Both the hidden and informal curriculum take place after or next to the theoretical teaching, the formal teaching and has an important part in the shaping of the medical students’ professionalism and professional values. Moreover, these forms of the curriculum have a major impact on the learning potential of med students. Yet little is known about this subject. A lot has been written but only from a theoretical stand point. I've written about the hidden and informal curriculum in a previous post. Most of the research to date has been generally focused on the undergraduate and graduate medical curricula .....read more »

During a wedding the oxytocine of those involved in the wedding party rises, the testosterone level of only the groom rises, naughty, naughty. Watch this video and find out why people like to have a wedding.Related posts: The Neurobiology of Love The Neurobiology of Empathy through Pain Research Neurobiology of The Teen Brain ..read more »

For 40 years, the choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has captured the hearts and minds of people around the world, including former South African President, Nelson Mandela Also see Nelson Mandela's Life and Leadership Twenty years after his release from prison, a look at the career of the world's great hero. Narrated by TIME's Managing Editor, Rick Stengel Related posts: 10 Myths About Leadership Proun Game Inspired on Kandinsky’s Paintings Incredible Collaborative Music Video ..read more »

Couldn't resist, phenomenal clip, imagine all the timing and work to make this exhibition and even the music is OK. Hilarious. Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of "This Too Shall Pass" off of the album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky". The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The "machine" was designed and built by the band, along with members of Synn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months. It's a .....read more »

I was a great fan of Google Notebook but Google decided to drop the development of Google Notebook. I used it mostly for blogging. It’s integration with Firefox made it an easy to use tool for saving links, web pages and blogposts. At the beginning of the previous year I decided to give Evernote a try and I was very satisfied with this capture tool. You can sync your evernotes with all your devices, even with the iphone. It’s integration with Firefox is smooth. Recently found a better alternative reducing the time to save links etc. with another click less and .....read more »

Medical Schools or medical education is mainly done in universities. Medical education in universities especially undergraduate education in North America as well as in Europe are full with very basic science such as chemistry, physics, but also laboratory branches such as biochemical education. I can still remember long afternoons using a pipette in endless rows of test tubes. Scientific research is also integrated in Med Schools. Even community based schools are strongly connected with universities. This model stems from the beginning of the previous century. Obviously medical education liaised with the universities has many benefits, the close partnership results in .....read more »

Healthtalkonline is a website with a lot of information from the point of view of the patient on a lot of diseases. Both mental and physical health. I tried their information on depression. They interviewed 38 people about their experiences of this condition. This resulted in a whole list of topics. Stories about discovery of depression, how to negotiate with the health system (doctors included), self care, support, and living with depression and discovery. Awesome information for patients and their relatives. The information is presented very clearly mostly with video interviews of patients. Saw an interview on video of a .....read more »