Clinical reasoning & meaning-making (a long post)
Clinical reasoning is a cornerstone of evidence-based healthcare, in fact some would argue it’s the cornerstone of all healthcare. While there are many different processes, the ultimate purpose of clinical reasoning is to ensure the person seeking help has their needs identified then met, and the clinician has a basis upon which to decide which treatment they should offer.
The approach we use in clinical reasoning, including the information we prioritise and search for, and the way we synthesise the information to make sense of it will depend on the model we have to explain our treatment approach. For example, if...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - May 12, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Occupational therapy Pain conditions Physiotherapy Professional topics Psychology Research Science in practice embodiment intersubjectivity making sense persistent pain Source Type: blogs
Photos of local birds for local people
I say local…most of them are anything but local having winged their way back to Old Blighty from their winter homes in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.
Common Whitethroat on Hawthorn along a Fenland drove
Our local bird world is awhirl right now, with lots of the summer migrants. Of course, the farmland residents, Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, Corn Buntings, Yellowhammers, are all very active too, and the countless Linnets and Goldfinches.
Corn Bunting among the rape on a Cambridgeshire farm
Cuckoo and Turtle Dove have been heard near our home, Swallows and Housemartins abound, Common Whitethroats and Lesser Whitethroats...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - May 1, 2019 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Photography Source Type: blogs
Local birds for local people
I say local…most of them are anything but local having winged their way back to Old Blighty from their winter homes in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere.
Corn Bunting among the rape on a Cambridgeshire farm
Our local bird world is awhirl right now, with lots of the summer migrants. Of course, the farmland residents, Meadow Pipits, Skylarks, Corn Buntings, Yellowhammers, are all very active too, and the countless Linnets and Goldfinches.
Common Whitethroat on Hawthorn along a Fenland drove
Cuckoo and Turtle Dove have been heard near our home, Swallows and Housemartins abound, Common Whitethroats and Lesser Whitethroats...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - May 1, 2019 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Birds Source Type: blogs
Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli)
Pleased to see something more colourful and patterned than the Common Quakers in the actinic moth trap last night. A quick lookup in the book confirmed it as Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli). Very distinctive, but fairly common in Southern England.
The species likes Birch, Hawthorn, and Hornbeam, none of which are present in our garden, although there are birches fairly nearby. This specimen is a female? How do I know? 47 eggs laid in the pot by morning. I will leave them to hatch and release them on to a suitable deciduous tree once they do.
According to UKMoths, the species flies April to June and July to September...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 22, 2019 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Moths Source Type: blogs
How long since your team scored 100+ points? This blog ’ s first foray into the fitzRoy R package
When this blog moved from bioinformatics to data science I ran a Twitter poll to ask whether I should start afresh at a new site or continue here. “Continue here”, you said.
So let’s test the tolerance of the long-time audience and celebrate the start of the 2019 season as we venture into the world of – Australian football (AFL) statistics!
I’ve been hooked on the wonderful sport of AFL since attending my first game, the ANZAC Day match between the Sydney Swans and Melbourne in 2003, and have hardly missed a Swans home game since. However, I don’t think you need to be a sports fanatic &...
Source: What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate - March 22, 2019 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: nsaunders Tags: australia sport statistics afl fitzroy Source Type: blogs
Green-brindled Crescent
Isn’t it time to put the scientific moth trap away, they asked. Surely there are no moths flying in the autumn and winter. Well, there are definitely fewer species around now, especially if it has been really damp and chilly overnight. But, there were numerous last night feeding on the ivy blossom: Centre-barred Sallow, Large Yellow Underwing, Vine’s Rustic, Common Plume, and one or two micro moths.
In or around the trap, more Yellow Underwings (Lesser, Small, and Large), Setaceous Hebrew Character, White Point, Lunar Underwings, and a Red-green Carpet.
This morning some of those were still in attendan...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 4, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
7 Scientific Ways to Be More Productive
You're reading 7 Scientific Ways to Be More Productive, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
I’m not talking about brain surgery or some advice you’d forget after reading, but rather about what actually works.
Let’s be honest. You can empty your wallet purchasing all personal development books, go to conferences, soak up all the advice you get, and yet not feel like you’re using your time effectively.
In fact, you won’t achieve the expected results even if you had 30 hours in a day, or if you knew a...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - March 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Vishal Ostwal Tags: productivity tips self improvement Uncategorized be more productive best self-improvement blogs life personal development pickthebrain work Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 1st 2018
Discussion of advocacy for the cause is a usual feature of our community, as we try things and attempt to make progress in persuading the world that rejuvenation research is plausible, practical, and necessary. There are more people engaged in advocacy now than at any time in the past decade, and so discussions of strategy come up often. New ventures kicked off in 2017 include the Geroscience online magazine, and among the existing ventures the LEAF / Lifespan.io volunteers seem to be hitting their stride. The mainstream media continues to be as much a hindrance as a help, and where it is a help you will usually find Aubre...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 31, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Dec 26, George Elton Mayo: Today in the History of Psychology (26th December 1880)
George Elton Mayo was born. A pioneering figure in the field of Industrial Management and Human Relations -an influential research movement concerned with the study of organizational development within work groups - Mayo is best known for his involvement with the famous Harvard business school productivity studies conducted at the Hawthorne Western Electric Company in Cicero, Illinois which gave rise to the discovery of the Hawthorne Effect, a psychological phenomenon where participants in behavioral experiments modify their performance as a result of being observed.
See following link for Industrial Organizational psychol...
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - December 26, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
Program and Speakers Announced for Undoing Aging, March 2018 in Berlin
There is still time to sign up for the Undoing Aging event in Berlin, coming up in March 2018. This scientific conference will focus on rejuvenation research in the same manner as the SENS conference series that ran from 2003 to 2013 under the auspices of the Methuselah Foundation and, later, the SENS Research Foundation. Undoing Aging is a collaboration between the SENS Research Foundation and Forever Healthy Foundation, the latter being the organization founded by SENS patron Michael Greve. You might recall that in 2016 Greve pledged $10 million to fund rejuvenation research and resulting startup companies, becoming the ...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 25, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs
Quality Improvement – The Science of Making Care Better for All
by Arif Kamal (@arifkamalmd)It seems everywhere a person turns, there ’s nonstop discourse regarding healthcare quality, particularly the relationship of meeting quality metrics to demonstrating lower costs and higher value. As palliative care further immerses itself into usual healthcare delivery, it behooves our workforce to adeptly apply quality improvement skil ls to translate our sense of “what is right” into the usual practice of “what is done.” Meeting these demands takes skills and practice, rooted in an evolving evidence base around quality improvement science.It may confuse some to hear that quality imp...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - October 23, 2017 Category: Palliative Care Tags: conference kamal quality Source Type: blogs
Replicating Effective Models Of Complex Care Management For Older Adults
Improving our system of care for older adults with complex, chronic illnesses requires wrestling with a vexing dilemma. Models of care that are readily scalable have limited effectiveness, and effective models are difficult to scale. As an example of the former, the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has become widespread, but its impact on population health and health care costs varies and has been modest overall. As a stand-alone solution, the PCMH appears insufficient to deliver the diverse set of interventions required by chronically ill, older adults with complex needs—a growing segment of the US population th...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 7, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Ken Coburn, Charlotte Grinberg, Sophia Demuynck and Margaret Hawthorne Tags: Costs and Spending Diffusion of Innovation Featured Medicare chronically ill older adults complex care management health and aging Health Quality Partners Source Type: blogs
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Aegithalos caudatus, the long-tailed tit, undertaking aerobatic manouevres among the bursting buds of hawthorn, the claws of dog rose and bramble in a hedgerow full of avian life.
http://www.sciencebase.com/images/XC287689-Long-tailed-Tit-Aegithalos-caudatus.mp3 (Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science)
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Aegithalos caudatus, the long-tailed tit, undertaking aerobatic manouevres among the bursting buds of hawthorn, the claws of dog rose and bramble in a hedgerow full of avian life. (Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science)
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 30, 2017 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Science Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 182
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 182.
Question 1
Many of you will be aware of the Hawthorn effect (individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed). But what was the original study and where was it studied?
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - March 24, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five coconuts Death Hawthorn effect jo brand masseter psychiatry sharks sonics Source Type: blogs
