(EBME) [corrected] is an attitude of mind that entails the creation of a culture in which teachers think critically about what they are doing, look at the best evidence available and on this basis, make decisions about their teaching practice, and subsequently, undertake the necessary revision and change. More medical schools have opened in Saudi Arabia in the last few years than have existed o...

Coaching is the art and science of facilitating self-directed change. It requires helping a person think through a situation with greater depth and clarity than they could do on their own and assist them in discovering their own solutions. In previous columns we’ve presented multiple tools and techniques for achieving this objective. Employing these techniques in a real-time coaching encounter,...

In recent years, Taiji has been frequently investigated and considered as a stress management intervention. Although health care providers' appraisals and consumers' expectations are regarded as essential for treatment outcome, little attention has been drawn to this issue in Taiji research. In our study we have conducted two surveys to explore beginners' (n = 74) expectations and teachers' (n ...

Over the last 4 decades, a wide range of energy healing modalities and spiritual disciplines have surfaced in Western society. As health maintenance and therapeutic modalities, energy healing and mind-body techniques are widely recognized as essential tools of contemporary integrative medicine. While still outside the realm of mainstream allopathic medicine, many individuals in North America an...

Abstract This paper traces the conception of “guarding One” ( shou yi 守一 ), an equivalent to “one-practice samādhi ” from East Mountain Teaching dong shan fa men 東山法門 ) in early Chan Buddhism, back Zhuangzi 《莊子》 . “Guarding and “nurturing shen yang 養神 appear frequently context Daoist spiritual training for longevity. In medieval Chinese with influence discourse karma theory India, concept 神 gen...

The Chinese-English bilingual teaching in the circuit course is an important approach to foster innovational talents for the electronic industry in the new century. In this article, we analyze the background, applicability and feasibility of bilingual teaching in the course of circuit and the difficulties facing in the process of implementation. We explore various approaches and methods to over...