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A Doctor-Professor answers the old question "What is the single best thing we can do for our health" in a completely new way. Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St. Michael's

"Making a Diagnosis: New Models for Old Presented by Patrick Croskerry, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, and Division of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie Universit"

"Rather than be deterred, Chi-Ming Chow, MD, FRCPC, a staff cardiologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ont., and an associate professor in the University of Toronto's Department of Medicine, encourages physicians to explore the utility of apps and to focus on the exciting possibilities opened up by their use. "

While More Americans Need Access to Essential Healthcare, Fewer Primary Care Clinicians Are Available to Treat Them. UVA Professor Says Increased Funding for Title VII Programs May Help Alleviate National Shortage of Primary Care Doctors and Dentists

Professor Fuchs from the Clinical Neurobiology Laboratory, German Primate Center in Goettingen, will present the latest findings on how brain cells can be adversely affected by stress and depression. He will explain how the adult brain is generating new cells and which impact these findings will have on the development of novel antidepressant drugs. Contact: Sonja Mak. s.mak@update.europe.at. 43-140-55734. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Source:Eurekalert (2008)

"A simple teaching technique that helps students learn; now there's something few teachers would pass up! This particular technique involves a four-question set that gets students actively responding to the material they are studying. They analyze, reflect, relate, and question via these four prompts:"

"Here are some of the reasons why students should be taking notes for themselves. The practice of note-taking develops several important skills-starting with listening. You can't take notes if you aren't listening. You need to be able to take decent notes because in most professional contexts, indeed in life, you are regularly in situations that require taking in and processing information that you need to remember and later apply. You can't always be asking people to give you a copy of what they just told you."

Medical students at Penn State make films of their patients to gain more understanding of what it's like to live with serious illness.

"Conscientiousness breeds continued success, while extroverts fare well in later years"