Teaching & Learning in Medicine, Research Methodology, Biostatistics: Show Me the Evidence (Part 1)

“Question everything… especially what you read. “ A 2009 quote from Dr. P,  PBL facilitator .One of the many tasks for first-year graduate students in clinical or research areas is building a healthy skepticism about what one reads in the medical literature. Ideally, as they progress through four years of medical education, students find that [...]

News: Today is Earth Day – Happy 40th Anniversary!

April 22 2010 is Earth Day Image Credit: Courtesy of NASA – The Blue Marble – All rights reserved – Copyright 2010 Today marks the 40th Anniversary Celebration of Earth Day ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  [...]

Public Health, Medically Underserved in Connecticut, UCHC Students, News: Migrant Health Workers Clinic

It’s a measure of how behind at work I am, that I missed posting the following article during Public Health Week (April 5-11 2010) and – yikes – also forgot that last week was officially National Library Week as declared by the American Library Association.  Sorry! This post describes a unique public service and community [...]

News, Healthy Communities: This is Public Health

Today – April 7 – is World Health Day in addition to National Public Health Week 2010 Image credit:  http://www.nphw.org/nphw10/home1.htm – All rights reserved – Copyright 2010 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ First, two items about international community health projects: “The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) [...]

The (Good) Friday Post #49: Easter Greetings, Volcanoes, Helen Mirren and A Nerd Test

Here’s the (Good) Friday Post #49 for Apr 2 2010 First:  Anyone want to take a stab at pronouncing the name of this city in Iceland, where a volcano erupted this week…  ?? Image credit/source:  http://www.youtube.com/user/AssociatedPress – All rights reserved – Copyright 2010 Hello! to those folks from Connecticut who are currently vacationing in Iceland.   [...]