Climate change: global health threat
Climate change is the greatest global health threat of the 21st century, and students have an important role, say two recently released reports.
Fourteen important players lend their names to this letter to students on climate change and health inequity, including the editors of the BMJ and the Lancet and the president of the Royal College of Physicians
Transient ischaemic attack
This is a sudden onset focal neurological deficit that resolves completely within 24 hours. Read this BMJ article on what a doctor should cover in a 10 minute consultation.
Patients’ health literacy
Better health literacy is a means to tackle health inequalities. Although the term “health literacy” has been around since 1974, its meaning has evolved: it now means much more …
Spicing up medical education
Six cornerstones in teaching medical students today. The acronym SPICES refers to six main concepts in medical education—student centred teaching, problem based learning, an in …
News in brief: July 2009
Researchers in Britain have developed a “conscientiousness index” to help medical schools identify students with wayward professional attitudes. The system, developed at Durham …
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