The virtuous cycle of treatment development, and how it can be enhanced by partnership with industry. When the clinical and research enterprises at an academic medical center are strategically and tactically aligned, they enter a “virtuous cycle,” described by Stephen Wartman, president of the Association of Academic Health Centers. Clinician-researchers embody it: They know their patients’ [...]
Hello, I know some charities like Oxfam and Amnesty offer free resources, lesson plans, assembly ideas etc. Can anyone tell me of any other charities that offer similar? Kind regards Gwithian. Teacher Forums – Teacher Chat
Can we monitor a child's lungs when they're on a ventilator without actually taking a picture? Yes, with a technology called EIT; click the image above to see for yourself. (Courtesy Camille Gómez-Laberge) Every year, thousands of children in intensive care units across the United States are put on mechanical ventilation to help them breathe. [...]
Hello all.. I would like to conduct an survery on why teachers are leaving the field of education. If you have resigned or thinking about it, please state the reason why you are leaving the profession. Teacher Forums – Teacher Chat
Spelling and dyslexia Dyslexia is a language processing disorder. A student with dyslexia was probably born that way, though there are cases where traumatic brain injury or seizure activity has produced dyslexia in students who previously did not show signs of dyslexia. A student cannot “outgrow” dyslexia. Children with dyslexia are often very poor spellers. [...]
Hi, I have been teaching for 5 years, but I always get caught up in how supplies should be arranged in my first grade classroom. The other first grade teachers have the students get supply boxes to keep pencils, crayons, erasers, etc. in, as well as a cup velcroed to each students desk to get [...]
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This past weekend I presented a short demo lesson, well really a talk, about how I have taught archaeology in the middle school classroom. The lesson begins with a reading of David Macauley’s The Motel of Mysteries a really wonderful and all but forgotten book. You can find a synopsis of the here . Needless to say although it is [...]
(photo: kisforkate/Flickr) In almost every conversation I have these days with potential industry partners, I hear what seems to be the new buzz phrase: “Clear path to clinic.” A molecule with a “clear path to clinic” can become a medicine quickly, by virtue of a well-defined patient population, clear endpoints for clinical trials and measurable [...]
Can we reduce health care costs without rationing? (Image: Fibonacci Blue via Flickr) We all know the problem: The cost of health care needs to come down. About five years ago, pediatric cardiologists at Children’s Hospital Boston realized it was critical to practice more cost-effectively. “Most of the money that is going to be removed [...]