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Adaptive tutorials versus web-based resources in radiology: a mixed methods analysis in junior doctors of efficacy and engagement:

Adaptive tutorials versus web-based resources in radiology: a mixed methods analysis in junior doctors of efficacy and engagement: Radiology education is limited in undergraduate Medicine programs. Junior doctors might not have the necessary background to effectively order and interpret diagnostic imaging...
Source: biomedcentral.com

CISA: Chinese state hackers are exploiting F5, Citrix, Pulse Secure, and Exchange bugs | ZDNet

CISA: Chinese state hackers are exploiting F5, Citrix, Pulse Secure, and Exchange bugs | ZDNet
Source: zdnet.com

How novice and expert anaesthetists understand expertise in anaesthesia: a qualitative study: The development of expertise

How novice and expert anaesthetists understand expertise in anaesthesia: a qualitative study: The development of expertise in anaesthesia requires personal contact between a mentor and a learner. Because mentors often are experienced clinicians, they may find it difficult to understand the challenges...
Source: biomedcentral.com

A comparison between the effectiveness of a gamified approach with the conventional approach in point-of-care ultrasonographic

A comparison between the effectiveness of a gamified approach with the conventional approach in point-of-care ultrasonographic training: Although gamification increases user engagement, its effectiveness in point-of-care ultrasonographic training has yet to be fully established. This study was conducted...
Source: biomedcentral.com

What makes fake news feel true when it isn

What makes fake news feel true when it isn’t? For one thing, hearing it over and over again: "The more often participants had heard a statement, the more likely they were to attribute it to Consumer Reports rather than the National Enquirer." Key features of effective fake news - should you want to...
Source: niemanlab.org

Letter to Cardiff University School of Medicine urging a review of 2020 student admissions

Just sent this to the undergraduate admissions team and the head of school at my old college. "To the admissions team Cardiff University School of Medicine. I write as an ex student of Cardiff School of Medicine having graduated in 1990. If you haven't already could I urge you to review all...

How the adults in the room handled the economic impact of COVID-19 in March - not the politicians and not their advisers.

"The adults in the room: On Sunday 15 March, the morning before he became the 121st governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey absorbed the news from around the world. In the past 12 hours, the White House had banned all visitors from the UK, Spain had introduced a national lockdown, France had closed...
Source: newstatesman.com

Covid-19 could transform western societies

Martin Wolf: ‘Democracy will fail if we don’t think as citizens’ | Free to read: Covid-19 could transform western societies. But without a stable middle class, the state risks succumbing to plutocracy.
Source: www.ft.com

5 simple questions to ask clinical AI vendors before you buy

Blog: 5 simple questions to ask clinical AI vendors before you buy — Hardian Health: Learn the five key questions you need to ask AI vendors, giving you the low-down on common marketing misunderstandings, statistical obfuscation, and creative stretching of medical device regulation.
Source: hardianhealth.com

Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 information

A collection of information sources for COVID-19. The NHS 111 online COVID-19 service. The first point of call for someone in the UK who thinks they have symptoms or have been exposed whilst travelling. The NHS Coronavirus COVID-19 information webpage. UK Government's Coronavirus action plan. Public...

Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor

Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor: Neurosurgery represents one of the most challenging and delicate of any surgical procedure. Skull base tumors in particular oftentimes present as a very technically difficult procedures in the setting of neurosurgical teaching....
Source: biomedcentral.com

Poorest adults in worse health now than older generation - study: Research shows widening health gap between higher and

Poorest adults in worse health now than older generation - study: Research shows widening health gap between higher and lower socioeconomic status. "The poorest third of the UK’s older working-age adults today have worse health than people born a century ago had at the same age, according to research...
Source: theguardian.com

Spearman's (rho) rank correlation coefficient

Statistical test of the day. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. "More tolerant of outliers than Pearson's". Wikipedia
Source: wikipedia.org

In search of the secret handshakes of ID

"Many of my sponsoring stakeholders - that is, the people with the power to buy instructional design services - wouldn’t have known a learning solution if it bit them on the toe. Frankly, they really didn’t care about learning. They really didn’t want me to tell them...
Source: wixstatic.com

Early warning signals for critical transitions in a thermoacoustic system:

Early warning signals for critical transitions in a thermoacoustic system: Dynamical systems can undergo critical transitions where the system suddenly shifts from one stable state to another at a critical threshold called the tipping point. The decrease in recovery rate to equilibrium (critical slowing...
Source: nature.com

Australia Rolls Out AI-Powered Phone Detection Road Cameras - ExtremeTech: The Australian state of New South Wales is the

Australia Rolls Out AI-Powered Phone Detection Road Cameras - ExtremeTech: The Australian state of New South Wales is the first in the world to deploy phone detection cameras on its roads.
Source: extremetech.com

Autonomy, Belonging, Competence. GMC reports on the ABC of wellbeing.

Caring for doctors Caring for patients: An independent report into the wellbeing of UK medical students and doctors. "In 2018 we commissioned Professor Michael West and Dame Denise Coia, to carry out a UK-wide review to help tackle the causes of poor wellbeing faced by medical students and doctors. ...
Source: gmc-uk.org

Publication bias is a challenge in science and a criticism of the influence of industry.

Publication bias is a challenge in science and a criticism of the influence of industry. In the domain of biosciences and drug development more accountability (e.g. the FDAAA 2007), editorial and peer-review training (as suggested by the Cochrane Collaboration), and statistical techniques (as championed...

German Digital Healthcare Act promotes digital health.

German Digital Healthcare Act - Frontiers Health: Bundestag adopts law on reimbursement for digital health application in Germany. "health apps, which can help patients to manage a diagnosed medical condition, can from January 2020 onwards be prescribed by their doctors. The costs are borne by the statutory...
Source: frontiers.health

Teaching a difficult topic in medical genetics using a problem-based concept resembling a computer game.

Teaching a difficult topic using a problem-based concept resembling a computer game: development and evaluation of an e-learning application for medical molecular genetics: E-learning through serious gaming. Teaching concepts such as genetic testing and the digital literacy required to analyse data can...
Source: biomedcentral.com