“Perhaps we see it in negative terms, but, ultimately, it is positive”

Colour : How We See It and How We Use It

I Know It When I See It: The Challenges of Addressing Corruption in Health Systems; Comment on “We Need to Talk About Corruption in Health Systems”

In this commentary, I argue that corruption in health systems is a critical and legitimate area for research in order to strengthen health policy goals. This rationale is based partly on citizen demand for more accountable and transparent health systems, along with the fact that the poor and vulnerable suffer the most from the presence of corruption in health systems. W...

Describing a group in positive terms reduces prejudice less effectively than describing it in positive and negative terms☆

Reports Describing a group in positive terms reduces prejudice less effectively than describing it in positive and negative terms ☆ a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o In a series of five experiments, we demonstrate that exposure to information related to an out-group's hetero-geneity reduces prejudice more effectively than exposure to only positive characteristics of the out-group. We expose...

Sufficient Competence to Enter the Unsupervised Practice of Orthopaedics: What Is It, When Does It Occur, and Do We Know It When We See It? AOA Critical Issues.

The goal of residency programs is to provide an educational venue with graduated responsibility and increasing levels of independence as preparation for entering the unsupervised practice of medicine. Surgical programs are required to both cultivate and convey skills pursuant to three fundamental domains: a sufficient fund of knowledge, technical competence in surgical procedures, and a degree ...

Effective evaluation of residency education: how do we know it when we see it?

Evaluation of medical education is a very complex and challenging process. The Supreme Court of the United States, in trying to define when free speech becomes pornography, noted simply that when you see it, you will know it. The proverbial blind men trying to define the elephant defined the pachyderm by describing the individual parts, without being able to se the whole picture. Miller, in his...