hen Ernest Hendon died in January 2004 at the age of 96, a closure finally came to the uskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis (TSUS) of 932 to 1972. Mr. Hendon, who was the last surivor of the TSUS, made the above remark shortly efore his death, describing why he participated in research project that nowadays—just a few deades later—is not even conceivable. Mr. Hendon’s ecent death occasions a ret...

User stories are a widespread instrument for representing requirements. They describe small user-oriented parts of the system and guide the daily work of developers. Often however, user stories are too coarse, so that misunderstandings or dependencies remain unforeseeable. Granularity of user stories needs to be investigated more, but at the same time is a hard-to-grasp concept. This paper inve...

3.10. Respirations 7? per minute. 3.13. Respirations 7 per minute. 3.15. About "01 grain of dried cobra-poison dissolved in ? cub. centim. of water was injected into the vein of dog's leg. Immediately the animal became very restless, and tried in vain to vomit. Respirations 7 per minute. 3.21. Constant retching, but no vomiting. Respirations 7. 3.23. About 02 grain more was injected. 3 27. Cons...

OBJECTIVES Curriculum reform poses significant challenges for medical schools across the globe. Understanding the medical educator's personal and lived experience of curriculum change is paramount. This paper illustrates the use of narrative inquiry as a means of exploring the author's own evolving professional identity as a medical educator engaged in planning and leading curriculum reform and...