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| FRANCIS - a year on: How much training do healthcare assistants have before their first shift on a ward? 25% = none |
Wikipedians and Translators Without Borders have been collaborating for more than two years in an effort to improve access to medical information. [1] Over this time we have improved more than 30 key medical articles in English and are working on translating them into around 60 languages. This effort has resulted in more than 3 million words of translated text. [2]
The work is having an impact. Wikipedia’s medical content is the single most read medical resource globally, [3] receiving about 5 billion page views in 2013 for around 180,000 articles across 286 languages. It is also often re-used by other sources including university textbooks by Boundless.com which reaches more than 3 million students, [4] Google, and many others. Additionally the Wikimedia Foundation through partnerships with cellphone companies has secured Wikipedia browsing without data charges for more than 500 million people in the developing world (currently rolling out in many regions with more carriers being added). [5]
Most of these efforts are accomplished entirely by volunteers. Volunteers who believe that all people deserve free and easy access to high quality health care information in the language of their choosing. The number of people currently working on these efforts are however small. To expand our work we need more people to join us who share our dream. For many aspects of the project there is no formal registration required. One can simply begin editing on Wikipedia.
If one is interested in translating from English to their native language they can contact enrique at proz dot com. Currently we are primarily looking for people to help in non European languages as in major languages much content already exists. Additionally we need people who can help add already translated article to Wikipedia. It requires a bit of time to figure out the Media Wiki markup but not too much. We are specifically looking for help adding articles in Arabic, Polish and Dutch right now.
Please let us know if you would be interested or wish to learn more.
James Heilman & Lori Thicke
MD, CCFP(EM), Wikipedian Founder and
President of Wiki Project Med Foundation Translators without Borders
References
On Monday I have a quick visit for 15 minute slot on care pathways at an interprofessional study day for 2nd and 3rd year students.
After the short presentation I'll ask the question of what difference the students can make to the patient's care pathway. There may be value in continuing the 'journey' metaphor?
They can ensure the care pathway is well-documented (otherwise it doesn't exist, and travel on it never happened) they can check it is accessible (an achievable goal) and that it does not trip anyone up (we don't do - iatrogenic).
There are further tests: is it navigable, tried and tested, a safe (evidenced-based) route? As the student's contemplate a major step in their health career, we really need them to focus on the health career of the persons in their care.
[ There won't be time for this: but do we need to wait until the 'end' for the outcome and capturing that (feedback). Or can do we this verbally, incrementally (positive impact on quality)? ]
I could ask them all to stand and make like sign-posts, but for the risk of poked eyes. It's true though, sign-posting is an important job, but how we do that is another post (the value of self-discovery as learning).
Once medically fit the key thing should be checking the person's (not viewing them totally as patient) wayfaring skills.
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From ISPR - my source:
http://ispr.info/2014/01/27/race-yourself-for-google-glass-transforms-exercise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=race-yourself-for-google-glass-transforms-exercise
Get Fit This Year by Fleeing From Augmented Reality Zombies: Race Yourself Transforms Exercise Into a Game on Google Glass
Race Yourself is a New Fitness Startup for Google Glass, Aiming to
Turn Exercise Into a Game. By Racing Against a Virtual Projection of
Yourself, Attaining Personal Bests, and Burning Calories, You Can Unlock
New Game Modes Such as Running Away from Giant Rolling Boulders. Race
Yourself has Already Raised £200,000 from Investors Lead by DN Capital,
and is Now Launching a Crowd-Funding Campaign Via Their Website, www.raceyourself.com on the 8th January. ...
Am I dreaming?
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BBC Radio 4 Today: An eminent cardiologist has organised and funded a poetry competition for his medical students to stop them becoming, in his words, intellectually brutalised.
Gabrielle Gascoigne, pictured, is a previous winner.
The BBC’s Jane Dreaper discovers more.
subjectivity
insight, rapport, empathyemotional control, detachment, engagement risk of burnout |
objectivity
anatomy, physiology
physicality, processes, mechanistic
intellectual brutalisation
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humanistic
communication, relationships
(medic) poetry
| funding, crowded curricula hidden curriculum |
The Syria Trojan Women project began by creating drama workshops in Amman, Jordan in autumn 2013, and put on a theatrical production of Euripides’ anti-war tragedy, 'The Trojan Women' in December with a cast and crew of Syrian refugees. The first performances were a great success, and we hope to stage further performances in and around Amman, and a tour of Jordan and the region. http://www.syriatrojanwomen.org/
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parallels" p.2.
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drama therapy
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BBC Radio 4: Inside Health 21 January 2013
Margaret McCartney and Mark Porter ask whether the anonymity of patient records on a new NHS database can be guaranteed?NHS: Your records:
Using information about the care you have received, enables those involved in providing care and health services to improve the quality of care and health services for all. The role of the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) is to ensure that high quality information is used appropriately to improve patient care.
NHS England has therefore commissioned a programme of work on behalf of the NHS, public health and social care services to address gaps in information. Our aim is to ensure that the best possible evidence is available to improve the quality of care for all. ...http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/healthrecords/Pages/care-data.aspx
my interests
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social interests
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| Brian E. Hodges - c/o Brian's family. |
Born in Liverpool, UK.
Community Mental Health Nurse NHS, Part-time Lecturer,
Researcher Nursing & Technology Enhanced Learning
Registered Nurse - Mental Health & General
Community Psychiatric Nursing (Cert.) MMU
PG Cert. Ed.
BA(Joint Hons.) Computing and Philosophy - BIHE - Bolton
PG(Dip.) Collaboration on Psychosocial Education [COPE] Univ. Man.
MRES. e-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, Lancaster Univ.
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