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Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of

Associations Between American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Status and Performance on a Set of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set Process Measures Bradley Gray. Jonathan Vandergrift. Bruce Landon. James Reschovsky. Rebecca Lipner. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Source: annals.org

NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals

NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals
Source: jwatch.org

In a hole in a tunicate there lived a hobbit: New shrimp species named after Bilbo Baggins: A new species of shrimp was

In a hole in a tunicate there lived a hobbit: New shrimp species named after Bilbo Baggins: A new species of shrimp was named after Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins thanks to its small size and hairy feet. The new species, Odontonia bagginsi, was described, figured and named together with another new species:...
Source: eurekalert.org

On-site pathology testing in remote Australia benefits patients and cuts costs: Remote Australian Indigenous communities

On-site pathology testing in remote Australia benefits patients and cuts costs: Remote Australian Indigenous communities are benefiting from the use of portable, point of care testing devices to quickly diagnosis acutely ill patients. The devices are also helping healthcare staff identify patients who...
Source: eurekalert.org

The words we use in Diabetes. A language matters booklet from NHS England introduced by Partha Kar about the choice of words

The words we use in Diabetes. A language matters booklet from NHS England introduced by Partha Kar about the choice of words when communicating with people about diabetes. Really nice piece of work explaining how to bring more empathy to your conversations and less stigma.
Source: england.nhs.uk

Anheuser-Busch pulls millions from controversial NIH alcohol study: Questions about the study could “undermine its lasting

Anheuser-Busch pulls millions from controversial NIH alcohol study: Questions about the study could “undermine its lasting credibility,” company said.
Source: arstechnica.com

Why Thousands of AI Researchers Are Boycotting the New Nature Journal - Slashdot: An anonymous reader shares an excerpt

Why Thousands of AI Researchers Are Boycotting the New Nature Journal - Slashdot: An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a report via The Guardian, written by Neil Lawrence, the founding editor of the freely available journal Proceedings of Machine Learning Research: Machine learning has demonstrated...
Source: slashdot.org

Simulation based education and expansive learning in health professional education: A discussion: The aim of this paper

Simulation based education and expansive learning in health professional education: A discussion: The aim of this paper is to discuss the application of Simulation Based Education (SBE) in nursing and wider health professional education. Simulated Learning (SL) is discussed in relation to its history,...
Source: journals.sfu.ca

First 3D-printed human corneas | Kurzweil

First 3D-printed human corneas | Kurzweil
Source: kurzweilai.net

The Greatest Failure in What used to be Called Medicine | Dr. David Healy

The Greatest Failure in What used to be Called Medicine | Dr. David Healy
Source: davidhealy.org

Winners of the 2018 PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize | PLOS Biologue: It's time to celebrate the best of PLOS

Winners of the 2018 PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize | PLOS Biologue: It's time to celebrate the best of PLOS Computational Biology! In 2017 PLOS Computational Biology launched the "PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize" program with the aim to recognize some of the journal's most outstanding...
Source: plos.org

How to make brain friendly learning that sticks (Expert interview): Discover what it takes to make brain-friendly learning

How to make brain friendly learning that sticks (Expert interview): Discover what it takes to make brain-friendly learning with expert advice from Learning Psychologist, Stella Collins. Stella offers 6 ways you can work with the brain to help make learning stick. In summary: L - Linking (link to what...
Source: elucidat.com

Microsoft sinks data centre off Orkney: The sea will keep the data centre cool, but the computers onboard will not be repairable

Microsoft sinks data centre off Orkney: The sea will keep the data centre cool, but the computers onboard will not be repairable if they break down. An interesting experiment which saves on the enormous cooling costs of data centres and will evaluate the failure rate and performance of the IT. What happens...
Source: bbc.co.uk

Tales of the Undead ... Learning Theories: The Learning Pyramid | ACRLog The story and myth of Edgar Dale's cone of experience.

Tales of the Undead ... Learning Theories: The Learning Pyramid | ACRLog The story and myth of Edgar Dale's cone of experience. "If you’re involved with student learning, you are probably familiar with the Learning Pyramid. This diagram breaks down different modes of learning and argues that more...
Source: acrlog.org

Understanding Latent Dirichlet Allocation with Gibbs Sampling by coding it from scratch. Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)

Understanding Latent Dirichlet Allocation with Gibbs Sampling by coding it from scratch. Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) is a machine-learning technique that by the magic of many (many many) small calculations it can detect patterns in data and cluster documents, for example, into similar topics. ...
Source: github.io

Reflection revisited: how physicians conceptualize and experience reflection in professional practice - a qualitative study:

Reflection revisited: how physicians conceptualize and experience reflection in professional practice - a qualitative study: For the purpose of continuous performance improvement, physicians are expected to reflect on their practice. While many reflection studies are theoretically oriented and often...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Healthcare students' perceptions about their role, confidence and competence to deliver brief public health interventions

Healthcare students' perceptions about their role, confidence and competence to deliver brief public health interventions and advice: Public health improvement has long been an important focus for the United Kingdom Department of Health. The Allied Health Professions (AHP) Federation has 84,000 members,...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Lack of leadership training for juniors wastes potential to improve healthcare - Hospital Dr

Lack of leadership training for juniors wastes potential to improve healthcare - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Why the UK’s plan to tackle air pollution is mostly hot air: A ban on using polluting wet wood isn’t nearly enough to

Why the UK’s plan to tackle air pollution is mostly hot air: A ban on using polluting wet wood isn’t nearly enough to halt the rise in dangerous particulates from trendy wood burners
Source: newscientist.com

High-quality carbon nanotubes made from carbon dioxide in the air break the manufacturing cost barrier | Kurzweil

High-quality carbon nanotubes made from carbon dioxide in the air break the manufacturing cost barrier | Kurzweil
Source: kurzweilai.net