Matsuki N, Takeda M, Yamano M, Imai Y, Ishikawa T, Yamaguchi T. Effects of unique biomedical education programs for engineers: REDEEM and ESTEEM projects. Adv Physiol Educ 33: 91–97, 2009; doi:10.1152/advan.90120.2008.—Current engineering applications in the medical arena are extremely progressive. However, it is rather difficult for medical doctors and engineers to discuss issues because they ...

It’s a pleasure to write a commentary that has as its basis a study which examines the impact of reflection on learning. As one considers the evolution of our understanding of reflection and its place in health professions education, several observations emerge. Educators have understood reflection as a key element of learning for decades, dating at least back to John Dewey [1]. However, its pl...

With the passing of the presidential campaign of 1988, the American public and the Bush administration have come to the realization that the country has major problems. The agenda for addressing these problems will be set during the first few months of 1989. Will the Bush administration or Congress set the agenda for the coming year? This question will be addressed as we watch the play of perso...

Current advanced degree and research training programs no longer attract adequate numbers of students. The present system of dental education severely limits the appeal of these programs due to overcrowded curricula and clinical components that operate in an environment segregated from the academic/research enterprise. To make research-oriented education/training programs more accessible and in...

In Japan, the population of elderly individuals (those sixty-five years of age and older) will increase to over 30 percent of the total population by 2030. The elderly commonly have chronic diseases that result in individuals being biologically and pharmacologically compromised. Dentists must have a reliable knowledge of basic clinical medicine for these individuals to be safely and effectively...

Robin Stacy,†,‡ Wayne F. Anderson, and Peter J. Myler*,†,‡,⊥ †Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 307 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States ‡Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease, 307 Westlake Ave North, Suite 500, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Northwestern Unive...

Ying Chang,* Laila Al-Alwan,* Severine Audusseau, Fazila Chouiali, Juna Carlevaro-Fita, Yoichiro Iwakura, Carolyn J. Baglole, David H. Eidelman, and Qutayba Hamid Meakins-Christie Laboratories and Respiratory Division, McGill University Health Centre and Department of Medicine McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Center for Translational Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Inform...

In this paper, a MATLAB-based graphical user interface (GUI) software tool for general biomedical signal processing and analysis of functional neuroimaging data is introduced. Specifically, electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocardiography (ECG) signals can be processed and analyzed by the developed tool, which incorporates commonly used temporal and frequency analysis methods. In addition t...

Recent trends in biomedical technologies have been associated with increasing discussion about ethical aspects of the new knowledge in many societies, including the Islamic Republic of Iran. Medical ethics has a long history in our country, and great Iranian physicians laid special emphasis on teaching and practising traditional ethics. In recent decades, great strides have been made in biomedi...

1Cancer Metabolism Research Group, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2Immunometabolism Research Group, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil 3Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil 4Laboratory of Experimental I...