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Health Council Canada Progress Report 2013

Health Council Canada Progress Report 2013 | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it

In Progress Report 2013: Health care renewal in Canada, the Health Council reports on the progress made by jurisdictions in five priority areas of the health accords:

access and wait times;primary health care reform and electronic health records;pharmaceuticals management;disease prevention, health promotion and public health; andAboriginal health
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Med Mnemonics

Get Med Mnemonics on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.
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VirtualRehab using kinect technology | Virtualrehab

VirtualRehab using kinect technology | Virtualrehab | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it

Telerehabilitation (telerehab) is the method of using new technologies to provide rehabilitation services at a distance. Through the appropriate application of technology, it is now possible to provide access to rehab services for clients who would otherwise be unable to receive them for reasons such as distance from a healthcare facility, lack of trained clinicians in a geographic area, or mobility impairments.


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Nigel Wynne's curator insight, May 17, 8:48 AM

Wow! Very impressive example of remote rehabilitation using Kinnect technology.

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Explanations: Top Ten Teaching Tips

Explanations: Top Ten Teaching Tips | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it

These are my top tips try to address different aspects of effective explanations – the what and the how of explanations – the content and the delivery. What is reassuring is that really effective explanations can be deconstructed and be based upon evidence of how memory works, rather than being simply attributed to the power of personality. Great explanations, like all aspects of great teaching, can be repeatedly honed and improved."


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Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief

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"Death is normal. We can all help each other with death, dying and bereavement" A group working to make Scotland a place where there is more openness about death, dying and bereavement. Resources and messages useful south of the border too!

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Tiny Tips - Altered Mental Status - BoringEM

Tiny Tips - Altered Mental Status - BoringEM | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it
BoringEM Tiny Tips outlines the IS IT MEAT mnemonic for altered mental status. It's a great approach to a presentation with a broad differential.
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Thinking Cinematically in Prezi

Thinking Cinematically in Prezi | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it

Editor’s note: Steve Wishman is a presentation designer at Prezi. Known for creating rich cinematic presentations for TED presenters and Silicon Valley leaders, engineers, startups, and more, Steve comes to Prezi with a lofty but simple goal: to create breathtaking visual stories that help change the world.  


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Alfredo Corell's curator insight, May 20, 12:05 PM

Think as a cameraman while designing your prezi presentations

Rosemary Tyrrell's curator insight, May 20, 2:07 PM

Some good insights in the article, but I can't say I'm crazy about the sample Prezis.

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Aquí hay un poco de ayuda para construir su cinematografía, lo que significa pensar como camarógrafo. Imagínese cómo una cámara se mueve a medida que avanza a través de su presentación y predecir la siguiente vista que verá su audiencia. Lo que tienes que hacer es plan de plan de plan hasta que su presentación se convierte en un arte de la performance.

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UWE Bristol researchers develop virtual consulting room to help doctors' spot early signs of cancer

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The tool was conceived by a research team from the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at UWE Bristol led by principal lecturer Simon Messer, and developed in collaboration with Avon Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Services (ASWCs) who commissioned the project as part of the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative.

The idea is that GPs can access GP Sim from their computer at a time that suits to fine tune their diagnostic skills.

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Starting Point depicts the effects of poverty on health

 

The Saskatoon Poverty Reduction Partnership, in conjunction with the Saskatoon Health Region, showed three short films, each portraying a different perspective on poverty in Saskatoon.

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10 rules on How to create great presentations

10 rules on How to create great presentations | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it
Follow these 10 rules to create professional presentations that will make a significant difference in traction and results. The Must Read ultimate guide to creating better engaging Presentations.
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Graphic Medicine | Exploring the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare.

Graphic Medicine | Exploring the interaction between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it
Graphic Medicine is the definitive blog in the realm of comics and medicine. Find comic reviews, articles, conferences, and our podcast.
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Graphic medicine: use of comics in medical education and patient care | BMJ

Graphic medicine: use of comics in medical education and patient care | BMJ | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it

We believe that graphic stories have an important role in patient care, medical education, and the social critique of the medical profession. What follows is an introduction to graphic stories, with some examples of what they are, how and why they work, and how they can enhance teaching and patient care.

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CULTURALCOMPETENCY IN END OFLIFE CARE IN THE ICU:WHAT STUDENTSLEARNED IN A PILOTCURRICULUMAmy Chi, MDElisabeth E. Bennett, PhDRebecca D. Blanchard, PhD
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Qcard - helping you remember

Qcard - helping you remember | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it
A mobile App desinged to improve the quality of life for those living with brain injuries. Qcard is the ultimate life managment app!
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and its Canadian!

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Making Care Mobile: Transforming Health Care Delivery Report

Expectations are high for mHealth from patients, providers and payers Significant differences in adoption among emerging /developed nations Consumers are ready to adopt mobile health faster than the health industry is ready to adapt Solutions, not technology, are the key to succes

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Serious Games Convey Alzheimer's Disease Pathology | SERIOUS GAMES MARKET

Serious Games Convey Alzheimer's Disease Pathology | SERIOUS GAMES MARKET | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it

Cascade is a game set in a brain under the siege of Alzheimer’s disease. The brain cells are involved in a microscopic war of epic proportions and you have the power to stabilize them.

In the game, you explore interconnected worlds in an infinite universe. A malevolent force that surrounds you is closing in, extinguishing everything in a Cascade of annihilation. You are the last frontier against this Devastation, save as many worlds as you can before there is nothing left to save and all is lost to memory.


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Alex Wade's curator insight, May 13, 7:22 AM

Within an aging population, Alzheimer's Disease is becoming a major political and policy consideration.  This game allows us to see the damage of this debilitating condition at a micro level and encourages the player to understand that while it can be fought it can't be beaten . . . yet.

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Resources for Small Group Facilitators

Multiple resources including team teaching in small groups from Dr. Steve Davis, Uof Ohio Med School

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Overview | Teaching Star | Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Overview | Teaching Star | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it

Albert Einstein College of Medicine values the critical role which residents, graduate students, fellows, nurses, midwives, community members and other allied health professionals play in the education of our medical students. This portal provides important resources to develop and enhance their teaching and assessment skills when working with medical students and other learners in a variety of settings.

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Visual Practice

Visual Practice | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it
As a closet doodler most of my life I was enthralled to learn that note taking through drawing is not only a practice but an evidence-based accepted practice filled with amazing people working in t...
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oPortfolio - The Open ePortfolio Alternative For Medics

We're going to change all that! We're making oPortfolio - the open portfolio that medics want. It'll be free for the NHS to use, open-source, fast, modern, feature-rich, portable and interoperable between deaneries.

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The Expert Skills Program at Texas Tech

he Expert Skills Program (ESP) at Texas Tech was implemented in March, 2012, as a free access professional skill development opportunity for all interested students regardless of their institution.  The ESP is named to reflect the broad goal of acquiring expert skills in areas ranging from clinical reasoning, patient examination, and communication to the fine motor skills employed in clinical procedures.  We have been able to initiate skill development prior to formal clinical training by matching the steps used in clinical skills to the steps involved in higher order thinking skills.
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Patient Blogging Could Offer Host of Benefits

According to a 2011 report by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, of the 74% of American adults using the Internet, 34% have read someone else's commentary or experience about health or medical issues on an online news group, website or blog. Meanwhile, about 13% of patients blog about their diagnosis or experience.

 
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Promoting the “Sex Talk” Between Doctors and Patients

Promoting the “Sex Talk” Between Doctors and Patients | Medical Education Canada | Scoop.it
Editor’s note: A recent post on The Doctor’s Tablet concerning the communication gulf between patient and doctor about sexual activity generated a lot of interest. Why is it so difficult for doctors and patients to discuss the topic openly?
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Everybody Has a Story

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Nashville artists join Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital to bring the poems that child patients write to a larger audience.

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Music in the Operating Room

Music matters in the OR. Its a way to get your mind and body ready to do some act that you have to do at a very high and intense level. Research supports tha...
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