E Kendal l was b o r n o n 8 t h M a r c h 1886 in South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. Kendall obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Science in 1908, Master of Science in 1909, and Ph. D. in Chemistry in 1910. From 1910-1911 he worked as a research chemist with Parke Davis where his main task was to isolate thyroid hormones.1 He continued to work on thyroid harmones till 1914 while working at St. Lu...

BACKGROUND Electronic voting systems have been used in various educational settings with little measurement of the educational impact on students. The goal of this study was to measure the effects of the inclusion of an electronic voting system within a small group tutorial. METHOD A prospective randomised controlled trial was run at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, a teaching hospital in Adelaid...

Catharina W. Wieland* †, ‡, , Miriam H. P. van Lieshout* , Arie J. Hoogendijk* † and Tom van der Poll* † *Center of Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Center of Infection and Immunity, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesio...

W Otto1, A Mankertz2, S Santibanez2, H Saygili3, J Wenzel4, W Jilg4, W F Wieland1, S Borgmann ([email protected])3 1. Department of Urology, St. Josef Hospital, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany 2. National Reference Centre Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany 3. Synlab Medical Care Service, Medical Care Centre Weiden, Weiden, Germany 4. Institute of Medical M...

At Southampton Medical School students in the third year of the course (the first clinical year) spend one morning a week in general practice. Discussion of patients' problems with students often encompasses ethical issues, and for some time we have been aware of our inability to provide any clear framework for an informed debate. Our students get some formal teaching in ethics, but not until t...

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is introducing a longitudinal integrated clerkship for third year students in the Primary Care-Population Medicine Program as an alternative to more traditional clerkship models. In developing the longitudinal integrated clerkship, program faculty incorporated a historical perspective of medical education, modern knowledge about students' dev...

1 DECEMBER 2011 healthcare financial management The Problem In mid-2010, University Medical Center (UMC), the clinical division (hospital and medical group) of an academic medical center, faced an eroding position and seemingly overwhelming obstacles to compete successfully in its region. Leaders identified five significant strategic challenges with seven competitive issues and realized that UM...

William T. Wickner, JoAnne Stubbe, Carlos B. Hirschberg, Teresa Garrett, and William Dowhan Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755-3844; Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118-2394; Department of Chemistry, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY ...