Introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Hellman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
General Public ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Science Ethics ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Exponential Expansion ◽  
Education Science

This introduction to Learning While Caring is about education and learning both for the doctor and her or his patient: what has changed in the more than half-century of the author’s career and, perhaps more important, what has not and remains essential. Education of both an informed medical professional as well as an informed general public is necessary in order to properly consider the moral, political, and social consequences of the rapid increase in capabilities resulting from the molecular biological revolution and those wrought by semi-conductor exponential expansion of capacity and resulting capabilities. This introduction comprises the author’s remarks to beginning college undergraduates, college graduates, and medical graduates. They all emphasize the importance of critical thinking and the study of the humanities as well as a scientific education. Science, ethics, and politics can no longer be considered as separate and distinct, but rather are increasingly interdependent.

The essence of investing: experiential education with a student-run portfolio

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 530-547
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Tashjian
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Investment Funds ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Successful Model ◽  
Important People ◽  
Managed Portfolios

Purpose Many undergraduates major in business in hopes of being well-prepared for a career. However, Arum and Roksa (2010) find business students perform poorly relative to peers on measures of academic gains and employers report that few college graduates are well-prepared for business careers (Lumina Foundation, 2013). Experiential courses have the potential to engage students deeply and encourage critical thinking while developing important business skills. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper proposes several attributes of successful experiential courses and uses a student-managed portfolio as an example of a successful model. Findings Student-managed portfolios can improve educational and career outcomes for students. Practical implications Student-managed investment funds can provide a vehicle for teaching students research, critical thinking and writing skills while encouraging them to integrate knowledge from a broad range of business disciplines to understand a firm’s business model. Originality/value While experiential programs are touted as addressing these shortcomings, many academics remain skeptical of experiential programs which too often focus on showy trips, passively listening to important people or performing shallow analyses at the expense of developing a deep understanding of how to identify and solve complex problems. This paper offers some insight into important features of a successful experiential program.

Class, inequality and community development: editorial introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mae Shaw ◽  
Marjorie Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Class Inequality ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Detailed Explanation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

In contexts across the world, community development is being rediscovered as a cost-effective intervention for dealing with the social consequences of global economic restructuring that has taken place over the last half century. This chapter introduces the term ‘community development’ and its plurality of meanings, as well as introducing the ways in which community development can be used to address inequality. The authors pose that class should be central to an analysis of inequality and the ways in which it is framed by community development strategies. The chapter then goes on to give a more detailed explanation of the terms ‘class’ ‘inequality’ and ‘community development’ and how they interplay with one another. The chapter concludes by giving a description of the layout of the remainder of the book.

Factors affecting the risk of erroneous interpretation of online surgeon rating websites among the general population.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 121-121
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Weight ◽  
Brett Watson ◽  
Lucas Labine ◽  
Jacob Albersheim-Carter ◽  
Badrinath R. Konety
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Complication Rates ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Health Care Decisions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Lower Ranking ◽  
Make Health Care

121 Background: Several websites present estimated individual surgeon complication rates for surgeons in both the United States and Great Britain. Though some researchers have raised questions as to the validity and appropriateness of these publicly displayed outcome measures, there remains very little research into how the general public may interpret these data to make health care decisions. Methods: We invited attendees of the 2016 Minnesota State Fair who met entry criteria, (adults > 18 years old, English speakers who were able to use a tablet computer) to complete our survey. Demographic data was presented along with various screen shots from online surgeon rating websites. Patients were then asked to interpret these graphics and report complication rates. Some graphics displayed complications rates for one surgeon alone, while others compared multiple surgeons side-by-side. Results: 392 participants completed the survey from a broad geographic distribution from the upper Midwest (179 unique zip codes). Median age was 49 (Interquartile range 28-61), the female:male ratio was 3:2, 57% had completed a college or graduate degree and 85% were Caucasian vs. 15% ethnic minorities. The majority of participants (76%) were able to correctly estimate complication rates when a single surgeon and his or her complication rates were shown, but when respondents were asked to compare/rank multiple surgeons, respondents overestimated complication rates by 5-7 fold, on average, for the lower ranking surgeons and only 15% of respondents could correctly identify the complication rate of the lowest performing surgeon. College graduates and those with a graduate degree were more likely to correctly estimate complication rates compared to participants with less education (odds ratio 1.98 95% CI 1.04-3.75, p = 0.035). Conclusions: Online surgeon rating websites that compare and rank surgeons may lead the general public to drastically overestimate the risk of postoperative complications. These errors in estimating complication rates appear to be reduced amongst those who are college educated and when viewing single surgeon outcomes in the absence of a comparison.

scholarly journals Risk Communication

Communication ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Ruhrmann ◽  
Lars Guenther
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
General Public ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Industrial Accidents ◽  
The Media

Many natural disasters and industrial accidents are not unforeseen; in many cases, scientists and other experts have conducted analyses and communicated the potential risks in advance. When a disaster does occur, journalists and the media react immediately. Politicians and administrators, spurred by this media coverage, then begin to work to change laws and regulations. Finally, representatives from the business sector not only change production processes and products but also invest in new research and public relations: this is done to shape media coverage in the event of another accident or disaster and to inform the public and reach acceptance of risks and uncertainty. A theory of risk communication, however, is only beginning to develop. The term risk communication appeared for the first time in the mid-1980s, as an interdisciplinary field bringing together a wide array of disciplines: economics, sociology, psychology, and communication research (Jungermann, et al. 1988; Lundgreen and McKaien 2013, cited under Communication about Risks). Analyses dealing with risk communication describe and explain (1) what persons communicate in what ways about risks, (2) how the mass media covers risks, and (3) what influences the way the general public receives, understands, and uses risk-related information. Based in the United States and beginning in the late 1960s—and supported by several major industrial accidents (e.g., the Bhopal gas leak and the Chernobyl [see Chernousenko 1991] and the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdowns)—a scientific and political controversy was ignited. Key issues were (1) how experts perceive and assess risks; (2) how journalists, the media, and the general public perceive and evaluate risks based on expert opinion; and (3) if a dialogue between experts and non-experts would result in more acceptance toward the undesirable but inevitable consequences of risks. Risk communication research explores the general public’s concerns regarding important scientific findings, technological innovations, and their social consequences, as well as the skepticism of experts, journalists, and information recipients toward uncertain consequences of technological innovations. These forces can be seen both in media coverage about science and in public-relations materials. Risk communication research emphasizes that basic research and innovations are associated with risks but that these risks are necessary to increase wealth and knowledge.

Knowledge of peripheral artery disease: What do the public, healthcare practitioners, and trainees know?

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadeta M Bridgwood ◽  
Andrew TO Nickinson ◽  
John SM Houghton ◽  
Coral J Pepper ◽  
Rob D Sayers
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Disease ◽  
Peripheral Artery Disease ◽  
General Public ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Limb Ischaemia ◽  
Peripheral Artery ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Artery Disease

This systematic review evaluated the knowledge and awareness of peripheral artery disease (PAD) within the general public (including patients with peripheral vascular disease), nonspecialist healthcare professionals (nsHCP), and trainees (medical students and trainee doctors). Relevant articles were identified from electronic databases using key search terms: ‘peripheral artery disease’; ‘limb ischaemia’; ‘intermittent claudication’; ‘knowledge’; ‘understanding’; ‘public’; ‘medical professional’. The heterogeneous results were described narratively. A lack of knowledge and understanding of PAD (disease awareness) were identified in all groups. Among nsHCPs, factors which affect knowledge include the level of training, early clinical exposure and the presence of family members with cardiovascular/vascular disease. Within the general public, knowledge and awareness was improved if a family member/friend had a diagnosis, or following a patient-centred consultation with any HCP. Public campaigns are proven effective in improving disease knowledge/awareness in conditions such as stroke alongside sustained patient education. These may provide future avenues to improve PAD knowledge and awareness, in order to effectively manage risk factors and minimise delayed or missed diagnosis of PAD. (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42018117304)

scholarly journals Redesigning a General Education Science Course to Promote Critical Thinking

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. ar30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew P. Rowe ◽  
B. Marcus Gillespie ◽  
Kevin R. Harris ◽  
Steven D. Koether ◽  
Li-Jen Y. Shannon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
General Education ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
Logical Fallacies ◽  
Scientific Facts ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Scientific Ideas

Recent studies question the effectiveness of a traditional university curriculum in helping students improve their critical thinking and scientific literacy. We developed an introductory, general education (gen ed) science course to overcome both deficiencies. The course, titled Foundations of Science, differs from most gen ed science offerings in that it is interdisciplinary; emphasizes the nature of science along with, rather than primarily, the findings of science; incorporates case studies, such as the vaccine-autism controversy; teaches the basics of argumentation and logical fallacies; contrasts science with pseudoscience; and addresses psychological factors that might otherwise lead students to reject scientific ideas they find uncomfortable. Using a pretest versus posttest design, we show that students who completed the experimental course significantly improved their critical-thinking skills and were more willing to engage scientific theories the general public finds controversial (e.g., evolution), while students who completed a traditional gen ed science course did not. Our results demonstrate that a gen ed science course emphasizing the process and application of science rather than just scientific facts can lead to improved critical thinking and scientific literacy.

scholarly journals Career Accomplishments of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Medical Graduates: Classes 1980–2001

2015 ◽  
Vol 180 (suppl_4) ◽  
pp. 109-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Gilliland ◽  
Ting Dong ◽  
Anthony R. Artino ◽  
John E. McManigle ◽  
Aaron Saguil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Medical Professional ◽  
Board Certification ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Education Academic ◽  
Promotion Rates ◽  
E Mail

ABSTRACT Purpose: To report accomplishments of graduates of the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine who have left, retired, or are near the end of their uniformed career in several professional domains: military career milestones, medical professional education, academic landmarks, and leadership. Methods: This study utilized an earlier questionnaire that was modified to capture additional career landmarks and improve the clarity of several items. The modified survey was sent electronically to alumni who graduated from 1980–2001 in March, 2012. Results: The questionnaire was sent to 2,825 alumni for whom we had e-mail addresses. We estimate that we reached 2,400 alumni. A total of 1,189 alumni returned the questionnaire, yielding an estimated response rate of 50%. For this cohort, the board certification was 95%, over 20% obtained additional degrees, 92.8% had worked as a full-time physician, nearly two-thirds had deployed for combat, 13.9% had received the Legion of Merit, and 68.6% had published at least one peer-reviewed manuscript. Conclusion: Many accomplishments including board certification rates, deployment experience, academic and military leadership positions, military awards, promotion rates, and academic medicine contributions are indicators that USU is continuing to meet its unique mission.

A Study on Mental Health Status of the Freshman and Graduates of in Five Universities of Shanxi Province of China

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
B. Han ◽  
R. Tang ◽  
S. Zhao ◽  
M. Xu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Technological Universities ◽  
Liberal Arts Students

Aims:To study on mental health status of the freshman and graduates in five different universities.Methods:The 1022 freshman and 956 college graduates from five different universities were tested with the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90). They came from one was general university, two technological universities, one is medical university, one is agricultural university.Results:All of the freshman and college graduates’ mental health status is inferior to the contemporaries; there are about 8.5% freshman and 11.4% graduates who have psychological problems. the SCL-90 factor scores of liberal arts students are higher than those of the science in freshman and graduates. There is significant difference between two groups (P< 0.05~P< 0.01). among the five different universities, freshman is same, but in graduates of five different universities, medical graduates have a better mental health status than other college's students do.Conclusion:It is necessary that positive educating mental health status to college students’ and trained always-cheerful character and stable mood so level of mental health status of college freshman and graduates will be improved.

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