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Maths as others see it
Science, Maths & Technology

Maths as others see it

...nurses, but what about mathematicians? This album illustrates how mathematics is used throughout the Whittington Hospital in London, as well as in every day life. This material forms part of the course MU120 Open mathematics... Maths as others see it A short introduction to this album. The Whittington Hospital Discover the importance and responsibilities of the porters...
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Audio 12 mins
Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...nurses...Match fixing is unthinkable for most sports professionals whose very persons, careers and reputations are built on a single-minded focus on winning. However, allegations over a number of years, across a range of sports, have suggested that for some the ability to lose convincingly gains the greatest income. [Tennis scoreboard] Who is looking at the data? First...
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Article 5 mins
How can your accent put your life at risk?
Languages

How can your accent put your life at risk?

...nurse on duty. He described one such incident to his friends shortly before his death: I went to the [healthcare provider] and then [they] told me that, hey you don’t have anything, you are not sick and you’re pretending to be sick, and from now on, we don’t want you to come down here, so please stop coming here. (Quoted from ABC News) Even if rarely with fatal...
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Article 5 mins
Social Care: Past and Present
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social Care: Past and Present

...with the opportunity to trade skills and goods without cash changing hands was developed into the LETS Scheme Investigating Adult Abuse Personal accounts by carers regarding their experiences and views of care and abuse Inspecting a Nursing Home The inspection of a nursing home for older people carried out by an informal inspection party and the resulting impressions...
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Audio 3 hrs 7 mins
Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...Nurses would use the lists as a box-ticking exercise rather than as a true reflection of events – they would tick the box to say the patient had had their antibiotics when there were no antibiotics in the hospital, for example.” They also reinforced the hierarchies – nurses had to try to get surgeons to do certain tasks, but the surgeons used it as an opportunity to...
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Article 5 mins
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...nurse? This free course, Medicine transformed: On access to healthcare, shows that in the early twentieth century, access to care was unequally divided. The rich could afford care; working men, women and children were helped by the state; others had to rely on their own resources...Access to healthcare is important to all of us. Did the arrival of state medicine in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Walk the walk: encountering death and dying spaces in hospital
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walk the walk: encountering death and dying spaces in hospital

...nurse] Click on the image above to start the interactive. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Acknowledgements This interactive was inspired by the Walking the Walk project. The project foregrounds carers’ needs when looking after someone during the end of life and bereavement using...
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Activity 15 mins
How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?

...nurses and doctors that specialise in stroke care, have better outcomes. Transcript If your loved one is not being cared for in one of these specialised stroke units, ask why. Patients and their family members should be informed care would be better elsewhere if they’re not being cared for in a dedicated stroke unit, and be provided with options to transfer to a...
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Article 5 mins