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Choose a page number: 1 Education RSS FeedsCity schools lose thousands in cuts - SCHOOLS across Edinburgh are facing fresh cuts with headteachers being told to wipe tens of thousands of pounds from their budgets. ...Feed Source: news.scotsman.com University of Glasgow graduations - 2 December, 2008 - Law, Business and Social Sciences... Top artwork of 2008 is... a lecture - BOOKMAKERS' favourite Mark Leckey won the Turner Prize last night, beating three other artists to claim one of the art world's most prestigious and contentious awards.... £1.4m dramatic funding boost fails to appease all the critics - AN ADDITIONAL £1.4 million boost for drama education has been announced by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC).
... Fiona MacLeod: Fury reigns over plans to overhaul exams - A COMPREHENSIVE overhaul of the school exams system was always going to prove controversial.... Madrassas 'should teach how to deal with jibes' - MUSLIM teenagers in Scotland want their Islamic lessons to include tips on how to deal with jibes about 9/11, jihad and terrorists.
... Lawyers clear way to build on park - EDUCATION leaders have finally received confirmation that a new Portobello High School can legally be built on Portobello Park.
... QMU merger 'must keep new campus' - ANY merger involving Queen Margaret University merger would have to preserve its £105 million campus near Musselburgh, officially opened just five months ago, says local MSP ... Solicitor General to spread equality message at seminar - SOLICITOR General Vera Baird was due in Edinburgh today to highlight the UK Government's Equality Bill.
... Butterfly rivals now living in peace - SCOTTISH scientists have discovered that rival species of butterfly have stopped trying to drive each other out of their habitats to fight common predators.
... Pupils turn teachers for HIV lessons - PUPILS at a city high school will be turning teacher to educate their peers about HIV.
... Greenhouse gift for school - YOUNGSTERS at a West Lothian primary are getting green-fingered after having a greenhouse donated to the school.
... Author reveals story of China's new middle class - A LECTURE on China's emerging middle class is due to take place tomorrow in the city.
... Butterfly rivals' common cause - EDINBURGH scientists have discovered rival species of butterfly which have stopped trying to drive each other out of their habitats in order to fight off their common predator... Lecturers set to win prizes from students - AT A university you might expect lecturers to be the ones handing out the awards. But at one university, the roles will be reversed when students give out prizes to their teac... Parents' fury as bacteria found in school's water - Bacteria has been discovered in the water supply at the crumbling Portobello High.
... It's a whole new ball game for Spartans as pupils help - THEY are renowned for their cup exploits, have more than 600 players on their books, and even employ a former Arsenal coach.
... Burning Issue: Is the concordat threatening to damage Scottish education? - Yes
RHONA BRANKIN,
Labour education spokeswoman... Pupils may be hit by council budget cuts - TEACHERS fear budget cuts mean pupils will suffer as schools are forced to lose staff.
... School head's PA is top class - AN Edinburgh headteacher's PA has been named as one of the best in the country.
... Council to press ahead with school plan - EDINBURGH city council is to continue with controversial plans to build a school on common good land after legal advice backed the move.
... Rickshaw ride a Fair way to mark 25 years - A FAIR trade shop in the Capital celebrated its 25th anniversary with an Indian rickshaw ride.
... Higher Education in Wisconsin - Presented here are a number of sources on the history, organizational structure, and financing of higher education in Wisconsin.... College Affordability - The cost of a college education is rising faster than inflation. At the same time many states are decreasing the amount of state aid to higher education, putting even more pressure on institutions to raise tuition and fees.... Goodbye.. - I'm going to retire this site. A new experimental site can be found here.... Timelit - "TIMELIT covers the subject of medical education. At present the database contains almost 50,000 items collected over the past two decades by the Director of the Centre for Medical Education at Dundee, RM Harden. The personal nature of this collection brings the benefit of relevance, but means the collection cannot be a complete reflection of all the work in any field.
The references cover a range of topics in: healthcare professional education, in health education and in patient education. They also pick up on specific topics, e.g. smoking, and on neglected areas, e.g. palliative care. Sources are many and varied. Journals include: medical education, general education, specialised areas of education, medicine and medical specialities. There is a range of magazines and newsletters - and even some material from newspapers.
Original versions of most references are available in the Centre for Medical Education, Dundee.
TIMELIT is supported by the Scottish Council for Postgraduat... Lab Tests Online - "Information on testing is not always available or easily located, and sometimes when it can be found, it is sometimes inadequate in addressing the needs of patients and their families. Lab Tests Online aims to change all that."... JAMA: Health Information on the Internet - Quote: "Accessing health information using search engines and simple search terms is not efficient. Coverage of key information on English- and Spanish-language Web sites is poor and inconsistent, although the accuracy of the information provided is generally good. High reading levels are required to comprehend Web-based health information."... Medical Matrix - Quote: "Medical Matrix is a free directory of selected medical sites on the Internet. Each site listing has been carefully evaluated by reviewers from our panel of physicians and medical librarians. Medical Matrix lists only those sites that meet our criteria for information quality and site usability, with an emphasis on usefulness to healthcare practitioners."Comment: Free registration required. From an email: "Medical Matrix has been totally re-designed for ease of use, many new web sites have been added, and the search engine has been technologically enhanced to deliver relevant search results from over 1,000,000 medical documents.... USD Becomes First in U.S. to Require Palm Handhelds - Quote: "In a move that puts it at the forefront of mobile technology use on campuses, The University of South Dakota (USD) of Vermillion today announces it will provide Palm(TM) handheld computers to all first-year undergraduate students as well as first-year law and medical school students."... Computer assisted learning in medical education - British Medical Journal: "It is becoming "a truth universally acknowledged" that the education of undergraduate medical students will be enhanced through the use of computer assisted learning. Access to the wide range of online options illustrated in the figure must surely make learning more exciting, effective, and likely to be retained. This assumption is potentially but by no means inevitably correct." Computer assisted learning in undergraduate medical education. Trisha Greenhalgh. BMJ 2001;322 40-44.... 3D Sinus Pictures - "If you follow the 3D Sinus Pictures links on the right from top to bottom, you will learn about the inside of your nose and sinuses. These images are from the virtual reality environment that I have created. Its purpose is to help explain sinus and nasal topics to patients, primary care physicians, and specialists." Peter Casano, M.D.... More Otoscopy Links - Here are some additional websites with otoscopic images of the tympanic membrane:
MedRx, Inc: Diseases of the Ear
Audiology Forum: Video Otoscopy: Section on Tympanic Membrane/Middle ear. Roy F. Sullivan, Ph.D.
University of the Philippines Otitis Media Updates: Otoscopic Findings
Virtual Otorhinolaryngology Clinic
University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Pediatrics: Grading Acute Otitis Media... Practical ENT For Primary Care Physicians - The chapters in this manual represent the top-ranking ENT issues, as identified by a survey of family physicians and ENTs in Ontario. Many useful illustrations. MM Carr, DDS MD MEd, Staff Otolaryngologist, Department of Otolaryngology, Toronto General Hospital.... AAP Online Learning in Otitis Media - The American Academy of Pediatrics Online Learning in Otitis Media site includes a series of case studies featuring QuickTime video of pneumatic otoscopy and a nice pneumatic otoscopy review course.... ACP-ASIM Online - Center for Ethics and Professionalism - "The Center is devoted to policy development and implementation on issues related to medical ethics and professionalism and serves as a resource for ACP-ASIM members and the public. Current special projects focus on end-of-life care, managed care ethics, and professionalism issues through the development of position papers, ethics case studies, educational programs and resources, and advocacy and outreach efforts." See also, the full-text of the ACP-ASIM Ethics Manual, and a list of other online bioethics resources.... Gifts to Physicians in the Consumer Marketing Era - "Despite their concerns about the marketing of drugs to consumers, physicians are not exempt from the ethical issues raised by pharmaceutical marketing. Issues of influence, patient-physician distrust, and a susceptibility to marketing ploys apply to caregivers as well as to patients. By highlighting these parallels, the debate over DTC advertising may be a useful way for the medical profession to reflect on its own relationship with the pharmaceutical industry." Gifts to Physicians in the Consumer Marketing Era. Michael A. Steinman, MD. MSJAMA Vol 284, p 2243, November 1, 2000.... The Visible Embryo - "This spiral represents the 23 stages occurring in the first trimester of pregnancy and every two weeks of the second and third trimesters. Use the spiral to navigate through the 40 weeks of pregnancy and preview the unique changes in each stage of human development." This is a commercial site with a free section. It was created by Mouseworks, Inc. with an NIH grant.... Zygote: A Developmental Biology Website - "The major function of this website is to provide materials to supplement and enrich courses in developmental biology. It is not a textbook. While its chapter headings are those of a textbook, the learner is able to choose his or her own path through the different 'exhibits'. It is more like a museum than a book." Scott Gilbert, Department of Biology, Swarthmore College. See also his list of developmental biology websites.... Copyright © 2008, The Complete Cat. All Rights Reserved. |
