scholarly journals Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Montreal General Hospital 1960-1980

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.W. Baxter ◽  
J.G. Stratford
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Montreal General Hospital ◽  
Junior Staff ◽  
Short Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

Neurology and neurosurgery are among the most active disciplines at the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) today with impressive academic and neuroscientific profiles. This paper records an earlier period of activity when the feasibility of such research and clinical developments was only a dream.The history of neurology and neurosurgery at the MGH dates from the early days of this century – a story which is well-told by Preston Robb in “The Development of Neurology at McGill”. The level of clinical activities varied from decade to decade and from the 1930s was closely linked to the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI). An MGH Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery was established in the 1940s. Francis McNaughton was the first director and, on his move to become neurologist-in-chief at the MNI in 1951, he was succeeded by Harold Elliott, the neurosurgeon. Preston Robb was then the senior neurologist, assisted over variable periods of time by colleagues Norman Viner, Miller Fisher, William Tatlow, Bernard Graham, and David Howell. Dr. Robb reluctantly resigned in 1953 after having “met with the authorities to see if a basic research program could be developed. I was told that this was not possible, it was not in the tradition of the hospital, and research was the responsibility of the university.” For a short period in 1955 and 1956, JGS was a junior staff member in neurosurgery before joining Bill Feindel at the University of Saskatchewan. Despite these impressive hospital rosters, neurologists and neurosurgeons at the MGH were not full-time and the bulk of the academic and training activities of the McGill Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery continued at the MNI.

A New University Center of Surveying in Canada

1980 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. R. Blais ◽  
E. J. Krakiwsky
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
University Center ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

The establishment of a new surveying engineering program at The University of Calgary represents a major milestone in the history of the surveying profession in Canada. It is the first university surveying engineering center west of Ontario, and the establishment of the program required two decades of dedicated work by the profession in western Canada. This program includes an undergraduate component, graduate studies, research activities and continuing education. The Division of Surveying Engineering started in September, 1979, with two full-time professors, five sessional lecturers and 22 undergraduate students. Three additional full-time professors are joining the Division for the second semester, and about 10 graduate students have already applied for graduate programs. When fully operational, circa 1981, the Division of Surveying Engineering will have about 12 teaching members and will occupy 900 m2 of newly renovated floor space in The University of Calgary engineering complex.

THE MODERNIST MOMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, 1957–1977

2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM WHYTE
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Personal Connection ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Urban University ◽  
Architectural Patronage ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University

ABSTRACTBetween 1957 and 1977 the University of Leeds engaged in a massive programme of rebuilding. Employing the architects Chamberlin, Powell, and Bon, Leeds transformed itself – becoming, in the words of one commentator, ‘Our first contemporary urban university’. Previously ignored by historians, this development in the history of the university illustrates a number of important themes. In the first place, it exemplifies the significance of architecture in defining higher education. Secondly – and more particularly – it shows how both academics and architects hoped to use Brutalist architecture to express the modernity of the University of Leeds. Thus the decision to employ avant-garde designers in the late 1950s and the resolution to dismiss them twenty years later both came from the same modernizing impulse. Thirdly, it shows how personal connection secured architectural patronage in this period. The Development Plan also highlights the way in which architects of the British modern movement used universities as laboratories in which to experiment with ideas about community and proper urban design. The modernist moment at Leeds, then, can be seen as representative of wider trends in British building, not least because it lasted for such a short period of time.

scholarly journals Optometric education at Westville: past, present and future

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. Mashige
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Publication Output ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Student Enrolment ◽  
Doctoral Programmes ◽  
The University ◽  
Optometric Education ◽  
Indian Students ◽  
And Training

This article presents historical information, current activities and future plans with regards to optometric education at the Department of Optometry, Westville campus of the University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban. The Department, established in 1979 under the political dispensation of apartheid was intended to cater to the needs of Indian students but now admits students of all races. Also, it has been developing in every aspect of optometric education, staffing and facilities. The undergraduate optometric curriculum at the Department has expanded tremendously over the years and there are now master and doctoral programmes. The number of full-time academic staff has increased from four in 1980 to eleven in 2009. The undergraduate student enrolment has increased from twelve in 1980 to one hundred and sixty in 2009. Research activities and publication output have increased over the years. Community engagement activities have been expanded to meet the needs of the community. Also, physical and training facilities have improved over the years to meet the increasing number of students. The content of this article will be of interest to alumni, current and future students and staff of the Department as well as other stakeholders in the optometric profession and education.(S Afr Optom 2010 69(1) 14-20)

scholarly journals Juventude, formação, cultura e política: a experiência do curso de Residência Agrária jovem em Santa Catarina

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Fabiana Fátima Cherobin ◽  
Edilaine Aparecida Vieira ◽  
Vagner Luiz Kominkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Rural Workers ◽  
Artistic Training ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

The article presents a reflection about the experience of the Young Agrarian Residence course held in Santa Catarina. Its general objective is to understand the importance of training and schooling the youth linked to the MST. Based on the study and analysis of youth participation in the organization and struggles of the working class, with reference to research that addresses this theme, it has been shown that there are still few studies and research that address the youth of the field linked to the MST and that youth, as well as other rural workers, have experienced a long process of exclusion, which is reflected mainly in the absence of access to education, health and culture. Concerned with the training of young people, the MST has sought to make it possible through partnerships to carry out educational and training activities for the youth of the settlements and camps. The Youth Residency course provided young people with moments of political, cultural and artistic training, living in the university, exchanging experiences, understanding and experiencing the contradictions and limits of life in the MST settlements and camps, as well as making it possible to form youth and the strengthening of the Landless identity.

scholarly journals The Brady Medal

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Siveter
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Full Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
University College London ◽  
Quaker Schools ◽  
Adult Lives ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
The University

Abstract. In 2007 The Micropalaeontological Society commissioned and awarded the Brady Medal, the first medal in the history of the Society. This report records the various stages in that process. The inaugural recipient of the medal, Professor John Murray of the University of Southampton, was presented with the award at the Annual General Meeting of the Society, held at University College London on 7 November 2007.THE NAMEThere was no shortage of ‘possibles’ when TMS committee had the nice but tricky task of deciding the name of the medal. The final choice of the name met with strong approval by all at the Committee meeting on 14 March 2007, at which the criteria and mechanism for awarding the medal were also agreed. The medal is named in honour of George Stewardson Brady (1832–1921) and his younger brother Henry Bowman Brady (1835–1891), in recognition of their pioneering studies in micropalaeontology and natural history. Their father was a medical Doctor and they received their early education at Quaker schools in the northeast of England. George Brady went on to become Professor of Natural History at Newcastle College of Physical Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society, and is best known for his work on ostracods. Henry Brady made his way as a successful pharmacist before turning full time to the study of micro-organisms, especially foraminifera; he also received the accolade of FRS. Over their entire adult lives they published what are now deemed fundamental contributions to the then emerging . . .

scholarly journals Full-time education: A brief overview

2020 ◽  
pp. 33-51
Author(s):  
Kátia Gonçalves Dias
Keyword(s):  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Comprehensive Education ◽  
Integral Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Training

Integral education is an important part of the history of citizenship, therefore, of man, and, thus, it is a theme that has been deeply discussed and its concepts reworked over the years. This proposal aims to discuss and reflect, from a literature review, on the Full-Time Education Program. This is a bibliographic and descriptive study. It is hypothesized that in order for education to be, in fact, integral, only to increase the length of stay in school does not entail integral education. Considering this context, the article will deal with the paths taken by comprehensive education, focusing on this program. The fact that integral education, even today, even if it has become popular, is a challenge for the country, due to the lack of resources and training of teachers in most schools, which justifies the relevance of the study. Public policies on the theme will be presented and how this proposal has been consolidated in Brazil.

scholarly journals Liaison psychiatry for older adults in the general hospital: service activity, development and outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fedza Mujic ◽  
Ruth Cairns ◽  
Vivienne Mak ◽  
Clare Squire ◽  
Andrew Wells ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Case Load ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
Load Characteristics ◽  
And Training

Aims and methodThis study used data collected to describe the activity, case-load characteristics and outcome measures for all patients seen during a 6-year period.ResultsThe service reviewed 2153 patients over 6 years with referral rates and case-load characteristics comparable to those described in a previous study period. The team saw 82% of patients on the day they were referred. Data and outcome measures collected showed significant complexity in the cases seen and statistically significant improvement in Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) scores following service input.Clinical implicationsThe outcome measures used were limited, but the study supports the need for specialist liaison psychiatry for older adults (LPOA) services in the general hospital. The Framework of Outcome Measures – Liaison Psychiatry has now been introduced, but it remains unclear how valid this is in LPOA. It is of note that cost-effectiveness secondary to service input and training activities are not adequately monitored.Declaration of interestNone.

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