They are never too young to develop research skills

Formal Methods: Never Too Young to Start

In many countries around the world, there is a crisis in the teaching of mathematics and computer science. Governments have tried to address the problem by investing in computers in schools; when they should have invested in teaching computer science in schools. Formal methods bridge the boundary between computing and mathematics in a natural way. Through our experience of teaching algorithmic ...

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Are you too young?

At a time when the value of performing aortic valve replacement surgery on elderly patients with aortic stenosis (AS) was being questioned, we reported our findings of a formal decision analysis entitled “You’re Never Too Old” (1) that revealed survival benefit of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in symptomatic elderly AS patients. SAVR is currently widely accepted as a treatment of oth...

Research skills of Queensland Health podiatrists: how do they rate and are they improving?

Methods The Research Capacity & Culture (RCC) survey was distributed to all Queensland Health podiatrists in January 2011 (n=58) and January 2012 (n=60). The RCC is a validated tool designed to measure indicators of research skill in health professionals. Participants rate skill levels against each individual, team and organisation statement on a 10-point scale (1=lowest, 10=highest). Chi-squar...

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