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Complexity in the evaluation of medical education - how would you evaluate this one? I am really enjoying putting together

Complexity in the evaluation of medical education - how would you evaluate this one? I am really enjoying putting together the 'current topics and controversies' week at the end of our module on 'evaluation' in the MSc/PgDip Medical Education programme at University of South Wales - though I am now...

After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters: This week, the scientists and engineers on the Voyager

After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters: This week, the scientists and engineers on the Voyager team did something very special. What does this mean for Voyager and what effect will this thrust have on its trajectory? Great that the rockets work - fantastic engineering - and...
Source: arstechnica.com

Are other specialties becoming de-skilled? Tony James - a geriatrician colleague of mine from my time in Bridgend - puts

Are other specialties becoming de-skilled? Tony James - a geriatrician colleague of mine from my time in Bridgend - puts the question. A generation of Doctors unable to look after their patients?: Dr Anthony James is a Consultant Physician at Princess of Wales Hospital. There have been many changes...
Source: wordpress.com

Police raid Merck pharmaceutical plant amid mysterious drug crisis: Is something wrong with hormone therapy or are patients

Police raid Merck pharmaceutical plant amid mysterious drug crisis: Is something wrong with hormone therapy or are patients over-reacting?
Source: arstechnica.com

This roadside van could be selling Cornwall's best burgers: Former Rick Stein chef is doing something very tasty in a layby

This roadside van could be selling Cornwall's best burgers: Former Rick Stein chef is doing something very tasty in a layby
Source: cornwalllive.com

The New Zealand shoe project fighting high suicide rates - BBC News: New Zealand has the highest rates of youth suicide

The New Zealand shoe project fighting high suicide rates - BBC News: New Zealand has the highest rates of youth suicide in the developed world. Those left behind are trying to do something about it.
Source: bbc.co.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

Remember that Norwegian site that made readers take a quiz before commenting? Here’s an update on it: For one thing, people

Remember that Norwegian site that made readers take a quiz before commenting? Here’s an update on it: For one thing, people did really, really badly on the quizzes (although that could be due to a language barrier). Innovative approach to limiting ill-informed public comments. This is a 6 month review...
Source: niemanlab.org

Passing the MRCP - an approach to REALLY hard questions. In your revision for the MRCP you will come across very tricky

Passing the MRCP - an approach to REALLY hard questions. In your revision for the MRCP you will come across very tricky MCQs. You know the ones ... the ones that you have no idea what the correct answer is, or the correct answer surprises you, or they are discussed by other candidates who can't agree...

The One-Percent Club For Top-Cited Papers - The Scholarly Kitchen: As an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor, editors

The One-Percent Club For Top-Cited Papers - The Scholarly Kitchen: As an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor, editors propose an index that measures highly cited papers. No matter how you analyse the impact of a journal it seems that the New England Journal of Medicine always comes out on top -...
Source: sspnet.org

Microsoft Seeing AI App for Blind People Describes The World Around. This type of augmented reality technology could prove

Microsoft Seeing AI App for Blind People Describes The World Around. This type of augmented reality technology could prove enormously helpful ... as long as you are presumably attached to 'the cloud'. "Microsoft has released an iPhone app for blind people and those with significantly decreased vision....
Source: medgadget.com

'7lbs in 7 days' retreat at Juicy Oasis Feb 20-27th 2016. Blog about the retreat. Just returned from a week at Juicy Oasis

'7lbs in 7 days' retreat at Juicy Oasis Feb 20-27th 2016. Blog about the retreat. Just returned from a week at Juicy Oasis in Portugal - a health and spa retreat based on a juicing diet run by Jason Vale. It was a lovely sunny escape from the February cold and rain in the UK. The main features were...
Source: google.com

Remote intelligence will be with us before artificial intelligence concludes Richard Baldwin in his book "The Great Convergence".

Remote intelligence will be with us before artificial intelligence concludes Richard Baldwin in his book "The Great Convergence". He proposes this future by explaining the present state of global trade in terms of three "separation costs"; transport, knowledge, and people. Transport costs fell with...
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In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration

In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration of OpenCon, and to recognise all of the fantastic articles that we’ve published at PLOS with a focus on Data Sharing across all of the PLOS journals, we’re really excited...
Source: plos.org

For better recall, try a work out four hours after learning something: Working up a sweat may release molecules that help

For better recall, try a work out four hours after learning something: Working up a sweat may release molecules that help with memory banking.
Source: arstechnica.com

Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue

Just read the "Happy Life" story - saving abandoned children on the streets of Nairobi. This is about a children rescue centre in Nairobi started 14 years ago and has now expanded to caring directly for around 100 children across two sites. They have offered for adoption over 170 children. The city...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed

Great read! We can eat almost anything, but we are uncertain what we should eat. This omnivore's dilemma has not only vexed our ancestors trying to avoid poisonous foods it continues to occupy much of our time. We seem incapable of deciding what to have for lunch without consulting to dietary guidelines,...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Could this evidence suggest dietary guidelines work or is there something else going on in Japan? "Quality of diet and

Could this evidence suggest dietary guidelines work or is there something else going on in Japan? "Quality of diet and mortality among Japanese men and women: Japan Public Health Center based prospective study" Kayo Kurotani. Shamima Akter. Ikuko Kashino. Atsushi Goto. Tetsuya Mizoue. Mitsuhiko Noda....
Source: bmj.com

Can't take the heat? We need a universal measure on temperature: How do we know that a measure of something in one location

Can't take the heat? We need a universal measure on temperature: How do we know that a measure of something in one location can be replicated precisely in another. We already have a universal measure of mass and time, but what about temperture?
Source: theconversation.com