Barrow – Poem

Life: A Poem

A critical care holiday poem.

Autophagy: research topic, painting, poem, dance

E ffective teachers do no simply present information for students to learn by rote for a good grade. Rather, they provide an environment in which students can engage with course material and both learn and interpret it for their own interest and goals. With this in mind, I have spent a considerable amount of time developing an active learning format for my introductory biology course, including...

The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial.

This is a landmark study. In 2002, the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) concluded that, in patients with ruptured aneurysms amenable to either surgical clipping or endo-vascular coil embolization, coil treatment was associated with a better functional outcome at 1 year. 4 Publication of the ISAT results has radically changed treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms around th...

Avicenna's Medical Didactic Poem: Urjuzehtebbi.

Historical research shows that many physicians experienced in medical sciences are also talented in art, literature and poetry. Avicenna was a sage who was skilled in poetry in addition to philosophy and medicine. He wrote two different types of poetry: those meant to be enjoyed for their literary qualities of novelty and imagination, and his didactic Urjuzeh. Didactic poems are different from ...