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Should I go to a F2F meeting with a head cold?

Higher Education Whisperer

Employers are now encouraging their staff to return to work, unless they have a medical certificate. Organizers of seminars, and conferences, are discontinuing the online/ I have been vaccinated for COVID-19 and flu, so I should be okay, but what about those around me?

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Promoting a learning community through peer feedback

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

We interviewed medical students who were practising practical skills in the hospital, and used their answers to understand what affects their decisions about learning with other students. Neill Storrar Dr Neill Storrar is a haematologist in NHS Lothian who undertook this work as part of a 2 year Clinical Fellowship in Medical Education.

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Study: 'Disruptive' science is on the decline

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The same was true for chemical, computer and communications, drugs and medical, electrical and electronic, and mechanical patents. Papers in life sciences and biomedicine, for instance, had an index of about 0.5 in 1950, compared to under 0.1 Papers in the physical sciences, social sciences and technology saw similar declines.

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Meet the Syllabus: engaging in current research

Teaching Matters Student Employment

So, the course took something of the form of a research seminar, although as we note below, it was not exactly the same. To add to the workload, we organised further events – seminars, lectures and, in one case, a book launch – around the visits. This is how the course differed from an ordinary research seminar.

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Study Abroad Hidden Gems in Summer 2023

AIFS Abroad

Lectures and seminars will be supplemented by movement and voice workshops, scene rehearsals, question and answer sessions with Company members, clothing and music demonstrations and combat workshops. The general aim of the course is to extend students’ abilities to communicate on a wider range of topics in a medical setting.

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Study Abroad Hidden Gems in Fall 2023 

AIFS Abroad

AIFS Abroad student in Salamanca, Spain #2: Medical and Health Program | Salamanca, Spain All courses are taught in English except for one course (Health Communication) which is available in English or Spanish. Students can choose up to 5 courses; a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 must be from the Health and Medical Program.

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Congrats to the Two Winners of the SAGA/SFF Grand Prizes, Sofia and Agata!

Study and Go Abroad

She “attended the first seminar, and after it concluded, I felt a wave of inspiration.” “I’d like to go into the medical field,” she says. ” Attending the Study and Go Abroad / SchoolFinder Fair “The fair experience was extremely informative,” Sofia says.

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