Shouldn’t we all be clinical academics?

Should we all be vegetarians?

Good science? We should all be asking

Objectivity is a central tenet of the scientific process. That is, in order for science to be a successful tool for understanding the nature of reality it must be free from bias. This idea is so core to science that cases of explicit bias (e.g., data fabrication and false reporting of results) are both mystifying and sensational. In principle and (we hope) in practice, instances of bias can be ...

[Acute pneumonia - a theme we should all be studying].

1. MSc. Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (CCS/UFPE), Recife, PE, Brazil. 2. PhD. Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco (IMIP), Recife, PE, Brazil. The learned study by Sarria et al. which goes into the diagnosis of acute pneumonia (AP), in the current issue of our ever improving Jornal de Pediatria, is most welcome.1 This is a subject in which even the most exp...

Should we be giving enhanced vitamin D intakes to all?

It is widely established that vitamin D is critical for bone health. There is also an increasing body of evidence from observational studies that low levels of vitamin D are associated with a range of other disorders, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. People in temperate climates are often deficient in vitamin D, particularly in wintertime. The key question is whether there is suffic...

Should nurse academics engage in clinical practice?

The education of nurses has traditionally been conducted in the hospital based setting. This changed over the last few decades, with nursing education now being a tertiary based course in many countries. There were numerous reasons for this move, the main goal being to improve the educational experience of students and thus the competence of graduates. Nurse academics whose role is to educate s...