Another call to increase STEM education

Another Call to Cure Hepatitis B

Because curing chronic hepatitis B is not yet possible, reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) occurs and is most commonly recognized in the setting of immunosuppression [1]. In this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Collins et al give us another setting to monitor for HBV reactivation—curing hepatitis C with directacting antiviral agents (DAAs) in HBV/ hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection...

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REVIEW OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN CALL Teacher Education in CALL

The use of technology has become increasingly important in language teaching and learning. The successful use of technology, however, requires that language teachers have the necessary technical competence and pedagogical knowledge. The volume Teacher Education in CALL, edited by Philip Hubbard and Mike Levy, appears at a critical time when the issue of how to prepare current and future languag...

Medical education reimagined: a call to action.

The authors propose a new model for medical education based on the "flipped classroom" design. In this model, students would access brief (~10 minute) online videos to learn new concepts on their own time. The content could be viewed by the students as many times as necessary to master the knowledge in preparation for classroom time facilitated by expert faculty leading dynamic, interactive ses...

Call for infection control to stem MERS.