Why are you in medicine?
I was recently interviewed on a podcast and was asked the simple question, “Why are you in medicine?” In retrospect, that’s the exact question I silently ask myself in frustration and exhaustion a little bit too often while I’m in the hospital. In those moments I recognize that I feel burnt out. In those moments if someone told me that I had to repeat intern year in order to finish residency I would probably quit medicine altogether.
So much of our job as medical students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians are out of our control. Even when we are able to treat our patients appropriately, ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 22, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marc-n-katz" rel="tag" > Marc N. Katz, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine Residency Source Type: blogs
Audiologists and SLPs Share Inspirations and Practical Tools at Convention
If you couldn’t make it to Los Angeles last week for the 2017 ASHA Convention—or even if you just didn’t get to all of the sessions you flagged—Leader editors did go. And we gathered more than 200 article and blog ideas to share with you over coming months. If you don’t want to wait that long, take a peek at some of the intriguing ideas we captured from your colleagues in our #ASHA17 daily blog posts.
We kicked off the convening of over 14,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, hearing and speech scientists, and communications sciences and disorders students on Thursday by asking attendees wh...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 14, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Advocacy Audiology Events Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Health Care Practice Management private practice Professional Development Schools Source Type: blogs
Survey: Have you ever used technologies or products for brain enhancement?
_____
Question: Have you ever used–for yourself or for others–technologies or products that you think would fall into the category of brain enhancement? a) If Yes, what did you use and what lessons learned can you share? b) If No, what issues would you like to see addressed before considering doing so?
Please provide brief answers and contribute to the conversation…
*Below
*Via our LinkedIn Group
*Via our Facebook Page
Note: As a token of appreciation, we will issue 3 complimentary passes for most insightful respondents to participate at the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enh...
Source: SharpBrains - November 13, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Peak Performance Professional Development Technology Uncategorized brain-enhancement Brain-health products survey technologies Source Type: blogs
ASHA Members Are Wowing Us With Leader Ideas —Submit Yours
At the Leader Ideas Lounge at the ASHA Convention, we’re asking members to share their ideas for articles. And their responses are nothing short of amazing!
(To be fair, here’s full disclosure: Submitting an article idea enters you in a drawing for an iPad. And those of you at convention still have plenty of time to give us yours at Booth 638 in the Exhibit Hall—but do it by noon tomorrow, when we do the drawing!)
Consider these personal stories we’ve been hearing: An SLP diagnosed with Parkinson disease was forced into an unexpected career change and has found opportunity in the challenge. A clinician is returning...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 10, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: Advocacy Audiology Events News Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Richard, Hawn Kick Off Convention; ASHA Members Gear Up for Learning
This is ASHA Convention “number 24 or 25” for Stuart Settle. He’s a speech-language pathologist working in a skilled nursing facility outside of Atlanta. His background, however, is in research, so he appreciated ASHA President Gail Richard’s attention to research as she kicked off the convention’s opening session. She emphasized staying connected to research in everyday practice.
Whether she’s spotting the football field or serving as an association president, Gail Richard’s focus is teamwork and progress.
Keynoter Goldie Hawn also impressed him with her pursuit of brain science and her focus on helping chil...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 9, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Audiology Events News Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Dr. Anna Wexler to discuss the Present and Future of DIY Brain Enhancement at the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th)
_____
Proud to confirm that Dr. Anna Wexler, a science writer, filmmaker and postdoc fellow in advanced biomedical ethics at the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, will discuss the Present and Future of DIY Brain Enhancement (especially brain stimulation modalities such as tDCS) at the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit.
Her research centers on the ethical, legal and social implications of emerging neurotechnology. Dr. Wexler received her Ph.D. in 2017 from the HASTS (History, Anthropology, Science, Technology & Society) Program at MIT, where she examined do-i...
Source: SharpBrains - November 8, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Peak Performance Professional Development Technology Akili Interactive Labs Anna Wexler biomedical biomedical ethics brain-enhancement brain-stimulation DIY DIY Brain Enhancement Emotiv Source Type: blogs
News: 12 Finalists named to take part in the Brainnovations Pitch Contest (December 6th, 2017)
Proud and excited to announce the 12 groundbreaking startups that will get to pitch their idea and solutions at the Brainnovations Pitch Contest on December 6th, hosted during Day 2 of the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th).
These are the 12 selected Finalists, together with their summary elevator pitch. Please join us in celebrating their work so far and in wishing them all the best at the pitch contest!
Finalists for Top Brainnovation to measure Brain Health & Performance
Savonix (USA): “The Savonix Mobile platform has truly revolutionized access to cognitive data and is pois...
Source: SharpBrains - November 6, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Professional Development Technology AUGMENTx Beam Riders brain-enhancement Brain-health Click Therapeutics HealthTech Connex MyCognition MyndYou NeuraMetrix Sapien Labs Savonix Sincrol Source Type: blogs
The landscape of brain health innovation: 130 experts and pioneers in 18 countries (and counting)
— Registrants for the 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 5-7th) as of November 3rd, 2017
Just a quick update on how registration stands for the upcoming 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit: Brain Health & Enhancement in the Digital Age (December 5-7th).
We are proud to report that so far 130 experts, pioneers and practitioners are registered to participate.
95 seem to be based in the US and 35 abroad, based on IP address during registration, with the following country breakdown:
United States 95
Australia 7
Canada 6
United Kingdom 4
Israel 3
Norway 2
Italy 2
Taiwan 1
Singapore 1
India 1
France 1
Sweden ...
Source: SharpBrains - November 3, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Professional Development Technology brain health innovation brain-enhancement Brain-health virtual conference virtual summit Source Type: blogs
What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
What’s New: A Preview of the November Issue
The November issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org. Highlights from the issue include:
Values Guide Us in Times of Uncertainty: DACA and Graduate Medical Education
Poll-Hunter and colleagues expand on the article by Nakae and colleagues, these authors argue that remaining steadfast and committed to the core values in medicine will allow the academic medicine community to successfully navigate uncertain times.
Why Not Wait? Eight Institutions Share Their Experiences Moving United States Medical Licensing Examination...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 31, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured Issue Preview DACA medical education scholarship medical student wellness patient care USMLE Step 1 Source Type: blogs
New NIGMS Funding Opportunity: Collaborative Program Grants for Multidisciplinary Teams
We’ve published a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support multidisciplinary, collaborative team research in scientific areas within the mission of NIGMS. The Collaborative Program Grant for Multidisciplinary Teams (RM1) aims to support highly integrated, interdisciplinary teams working toward a common scientific goal. The RM1 program replaces NIGMS Program Project Grants (P01) and most of NIGMS’ P50 centers programs (with the exception of the Structural Biology of HIV/AIDS centers). The first receipt date for the new program is January 25, 2018.
RM1 applications should have a unified scientific...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - October 30, 2017 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Susan Gregurick and Dr. Paul Sammak Tags: Funding Opportunities Team Science Source Type: blogs
Are you familiar with these research findings and technologies revolutionizing Brain & Mental Health?
___________________________________
Try adding 3 and 8 in your head.
That was easy. Now, trying adding 33 and 88. That was probably more difficult. Finally, try adding 333 and 888.
Time for SharpBrains’ October e-newsletter, this time discussing a range of research findings and technologies revolutionizing brain and mental health.
New thinking about cognition, brain and mind:
Study suggests the real deficit underlying Attention Deficit Disorders is not Attention, but Working Memory (and this is why we asked you try adding 333 and 888…)
Johns Hopkins study shows how brain training, if correctly targeted, can enhan...
Source: SharpBrains - October 30, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Brain Teasers Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Peak Performance Professional Development Technology Uncategorized attention-deficit-disorders attention-deficits Brain-healt Source Type: blogs
Special Education in Charter Schools Will Receive Gates Foundation Funds
For the next five years, public charter schools for students with special education needs will receive extra financial support as part of a $1.7 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledge to public education, reports non-partisan education news site, the74. Most of those funds will go to public schools forming collaborative networks, creating innovative programs for improvement, or concentrating on special education.
According to the article: “In addition to cultivating data-driven, evidence-based innovations in network schools, the foundation will support curriculum development, professional development, and ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - October 27, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Audiology News Speech-Language Pathology Schools Source Type: blogs
