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This is the homepage for the Web2Rights project funded by JISC and developed to help academics and students gain abetter understanding of IPR issues and other legal issues in relation to Web 2.0. The site includes use-cases, a blog and discussion forum and links to an ip toolkit and ip diagnostic tool which will take you through a project you are working on help identify any IPR issues which you need to consider.

"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."

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doctors aren't helping patients through remote means, instead insisting on seeing patients in the office for all medical issues, even the most routine of issues out of habit, out of fear, out of how to get paid.

"The Evidence Network of Canadian Health Policy, commonly known as EvidenceNetwork.ca is a non-partisan web-based project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Manitoba Health Research Council to make the latest evidence on controversial health policy issues available to the media. This site links journalists with health policy experts to provide access to credible, evidence-based information."

Issue of Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice which explores limits of medical knowlege... EBM vs personalised care

"According to a 2011 report by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, of the 74% of American adults using the Internet, 34% have read someone else's commentary or experience about health or medical issues on an online news group, website or blog. Meanwhile, about 13% of patients blog about their diagnosis or experience. "

" a post on how you can construct a disclaimer for your medical blog or podcast. This can be an important part of your site and can provide some limited protection against legal issues. "

" Among malpractice claims, diagnostic errors appear to be the most common, most costly and most dangerous of medical mistakes. We found roughly equal numbers of lethal and non-lethal errors in our analysis, suggesting that the public health burden of diagnostic errors could be twice that previously estimated. Healthcare stakeholders should consider diagnostic safety a critical health policy issue. "

"Being in the hospital after major surgery is no fun. On top of dealing with pain, patients have uncertainty. They also have to worry about getting all the information they need to support their recovery. That's not always easy in the hospital; things happen quickly and doctors and hospital staff are often really busy. Doctors at Mayo Clinic may have a solution to this issue. They're giving iPads to heart surgery patients to see if a new iPad app can make hospital stays easier and more satisfying."

"drawMD Orthopedics enhances doctor-patient communication by offering a new paradigm for explaining the complex issues surrounding Orthopedic clinical and surgical care. In order to improve patient understanding of medical problems, drawMD utilizes the iPad's unique interface to allow anyone to sketch, stamp, or type directly on the "

"This study's findings indicate that rural physicians are routinely confronted with professional boundary issues in everyday situations, and these circumstances do not always reflect those of their urban colleagues. Given the increase in longitudinal immersion clinical clerkship programs to nurture student interest in future rural practice, acknowledgment and acceptance of the nuances of dual relationships and boundary setting in different clinical learning contexts are vital to help students identify their personal needs for privacy and be better prepared to negotiate the realities of rural practice. These findings may inform future medical education initiatives on professional boundary setting as an aspect of professionalism."

"The richness of the informal curriculum in a longitudinal rural placement powerfully influenced students' intentions to practise rurally. It provided an important context for learning and evolving notions of professionalism and rural professional identity. This richness could be reinforced by developing formal curricula using educational activities based around service-led and interprofessional learning. To overcome the contextual barriers, the rural workforce development model needs to focus on socialising medical students into rural and remote medicine. More generic issues include student selection, further expansion of structured vocational training pathways that vertically integrate with longitudinal rural placements and the maintenance of rurally focused support throughout postgraduate training."

The authors provide a conceptual analysis of the issues and language related to a broader focus on understanding the relationship between the development of competency and the formation of identities during medical training.

"In conclusion, this issue of the journal examines the handoff process across multiple domains, learners and contexts and creates a foundation for further inquiry. Future research should focus on determining best practices for handoff education for all learner levels, demonstrating validity of assessment methods, understanding the patient perspective and objectively measuring patient safety outcomes."

"Despite these issues, the flipped classroom can still a very effective, hands-on approach to improving student achievement and involving them in their own education."

"We are seeing more patients with fewer doctors in the United States; our time spent at the hospital is limited by duty hours; there are increasing demands on documentation for medico legal purposes. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much of the horizon to fix these issues. So what are we to do? Here are some things that may be helpful and things that work for me:"

"This toolkit was designed to assist in creating a dialogue among current and future physicians about social media and issues regarding digital literacy and digital professionalism."

" The authors of this commentary reflect on a learning-theory-based model for developing master learners presented by Schumacher and colleagues in this issue of Academic Medicine. They suggest that bioscientific and sociocultural theories can enhance different aspects of that model and provide specific examples from neuropsychophysiology,"