s Disease: Smartphones come stuffed with sensors –

iPhone app tracks 600 patients in biggest ever study of Parkinson’s Disease: Smartphones come stuffed with sensors – now doctors are using them to study people's health on a scale impossible before
Source: newscientist.com

Binding problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Binding problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Google search terms 'diabetes' and 'recipe' have contrasting patterns repeated each year over the festive period covering

The Google search terms 'diabetes' and 'recipe' have contrasting patterns repeated each year over the festive period covering November to January. Could this be evidence of human behaviour from big data? I'm on a Big Data MOOC #FLbigdata and was introduced to this tool on Google. I've shown in the...
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Medical Education Theme Issue 2016: Call for Papers: Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Medical Education Theme Issue 2016: Call for Papers: Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun The classic tripartite definition of the roles of a physician includes teaching, research, and patient care. While it is debatable whether the physicians in recent...
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Hara hachi bun me - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hara hachi bun me - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Junk DNA - a thorough but accessible account of modern genetics covering discoveries since mapping the human genome and

Junk DNA - a thorough but accessible account of modern genetics covering discoveries since mapping the human genome and epigenetics. Genomic imprinting, non-coding RNA, telomeres and ageing, etc. Everything discovered (or I forgot about) since I left medical school basically. Everything was explained...
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Rise in hip replacements for under 60s - BBC News: The number of hip replacement operations on people aged under 60 has

Rise in hip replacements for under 60s - BBC News: The number of hip replacement operations on people aged under 60 has risen 76% in the last decade, NHS figures for England reveal.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Google DeepMind Applies AI To Healthcare With NHS Partnership - Slashdot

Google DeepMind Applies AI To Healthcare With NHS Partnership - Slashdot
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The problem with Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles

"This article presents our reflections on the full potential of using PDSA in healthcare, but in doing so we explore the inherent complexity and multiple challenges of executing PDSA well. Ultimately, we argue that the problem with PDSA is the oversimplification of the method as it has been translated...
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eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard not to think about elearning modules. They’ve been the bread and butter of digital learning solutions for decades and the industry behind them has helped many, including myself,...
Source: learnnovators.com

The Johari window. A useful tool for exploring barriers in communication.

The Johari window. A useful tool for exploring barriers in communication.
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Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor

Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor of Management Emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management. This simply written and short book communicates his life's work on organisational psychology. Very well written. ...
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Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships"

Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships" by Martin Echavarria (@coherence360). Getting things done invariably involves working with others and when those others are themselves complex organisations it requires some thought....
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Can smartphone drug trials improve medical care?: A new clinical trial is attempting to track how participants suffering

Can smartphone drug trials improve medical care?: A new clinical trial is attempting to track how participants suffering from depression respond to mental health apps
Source: theguardian.com

How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook | University Business Magazine

How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com

Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: In a joint publication

Sharing Clinical Trial Data: A Proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: In a joint publication across 14 member journals, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) proposes to require sharing of deidentified individual patient data underlying published...
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Junior Doctors’ Strike in England Disrupts Care for Thousands. "heightening tensions over the stewardship of a widely

Junior Doctors’ Strike in England Disrupts Care for Thousands. "heightening tensions over the stewardship of a widely revered health system that has come under growing strain" - NYTimes.com
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Hip fracture patients treated at orthogeriatric units received better quality of care and have a lower mortality.: Pia Kjær

Hip fracture patients treated at orthogeriatric units received better quality of care and have a lower mortality.: Pia Kjær Kristensen is a PhD student at Aarhus University Denmark. Her study on orthogeriatric care among hip fracture patients is published in Age and Ageing. She tweets at @pia_kjar ...
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Heckscher–Ohlin model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heckscher–Ohlin model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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