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An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to digital simulation in healthcare

...students may become too reliant on simulations and not gain enough hands-on experience with actual patients. Despite these limitations, digital simulations remain a valuable tool in healthcare education, especially when used in conjunction with other teaching methods. Activity 1 Timing: 20 minutes Part 1: Reflection Make your own notes in response to the following...
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...become a shining example of doing more with less. But how? *** A ribbon of snow marks the dark hilltops from an overcast sky. The wind bites at the canvas folds of the Tumurbat family ger, their dome-tented dwelling. A few lambs – almost fully grown, too late to be sold – huddle together in a wooden pen nearby, the remnants of a once 100-strong flock. As his aunt and...
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...student of climate change. He then went on to help BBC Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman research his best-selling book The English. Transcript Earth in Vision Project My name is Ade Thomas and I am the founder of Green.TV which is an online platform for publishing sustainability, clean tech and conservation video content. This is what I do So, Green.TV’s mission is to...
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...become: [Table plan options with Les, Gareth, Faisal and Jordan seated. Full description in Long description link] Figure 6 Possible places Jordan can sit Hint 4 Now you need to place Sandy and Aria. Remember, Aria can’t be opposite Jordan, and Sandy can’t be next to Les. Answer The final seating plan must be: [Table plan options with all guests seated. Full...
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The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...become involved with the work of the Scottish Parliament...This free course, The Scottish Parliament and law making, explores the law making powers of the Scottish Parliament and examines its place in the UK’s constitution. It considers how, and why, laws are made by both the Scottish and UK Parliaments before exploring devolved matters, reserved matters, legislative...
Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...student without instructing him, and it is far better to devote yourself to a few authors than to get lost among many. (Seneca, 2005, p. 45) Seneca wrote these words 2,000 years ago; as a Stoic philosopher he sought ‘tranquillity of mind’. He felt that one source of stress in life was simply ‘too much information’. Yet then, as today, we all need information to...
Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...OU Professor of Social Psychology Paul Stenner considers the arguments. Researchers talk of a textual or discursive turn that happened in the social sciences a few decades ago. In social psychology, this turn happened around the time I was doing my undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology (1985-88). It was closely connected with ‘social constructionist’...
I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity

...OU’s School of Psychology and practitioners in the field of counselling. It is their aim to improve understanding and awareness for both the public and counsellors at a time when there are growing opportunities to participate in activity online which could lead to infidelity. - Dr Andreas Vossler: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/av2585 - Dr Naomi Moller: