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Taking Advantage of the Teachable Moment: A Review of Learner-Centered Clinical Teaching Models

When working in a chaotic Emergency Department (ED) with competing priorities, clinical teaching may be sacrificed for the sake of patient flow and throughput. An organized, efficient approach to clinical teaching helps focus teaching on what the learner needs at that moment, incorporates regular feedback, keeps the department on track, and prevents over-teaching. Effective clinical teaching in...

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WITH THE establishment of an assembly for Wales and a parliament for Scotland, the If possibility to lever change in health W W policy has been increased significantly. A great opportunity - but it also places a huge responsibility on the current generation of nurses and midwives. The way we respond in the early years of the parliament and the assembly will be the inheritance that those who fol...

Molecules on a string

Over recent decades, atomic and molecular physics has blossomed, with much of the work springing from new techniques to translationally manipulate—especially to slow and trap—gaseous atoms and molecules. The ensuing study of slow (cold) atoms and molecules has led researchers into uncharted territories—not just of atomic and molecular physics, but of physics and even chemistry at large. Achievi...

P2: Neocortex and Memory

The human prefrontal cortex differs from all other mammals: the seat of complex cognition, abstract thinking, planning and future forecasting, and behavioral inhibition. Using our prefrontal cortex is a significant energy drain on the body, so despite its impressive capabilities, it’s daily capacity is limited. Some researchers estimate a mere 2-3 hours per day of activity depletes the pr...

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