MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'courses'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:04:24 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953226&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FgVptTyL-3Q8%2F [via Teun Boekhout] This year looks like another great lineup of speakers for the EMBO Comparative Genomics of Microorganisms: ‘Understanding the Complexity of Diversity’ 15-20 Oct 2011 Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain. Andrew Allen J. Craig Venter Institute US Anders Blomberg Göteborg University SE Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure FR Gertraud Burger University of Montreal CA Bernard Dujon Institut Pasteur FR Toni Gabaldón CRG, Barcelona ES Ursula Goodenough Washington University US Michael Gray Dalhousie University CA Joseph Heitman Duke University US Christiane Hertz-Fowler University of Liverpool UK Regine Kahmann Max Planck Institute DE Patrick Keeling University of British Columbia CA Nicole King UC, Berkeley US Edda Klipp Humboldt Univers... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953226 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:18:12 +0100 4953226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4797823&cid=t_160502_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2FqijT1OKVagU%2F This is a guest post by Patricia Walling who is a web content creator with an avid interest in healthcare and nursing.  Patricia can be reached by email at: patwalling85@gmail.com As a field, nursing has seen an explosion in growth in recent years. The aging of the American population has led the Bureau of Labor and Statistics to predict job growth to increase by 22 percent by 2018, far out-stripping the national average. For many, the good pay and job security (which is even better than that of other popular fields, such as medical transcription) of nursing have made it an ideal career path, and nursing schools have blossomed across the country. However, each school has its own unique advantages and disadvantages and a number of factors should be considered before you select a school. W... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4797823 Sat, 07 May 2011 13:29:53 +0100 4797823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734442&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FCUzFa4eT5MA%2F Several upcoming meetings may be of interest to those working on fungi, fungal genetics & genomics, and pathogenesis. Keystone Symposia’s 2012 Meeting on Fungal Pathogens: From Basic Biology to Drug Discovery 2012 Keystone Fungal Pathogens Flyer The conference will be held January 15-20th in Santa Fe New Mexico and is poised to be a milestone for the field. The aim of this meeting is to bring together the academic, medical and pharmaceutical communities focused on fungal microbial pathogens of humans and other animals to illustrate common themes, and therapeutic, diagnostic and preventive strategies. Opportunities for interdisciplinary interactions will be significantly enhanced by the concurrent meeting on Drug Discovery for Protozoan Parasites, which will share the keynote sess... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734442 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:56:22 +0100 4734442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704732&cid=t_160502_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2F_bdqCfd8pMs%2F This is a guest post by Catherine Bynes. Catherine is a career/ educational blogger and she writes mostly about CNA Training and Certification over at her blog. _________________________________________________ Choosing to become a CNA as a career option can be a good choice if you enjoy helping others and want to start an entry-level healthcare position.  If you work as a CNA, you will provide assistance with activities of daily living for patients, monitor vital signs and provide other basic care services for your patients. A career as a CNA can be a good option if you know you want to work in the medical field, but if you do not want to spend a great deal of time in training.  Most nursing assistant training programs last for just a few weeks.  This is a good option if you need to st... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704732 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:04:24 +0100 4704732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622439&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FnTu2PhfwR7w%2F Here’s a few courses to consider for the summer that cover informatics, genomics, and metagenomics analysis focusing on next generation sequencing. The deadlines are fast approaching so apply soon. (There are undoubtably more, and I’m happy to post here if you have suggestions) Workshop on Comparative Genomics Course dates: 10 – 23 July 2011 The Workshop on Comparative Genomics consists of a series of lectures, demonstrations and computer laboratories that cover various aspects of comparative genomics. Faculty are chosen exclusively for their effectiveness in teaching theory and practice in comparative genomics. Included among the faculty are developers and other experts in the use of computer programs and packages such as Ensembl and Galaxy who provide demonstrations a... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622439 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:40:20 +0100 4622439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615160&cid=t_160502_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2011%2F03%2F19%2F7384%2F Representing one the peripherally participating institutions in the Nordic Network for Medical History, I’m pleased to broadcast the good news about the upcoming summer course on ‘Historicisation’ to be held in Bergen, 24–26 August, 2011. The aim of the course is to teach postgraduate students how medical historical research can be ‘historicised’. As the organisers write, “just how historians, social scientists and others proceed in order to do this varies”: For instance, the ‘proper’ context in which an object of study can be placed may look rather different for historians and medical scientists – as may indeed what constitutes the object of study itself. Historicisation may imply a denaturalisation of certain objects of study, such as th... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615160 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:00:02 +0100 4615160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4477801&cid=t_160502_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2011%2F02%2F15%2Fpostgrad-course-on-gendered-body-visualisations%2F Why not attend a postgrad course on ”Body images: gender inside/outside” in Paris with Lisa Cartwright, Adele Clarke and André Gunthert, 10-13 April: The last few decades have witnessed rapid developments and innovations in visualization techniques. This is the case for a wide variety of visualization genres, whether in scientific fields, in the fashion industry or in the arts. There are, however, overlaps of style as well as techniques between different genres. As Lisa Cartwright notes, there is a symbiotic relationship between scientific and popular imaging technologies. In a similar vein, we find an interaction between art and science in the genre known as bio-art. In this PhD course/Research workshop we will explore images of relevance to the study of gendered bodies. T... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4477801 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:01:53 +0100 4477801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450452&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FsUICiC0b8Ac%2F Announcing an upcoming conference in October. Comparative Genomics Of Eukaryotic Microorganisms: Understanding The Complexity Of Diversity It will be held in Sant Feliux, Spain October  15-20, 2011. The website has more details including an impressive slate of speakers. I can attest to it being a great meeting from my attendance 2 years ago. A great venue and excellent speakers and plenty of time to linger and discuss ideas and research over meals and coffee breaks.   (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450452 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:00:05 +0100 4450452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4446049&cid=t_160502_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FInsidePaTraining%2F%7E3%2FSJCA3OTEhdQ%2Fthe-one-non-required-course-you-need-to-prepare-for-pa-training With all the prerequisites for PA training programs, I know you don’t really have time for electives, but there’s one course that you should make time for.  In fact, you would be foolish to skip it.  It has helped me as much as any physiology or microbiology course, and at times has reduced my workload [...]Visit us at Inside PA Training - Becoming A Physician Assistant (Source: Palpating the Field) Palpating the Field blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4446049 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:40:41 +0100 4446049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266097&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FmcoizrAZa5E%2F [Save the date] On 9-10 June 2011, the French Genetics Society (SFG) is organising a meeting “Genetics, Epigenetics and Evolution of Sex Chromosomes” in Paris. Sessions will cover evolution, sex determination, meiosis, dosage compensation and epigenetics. The meeting will include invited talks, talks to be chosen from submitted abstracts and poster sessions. Registration and abstract submission will open in February, on the web site of the SFG. Les 9-10 juin 2011, la Société Française de Génétique (SFG) organise un colloque “Génétique, Epigénétique et Evolution des Chromosomes Sexuels” à Paris. Les thèmes abordés lors des sessions incluront l’évolution, la détermination du sexe, la méïose, la compensation de dose et l’épigénétique. Le ... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266097 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:19:56 +0100 4266097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125070&cid=t_160502_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F02%2Fthe-psychology-of-guns-and-race%2F I have just posted my forthcoming article, Quick on the Draw: Implicit Bias and the Second Amendment, on SSRN.  The abstract appears below: African Americans face a significant and menacing threat, but it is not the one that has preoccupied the press, pundits, and policy makers in the wake of several bigoted murders and a resurgent white supremacist movement. While hate crimes and hate groups demand continued vigilance, if we are truly to protect our minority citizens, we must shift our most urgent attention from neo-Nazis stockpiling weapons to the seemingly benign gun owners among us—our friends, family, and neighbors—who show no animus toward African Americans and who profess genuine commitments to equality. Our commonsense narratives about racism and guns—centered on a conceptio... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125070 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:01:19 +0100 4125070 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4122007&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FOCyjcN1eo88%2F Due to a certain volcano last year’s the emerging Fungal Diseases conference got postponed, but the 2011 New and Emerging Fungal Diseases of Animals and Plants will be held in 25-29 June 2011 in Roscoff, France as part of the Jacques Monod Conferences. See the listing of speakers and topics here. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4122007 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:00:37 +0100 4122007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802527&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F2KvfQLkhaUc%2F I’m in Edinburgh for IMC9 and here early for pre-conference workshop and SIG.  Look forward to seeing readers (and potential blog contributors) at the meeting and will try post a few updates during or after the meeting of what looks be a comprehensive and mycologically exciting meeting. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802527 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:09:45 +0100 3802527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678636&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FCB4UeH8m5zc%2F Another excellent Cellular & Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Research Conference held at Holderness School – I won’t blog about the details of the talks since they are intended to be off the record, but you can see the program here. Program chairs John Taylor and Michelle Momany did a great job setting the program slate and vice-chairs Judy Berman and Alex Andrianopoulos prepared the “hot topics” session and will be chairs for the 2012 conference. I had a great time catching up with friends and meeting new folks – here’s a few pictures from the week including one of us catching up on our reading late night. Congrats to Jim Anderson and Jenny Lodge who were elected vice-chairs for 2012 and will be chairs in 2014. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Compara... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678636 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:05:28 +0100 3678636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3534024&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FBg_lG2bA448%2F A message from the Fungal Cellular & Molecular Biology chairs: Fellow Fungal Biologists, We have only 6 weeks until the Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Conference! We have 11 spots for speakers that will be filled based on poster abstracts and we’re especially interested in giving postdocs and grad students the chance to present. If you want to be considered for a talk, be sure you’ve submitted your poster title and abstract online by MONDAY, MAY 10. To update your poster title and abstract follow the link in the email you received from the Gordon Conference notifying you of your acceptance to the meeting. We also still have a few open slots for meeting participants, so if others in your lab are interested in coming, let them know to sign up. Looking forward to a great... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3534024 Tue, 04 May 2010 20:07:52 +0100 3534024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3395314&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FXlcBOyfI7mU%2F I’m at the JGI user meeting, which is starting with a Basidiomycete genomics workshop/jamboree, later a meeting of JGI fungal genome advisory board, and the main show: the User Meeting. Looking forward to catching  up with scientists from a wide variety of projects and  some twitter/blogger types and twittering about it @#JGIUM. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3395314 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:19:27 +0100 3395314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3307022&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FZPVFCOgk_js%2F We had an impressive marshaling of fungal biologists, database builders, and sequencing centers to discuss what would be important for researchers, developing use cases to demonstrate what is needed by the community, and plotting some courses on how to get there.  A more formal meeting report is being prepared, but I can summarize that everyone wants improvements with access, standardization, and web & data interface to interact with not only the 200 genomes we current have for Fungi & Oomycetes. but the expected 1000s in the next few years and certainly 10,000 in less than 10 years. There will be more updates and possibility of input from the community in the form of descriptive “Use cases” to describe the types of research questions that use tools to integrate genomi... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3307022 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:37:03 +0100 3307022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3291975&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F_ZpmUxmMoI4%2F Next week a collection of international scientists with stakes in seeing fungal genome databases evolve and rise to meet the tide of genome data being produced and analyzed from fungi will be meeting in DC.  I am hopeful we’ll come up with some strategies and principles that can guide how this data can be more effectively managed and provided to researchers.  This includes web-based resources, tools, and simply adhering to a standardized formats for genome annotations (like GFF3), automated methods for gene ontology associations on newly annotated genomes, and integration of what I expect to be the major amount of data in the years to come: individual lab produced  genomic, ChIP, resequencing, and RNA-sequencing results. This means the integration (and sharing) of individual labs ... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3291975 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:14:18 +0100 3291975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220676&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F7anEN1CfNhg%2F Registration for the 9th International Mycological Congress, held 1-6 of August, is now open.  This looks to be an exciting, dynamic, and broad conference on fungal biology covering a great breadth of topics.  These include: intricate look at fungal cell biology using microscopy, genetic and molecular biology tools; Evolution of fungi through systematics and comparative biology and new aspects of taxonomy; genetics and genomics of fungi; Studies of plant and animal pathogens.  The meeting is only held every 5 years so I hope you can advantage of it! This year it will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.  The early registration is 5 February and you have until 9 April to submit abstracts. Hope to see you there (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220676 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:51:49 +0100 3220676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200607&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FTVjpvpN2flQ%2F Don’t forget to register for Neurospora 2010 held at the beautiful Asilomar Conference center in Pacific Grove, CA held April 8-11, 2010. Get your filamentous fungi fix here! Also save the date for some other important upcoming conferences you may consider attending American Society of Microbiology, Candida and Dimorphic Fungi Meeting, March 22-26, Miami, FL, USA Joint Genome Institute, 2010 User Meeting, March 24-26, Walnut Creek, CA, USA New and emerging fungal diseases of animals and plants, April 17-21, Roscoff Biological Station (near Brest), Brittany, FRANCE American Society of Microbiology, 110th Annual Meeting, May 23-27, San Diego, CA, USA Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Conference, June 13-18, Holderness, NH, USA Mycological Society of America meeting, June 2... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200607 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:03:23 +0100 3200607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3100852&cid=t_160502_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F18%2F7-ways-to-manage-your-diabetic-or-sugar-sensitive-waistline-during-the-holidays%2F This article isn’t just for diabetics. I found the tips by Frederic J.Vagnini, M.D., and Lawrence D. Chilnick, authors of “The Weight Loss Plan for Beating Diabetes” to be excellent guidelines for everyone who is sugar sensitive, and I’m putting most depressives into that camp (sorry about that). Here they are: During the holiday season many dedicated dieters or those who follow special diets for diabetes, heart disease or other conditions not only “fall off the wagon” but also leap into the deep end of the pool. Don’t feel guilty. This is a normal reaction to attending large family dinners where everyone makes food loaded with seductive carbohydrates. We also go to multiple parties — sometimes on the same day — where the hosts have hir... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3100852 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:24:43 +0100 3100852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067247&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2FcVgkeRAUhuM%2F Announced today at the 10th Frontiers in Fungal Biology meeting in Ensenada, Baja California: In honor of his contributions to research in cell biology fungi, in particular the growth of hyphae in fungi, the discovery and characterization of the Spitzenkörper,  development numerous approaches for microscopic and biochemical characterization of fungal cell walls, and uncovering molecular mechanisms for growth and morphogenesis in filamentous fungi, a named award will be established for Salomón Bartnicki-García, Director in the Department of Microbiology at CICESE and Professor Emertius at UC Riverside. He has been honored in the past upon his retirement from UCR in a special issue in Fungal Genetics and Biology and by the Mycological Society of America as a Distinguished Mycologist.  H... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067247 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:16:09 +0100 3067247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3048287&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2Ff-HHZq7cAzg%2F New and Emerging Fungal Diseases of Animals and Plants : evolutionary aspects in the context of global changes Roscoff,Brittany FRANCE April 17, 2010 The CNRS and Conferences Jaques Monod are hosting a 4-day meeting at the French Marine Biology research station in Roscoff, Brittany on the evolution and dynamics of emerging fungal pathogens. This meeting will focus on the widening impacts that fungi are having on human, plant and animal health by considering the factors that drive their emergence within an evolutionary context. Specifically, the meeting will consider whether environmental change is facilitating fungal range expansions and genotypes, and to what extent this is predictable. The meeting will bring together leading evolutionary biologists, theoreticians and fungal biologists/e... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3048287 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:13:31 +0100 3048287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871872&cid=t_160502_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fcranham%2Fcranham-on-the-new-sleep-apnea-course-by-dawson%2F Dawson has created an alliance with SomnoMed, a company focused on sleep medicine. Dentistry is in the infancy stage of learning about the medical risks of sleep apnea and potential dental manifestations. Functional tooth wear indicates a link. Sleep apnea patients, when they stop breathing and struggle to breathe again, often push their jaw forward and wake up with a start. Patients with lots of front tooth wear and only some back tooth wear could have sleep apnea, or so we presume. Dentally and medically, we should look at patients in this regard. We are going to offer a sleep medicine course as part of Dawson. Currently, we’re working with Dr. Rick Koker, an expert in this area, to create a hands-on component for the course. This week, at our Seminar One in St. Pete, I’ll present 45... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871872 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:12:37 +0100 2871872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712166&cid=t_160502_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F18%2Fmental-resiliency-training-planned-for-soldiers%2F Filed under the “better late than never” department, we have word via The New York Times today that the U.S. military is finally recognizing the importance of fitness. Not just physical fitness, mind you, but mental fitness training, in the form of improving one’s resiliency: The training, the first of its kind in the military, is meant to improve performance in combat and head off the mental health problems, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, that plague about one-fifth of troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. Psychologist Martin E. P. Seligman at the University of Pennsylvania has been consulting with the Pentagon on the innovative program. There’s no direct research that’s been conducted on soldiers to see if such a pr... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712166 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:05:20 +0100 2712166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570379&cid=t_160502_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKUsFX1D1yZc%2F The Harriet Tubman Agenda – ordinarily a pretty rational blog — takes issue with my recent post expressing unease about a proposal to have Uncle Sam create and furnish free college courses. Accurately noting that American institutions of higher education, including private and for-profit schools, are addicted to government subsidies, the blogger asks what the problem is “if a free curriculum (defined by designated text books and tests), coupled with a competitive market in examination services, reduces the burden on taxpayers”? Here’s the problem: From the perspectives of both freedom and effectiveness, why would we ever want the federal government creating free college curricula and, potentially, a giant federal university that, thanks to the internet, would not even ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570379 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:05:42 +0100 2570379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414884&cid=t_160502_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F15%2Fwhat-is-the-international-college-of-prescribing-psychologists%2F A company called the “Prescribing Psychologists’ Register” has been around for many years, selling continuing education courses to psychologists looking to learn how to prescribe psychiatric prescription medications for mental disorders. Psychologists who want prescription privileges claim a shortage of psychiatrists and note that given psychologists’ deep training in mental health problems, they are an appropriate, logical choice to help fill the need. And except for the lack of any medical training required by a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in psychology, the fact that the lack of psychiatrists mainly occurs in rural areas, and that there are other mental health professionals — such as physician assistants and psychiatric nurses — who already can help fill the pre... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414884 Fri, 15 May 2009 12:00:51 +0100 2414884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306804&cid=t_160502_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fbreastfeeding-conferences%2F Breastfeeding conferences provide a wonderful experience for nursing mothers and lactation professionals alike! I attended my first conference when my nursling was just over a year old. At the opening session, I sighed with relief when the speaker started off her talk by saying, “Throughout the presentation, please feel free to nurse your babies as needed, move around the room, and play on the floor quietly.” Here was the perfect opportunity to commune with like-minded mothers and learn about a wide variety of breastfeeding, parenting and health topics, all in a supportive environment with baby in tow! For lactation professionals and aspiring lactation consultants, conferences also provide a way to earn continuing education credits. You can choose to stay overnight at the conf... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306804 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:35:50 +0100 2306804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232791&cid=t_160502_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2Fi3t-DUH3KaE%2F The deadline for application to the Medical Mycology course held in the summer at Woods Hole is April 1st. This is a great hands-on course for practical laboratory techniques with medically relevant fungi.  I am including an email from the course directors below. We are writing to encourage students, post-doctoral fellows, medical fellows, and junior faculty to apply for the 2009 molecular mycology course at Woods Hole.  The course accepts 18 students and has four teaching assistants each year. The long-term course directors are Aaron Mitchell and Jack Edwards.  The instructors in residence include Scott Filler, Judy Rhodes, Joe Heitman, Terry Mylonakis, Jamie Konopka, Andre Nantel, and Ted White. The experiments focus on Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergill... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232791 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:34:58 +0100 2232791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508546&cid=t_160502_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Feveryone-is-unique.html If you like what you read, send it to someone in 'need.' (Source: Whitterer on Autism) Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508546 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:20:00 +0100 1508546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469591&cid=t_160502_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fmaking-money-out-of-mtas.html Junior doctors having a moanSome emails arrive out of the blue from a group of moaning, whinging medical students in the south of England. They draw my attention to Dr Malvena Stuart-Taylor who qualified from the Royal Free in 1975 and is now the Associate Dean, Severn and Wessex Deanery.Welcome to the Wessex DeaneryThe Wessex Deanery is based in Winchester and is responsible for ensuring the management and development of training programmes for all trainee doctors in hospitals and general practices across Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and South Wiltshire. There are over 2,000 medical training posts within the DeaneryOur purpose is to:To provide the best clinical education for doctors, so they are competent and fit to practiceTo professionalise and develop clinical educators at a... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1469591 Mon, 26 May 2008 21:38:00 +0100 1469591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1370824&cid=t_160502_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Ffree-education-online-at-learnerstvcom%2F Today’s education is evolving and the methods of learning are changing. Before, people were used to textbooks for studying, and to chalk and white boards for lectures. However, with the new age of technology, these traditional means have been replaced by more interactive and entertaining ways like video lectures, animations, online courses and audio books. There are also e-books, which have saved us from bringing several pounds of textbooks and thousands of bucks, and has created a more easier acquisition of this resources with the availability of free e-books in the internet for download. LearnersTV.com offers all these good stuff for learning. Video and audio lectures by professors from reputed universities are available. Example of live online tests, free e-book downloads for all ... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1370824 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:57:00 +0100 1370824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=948693&cid=t_160502_93_f&fid=36525&url=http%3A%2F%2Fuvamedicine.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F17%2Fmastery-of-organic-chemistry%2F For many pre-medical students, Organic Chemistry represents a monumental hurdle that must be crossed painfully. This need not be the case if you can change your “thinking” about organic Chemistry. I will be the first person to say with great conviction that I was not a “carbon-friendly” chemistry major but I had a passionate love of the subject matter of chemistry and organic chemistry was but one more course that added to my knowledge of the subject matter that I loved. I ended up performing very well in Organic chemistry even though it wasn’t my favorite course in chemistry. Organic Chemistry is the chemistry of carbon-containing compounds. It is not the basis of Biochemistry, though both chemical disciplines share carbon as a component for many of the compo... NJBMD's Blog from Student Doctor Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=948693 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:53:32 +0100 948693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=550791&cid=t_160502_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2007%2F04%2F18%2Fadolescent_eating_disorders_conference Working Together - Adolescent Eating Disorders: the 6th National Conference will be help on 7 December 2007 in London, UK. The conference is organised by The Royal College of Psychiatrists Education and Training Centre in partnership with the Phoenix Centre, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, along with support from beat (formerly the Eating Disorders Association). For more information visit the RCPsych Education and Training Centre site (Source: Eating Disorders Resources) Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=550791 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 550791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=518271&cid=t_160502_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2007%2F03%2F30%2F8th_london_international_eating_disorder_conference I've just spent a very enjoyable couple of days attending this conference and presenting our latest research on links between HIV and eating problems. Highlights which I will try to report on in more depth over the next few days included Mark Williams' opening keynote (an excellent summary of the development of mindfulness approaches in depression with some intriguing ideas about how these could be relevant in eating disorders), Kate Tchanturia's plenary and workshop on approaches to rigidity and inflexibility including the use of Cognitive Remediation Therapy, and Ken Nunn's wonderfully approachable and entertaining guide to neurobiology 'Everything you ever wanted to know about the brain in 90 minutes'. (Source: Eating Disorders Resources) Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=518271 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 518271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=484093&cid=t_160502_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2006%2F11%2F30%2Flondon_conference_final_programme_announced The 8th London International Eating Disorder Conference will run from 29-31st March 2006 at Imperial College London. The final programme is now available from the Conference Website. I'm pleased to report that yours truly will be there presenting the results of our study into body image and eating problems amongst people with HIV. (Source: Eating Disorders Resources) Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=484093 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:00:00 +0100 484093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=484096&cid=t_160502_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2006%2F09%2F16%2Fstop_press_london_conference_deadline_extended The London International Eating Disorders Conference is held every 2 years. Next year's conference will run from 29-31st March 07 at Imperial College, London, UK. I've just heard that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until Monday evening (18th Sept). So there's still time to get those abstracts in. For more about the conference and for online submission, visit the conference website. (Source: Eating Disorders Resources) Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=484096 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 04:00:00 +0100 484096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=484101&cid=t_160502_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2006%2F06%2F08%2Fkongress_essstarungen_2006eating_disorders_2006 The 14th International Conference on Eating Disorders will be held from 19th-21st October 2006 in Alpbach, Tirol,Austria. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 30th June. For more information, see the Netzwerk Essstoerungen (Austrian Eating Disorder Association) website (Source: Eating Disorders Resources) Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=484101 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:00:00 +0100 484101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=484100&cid=t_160502_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2006%2F06%2F08%2Fpsychological_responses_to_eating_disorders_and_obesity_2006 An International Conference on Psychological Responses to Eating Disorders and Obesity 2006 will be held at the University of Hertfordshire on 5th & 6th July 2006 Cost for 2 days: £250 including lunch, refreshments and handout pack Cost for 1 day: £145 including lunch, refreshments and handout pack (£75 per day for self funders ) Keynote Speakers will include Chris Fairburn, Janet Treasure and Ian Campbell For an application form, contact Barbara Scott on 01707 286508or email: b.1.scott@herts.ac.uk (Source: Eating Disorders Resources) Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=484100 Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:00:00 +0100 484100