Neuroscience Training for the 21st Century

Neuroscience Training for the 21st Century

The field of neuroscience is enjoying a rapid expansion in scope, coupled with a remarkable broadening of conceptual approaches, scientific tools, and clinical applications. This growth poses new challenges for academic training programs as they prepare young neuroscientists for a more complex, competitive, and diverse career landscape. Multiple stakeholders, including academia, federal funding...

The Challenges of Cognitive Neuroscience in the 21st Century

the challenges of cognitive neuroscience in the 21st century

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Undergraduate Neuroscience Education: Blueprints for the 21st Century

Paralleling the explosive growth of neuroscientific knowledge over the last two decades, numerous institutions from liberal arts colleges to research universities have either implemented or begun exploring the possibility of implementing undergraduate programs in neuroscience. In 1995, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) partnered with Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) to offer a workshop ex...

Emergent Procedure Training in the 21st Century

Procedural competency is a substantial part of the emergency physician’s (EP) skill set. Emergency Medicine (EM) is unique in that the practicing EP must be comfortable with a wide array of procedures that have the following features: 1) They span the entire human body and cross many disciplines in medicine and surgery; 2) There are both invasive and non-invasive procedures; 3) They occur at un...