Vermont Medical School Says Goodbye To Lectures: The University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine is planning to phase out lectures by 2019. The dean behind the effort says lectures aren't good at engaging learners.
Source: npr.org
Acid attacks have been happening in the UK for 200 years, so why are we only talking about them now?: Around eight years ago, when researching the screenplay for my short film “Shrouded”, I spoke to women who were victims of acid attacks, but had chosen to wear the Niqab to cover their scarred faces. The...
Source: independent.co.uk
RCEM calls for 2200 extra consultants as part of new strategy to help deliver better care in emergency departments. "The extra consultants are one of a range of measures detailed in the RCEM Vision 2020 – the College’s strategy to fix the problems facing emergency medicine in England." Being the...
Source: rcem.ac.uk
DynamicNews - Press
Source: rcem.ac.uk
Prep: HIV 'game-changer' to reach NHS in England from September - BBC News
Source: bbc.co.uk
The digital native is a myth: The younger generation uses technology in the same ways as older people — and is no better at multitasking. Nature News.
Source: nature.com
Sierra Leone: teenage girls are dying from unsafe abortions and risky pregnancies: Abortion is illegal in Sierra Leone, with one of the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the world. Attitudes need to change to save the lives of young girls
Source: theguardian.com
Math journal editors resign to start rival open-access journal: To protest the high prices charged by their publisher, Springer, the editors of the Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics will start a rival journal that will be free for all to read.
Source: insidehighered.com
Judge warns of 'blood on our hands' if suicidal girl is forced out of secure care: Sir James Munby, head of high court’s family division, ‘ashamed and embarrassed’ no hospital place has been found for 17-year-old girl X. The judge added: “We are, even in these times of austerity, one of the...
Source: theguardian.com
Robot-driven Device Improves Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Source: columbia.edu
US surgeon may be forced to quit UK because of visa nightmare: Patrick Thies, his British wife and their three children are living apart because of ‘absolutely extraordinary’ Home Office decisions
Source: theguardian.com
Stephen's Web ~ gRSShopper in a Box ~ Stephen Downes "All of this brings us to gRSShopper.
This is the tool I've been working on and with for years now. It - or a
much earlier version of it - is what we used to launch our first MOOCs
in 2008. It is the tool I use to run my website and newsletter....
Source: downes.ca
Online GP service Push Doctor Limited not providing safe care, according to CQC: Following a comprehensive inspection, the Care Quality Commission has reported that online GP service Push Doctor Limited was not providing safe care in accordance with current regulations.
Source: pharmaceutical-journal.com
Junior doctor found dead at work at Musgrove Park Hospital - suicide suspected - Hospital Dr. "Police were called in to investigate after a man’s body was found on Monday night. It is not believed that the death of the junior doctor, who was in his 30s, is being treated as suspicious."
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk
Machines evaluating applicants? 'So what could admissions look like in 20 years? From a school’s perspective, automation will take on a lot of the human-led work, according to Steve Farmer, Vice Provost for Enrollment and Undergraduate Admissions at the University of North Carolina.' Reports University...
Source: universitybusiness.com
The European Union’s new data privacy rules will make companies worldwide clean up their online security, or else: "Sweeping reforms are set to take charge of European consumers' online privacy and data concerns next spring, but the impact could be global — and a huge win for consumer privacy advocates....
Source: niemanlab.org
Sudden Death Rates Drop in Trial Participants with Heart Failure: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM
Rates of sudden death in patients with heart failure declined significantly over the past two decades, finds a study in the New England...
Source: jwatch.org
UK research chief 'will not direct science' - BBC News: The new head of UK research has said that he won't centrally direct scientific research.
Source: bbc.co.uk