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Blood Cancers – what would you want to know?

17/04/2014 2 Comments

written by Julia Pon If you had leukemia or lymphoma, what would you want to know? As a medical student, I noticed a disconnect between the type of information that tends to be provided for patients, and the types of information medical students are taught: patient information booklets tend to focus on symptoms, tests and […]

Filed Under: guest authors, Sci Ed, Science Tagged With: blood cancers, feedback?, introduction, leukemia, lymphoma, medical school, myeloma, science communication, videos

OA journal for outreach activities? #hivemind request

07/04/2014 9 Comments

I am lucky enough to work with some amazing people in an enrichment program for teens who love science. The leaders create activities to help students explore science in different ways. These exercises are usually more than the usual outreach or classroom activity – but they could be adapted to work within classrooms or for […]

Filed Under: Misc, Sci Ed Tagged With: academia, advice, journals, open access, open science, outreach, publications, resources, science communication

Chemical-free cleaners don’t exist, so why am I still reading about them?

03/04/2014 3 Comments

by Susan Vickers Chemophobia is major problem, and it is time scientists to do more to stop the press intensifying it. I welcome all discussion on ways to inform journalists and petition news agencies to report in a conscientious and scientifically correct manner. As a chemist, misuse of the term chemical frustrates me. The use […]

Filed Under: guest authors, Sci Ed, Science Tagged With: chemicals, cleaners, misconception, science communication, science education, toxins

Finkbeiner posts: round 2

13/03/2014 5 Comments

More students writing about scientists! Not only do they get to learn about some cool science, they get to think about how communication can impact the take away message. Over half the students in our program are girls and yet our ‘wall of scientists photos are predominantly men. The students could write about either gender […]

Filed Under: Sci Ed Tagged With: finkbeiner, future science leaders, gender, girls in science, science communication, scientist, women

Curling and Science Literacy

20/02/2014 2 Comments

curling stones in the house

I like curling and I like science. In 2012, I saw the chance to talk about both of them in a ScienceOnline session with fellow Canadian Marie-Claire Shanahan. How did these two disparate things fit together? Both science and curling can seem boring or confusing if you don’t know the language or the process.

Filed Under: Misc, Sci Ed Tagged With: curling, documentary, infographic, jargon, lingerie, science communication, Sir David Attenborough

Writing about women scientists

26/07/2013 3 Comments

It can be a balancing act to find female role models for girls in science without focusing too much on traditional female roles. If a teen girl wants to have both a family and a science career, do you talk about women who have done it? What bothers me about this ‘struggle’ is that we […]

Filed Under: Sci Ed Tagged With: accomplishments, assignment, finkbeiner, science communication, students, women

Genetic counselling should be non-directive

15/01/2013 1 Comment

One of the hallmarks of medical genetics is non-directive counselling. Therefore, I was dismayed to read the case for selective paternalism in genetic testing in Wired’s Neuron Culture. In most cases, genetic tests only provide information and patients need to determine if they want the information and/or what to do with it. Genetic counsellors should […]

Filed Under: MedGen Intro, Sci Ed Tagged With: medical genetics, response, science communication, standards of care

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