This study, via a consideration of the literature, and a limited survey of active science communicators, presents concise and workable definitions for science outreach, public engagement, widening participation, and knowledge exchange, in a UK context.  Sixty-six per cent of participants agreed that their definitions of outreach, public engagement, and widening participation aligned with those ...

Development of skills in science communication is a well-acknowledged gap in graduate training, but the constraints that accompany research (limited time, resources, and knowledge of opportunities) make it challenging to acquire these proficiencies. Furthermore, advisors and institutions may find it difficult to support graduate students adequately in these efforts. The result is fewer career a...

We present our outreach program, the Thailand–UK Python+Astronomy Summer School (ThaiPASS), a collaborative project comprising UK and Thai institutions assess its impact possible application to schools in United Kingdom. Since inception 2018, annual ThaiPASS has trained around 60 high-school students basic data handling skills using Python context of various astronomy topics, current research f...

Since 2005, nearly 600 Physiology Understanding Week (PhUn Week) events have taken place across the U.S., involving American Physiological Society (APS) members in K-12 outreach. The program seeks to build student understanding of physiology and physiology careers, assist teachers in recognizing physiology in their standards-based curriculum, and involve more physiologists in K-12 outreach. For...

In the warm afterglow of the magnificent Kyoto Congress, readers of Physiology might well imagine the officers and council of IUPS taking a relaxing break. Certainly, some congratulations are in order. As the documentary videos on the IUPS website show, it was a brilliant event, all the way from the opening by the Crown Prince of Japan, through the often amazing quality of the science presented...

The objective of this article is to outline the elements of an international burn care outreach program in a resource-constrained country. The program has grown from a collaborative effort with Ukrainian physicians and healthcare officials. With this collaboration, a multipronged approach has been developed to address the gaps in burn care as discovered by years of interaction with the medical ...

CONTEXT Delivering eye health services to people in rural areas, especially in fragile, post-conflict countries, is a major challenge. This article reports on the implementation and evaluation of an innovative district-based outreach service. The main project partners were the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health and an international non-government organization, with assistance from a local non-gover...

OBJECTIVES Describe the population, Medicaid, uninsured, and otolaryngology practice demographics for seven representative rural southeastern states, and propose academic affiliated outreach clinics as a service to help meet the specialty care needs of an underserved rural population, based on the "medical mission" model employed in international outreach clinics. STUDY DESIGN Needs assessmen...