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Randomised experiment: If you're really unsure whether to quit your job or break up, you really probably should

Randomised experiment: If you're really unsure whether to quit your job or break up, you really probably should
Source: 80000hours.org

Donald Clark Plan B: Agile production – online learning needs to get its skates on

Donald Clark Plan B: Agile production – online learning needs to get its skates on
Source: blogspot.com

China’s Emerging Role In Global Health 'Historically, China’s approach to DAH was grounded in the principles of people-to-people

China’s Emerging Role In Global Health 'Historically, China’s approach to DAH was grounded in the principles of people-to-people connection, including providing a health system that emphasizes primary health care and a community-based disease eradication strategy, principles that are generally in...
Source: healthaffairs.org

Poorer areas of England have more fast-food shops, figures show: Health agency calls on councils to consider imposing limits

Poorer areas of England have more fast-food shops, figures show: Health agency calls on councils to consider imposing limits to help reduce obesity
Source: theguardian.com

Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy : Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that

Four principles to make evidence synthesis more useful for policy : Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent and accessible, urge Christl A. Donnelly and colleagues. Reward the creation of analyses for policymakers that are inclusive, rigorous, transparent...
Source: nature.com

Aboriginal eye surgeon Kristopher Rallah-Baker makes history in one of medicine's toughest fields: Dr Rallah-Baker has wanted

Aboriginal eye surgeon Kristopher Rallah-Baker makes history in one of medicine's toughest fields: Dr Rallah-Baker has wanted to be an ophthalmologist since starting medical school and now has his sights set on taking the elegant craft of eye surgery to the Australian outback.
Source: abc.net.au

Slate’s Facebook traffic has dropped by 87 percent since 2017. (Anyone else wanna share numbers?)

Slate’s Facebook traffic has dropped by 87 percent since 2017. (Anyone else wanna share numbers?)
Source: niemanlab.org

Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: This 2018 Recommendation

Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: This 2018 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for osteoporosis with bone measurement testing to prevent osteoporotic fractures in women 65...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Open source sustainability has been nothing short of an oxymoron. Engineers around the world pour their sweat and frankly,

Open source sustainability has been nothing short of an oxymoron. Engineers around the world pour their sweat and frankly, their hearts into these passion projects that undergird all software in the modern internet economy. In exchange, they ask for nothing in return except for recognition and help…
Source: techcrunch.com

Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so: One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable

Some science journals that claim to peer review papers do not do so: One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable journals at 400,000
Source: economist.com

Charging patients for appointments 'against founding principle of NHS', says RCGP

Charging patients for appointments 'against founding principle of NHS', says RCGP
Source: rcgp.org.uk

The 3 Reasons the U.S. Health-Care System Is the Worst: The head of the Commonwealth Fund, which compares the health systems

The 3 Reasons the U.S. Health-Care System Is the Worst: The head of the Commonwealth Fund, which compares the health systems of developed nations, pinpoints why American health care is so expensive and inefficient.
Source: theatlantic.com

Annulab Debuts The First Learning Record Store (LRS) Plugin For Moodle: For all the excitement surrounding Learning Record

Annulab Debuts The First Learning Record Store (LRS) Plugin For Moodle: For all the excitement surrounding Learning Record Stores (LRS), and their potential to store xAPI-encoded data about student behavior and performance and then extract meaningful insights, the prog…
Source: moodlenews.com

International Diagnostic Championship Inviting Med Students Worldwide to Participate |: Medical students around the world

International Diagnostic Championship Inviting Med Students Worldwide to Participate |: Medical students around the world are invited to participate in the first international diagnostic championship hosted by International Federation of
Source: medgadget.com

Contact Lens Measures Glucose, pH, Lactate in Eye |: At Purdue University researchers have come up with a way of reliably

Contact Lens Measures Glucose, pH, Lactate in Eye |: At Purdue University researchers have come up with a way of reliably attaching thin film sensors and other small electronic devices to soft contact
Source: medgadget.com

Millions of British children breathing toxic air, Unicef warns: More than 4.5 million affected, says UN group, while tests

Millions of British children breathing toxic air, Unicef warns: More than 4.5 million affected, says UN group, while tests suggest children’s shorter height increases exposure on busy roads
Source: theguardian.com

WHO releases new International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11)

WHO releases new International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11)
Source: who.int

Understanding and Creating Calculators for Medical Diagnoses: Exclusive Interview with MDCalc |:   MDCalc is a 13-year-old

Understanding and Creating Calculators for Medical Diagnoses: Exclusive Interview with MDCalc |:   MDCalc is a 13-year-old medical reference started by two practicing emergency medicine physicians, Dr. Joe Habboushe and Dr. Graham Walker. A
Source: medgadget.com

Interview: The BMJ's Patient Review Initiative - A Novel Expansion of Peer Review - The Scholarly Kitchen: Kent Anderson

Interview: The BMJ's Patient Review Initiative - A Novel Expansion of Peer Review - The Scholarly Kitchen: Kent Anderson looks at an innovative approach to peer review that has expanded, changed review approaches, and impressed authors.
Source: sspnet.org

The Digital Future of Education: Heutagogy and the Digital Future of Education Presentation at DTCE Manchester University

The Digital Future of Education: Heutagogy and the Digital Future of Education Presentation at DTCE Manchester University This is an overview of Fred Garnett's work on digital projects since 1995 and how it might inform us about the future.
Source: wordpress.com