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"And yet a lot of people don't know how to listen to someone venting. Usually, people take one of two attitudes. Option 1 is to jump in and give advice -- but this is not the same as listening, and the person doing the venting may respond with "Just listen to me! Don't tell me what to do." Option 2 (usually attempted after Option 1) is to swing to the other extreme, and sit there silently. But this doesn't actively help the person doing the venting to drain their negative emotions. Consequently, it is about as rewarding as venting to your dog."

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To avoid health risks in using herbal medicines, always stick to the prescription given to you by your health expert. The prescription is also part of the treatment process, making sure that your body will have enough of the curative properties to boost your body's recovery.

"Hans Rosling shows how to use Gapminder Desktop to present global trends."

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" Reflective narratives reveal how students construe professional roles in practice. Mapping the content of reflections to a competency framework confirmed the mismatch between the formal and enacted curricula. "

"Talking to colleagues is an essential skill especially as we advocate for our patients. We should not only know what's going on with our patients, but also how to communicate our thoughts effectively and succinctly with our colleagues."

"Whether given in person or viewed on screen, a Presentation doesn't have to be boring, it should be engaging. It should get your audience involved and get them excited (or at the very least interested) in what you're showing them."

A very goof how to do of in hospital patient boards

Do you use a PICO method to answering a clinical question using the medical literature? Patient / problem Intervention Comparison Outcome This two-part series provides an introduction in how to search the medical literature to answer your clinical question. This provides a concise overview of epidemiology and statistics.

"Yet the presence of a computer in the examination room and the pressure to document the visit in the EHR are often perceived as adversely affecting the patient-physician interaction. How can the EHR instead have a positive effect on this interaction and promote patient activation during the course of the outpatient visit? When clinicians invite patients to view the computer screen and parts of their electronic chart, it not only avoids uncomfortable periods of idle silence that sometimes accompany EHR-related tasks, but it may enhance the relational aspect of patient-physician communication in a way that fosters patient activation in real time."

"The information and video below gives valuable insight into what is bullying, harassment and undermining behaviour and how these issues can be constructively dealt with. In itself this educational tool, although helpful, will not make change happen. This material would be best used as part of a wider learning experience where individuals can make sense of the issues and reflect on their own experience, attitude and behaviour."

This week when I lead a faculty development workshop* I'll ask participants to consider their readiness to make use of social media. Are you feeling ready, but you wonder how to take the first (or next) steps? Do you want to find out what all the fuss is about? Are you skeptical about mixing social media with your career as a health care professional, medical educator, trainees, and/or student?

"They want you to study by yourself and become obsessed with how well you understanding the material. ergo - stop caring about whether anyone else understands it. It would be a great system to develop overconfident get-mine solo practice doctors, but everyone knows there's too much paperwork to run a solo practice these days. We're also coming upon the age of specialists when collaboration will be at a premium. A disease like diabetes is complex. You might need primary care physicians working with vascular surgeons, endocrinologists, ophthalmologists, I could list every specialty. Not to mention nutritionists, personal trainers, policy makers."

"Despite these drawbacks, one should never be afraid of modifying and re-modifying the evaluation tool - because, in truth, the data on the evaluation form needs to reflect the outcome that you are trying to assess."

"In early April 2012, a flurry of news reports described a study of major health risks shortening the lives of people in the Canadian province of Ontario. A typical report described "bad lifestyle choices" as together taking as much as seven years off Ontarians' life expectancies."

Simply put, writing effective questions is easier than it might seem. You will more often than not observe gains from the very act of engaging your student in the mind tasks of metacognition and retrieval practice and then peer discussion. The questions will of course improve once you get feed back from students and make tweaks.

"Although a physicians is not traditionally thought of as a Knowledge Worker, I think we should explore how the Internet changes the way we connect, learn, and make decisions."

How to tweet and why healthcare professionals should be doing it.

A short tutorial on how to research online