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Qualitative and Quantitative Primary Nursing Research

Qualitative and Quantitative Primary Nursing Research
 

9 Websites That Solve Dumb English Grammar Mistakes Instantly

9 Websites That Solve Dumb English Grammar Mistakes Instantly

Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week

Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week

Why biomedical superstars are signing on with Google

Why biomedical superstars are signing on with Google

Tech firm’s ambitious goals and abundant resources attract life scientists.

Alzheimer’s disease tied to brain’s navigation network

Alzheimer’s disease tied to brain’s navigation network 

http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2015/10/alzheimer-s-disease-tied-brain-s-navigation-network

Drug Engineered From Banana Protein Could Help Fight Against AIDS, Hepatitis C, And Flu : LIFE : Tech Times

Drug Engineered From Banana Protein Could Help Fight Against AIDS, Hepatitis C, And Flu : LIFE : Tech Times

Researching a Research Paper Quickly and Effectively

http://www.instructables.com/id/Researching-a-Research-Paper-Quickly-and-Effective/

The Internet in Real-Time

The Internet in Real-Time

Dr. Google should be sued for malpractice.

Dr. Google should be sued for malpractice. Here's why.

 

When Bystanders Give CPR Right Away, Lives Are Saved, Study Shows: MedlinePlus

When Bystanders Give CPR Right Away, Lives Are Saved, Study Shows: MedlinePlus
Starting rescue efforts for victims of cardiac arrest before ambulance arrives boosts survival
 

33 Websites That Will Make You a Genius

33 Websites That Will Make You a Genius

The web is increasingly becoming a powerful resource that can easily help you learn something new everyday. These awesome sites are just what you need.

 

 

NLM Digitizes Unique Early English Books, Allowing Free Online Access

NLM also announces a three-year cooperation with the University of St. Andrews to identify the rarest European materials in the NLM’s historical collections
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) announces the release through its Digital Collections of nearly 200 items uniquely held by the NLM and printed in the English-speaking world from 1552 to 1800.

‘Pill on a string’ could help spot early signs of cancer of the gullet

‘Pill on a string’ could help spot early signs of cancer of the gullet

Regular consumption of sugary drinks associated with type 2 diabetes

Regular consumption of sugary drinks associated with type 2 diabetes

What determines researchers’ scientific impact? A case study of Quebec researchers

1. Seyed Reza Mirnezami¹,
2. Catherine Beaudry¹,* and
3. Vincent Larivière²

Doctoring is an act of love

Doctoring is an act of love

Jordan Grumet, MD | Physician | July 21, 2015

As I have said before, when done correctly,  doctoring is an act of love.

It is founded on the most basic of human interactions, intimacy.  Patients open their doors and closets revealing a treasure trove of brutal humanity.  Physicians dedicate themselves to healing, to upholding a sacred covenant born of tears and blood.  It is a partnership, a carefully rehearsed choreography.

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/07/doctoring-is-an-act-of-love.html

U-M reopens medical library without books

U-M reopens medical library without books - South Bend Tribune: Education

Elsevier Patient Engagement

Elsevier Launches Health Library to Accelerate Patient Education, Engagement and Outcomes via Direct Access to Trusted Content. Read More

Open or shut?

A new breed of academics is emerging in the digital age. They are the researchers and teachers who freely share their knowledge and studies online. They are circumventing traditional approaches and discovering new ways of sharing their work. They are the open scholars. Read More

DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, hits a major milestone - reaching 10 million daily queries.

DuckDuckGo announced they hit a milestone yesterday, surpassing the 10 million daily query mark on June 22, 2015.
DuckDuckGo saw 10,218,617 queries on June 22nd alone. The company gives credit to that surge in users based on them being a privacy focused search engine. Gabriel Weinberg wrote, “we’re proud to be helping so many people take back their privacy.”
 

 

 

Free reference manager and PDF organizer ^ Mendeley

Easily organize your papers, read & annotate your PDFs, collaborate in private or open groups, and securely access your research from everywhere.
 

The 37 Best Websites To Learn Something New

http://bluesyemre.com/2015/07/11/the-37-best-websites-to-learn-something-new/

So Much for Evidence Based Medicine - Drug Makers Fake the Evidence

Sacramento, CA - You don’t have to look very far to get head-bangingly upset about the current state of medical and scientific research. Pfizer (maybe) hid evidence that Zoloft use by pregnant women caused heart defects in babies. GlaxoSmithKlein paid $3 billion in fines for a) generating a fake journal article saying Paxil was safe for kids b) paying doctors lavish speaker fees and using sham advisory boards to promote Wellbutrin for off-label use and c) failing to report that Avandia, a diabetes drug, could potentially cause heart problems. Merck, for its part, is currently being accused of lying about the efficacy of its mumps vaccine in order to maintain its market monopoly on the drug. Read More

How universities are using data to stop students dropping out

As universities accept students from increasingly diverse backgrounds, institutions are finding new ways to target support effectively.
“With a shrinking demographic, these institutions are competing for students and if they keep doing what they’ve always done, they’ll get the same results,” says Cailean Hargrave, head of education at education technology consultancy Portal Read More.

5 Things We Know About College Students in 2014

Everybody wants to know what college students are thinking, especially educators and marketers. What do they like? What are they like?

The surveyors at Student Monitor, a market-research firm, are among those trying to peel back the layers on the minds that so many people invest so much in courting. The firm’s latest research, based on interviews with 1,200 full-time students at four-year institutions, confirms some stereotypes while defying others.

TEACH Cards | UW Family Medicine and Community Health

TEACH Cards (Teaching Evidence-based medicine And Clinical topics in the Hospital) is an inpatient educational tool created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Family Medicine Residency Program in 2013. TEACH Cards allows for efficient 5-10 minute teaching sessions on busy inpatient medicine services and promotes two curricular goals: to enhance core clinical knowledge and to improve patient-centered evidence-based medicine skills. There are 50 different cards, each covering a different clinical topic. Topics were selected from the AAFP Recommended Curricular Guidelines for Family Practice Residents for Care of the Critically Ill Adult.

In a nutshell…evidence based medicine

What is evidence based medicine (EBM)?
Handoll and Smith [1] define EBM as “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients” (p.251).
Read More

Omnio | The Innovative Medical App

Omnio | The Innovative Medical App

omnio.com

 a medical app customized for my professional clinical needs. Available for iOS and Android

	Merck Manual   Omnio includes a free copy of the world’s best selling medical textbook.   Browse Merck Manual »
	Symptom checker   Enter your patient’s symptoms and get a list of matching conditions and diagnoses

Associated Press Videos Will Be Soon displayed in EBSCO Search Result List

If you are a subscriber to at least one of the databases listed here, you will soon receive high-interest video content from the Associated Press. When you search in EBSCOhost®, EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) and Explora™, a carousel of AP videos related to your search terms may display in the result list. Containing footage from 1930 to the present and updated monthly, this collection of approximately 60,000 videos covers a variety of topics studied in schools and colleges. Users can find videos about current and historical events; famous people including political leaders, celebrities and athletes; as well as videos related to art, music, literature, science and technology.
http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=7577

How patients can use Internet research when seeing a doctor

How patients can use Internet research when seeing a doctor

Here are some tips and considerations to make your research-infused visit more like the best case.

 

What do we do when antibiotics don’t work any more?

What do we do when antibiotics don’t work any more? https://lnkd.in/evXVZUG
Penicillin changed everything. Infections that had previously killed were suddenly quickly curable. Yet as Maryn McKenna shares in this sobering talk, we've squandered the advantages afforded us by...

Doctors share their personal stories of grief after this heartbreaking image goes viral

Doctors share their personal stories of grief after this heartbreaking image goes viral 

'Patients will come and go - we will save a lot of them, but some we cannot save.'

An image apparently of an emergency room doctor crying after losing a patient has prompted an outpouring of sympathetic stories from medical professionals.

The image, taken from the Facebook page of an emergency medical technician and posted on the website Reddit, went viral, receiving over 4000 ‘upvotes’.

Preventing low-volume hospitals from performing certain surgeries

I was incredibly impressed by the announcement that three top U.S. health systems — Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and the University of Michigan Health System — will be enforcing standards that prevent low-volume hospitals from performing certain surgeries.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/06/preventing-low-volume-hospitals-from-performing-certain-surgeries.html

Mobile Phones in the Classroom: Examining the Effects of Texting, Twitter, and Message Content on Student Learning - Communication Education -

Mobile Phones in the Classroom: Examining the Effects of Texting, Twitter, and Message Content on Student Learning - Communication Education -

Want to enhance medical education? Use spaced repetition.

We’ve all heard it said that learning medicine is like drinking from a firehose. Yet many students and schools don’t use one of the most effective study techniques available to them. Spaced repetition is a powerful, evidence-based study technique that can enhance learning and long-term retention of medical knowledge. Medical students and schools could both benefit from understanding and using spaced repetition to produce more knowledgeable and better-informed doctors.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/06/want-to-enhance-medical-education-use-spaced-repetition.html

The top 10 lies of doctors

The top 10 lies of doctors
Starla Fitch, MD| Physician

 

I’ve been a doctor for more than 20 years, and I hate to break it to you, but it’s time I came clean: We lie.

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/05/the-top-10-lies-of-doctors.html

 

Six proposals for EBM’s future

BMJ Blogs: BMJ Clinical Evidence Blog​ : Six proposals for EBM’s future

          

by Paul Glasziou Gordon Guyatt coined the term ‘Evidence-based Medicine’ (EBM) over 20 years ago, and it has had a remarkable global influence.

 

http://blogs.bmj.com/ce/2015/03/27/six-proposals-for-ebms-future/

Evidence-Based Medicine and the Newly Trained Physician

 

 Evidence-Based Medicine and the Newly Trained Physician: A Relationship in the Works

 

Despite evidence-based medicine's role as an incredible advancement in the history of medical care and patient management, there remains many challenges that young clinicians must face when attempting to implement EBM into their respective practices.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-secemsky/evidencebased-medicine-and-the-newly-trained-physician_b_7309544.html?ir=Healthy+Living

 

The danger to online health seekers

According to the Pew Internet Project, 72 percent of US internet users look up health-related information online. But an astonishing number of the pages we visit to learn about private health concerns—confidentially, we assume—are tracking our queries, sending the sensitive data to third party corporations, even shipping the information directly to the same brokers who monitor our credit scores. It’s happening for profit, for an “improved user experience,” and because developers have flocked to “free” plugins and tools provided by data-vacuuming companies.

http://worldofdtcmarketing.com/the-danger-to-online-health-seekers/focus-on-patients/attachment/inter-1/

 

Are Physicians Really Technology Averse?

Are Physicians Really Technology Averse?
From technologyadvice.com                            

The stereotype of the technology resistant physician has become all too common. We examine if it's true, with some surprising discoveries.

http://technologyadvice.com/medical/blog/are-physicians-technology-averse/

The top 10 edtech products preferred by students and teachers

Here’s a pop quiz for you. What do you get when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gets involved in the world of education technology? Well, a handy list of resources for starters. They recently unveiled a site called ‘Teachers Know Best‘ which features the results of a survey of teachers and students. They tried to identify the top 10 edtech products preferred by students and teachers. As you can see from the image below, there are some of the usual suspects (Khan Academy, Google Search, Edmodo) but the order of preference might actually surprise you. Or maybe not, really.

http://dailygenius.com/top-10-edtech-products-students-teachers/

10 Google Medical Innovations

10 Google Medical Innovations May Dramatically Improve Your Health - New York Observer
https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=observer

Open Access Library (OALib)

Open Access Library (OALib) consists of:

  • the Search Engine, based on a database with metadata of Open Access (OA) papers
  • the Journal with OALib Articles,
  • the Index with metadata entries of external OA journal articles,
  • the Repository with own OALib PrePrints as well as external preprints and postprints, all stored in one of the 322 OALib Disciplinary Repositories.
OALib is currently hosting links and metadata to more than 2,156,417 open access articles covering a wide range of academic disciplines. All full text articles from your search results are free to download.
OALib Journal is a scholarly, peer-reviewed, open access journal covering all subject areas in STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) as well as Social Sciences. The OALib Articles from the OALib Journal are stored in the Open Access Library (OALib).
http://www.oalib.com/

Free Access to 2,156,417 Academic Articles