COVID-19, what we learn from experience?

One Semester of Occupational Therapy Passed Virtually: What Experiences Did We Learn from Covid-19?

One Semester of Occupational Therapy Passed Virtually: What Experiences Did We Learn from Covid-19?  Masoud Gharib 1, Seyed Ali Hosseini 2     1 Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational, Orthopedic Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2 Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran...

COVID-19 Pandemic: What Can the West Learn From the East?

Differences in public health approaches to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could largely explain substantial variations in epidemiological indicators (such as incidence and mortality) between the West and the East. COVID-19 revealed vulnerabilities of most western countries’ healthcare systems in their response to the ongoing public health crisi...

COVID-19 Control: Can Germany Learn From China?

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak started in China in December 2019 and has developed into a pandemic. Using mandatory large-scale public health interventions including a lockdown with locally varying intensity and duration, China has been successful in controlling the epidemic at an early stage. The epicentre of the pandemic has since shifted to Europe a...

Electronic cigarettes: what can we learn from the UK experience?

Although the sale, possession and use of nicotinecontaining e-cigarettes without a permit are illegal in Australia, the devices clearly have appeal to smokers and are increasingly popular. Current use of e-cigarettes increased from 0.6% to 6.6% in current and former smokers over a 3-year period from 2010 to 2013. The rate of responders reporting that they had “ever used e-cigarettes” in this po...

Numeracy education: what do we know and what can we learn from the literacy experience