Why Do You “Need to Know”? Context‐based education

What Do You Need to Know to Use a Search Engine? Why We Still Need to Teach Research Skills

WINTER 2015 61 What does it mean to know something in the age of the search engine? To put it another way, how does a search engine transform human cognition, knowledge, and learning? Web search tools are in many ways probably the most sophisticated AI systems that most people use on a daily basis. They’re expressly designed for straightforward walk-up use without instruction, and in the vast m...

How much wound science do you need to know?

Keith Moore is a Freelance Scientist, WoundSci, PO Box 32, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1YU Knowledge of wound healing cell biology is increasingly used to develop new wound management products and support their marketing. Understanding of the science supporting these products is required by practitioners to critically evaluate product claims and make rational decisions in selecting appropriate dre...

Why you do or do not need thoracoscopy.

Thoracoscopy is an old but still very valuable technique for the evaluation of pleural pathology and, especially for the further investigation of the aetiology of pleural fluid. It remains of great importance, since it is able to not only provide an exact diagnosis, but also can have therapeutic potential. In this review, the differential diagnostic aspects of transudate versus exudate are furt...

Do you know what you don't know?

What do we know? What do we need to know?