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 'education research'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:57 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816381&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FlRvDaBTy5L8%2F There was, however, a difference in outcomes for patients treated by U.S.- and non-U.S.-born graduates of foreign medical schools. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog) WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816381 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:22:25 +0100 3816381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805804&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FXMBqZhbjAQ0%2F Students in the Humanities and Medicine Program get spots in med school as long as they meet certain requirements -- but don't take the usual pre-med pre-requisites. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog) WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805804 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:57:12 +0100 3805804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802362&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FQ1Up0-Fb3bo%2F More than 53% of respondents said they didn't get sufficient training in med school to address patients' sexual concerns. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog) WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802362 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:48:21 +0100 3802362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665949&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2F3JOJVv3nA9E%2F The score represents the percentage of a school's 1999-2001 graduates who practice primary care, work in underserved areas or who are underrepresented minorities. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog) WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665949 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:27:30 +0100 3665949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3603561&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FfL3GZhOn3tY%2F Revisions to the MCAT in 1978 and 1991 did nothing to improve its predictive value. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Blog) WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3603561 Thu, 27 May 2010 15:40:03 +0100 3603561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3326963&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-gXrePdrWfA%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonJay Greene heads up the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, which has gotten federal research grants in the past. Here’s why he’s now telling the feds to get out of the education research business entirely. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3326963 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:21:24 +0100 3326963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3262589&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FzSINOLxXHPc%2F William Chin, Eli Lilly’s senior VP for discovery and clinical research, is going to take a newly created job at Harvard Medical School. He’ll be the “executive dean for research.” It sounds like at least part of his job will be figuring out how Harvard researchers should interact with industry, as well as working to move research from the lab to the clinic. Here’s a key chunk of a letter posted online today by the med school’s senior dean: One of Bill’s highest priorities will be to conceptualize and develop new research initiatives, such as the therapeutics discovery initiative, envisioned as a focused and innovative effort to bring together the enormous expertise of our community in order to find effective new ways for transforming the world’s most ... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3262589 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:20:38 +0100 3262589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136672&cid=t_336698_130_f&fid=34938&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEvidenceInMotion%2F%7E3%2FHK06Ul6C7tY%2Fgrowing-technology-in-the-world-of-physical-therapy.html The American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting will be here before we know it.  I've been checking out the programming and figured I'd begin to share sessions that spark an interest for me.  Granted, our profession spans multiple types of settings and various types of patients.  I realize what may spark an interest may not necessarily be conducive for attending because we don't practice in that particular realm of physical therapy.When you think about our bodies and how we learn how to do things, it makes such practical sense to basically have people with substantial movement dysfunctions be able to learn from their movement mistakes.  Personally, I have never exactly understood how people with neurological deficits really learn efficient movement patterns when we... MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136672 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:30:35 +0100 3136672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3012358&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2FJ-2XXqBeRw4%2F The NIH gives out more than $20 billion a year in research money, and the institutions that get it — universities and med schools, among others — are supposed to track potential conflicts of interest among their researchers and report back to the NIH. But who decides what constitutes a potential conflict of interest? Some 90% of the institutions that get NIH money “rely solely on researchers’ discretion to determine which of their significant financial interests are related to their research and are therefore required to be reported,” according to a federal report out today. The HHS inspector general, the author of the report, argues for a shift in policy. The NIH should require institutions it funds to “collect information on all significant financial i... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3012358 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:07:57 +0100 3012358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008059&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=36224&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wsjonline.com%2F%7Er%2Fwsj%2Fhealth%2Ffeed%2F%7E3%2Fx-Jr9itS5Fo%2F There aren’t enough bodies to go around for everyone who needs a steady supply of cadavers for training and experiments. That shortage is helping turn the process of procuring cadavers into a functioning market, says a Harvard professor. Most cadavers are obtained through medical-school programs that allow people to donate their body to science. But as demand has grown, other suppliers have become “a growing presence in the U.S. commerce for cadavers,” according to a paper by Michel Anteby of the Harvard Business School. “These actors are legal entrepreneurial ventures that have been operating for more than a decade in the United States; they cater to domestic users and international ones alike,” writes Anteby, whose paper appears in HBS Working Knowledge and Economic Sociology:The ... WSJ.com: Health Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008059 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:11:59 +0100 3008059 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1825684&cid=t_336698_87_f&fid=34925&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbestyoucanbe.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fnpr-series-on-autism-hope-for-fragile-x.html Public radio has been running a series on cognitive disorders. You can read summaries and listen to audio on the npr web site. I assembled this list by visiting a few and checking out related links. It covers most of the programs over the past two years, the more recent ones are first. Drugs Hint At Potential Reversal Of Autism (see below) An Autistic Student's Journey To College Confronting 'That Autism Thing' Autism: Helping Children Connect How To Avoid Being Bankrupted By Autism Why Can't Doctors Diagnose Autism? Autism Chronicles: Single With An Autistic Child Finding Support For Autism Autistic and Proud: A Movement Takes Hold Autism: The Unlikely New Campaign Issue Pediatrician: What Parents Should Know About Autism A Mother Inspired, Not Defeated, by Autism ... Be the Best You can Be blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825684 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:26:00 +0100 1825684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1363756&cid=t_336698_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Ffrom-extreme-to-mainstream.html This paper establishes that "home schooling is a thriving educational movement both in Canada and the United States, [and] that the academic and socialization outcomes for the average home schooled child are superior to those experienced by the average public school student." (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1363756 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:07:00 +0100 1363756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1282242&cid=t_336698_130_f&fid=34938&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FEvidenceInMotion%2F%7E3%2F246524426%2Fhow-productive.html This paper published in the mose recent issue of PTJ is a really nice barometer on the state of scholarly activity in PT academic programs in the US. The message is not surprising, primarily we still have a long ways to go. We can tell all sorts of stories about why and why not, but the bottom line is that a very small number of programs are generating the overwhelming majority of scholary activity, with plenty of programs (roughly 50%!!!) doing next to nothing. We must do better, and the only way it will happen is to see consolidation or elimination of lower tier programs, expansion of the better ones, or creation of new and innovative mega programs. It's simple math, economies of scale, and environment. As long as we continue to train students "red hat society" s... MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1282242 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:00:51 +0100 1282242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1103733&cid=t_336698_122_f&fid=36506&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainSciencePodcastBlog%2F%7E3%2F202504571%2F Yesterday I was notified by Daniel Isaacson, Executive Director of the non-profit Science Education Research website that the Brain Science Podcast has been added to their main link page. In his email he said, “We appreciate the quality of your interviews and choice of guests.” I hope you will go to their website to check out the other links and resources. (Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell) the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1103733 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:32:37 +0100 1103733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1064934&cid=t_336698_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F193976614%2Fhigher_education_shifts_brainp.html How much college tuition did you spend to expand your mind and increase your chances? If costs came out of your own pocket ... you'd be interested to know how pillars of pedagogy stand under new scrutiny. Simply put, new questions are being asked with the brain in mind, and answers are turning headsRecent research affirms troubling news that college classes can create mental decline in later years. The research also seems to support that fact that lectures clearly work again the human brain.If college degrees seemed a no-brainer … and if higher education promised a bonus in business … you may wish to take another look.Research now suggests that college actually tends to trigger mental decline when people comes to fumbling for words and ideas later... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064934 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:25:11 +0100 1064934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1021285&cid=t_336698_130_f&fid=34938&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FEvidenceInMotion%2F%7E3%2F183752235%2Febp-education-a.html Active learning can take a variety of forms. Add a few students, a little humor and creativity to the mix and you just never know what might happen.  After all, what does the reality TV show "The Bachelor" have to do with clinical decision making and physical therapy?  Take a look:          Now, this just wasn't all about coming up with something novel to enhance learning and for physical therapist students at Texas State University students to "get into it"  No  indeed.  One of the motivating factors was that our students saw the video the Regis students posted related to the manipulation CPR and wanted to step-up it up a notch. Hats off the students who took this thing on their own and ran with it and made it thei... MyPhysicalTherapySpace.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1021285 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:53:32 +0100 1021285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651892&cid=t_336698_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fundergrad-research.html There's been some interesting blogosphere chatter (summarized here) on a recent Science article on the benefits of undergraduate research, based on a survey that included responses from 15,000ish undergrad and grad students, postdocs, and faculty. Jake already posted some nice bits on this, and there's been some pretty thorough analyses of the nuances and considerations in undergrad research, so I'll limit my post to my personal highlights, and some superficial encouragement for a hugely important topic:...UROs [undergraduate research opportunities] increase understanding, confidence, and awareness. Most (88%) of the respondentsto the NSF followup survey reported that their understanding of how to conduct a research project increased a fair amount or a great deal, 83% said their confidence... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651892 Tue, 01 May 2007 13:30:00 +0100 651892