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Housemanship in Malaysia – problems with the glut (II)
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A couple of interesting blogposts which give a perspective on what is happening “on the ground”.
Firstly there’s Malaysia: Too many doctors, too few hospitals by a medical student in Indonesia, and then there’s Disowned which gives a physician’s view point.
Jimbo sums it up succinctly:
And then last week, the department started the shift system for house officers – basically now, medical house officers work in 2 shifts per day. I am not too clear about the way it works but I believe those who work 3 night shifts would be given the 4th day off being starting the day shift. It’s the ‘knee...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - September 9, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - Featured site - Nation - Palmdoc - training Housemanship MOH Source Type: blogs
Event: 8th Annual Capitol Hill Event and Global Night for HopeEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’m pleased to announce that Psych Central is sponsoring this year’s 8th Annual Capitol Hill Event and Global Night for Hope, an event to shed light on the tragedy of active duty military and veterans suicides.
We’re joining the IMAlive team, Kristin Brooks Hope Center (founders of 1-800-SUICIDE), iFred, Post Secret, invited Congressmen, Senators and Press, along with Veteran Service Organizations on the lawn of the US Capitol to bring attention to this issue, as military suicides continue to climb.
This year’s event focuses on Veterans and Active Duty Military. The event features a keynote speech by Co...
Source: World of Psychology - September 2, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Military Policy and Advocacy Aviation training Colonel David Colonel George Issue Time Keynote Speech Kristin Brooks Hope Center Lt Colonel Marble Tower Marine Aviation Source Type: blogs
Are You A Life Coach, Or Do You Want To Be A Life Coach?Email this article to a colleague.
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If you’re not a Life Coach and you have no intention of ever becoming a Life Coach this post is not for you and normal service will be resumed next time. Sorry for any inconvenience! Since I first became certified as a Life Coach in 2005 I’ve always really enjoyed working with other Life Coaches. To date I’m guessing I’ve worked with close on 50 other coaches and I’ve loved every minute of it. Continue reading...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - September 1, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching co-active coaching life coach training Source Type: blogs
Best Post of April 2011: CAP Neuropathology Education CD-ROM is now SAM-eligible!Email this article to a colleague.
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The next in our "Best of the Month" series is from April 6, 2011:For those of you who are scrambling to get neuropathology Self-Assessment Module (SAM) continuing medical education credits, the College of American Pathologists (CAP) now has an answer. If you attained your neuropathology board certification after 2006, every two years you must submit to the American Board of Pathology proof that you have obtained 20 SAM-eligible continuing medical education credits. If you subscribe to the CAP Neuropathology Education product, which provides you with two 5-credit SAM modules per year, you've got your requirement covered. Th...
Source: neuropathology blog - August 25, 2011 Category: Pathologists Tags: education and training Best of the Month series Source Type: blogs
Liberating the NHS: Developing the healthcare workforce – A summary of consultation responsesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Liberating the NHS: Developing the healthcare workforce – A summary of consultation responses
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The Skinny: Summarises responses received to the Government’s consultation, Liberating the NHS: Developing the healthcare workforce.
Publisher: DH
Published: 18/08/11
Size: 59p.
Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Consultations, Education, Grey Literature, Training
Source: Fade Library - August 19, 2011 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Ooops Missed Category! Consultations Education Grey Literature training Source Type: blogs
Evaluation of learning resources for end of life care in Extra Care Settings: Executive SummaryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Evaluation of learning resources for end of life care in Extra Care Settings: Executive Summary
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The Skinny: Summarises experiences from the use of learning resources developed to support end of life care in an “extra care” setting.
Publisher: The University of York, Centre for Housing Policy
Published: 13/07/11
Size: 6p.
Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Behavioural sciences, Education, End of Life Care, Grey Literature, Medical Treatment, Palliative Care, Terminal illness, Training
Source: Fade Library - August 15, 2011 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: western4uk Tags: Ooops Missed Category! Behavioural sciences Education End of Life Care Grey Literature Medical Treatment Palliative Care Terminal illness training Source Type: blogs
Housemanship in Malaysia – problems with the glutEmail this article to a colleague.
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The shortage of doctors in Malaysia was a problem of the past, unfortunately addressed not by stemming resignations but by instead churning out medical graduates from the over 20 medical schools in this relatively small country, not counting those returning from overseas medical schools.
It’s now a case of A doctor Too Many as many have predicted for some time now.
The Health Minister claims there will be “adequate training” for housemen but one can only doubt how true the situation is on the ground where some units may have more than 40 housemen and so few patients per houseman and so few calls.
The next...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - August 7, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - Nation - Palmdoc - training Source Type: blogs
Exit Interviews Before They ExitEmail this article to a colleague.
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Exit interviews are done when an employee is leaving the organization. The intent of the interview is for the employer to gather data for improving working conditions and retaining employees. Theoretically, I understand why one would want to do exit interview. But I don’t understand why one would wait until the employee is leaving to ask their opinion. Seems to me that at that point, it is too late.
Asking employees exit interview type questions while employees are working at your practice can also be a good tool to gather employees’ feedback on their work experience in and effort to improve working conditions and reta...
Source: Pediatric Inc - August 7, 2011 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Practice Management training Leadership Business Exit interview Human resources Human capital Interview Advice Employee Relations Employment Source Type: blogs
New Program At USF Health Hopes To Mold More Empathetic PhysiciansEmail this article to a colleague.
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Can we teach empathy to the next generation of physicians? The University of South Florida Health thinks so and they’re putting it on the line this week with the launch of the SELECT program, a new curriculum intended to “put empathy, communication and creativity back into doctoring.”
The SELECT (Scholarly Excellence. Leadership Experiences. Collaborative Training.) program will offer 19 select students unique training in leadership development as well as the scholarly tools needed to become physician leaders and catalysts for change. During their first week on campus, instead of the old-style medical school tradit...
Source: Better Health - August 1, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Bryan Vartabedian, M.D. Tags: News Opinion Collaborative training Doctor Patient Relationship Doctors Empathetic Doctors Empathy Health 2.0 Hospitals Leadership Experiences Med School curriculum Medical School Scholarly Excellence SELECT Program Teleos Lead Source Type: blogs
The Purdue OWL: APA StyleEmail this article to a colleague.
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URL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/APA Overview and Workshop
This workshop provides an overview of APA (American Psychological Association) style and where to find help with different APA resources. It provides an annotated list of links to all of our APA materials and an APA overview. It is an excellent place to start to learn about APA format.
For: Anyone, Students, Students, TeachersTopics: Academia, Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Life, Mental Health, OCR Level-A Psychology, Social Psychology, Teaching Psychology, Academia, Writ...
Source: PsychSplash - July 28, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Academia Articles Databases Dictionary Editor's Pick Features For Information Multimedia Students Teachers Topics training Writing e-learning Source Type: blogs
Study: Meditation is Like Having an OrgasmEmail this article to a colleague.
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Remember all those times you tried to meditate? Sitting cross-legged on the floor with one eye on the clock, trying unsuccessfully to stop your mind from repeating that song you heard on the way home (“Don’t hate me ‘cuz I’m beautiful…”). Even a few minutes of this can feel like sheer torture. People who meditate regularly swear by its tranquil effects, but if you’re not one of them, the latest research tidbit may reignite your interest in trying: Orgasm and meditation create the same effect in our brains.
No, that doesn’t mean you’re going to get all hot and bothered d...
Source: Healthbolt - July 14, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL meditation brain training orgasm sex Source Type: blogs
How To Be A Good Doctor: 10 Rules Of The RoadEmail this article to a colleague.
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He sat in a crisp white coat, staring at a computer screen, note cards in his lap. Occasionally, I noted him jot a note to himself as he compiled his list. A nurse sat next to him, pounding feverishly on the keyboard as she recorded her nurse’s note. He tentatively moved his mouse, then clicked, still staring.
I recall my first day in clinical medicine: no computer, an ER rotation, a white board filled with names and abbreviated medical problems next to them with little magnetic color-coded labels nearby. Room 1: Head trauma. Room 2: Abscess. Room 3: UTI, Room 4: Rash.
I got room 2. It was the biggest, bad-est infected s...
Source: Better Health - July 1, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: DrWes Tags: Health Tips Opinion Advice How To Be A Good Doctor How To Behave Interns Medicine Physicians In training Rules Of The Road Teaching Tips For Doctors Source Type: blogs
Brain Training to Enhance Performance, both post-Traumatic Brain Injury and for the workplaceEmail this article to a colleague.
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A couple of very interesting recent announcements show (in a military context) how well-targeted brain training can complement and augment existing approaches, both to help “normal” and “clinical” populations, in ways that silo-based, rear-mirror thinking often misses:
U.S. Department of Defense Awards $2 Million to Brain Plasticity Inc. to Study Impact of Brain Training for Traumatic Brain Injuries (press release):
“Brain Plasticity Inc. (BPI), a technology incubator dedicated to the discovery and development of novel technologies that harness the basic principles of brain plasticity to improve the lives of peop...
Source: SharpBrains - June 23, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Brain Fitness Industry attention Brain-Plasticity brain-trainer Brain-training cognitive-function Cognitive-impairment cognitive-performance Cognitive-training Cognitive-training-Technology Decision-making Department of Defense enh Source Type: blogs
Education for Primary Care 2011 (Vol 22 No 3)Email this article to a colleague.
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This article looks at the role of patient involvement in the education of health professionals including the drivers of patient involvement, learning outcomes and the patients’ experience of teaching.
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Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Expert Patients, Medical Education, Patient Knowledge, Professional Development, Training Needs
Source: Fade Library - June 22, 2011 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: mevlux Tags: Current Awareness Journals Expert Patients Medical Education Patient Knowledge Professional Development training Needs Source Type: blogs
Lumos Labs raises $32.5m: Largest Cognitive/ Brain Fitness Investment so farEmail this article to a colleague.
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Lumos Labs, the company behind lumosity.com, has raised $32.5 million dollars in a Series C round from Menlo Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Harrison Metal and Norwest Venture Partners.
In our 2010 market report Lumos Labs came up as one of the category Leaders given its market and research momentum (not easy for a startup to get clear momentum in either of those dimensions, much less in both of them), so our congratulations to them for now adding such investment traction.
This is the largest round of funding so far in the cognitive fitness space so far, and should contribute to the maturity of the field as well as to more in...
Source: SharpBrains - June 16, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Brain Fitness Industry brain-fitness-program Brain-health brain-performance cognitive-fitness Cognitive-training FirstMark-Capital Harrison Metal lumos-labs Lumosity lumosity.com Marbles:-The-Brain-Store Menlo Ventures Norwest-Ve Source Type: blogs
Can Providers Cope With EMR Security Challenges?Email this article to a colleague.
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Boy, back in the good old days, protecting patient data was comparatively easy. All you had to do was make sure that nobody got their hands on a patient’s paper chart who shouldn’t be looking at it.
After all, simple stuff like locking file rooms and making sure charts never get left in a public place are pretty easy to understand. Sure, paper records get stolen or rifled through now and then — no system is perfect — but putting processes in place to prevent unauthorized chart access isn’t that complicated.
On the other hand, introducing electronic medical records – plus e-prescribing,...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 15, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Katherine Rourke Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR EMR Security EMR Technology Healthcare HealthCare IT HIPAA General HIPAA training Medical Privacy EHR Security Electronic Health Records Electronic Medical Records Source Type: blogs
Study: Working memory training can improve fluid intelligenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Very interesting new study on computerized cognitive training (or brain training), well summarized in LA Times article Memory training improves intelligence in some children, report says. Quote:
The training program used by Jaeggi and co-workers focused on ramping up working memory: the ability to hold in mind a handful of information bits briefly, and to update them as needed. Cognitive scientists consider working memory a key component of intelligence. But they have long debated whether strengthening short-term memory capacity will boost a person’s overall intellectual function, and will do so even after the brain-tra...
Source: SharpBrains - June 14, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Brain Fitness Industry Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Brain-training Cognitive-training Computerized-cognitive-training information-overload intelligence Martin-Buschkuehl math overflowing-brain Susanne-Jaeggi Source Type: blogs
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URL: http://askjan.org/The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is the leading source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues. Working toward practical solutions that benefit both employer and employee, JAN helps people with disabilities enhance their employability, and shows employers how to capitalize on the value and talent that people with disabilities add to the workplace.
For: Anyone, Consumers, Researchers, Anyone, ConsumersTopics: Abnormal, Attachment, Behaviour Management, Foundation Website, Personality disorders, Relationships, Sexual Assault, Aspergers,...
Source: PsychSplash - June 13, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Anyone Aspergers Autism Bipolar Careers Chronic Disease Collaborative News Consumers Features For Foundation Website Group Management Mental Health Social Support Topics training Source Type: blogs
Lexicomp Training Sessions: June 21-22Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: SHR Medical Library - June 10, 2011 Category: Medical Librarians Tags: training lexicomp Source Type: blogs
Downsizing the Department of LaborEmail this article to a colleague.
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By Tad DeHavenThe Department of Labor has been added to Cato’s Downsizing Government website. Proposed spending cuts are $143 billion.
The following essays examine the department’s activities:
Failures of Unemployment Insurance. The UI system is costly to taxpayers and creates numerous economic distortions. Federal involvement should be ended and the states left free to design their own systems.
Employment and Training Programs. Federal programs for unemployed workers have never worked very well, are relatively little used, and are unneeded in today’s economy because private markets provide many alternatives...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 9, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Tad DeHaven Tags: Tax and Budget Policy Department of Labor downsizing employment and training individual freedom Trade Adjustment Assistance unemployed workers unemployment insurance union security Source Type: blogs
Tips for medical students becoming housemenEmail this article to a colleague.
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OK so you’ve passed the finals and are on the way to actually becoming a doctor. Welcome to the real world where the school of hospital hard knocks can bring you close to break point. Well, maybe not as bad as years ago now that there’s a glut of HOs but still it’s a tough job especially in busy hospitals.
Elizabeth Breuer writes a nice article in Kevin MD on Tips for medical students entering intern year
Summary of the points she brings up:
1. You might have been a good medical student but you now know essentially nothing.
2. Accept the fact that you will (do) dumb things and you might hear about it.
3. ...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - June 8, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - Featured site - Palmdoc - training Source Type: blogs
May Update: Brain Training in Mental Health Toolkits for Prevention and RehabilitationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The use of a variety of brain training interventions is growing in the area of mental health. Emerging evidence suggests that in the near future targeted brain training may even be used to prevent substance abuse. For example, training working memory may reduce substance abusers’ discounting of long-term rewards and punishments — such discounting is one of the reasons why people susceptible to addictions do not benefit from traditional informational/ educational approaches to drug prevention.
Let’s explore some expanding applications of brain training, and much more, in this latest edition of the monthly SharpBra...
Source: SharpBrains - May 31, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Brain Teasers Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Monthly eNewsletter aerobic-exercise brain training interventions Brain-Fitness Brain-training cognitive remediation laugh Source Type: blogs
Research byte: Oral language programs may help reading comprehension deficitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - May 28, 2011 Category: Neurologists Tags: Gc IQs Reading interventions training Grw newtag Source Type: blogs
Brain Training as a New Treatment for AddictionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Substance abuse can have dramatic consequences on the brain and behavior. The traditional way of preventing drug abuse is often education. Awareness programs do work with people who can picture long-term repercussions of abusing drugs. Other people, most often those vulnerable to addictions, do not benefit from such programs. It seems that they tend to devalue both rewards and punishments that will happen in the future, a behavior known as delay discounting. This leads them to opt for immediate rewards, such as those provided by drugs, and ignore future consequences.
Would it be possible then to train the brain of these pe...
Source: SharpBrains - May 26, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Pascale Michelon Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Brain-training delay-discounting drug-abuse substance-abuse Working-memory working-memory-training Source Type: blogs
The Brain Grows With Practice…and Then Shrinks Back to Normal.Email this article to a colleague.
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If you practice biceps curls at the gym, you will get bigger muscles that are also stronger. So far, the same seemed true for the brain. Thanks to neuroplasticity, practice triggers neuronal and synaptic growth (i.e., brain volume growth), which correlates with better performance. In this fascinating Scientific American article we learn that as the brain masters a new skill, some brain areas do get bigger but eventually shrink back to normal! The performance gain acquired through practice stays present, in spite of the shrinkage.
Studying the auditory cortex of rats, they found that the expansion of a ‘skill-specific’ ...
Source: SharpBrains - May 24, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Pascale Michelon Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Brain-training brain-volume-growth Neurogenesis neuroplasticity perceptual-skills Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 020Email this article to a colleague.
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The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care.
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 24, 2011 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Blog News Education Emergency Medicine Health Intensive Care LITFL review Reviews DKA FAST 1 Medical Travel Abroad Simulation training Weaning mechanical ventilation Source Type: blogs
ADHD: Brain Training, Neurofeedback, Diet, and More.Email this article to a colleague.
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ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, affects millions of children and adults (up to 5% of children in the US). More and more evidence suggests that brain training may be key to help these individuals. With this in mind, we put together our most recent articles on the topic to a) help you better understand what is going in the brain of a person with ADHD, and b) provide you with up-to-date information on what can be done to fight the disorder and improve the lives of people suffering from it. We particularly thank Dr. Rabiner from Duke University for writing many of these articles.
What is ADHD?
What...
Source: SharpBrains - May 20, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Pascale Michelon Tags: Attention and ADD/ADHD Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness add/-adhd ADHD-brain-training ADHD-diet ADHD-medication ADHD-meditation ADHD-neurofeedback ADHD-physical-exercise ADHD-research ADHD-Trea Source Type: blogs
Research bytes: What works for struggling readers--A best-evidence synthesisEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article reviews research on the achievement outcomes of alternative approaches for struggling readers ages 5–10 (US grades K-5): One-to-one tutoring, small-group tutorials, classroom instructional process approaches, and computer-assisted instruction. Study inclusion criteria included use of randomized or well-matched control groups, study duration of at least 12 weeks, and use of valid measures independent of treatments. A total of 97 studies met these criteria. The review concludes that one-to-one tutoring is very effective in improving reading performance. Tutoring models that focus on phonics obtain much better ...
Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - May 18, 2011 Category: Neurologists Tags: dyslexia training intervention reading Grw Source Type: blogs
Gastroenterologists Need More Training To Be Competent With ColonoscopiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Much more practice is needed than gastroenterological professional societies currently recommend, concluded Mayo Clinic researchers in Rochester, Minn.
Current recommendations are that 140 procedures should be done before attempting to assess competency, but with no set recommendations on how to assess it, wrote the author of the research. But it takes an average of 275 procedures for a gastroenterology fellow to reach minimal cognitive and motor competency.
Now, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is rewriting its colonoscopy training guidelines to reflect the need for more procedures and emphasize the use...
Source: Better Health - May 13, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: RyanDuBosar Tags: News Research Colonoscopy Competency Gastroenterology Mayo Clinic Medical Education More training Procedures Source Type: blogs
Playing Music as a Protection Against DementiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article explores another relationship between music and dementia: playing a musical instrument, even as an amateur, may protect the brain later on against dementia-related damages.
Researchers had 70 people ages 60 to 83 perform a variety of tests to measure visuospatial memory, ability to name objects, the brain’s ability to adapt to new information […] those who had engaged in musical activity for 10 years or longer scored substantially better than those with no musical activity in their past.
the longer people play instruments, the more benefits they may derive.
All were amateurs who had started playing when th...
Source: SharpBrains - May 13, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Pascale Michelon Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Alzheimers-Prevention dementia music-protects-the-brain music-training playing-music playing-musical-instrument Source Type: blogs
Do You Look Good In A Bathing Suit? Dr. Val Offers Summer Fitness Tips To ABC NewsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The weather is heating up, and soon most of us will be back in shorts and t-shirts… and worrying about looking good in our dreaded bathing suits. I had the opportunity to offer some evidence-based weight loss and fitness tips to ABC News in Washington, DC. You can view the clip or read my summary below:
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Source: Better Health - May 11, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Dr. Val Jones Tags: Health Tips Video ABC News Aerobic Capacity Bathing Suit Season Bathing Suits Cellulite Dr. Val Jones Exercise fat loss Featured Fitness Interval training Running Sports Psychology Summer Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Brain Training and Schizophrenia: How to Boost Social Cognitive SkillsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Individuals suffering from schizophrenia show social cognitive deficits, that is difficulties in perceiving and understanding the social world. Research shows that schizophrenia is accompanied by social cognition problems such as problems identifying facial expressions, understanding and responding to social cues (e.g., body language), understanding that others have different mental states and thoughts than oneself (also called Theory of mind). These deficits are usually persistent over time and resist pharmacological treatment. Interestingly, social cognition may be trainable. This recent article reviews the research and ...
Source: SharpBrains - May 9, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Pascale Michelon Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Brain-training Cognitive-training schizophrenia schizophrenia-rehabilitation social-cognitive-deficits theory-of-mind Source Type: blogs
Wiki in Resident EducationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Recently updated the external web page for our residency training for psychiatry. It’s in Dutch and still rather dull. There’s also a website for residents of psychiatry on the intra net. It’s even duller. Mostly outdated documents. Wouldn’t a Wiki be an alternative instead for a static web page?
Advantages of a Wiki
It can combine several heterogeneous systems such as documents, files, videos etc. etc.
Editing can be delegated to the participants in this case residents in training
Information can be updated easily by the different participants instead of one editor
A disadvantage could be imprope...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - May 9, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Education residency education residency training Wiki Source Type: blogs
Helping doctors adapt to EMRsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Much ink has been spilled discussing why physicians are resistant to adopting EMRs.
The thing is, it’s really no mystery. Researchers have arrived at what seem like sensible answers to the question, including a) problems changing their work habits, b) fear of the unknown and c) struggles with kludgy interfaces.
So, why not take these problems on directly? While we can’t get inside clinicians’ heads and tell them how to think, we can address their issues concretely.
If the anecdotes I hear are accurate, many are pushed into EMR use and forced to do all the adapting, rather than getting the help they need...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 8, 2011 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Katherine Rourke Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR EMR Consultant EMR Consulting Healthcare HealthCare IT EMR Adoption EMR training Physician EMR Adoption Source Type: blogs
How an EMR can help doctors to become more productiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Managing time is a major issue for all professionals in today’s fast paced world. This is even more so for many doctors, especially those who work at multiple locations: Clinics, Hospitals and Medical centers. Workshops on effective time management are regularly organized at different financial and IT firms to help hard working professionals.Physicians have a slightly bigger problem. Their schedules are majorly dependent on set appointments with patients. While they do have other areas of concern, the majority of their daily schedules are built around patient appointments. What complicates this for a consulting doctor is...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - May 8, 2011 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Management Business Getting Things Done Personal organizer Time management Education and training Time Tracking accounting Source Type: blogs
Chemo Brain and Brain TrainingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Chemo brain or chemo fog refers to the cognitive changes that can occur during and after chemotherapy. These changes may translate into memory lapses, motor problems, difficulty finding words and problems managing multiple tasks and learning new things. Although the causes of the phenomenon are still under debate, it is nonetheless a real problem, affecting 20% to 30% of breast cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy. This New York Time article reports that chemo brain effects may be longer lasting than originally thought.
“Chemo brain,” the foggy thinking and forgetfulness that cancer patients often complain about af...
Source: SharpBrains - May 5, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. Pascale Michelon Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Brain-training cancer-survivors chemo-brain chemo-fog chemotherapy Source Type: blogs
Gym Rant: Respect the Weight Training Line, Please Don't Cut ItEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today’s Gym Rant is less of a rant and more of an amused observation. You know the circuit weight training line at the gym? The one where there are nine or so circuit weight training machines arranged in a particular order that target specific major body parts? It’s one of my favorite things to participate in at the gym. The idea here is to get in as efficient a muscle-building workout as possible in the shortest amount of time. During off-peak hours, you can use the circuit weight training line however you please. (Stay on a machine as long as you like; skip two machines in a row; only use the arm machines, et...
Source: Healthbolt - May 5, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Christine Egan Tags: emotional health MOVE building muscle circuit weight training gym etiquette humor Source Type: blogs
Improving intelligence via nutrient-based pharmacology (Stough et al 2011)Email this article to a colleague.
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Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) - May 2, 2011 Category: Neurologists Tags: general intelligence training intervention Source Type: blogs
How to improve memoryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Neuropsychologists have studied memory for a long time. We have a clear system of memory classification involving declarative memory which includes episodic memory (memory for events) and semantic memory (memory for facts) and non declarative memory which includes more implicit systems such as procedural memory, classical conditioning and priming. The neurological substrates of this system are understood. Numerous case studies of individuals with brain injury and memory disturbance have been reported. The whole enterprise is best summarised by one of the leading researchers Larry Squire in this excellent paper Me...
Source: Child Neuropsychology - May 2, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Jonathan Tags: brain training memory neuroscience rehabiliatation Source Type: blogs
Death Threats For Hospital Pecking-Order ViolationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The consultants didn’t always need to know what was happening on the floor. But sometimes keeping things away from them became downright clandestine.
I was a senior registrar at Kalafong (hell). An old friend of mine had just taken up a post as consultant in the department of Internal Medicine. One day he approached me.
“Bongi, what are the chances you can do the occasional open lung biopsy for me?” Now there was no thoracic department in Kalafong so it seemed to me to be a reasonable request. In fact I was quite excited. It would give me a chance to do a few thoracotomies, something us general surgeons...
Source: Better Health - April 29, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Bongi Tags: True Stories Attendings Breaking Rank Disobeying Orders Internal Medicine Kalafong Lung Biopsy Pecking Order Physicians In training Residents South Africa Thoracic Surgery Thoracotomy Source Type: blogs
March/ April Update: Brain Health Status Quo No Longer An OptionEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article by Greater Good Magazine discusses how meditating can increase the density of gray matter in brain regions associated with memory, stress, and empathy.
The Benefits of a One-Time Cognitive Training Program: They last but wane over time as shown in the 3-month follow-up results of the IMPACT study.
Can Direct Brain Stimulation Boost Performance? The answer seems to be yes, according to three studies using different types of electrical/magnetic brain stimulation.
How the Brain of a Blind Person Rewires Itself: The brain areas devoted to vision in people with eye sight turn...
Source: SharpBrains - April 29, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain Teasers Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness Monthly eNewsletter blind-people brain-development Cognitive-training direct-brain-stimulation driver-safety driving-stroke longevity meditation Source Type: blogs
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URL: http://www.premier.net/~gero/contents.html“building a bridge between the past and the future…”
Geropsychology Central helps those who are concerned with helping older persons and their families maintain well-being, overcome problems, and achieve maximum potential during later life stages. This site involves people who have particular knowledge, skill, training and experience related to the aging process, and in dealing with older persons and the special issues that affect them.
For: Anyone, ConsumersTopics: Behaviour Management, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Fitness, Cognitive Training, Comm...
Source: PsychSplash - April 25, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Anyone Articles Behaviour Management Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Cognitive Fitness Cognitive training Collaborative News Common Factors Consumers Depression Features For General Psychology Health Promotion Health Psychology H Source Type: blogs
7 Key Lessons from the 2011 SharpBrains Summit: Retooling Brain Health for the 21st CenturyEmail this article to a colleague.
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SharpBrains served a highly thought-provoking and informative 2011 Virtual Summit on Retooling Brain Health for the 21st Century over 3 days, March 30th — April 1st. Here is a brief distillation of the large number (40+) of presentations.
1.The range and variety of presentations left no room for doubt that the digital brain health market is concerned with much more than improving cognitive performance and preventing/treating disease. There is a need for many tools in each of the following categories: computerized assessment for myriad cognitive, psychological and neurological concerns; data analysis and recommendation sy...
Source: SharpBrains - April 21, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Luc P. Beaudoin Tags: Brain Fitness Industry Cognitive Neuroscience artificial intelligence Baycrest brain wellness platforms Brain-health brain-wellness Club-One cognitive-performance Cognitive-training computer science digital brain health driving saf Source Type: blogs
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Introducing ED.EXAM: a free online forum and collection of resources for emergency medicine trainees studying for the ACEM Part 2 exams.
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 18, 2011 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Australia Education Emergency Medicine FACEM II Featured andy buck ED.EXAM new zealand registrar trainee training Source Type: blogs
Nutty Goddesses in DD GreenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Forget libido boosting, Testosterone, or Growth Hormone promoting herbs, power bars, and high-tech memory boosters: The single best supplement for a guys’ or girls’ diet could be two cheeks full of nuts! (you can start the jokes now) As far as I can tell, there are health nuts, nuts who love health, and then there a whole bunch of people who either vote for, or love people who are nuts!
Two Cheeks Full News: A new research study demonstrates that naturally occurring antioxidants in pecans may help contribute to heart health and disease prevention. Apparently eating all those bowls of nuts on...
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