Should we use video technology for giving feedback?

Should we be giving enhanced vitamin D intakes to all?

It is widely established that vitamin D is critical for bone health. There is also an increasing body of evidence from observational studies that low levels of vitamin D are associated with a range of other disorders, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. People in temperate climates are often deficient in vitamin D, particularly in wintertime. The key question is whether there is suffic...

The smacking controversy: what advice should we be giving parents?

BACKGROUND Even among countries that have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child there is much disagreement about corporal punishment of children. Last year the Scottish Executive proposed a new law banning the smacking of children under the age of three, becoming the tenth European nation to do so. The proposal, currently abandoned whilst ostensibly still under debat...

5G Technology: Why Should We Expect a shift from RF-Induced Brain Cancers to Skin Cancers?

Giving feedback.

BACKGROUND Giving feedback is a core element of medical education, one that is gaining attention but with a thin evidence base to guide medical educators. This review provides a definition of feedback and its purpose, selectively reviews the literature regarding educators' and learners' attitudes toward feedback, and provides an algorithm for giving feedback. DISCUSSION The authors discuss th...

Rehabilitation Services: Why should we use Tele-rehabilitation in IRAN? (Necessity and Application)

People living in rural areas far from health care centers are more likely to require health care services due to their long distances services and poverty(1). Tele-rehabilitation is considered as one of the rapidly emerging and growing areas of telemedicine and a precious model for providing clinical services like assessment, treatment and follows up as well as reducing the length of time for h...