In spite of the acknowledged importance of professional ethics, technical students often show little enthusiasm for studying the subject. This paper considers how such engagement might be improved. Four guiding principles for promoting engagement are identified: (1) aligning teaching content with student interests; (2) taking a pragmatic rather than a philosophical approach to issue resolution;...

There are over 2500 chiropractors/osteopaths in Australia with an estimated 15 million patient visits per year (1). Yet published case studies involving chiropractor/osteopath patients are minimal. Chiropractors/osteopaths often have many interesting cases to discuss and present, however, some practitioners are uncertain of the best procedure to publish these case reports. As a consequence, it ...

This case study reports on a programmatic decision to require a credit-bearing course that was made by Faculty in Residence (FIR), including its implementation and results over a two-year period from 2010-2012. The focus is on FIR and on the impact of their decision upon the students enrolled in their Living Learning Communities (LLCs). The credit-bearing course was a Kinesiology Activities cla...

background: myocardial infarction (mi) is a main cause of death and disability worldwide, whichinvolves a number of genetic, physiopathologic and socio-economic determinants. the aim of thisstudy was to assess the patterns of association between education, wealth and some other risk factorswith non-fatal mi in tehran population.methods: data derived from a second round of large cross-sectional ...

background: worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. in india and other developing countries, breast carcinoma ranks second only to cervical carcinoma among women. although studies have been done globally, to find the association between breastfeeding and breast cancer, very few studies in india document such a benefit. methods: a case–control study was done from august 2...

background: gastric cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer. as conflicting studies have recently been published, we aimed to evaluate the magnitude of the epidemiological evidence for an association between alcohol consumption and gastric cancer. methods: this study is a meta-analysis of case-control studies which have been performed during 1989 to 2007. we systematically r...