Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to…
There’s an interesting “debate” going on the current issue (vol 365 no 9463) of The Lancet regarding the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Foundation). The editors ask if Bill Gates is “a 21st century Robin Hood”, pointing to how he has given away over $28 billion USD to date. With an endowment…
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Anatomy of an academic article
I came across this comic from the “Piled Higher and Deeper” comic strip about grad students (www.phdcomics.com). Couldn’t help but get a chuckle out of it.
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Extending in the classroom
The most recent session of the “Teaching in Higher Education” course was about electronic tools in the classroom. There was a demonstration from Resource Centre for Academic Teaching (University of Toronto). On a purely technical note, this presentation could have been done in 15 minutes – the guy spoke way too slowly and belaboured each…
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Resistance is futile
It would seem that JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association) is starting to take an interest in ehealth/health informatics topics. The current issue has several articles on use of computers in practice by physicians. I haven’t had a chance to read the articles yet, but are the titles about computers: Role of Computerized…
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Equity and eHealth
In yesterday’s class (Teaching in Higher Education), Dr. Rona Abramovitch lectured on the topic of discussion was “equity issues in teaching and the academy”. Without getting into too much detail, the overall point of the lecture was to create a more inclusive classroom by trying to accomodate different cultural, social, economic, religious, gender, racial,…. backgrounds.…
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Stretches for the desk-jockey
When at my desk, I often find that my posture is very bad, resulting in preventable muscle strain. Actually, what I find is that after years of sitting in front of a computer, I’ve lost much of my flexiblity. The Faculty of Physical Education at University of Toronto released a series stretches for people spending…
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Publication #1 – update
Ok, so it’s official. Here is the link to the article “What is eHealth (3): A systematic review of published definitions” (http://www.jmir.org/2005/1/e1/). Many thanks to my co-authors/friends/mentors (Carlos, Murray, and Alex). Okay – first one’s down, and now it’s time to focus on getting several others out there this year. It’s weird, but I thought…
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Can you see me now?
Looks like real-time telemedicine is starting to become a reality. Use of camera-phones for health-related purposes may change how we interact with the health care system. You can read the article from CNN.com titled “Camera phones may make a doctor’s house calls“.
Got any book recommendations?