Not long ago, the idea of making education the focus of an academic career in neurology would have been heretical. Many of us were taught that to be an academic neurologist, anything less than a triple threat—a master clinician, teacher, and researcher—was unacceptable. For a variety of reasons, the triple threat is no longer maintained as a universal ideal, and academic neurologists whose focu...

here is a difference between the background required of a practitioner or researcher in a scientific field and an educator thereof. While the work of the former requires extensive knowledge and skills in the field itself, the latter must have the additional ability to convey this knowledge to others correctly and reliably, to teach the said skills, to provide perspective, and to infuse the stud...

This article summarizes the current challenges faced by radiology educators. These are discussed under the headings of time available for education, financing education, what and how to teach, student evaluation, support infrastructure, and challenges to leadership.

The purpose of this study was to provide a profile of the public health education workforce in North Carolina. A survey was administered to all practicing health educators at local health departments (LHDs) in North Carolina. The study specifically attempted to answer four questions: (1) Who functions as health educators in LHDs in North Carolina? (2) What is the educational background and prof...

Much of the United States is urbanizing, increasing importance developing Extension programs geared toward urban audiences. There has been an interest in agriculture (UA) recent years as outgrowth “local food” movement. The COVID-19 pandemic increased awareness food system resilience, which can play a role. Developing specifically targeted to farming clientele bolster Cooperative Extension’s ro...