The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 22, 2022 Edition-----We will see the closure on the Mourning Period for QE!! In Australia tomorrow, We can then move on to the next big issue, which will surely be the progress in the Russo-Ukrainian war and the associated issues with China and Russia.The US seems – with the rest of the world – to be moving into recession.King Charles has now been to all his UK Realms and will now quietly let PM Trass get back to running the UK. God help her …In Australia we have to now get on with life and the economic disaster we seem to be facing.-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/oddly-enough-th...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Fonts, Syllabi, and Poop | TAPP 123
Host Kevin Patton revisits the concept of using thesyllabus and othercourse documents to build apositive and productive course culture.Poop—it ' s everywhere! Does thefont or typeface we use affect students —especially regardinglearning andmemory? We look for answers in this episode!00:00 | Introduction00:52 | Revisiting the Syllabus16:28 | Poop. Poop. Poop.19:00 | Sponsored by AAA19:59 | Fonts Are Important in Teaching& Learning30:54 | Sponsored by HAPI31:57 | Desirably Difficult Reading?42:00 | Sponsored by HAPS43:00 | Fluent& Dysfluent Fonts56:12 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or ac...
Source: The A and P Professor - September 20, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Fostering Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Addie McClintock, MD, and Joshua Jauregui, MD, join hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee members Andrea Leep, MD, and Paolo Martin, PhD, MS CHPR, MEd, to discuss clinical teachers’ behaviors and how they support or harm students’ sense of psychological safety in the clinical learning environment.
This is the first episode in a 3-part series of discussions with RIME authors about their medical education research and its implications for the field.
This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywher...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 19, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast clinical learning environment medical education medical education research psychological safety Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: RISE Hybrid Academy
Colleen HroncichSchool closures, mask policies, and curriculum battles have surely accelerated the growth of education options over the past couple of years. But some parents, teachers, and educational entrepreneurs were ahead of the curve —like Nicholle Anatol, founder ofRISE Hybrid Academy.A veteran teacher of over 20 years, Nicholle was always frustrated because she saw too many kids falling through the cracks and knew there were other ways to teach them. She founded RISE, an online private school, so she could provide another option to children no matter where they live.“So much of life today is individualized...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - September 13, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and any related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon, a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Elizabeth II is still dead, we can talk about something else maybe?
We have got to stop appointing malignant clowns to the federal bench. Or rather, we have stopped now that the presidency is no longer occupied by a malignant clown, but we ' re stuck for now with a very bad situation. Insane bigot Judge Reed O ' Connor has ruled that a provision of the ACA requiring insurers to cover pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV is unconstitutional because, get this, it violates the religious rights of people who want homosexual, intravenous drug users, and people who engage in extramarital sex to die:The plaintiffs further argued that some of the recommendations —to cover contraceptives and PrE...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 9, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Teaching Human Reproduction | A Chat with Margaret Reece | TAPP 122
VeteranA&P educator andreproduction researcherDr. Margaret Reece joins host Kevin Patton to talk about challenges of teaching humanreproduction and development. Reece also briefly discusses heronline resources (MedicalScienceNavigator.com) and her experiences in helpingoverwhelmed A&P students succeed in their studies.00:00 | Introduction00:43 | Reproductive Biology08:13 | Sponsored by AAA08:58 | Ultrasound& Reproductive Biology20:25 | Sponsored by HAPI21:13 | Basic Science35:27 | Sponsored by HAPS36:33 | Medical Science Navigator50:19 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the aud...
Source: The A and P Professor - September 8, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Teachers ‐Turned‐Entrepreneurs
Colleen HroncichA recurring theme of the Friday Feature is public school teachers who start their own alternative educational options —such asDeeper Root Academy,Safari Small School,Urban Cottage Educational Collaborative, andValley Troubadours.A new report out of Florida,Leaving a Classroom But Starting a School, highlights the experiences of 10 former public school teachers who ventured out to start new private schools. This diverse group of teachers participated in focus groups led byStep Up for StudentsandEdChoiceto help researchers understand their journeys and what obstacles they faced. The group included...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 2, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
New NAEP Scores Show Drops in Reading and Math
Colleen HroncichPandemic schooling didn ’t work for a lot of kids. While this is widely acknowledged, it helps to have data to back up the assumption. And now we have it, for 9-year-olds at least.Scores were released today for theNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which is often called the nation ’s report card. This data comes from a special long-term trend assessment of 9-year-old students conducted this past January to March. Peggy Carr, Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),noted today ’s release is “the first nationally representative report comparing student achi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 01, 2022 Edition-----This week it is all about weather and climate change with floods, heatwaves and droughts in Parkistan, Europe and China. In the US drought is causing all sorts of food supply issues and price rises.In the EU was a seeing all sorts of energy supply problems.In Australia we have a feast of investigations into ScoMo, RoboDebt and so on. Lots to browse!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/us-alliance-fear-that-dare-not-speak-its-name-20220818-p5bat8US alliance fear that dare not speak its nameUneasiness about divided, inward-looking America fulfilling its security gua...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: National Microschooling Center
Colleen HroncichDespite their small size, microschools are having a big impact on education. And this week ’s launch of the new National Microschooling Center is likely to help as parents, teachers, and education entrepreneurs will now have a central hub for information and resources.“Microschools are designed in a way that every child can thrive, ” notes Ashley Soifer, Chief Innovation Officer at the National Microschooling Center. “Relationships are at the heart of microschooling, and as microschooling leaders build relationships with each child as an individual, it creates an educational opportuni...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 26, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
The Poop Episode | Using Fecal Changes to Monitor Health | TAPP 121
InThe Poop Episode, host Kevin Patton applies stories from his experiencemonitoring digestive health in zoo and circus animals to human anatomy and physiology. We explore thefrequency of defecation, andhow to read poop for common health issues. This is the episode that tells you how toget an elephant to poop on command!00:00 | Introduction01:08 | Getting Our 5#!+ in Order07:42 | Zookeepers Know Their 5#!+23:13 | Sponsored by AAA24:18 | No Poop July30:58 | Sponsored by HAPI32:07 | Poop Reading42:12 | Sponsored by HAPS42:58 | We All Need to Know Our 5#!+46:24 | Staying Connected★ If you cannot see or activate the...
Source: The A and P Professor - August 25, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Survey Says … Results from the 2022 Education Next Poll
Colleen HroncichThe results fromEducation Next ’s annual poll are out, giving us a great opportunity to learn where people stand on a number of education‐related issues. Many of the survey questions have been asked since the poll was started in 2007, so there are interesting trends to study. Others have been added in recent years to reflect concerns around COVID policies a nd cultural issues.There are too many questions to cover them all here —you can click through their interactive charts to get the full picture. But I’ll delve into some highlights to help whet your appetite.School ChoiceI always look at the...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 17, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Career Conversations: Q & A with Organic Chemist Elizabeth Parkinson
Dr. Elizabeth Parkinson. Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Elizabeth Parkinson.
“Being able to discover new, unexpected things is why you wake up every day and go to work as a scientist. The other part is hopefully to have a positive impact on human health—through combatting conditions ranging from antibiotic resistance to cancer,” says Elizabeth Parkinson, Ph.D., an assistant professor of organic chemistry at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. In an interview, Dr. Parkinson shared with us her path to a scientific career, research on natural products made by soil-dwelling bacteria, and advice for students.
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Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - August 17, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Bacteria Medicines Microbes Profiles Source Type: blogs
Poignant moments in History of cardiology : James Mackenzie ’ s dying heart !
1908, Going back on the time machine, more than 100 years ago, world war I was all set to begin, and the great Titanic was being built in the Belfast shipyard. A parallel histroy is being created in cardiology.
This is a brief story of Dr. James Mackenzie, a general practitioner from a remote Scottish village who ended up with the title of the father of British cardiology. Dr. Harvey might have invented circulation, but it was Mackenzie who taught the science of arterial pulse and wrote a classic on the topic to the new medical world. He was able to decode the secrets of the jugular venous pulse as well and diagnosed va...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - August 14, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: history of cardiology Uncategorized Dr James Mackenzie father of british cardiology land mark article in cardiology wisdom papers in cardiology Source Type: blogs
