# medical education (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 10 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover medical education. Page: Feed: --- ## [What Causes Aortic Dissections to Be Misdiagnosed?](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/aortic-dissections-misdiagnosed/) _2026-08-21 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ An aortic dissection occurs when a tear develops in the inner layer of the aorta, allowing blood to flow between the layers of the artery wall. The signs and symptoms can mimic common emergencies, making the diagnosis difficult. It may lead to acute chest or back pain, syncope, or neurological symptoms. That overlap affords the \[…\] The post What Causes Aortic Dissections to Be Misdiagnosed?… ## [“Hope to outlast the storm”: How severe ME impacts two brothers](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/21/hope-to-outlast-the-storm-how-severe-me-impacts-two-brothers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-to-outlast-the-storm-how-severe-me-impacts-two-brothers) _2026-08-21 · sick times · The Sick Times_ Essays documenting the toll that myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) has taken on one family, from the new book, 'What Is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Like?' The post “Hope to outlast the storm”: How severe ME impacts two brothers first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [The Disability Tax on the Sandwich Generation](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/disability-tax-sandwich-generation/) _2026-08-19 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ Raising kids and helping an aging parent at the same time used to be the textbook definition of the sandwich generation. Add a disability or chronic illness to either side of that equation, a child who needs ongoing therapy, a parent who can no longer manage stairs or medication alone, and the financial math changes \[…\] The post The Disability Tax on the Sandwich Generation appeared first on The… ## [13 Mental Health Scholarships: Best Options and Requirements](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/mental-health-scholarships/) _2026-08-19 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ Mental health scholarships provide direct financial relief to make college more affordable. While a single award will not cover your whole tuition bill, these targeted grants easily pay for textbooks, campus housing, or remaining semester fees. Because many of these organizations do not require perfect grades or long application forms, their final decision usually comes \[…\] The post 13 Mental… ## [Advice and Guidance as a rationing model.](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/advice-and-guidance-as-a-rationing-model/) _2026-08-19 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ When there are not enough people with enough knowledge and skills, action needs to be taken. In the UK this is always short term approaches which a superficial media and body politic fail to delve more deeply into. Long term solutions are indigestible and unpalatable, and cannot even be discussed. Matthew Syed is correct when \[…\] ## [Congress’s 2027 budget could include new funding for Long COVID and ME](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/18/congresss-2027-budget-could-include-new-funding-for-long-covid-and-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congresss-2027-budget-could-include-new-funding-for-long-covid-and-me) _2026-08-18 · Betsy Ladyzhets · The Sick Times_ Advocates are calling on senators and representatives to include the ME/CFS Research Roadmap and new Long COVID funding in the fiscal year 2027 budget as legislators debate appropriations bills in the coming weeks. The post Congress’s 2027 budget could include new funding for Long COVID and ME first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [Research updates, August 18](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/18/research-updates-august-18/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=research-updates-august-18) _2026-08-18 · Miles W. Griffis · The Sick Times_ Researchers found immune abnormalities in the intestines of people with Long COVID, according to a new preprint. The small study compared colon tissue samples and blood of 44 people with Long COVID to 13 controls who “recovered” from COVID-19, using several different analysis methods. The post Research updates, August 18 first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [National COVID-19 trends, August 18](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/18/national-covid-19-trends-august-18/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-covid-19-trends-august-18) _2026-08-18 · Betsy Ladyzhets · The Sick Times_ COVID-19 spread continues to increase across the U.S. as this summer’s wave keeps climbing. While levels are highest in the West and South, there are hotspots in all regions. The CDC as well as mainstream media sources are downplaying this wave as they have many others. The post National COVID-19 trends, August 18 first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [Downgrading mothers and babies in Barnstable will be followed by strokes, as in Hywel Dda, thus increasing the “health divide”. Dumbing down of life expectancy will apply equally in Wales to parts of England.](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/maternity-deserts-and-the-dumbing-down-of-life-expectancy-apply-equally-in-wales-to-england-downgrading-in-barnstable-will-be-followed-by-strokes-as-in-hywel-dda-thus-increasing-the-health-divi/) _2026-08-17 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ Barnstable and Haverfordwest share a need. They have up until now had hospitals with maternity and neonatal care, but gradual reductions have disillusioned the public. Those with the means and a good reason will leave, and those who cannot or who want to embrace the higher risk and lower life expectancy will stay. These are \[…\] ## [Managers and sludge make sure that many cancer and other deserving patients never reach the consultant in time. Rationing referrals….](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/managers-and-sludge-make-sure-that-many-cancer-patients-never-reach-the-consultant-in-time/) _2026-08-17 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ The rationing of money people and resources into General Practice and Primary Care is well documented. Despite a 2 decade political promise to put more money into primary care, the opposite has happened. The attitude off management, influenced much more by hospital doctors, is to respond short term. Primary care and General Practice is “long \[…\] ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bJQVD7B9uZjv) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Staff feeling invisible and unimportant. External exit interviews might really help expose the “invisible” people …](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/staff-feeling-invisible-and-unimportant-external-exit-interviews-might-really-help-expose-the-invisible-people/) _2026-08-17 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ NHSreality has opined on the lack of “Exit Interviews” before, but I particularly like this method of expression and exposure. Not that anyone will listen. Staff feeling invisible and unimportant. External exit interviews might really help expose the “invisible” people …This is something that Trust Boards and politicians have to find money for. Doing without \[…\] ## [The current situation regarding the rationing and uneven post coded distribution of social care is explained in part 1. Listen to part 2 to be fully informed.](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/the-current-situation-regarding-the-rationing-and-uneven-post-coded-distribution-of-social-care-is-explained-in-part-1-listen-to-part-2-to-be-fully-informed/) _2026-08-17 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ Listen to the podcasts. Reflect on why we have always failed …I have a few Premium Bonds and my number came up the other day. I won £25 and am pleased that this went into my bank account. If my number comes up on the lottery of life, and I have a long term illness \[…\] ## [The AI gap isn't about enthusiasm](https://www.aomalley.com/p/the-ai-gap-isnt-about-enthusiasm) _2026-08-17 · Andrew O'Malley PhD · AI × MedEd_ Outside the US and Europe there is near-universal appetite for AI combined with very limited access. ## [A Parent’s Guide to Building Good Oral Health Habits in Children](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/building-good-oral-health-habits-children/) _2026-08-17 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ Parents in Lake Stevens, WA, and everywhere else discover the same thing eventually: the habits children form around their teeth in the first several years tend to stick for life. That works in both directions, which is exactly why the early stretch matters so much. The encouraging part is that most of what determines a \[…\] The post A Parent’s Guide to Building Good Oral Health Habits in Children… ## [Recovery in Real Life: How to Build a Plan You Can Actually Stick With](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/recovery-in-real-life-build-plan/) _2026-08-17 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ Recovery can look inspiring from a distance and painfully messy up close. If you’re trying to rebuild your life after addiction or manage a mental health struggle alongside it, you already know there’s no neat movie montage version. You need something practical. You need options that fit your schedule, your energy, and your actual life. \[…\] The post Recovery in Real Life: How to Build a Plan You… ## [In most respects, especially fiscally, devolution has failed its children, especially in Wales where more parochial behaviour is encouraged and choices and opportunities are limited. We are in a “national multi-issue denial…](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/in-most-respects-especially-fiscally-devolution-has-failed-its-children-especially-in-wales-where-more-parochial-behaviour-is-encouraged-and-choices-and-opportunities-are-limited-we-are-in-a-nat/) _2026-08-14 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ I have lived in Wales for 46 years now, and bought up 3 children in Pembrokeshire. The little England beyond Wales had no problem with its identity and although the Welsh Nationalists were committing arson in Cardigan, it rarely came south. The signposting was deliberately destroyed, but intelligent visitors used maps. The Pembrokeshire Yeomanry and \[ \] ## [Breast cancer exposed the lack of care I receive for Long COVID](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/14/breast-cancer-exposed-the-lack-of-care-i-receive-for-long-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breast-cancer-exposed-the-lack-of-care-i-receive-for-long-covid) _2026-08-14 · Kara Yorio · The Sick Times_ Cancer has a sadly well-worn path. It showed me that I deserve dignity and support for Long COVID. The post Breast cancer exposed the lack of care I receive for Long COVID first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [How to Advocate for a Loved One in Memory Care During a Leadership Vacancy](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/advocate-loved-one-memory-care-leadership-vacancy/) _2026-08-13 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ Nobody calls to tell you. You find out sideways, when an aide mentions that the director is “no longer with the community,” or when the office that had a name plate on it last month has a corporate badge sitting on the desk instead. Then the small things start. The activity calendar doesn’t get flipped \[…\] The post How to Advocate for a Loved One in Memory Care During a Leadership Vacancy appeared… ## [Politicians are sighting on GP pay in their desire to cut costs.. And the spectre of a 10 year course to be a consultant GP](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/politicians-are-sighting-on-gp-pay-in-their-desire-to-cut-costs-and-the-spectre-of-a-10-year-course-to-be-a-consultant-gp/) _2026-08-13 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ Is making a profit a vice ? ( It is time for Labour to grow up. Profit is not a vice This reflects a distorted market. The high profits of a few practices are probably because they can employ cheap labour in city centres and suburbia. In these locations good transport means that part time doctors can \[ \] ## [Scholarships for Students with Disabilities: 10 Picks for 2026](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/scholarships-students-disabilities-2026/) _2026-08-13 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ The best scholarships for students with disabilities can cover much more than tuition. Some help with books, technology, training, housing, or other college costs. Good programs to know include the Anne Ford Scholarship, Ruby’s Rainbow, the ACB Scholarship Program, the Tony Coelho Media Scholarship, and the BMO Capital Markets Lime Connect scholarship. This 2026 guide \[…\] The post Scholarships for… ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0sERTTbLc1JZ) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [10 Facts on Autism and Writing: Fine Motor Skills and Dysgraphia](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/autism-writing-fine-motor-skills-dysgraphia/) _2026-08-13 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ The link between autism and writing often shows a frustrating gap between a highly intelligent mind and struggling hands. Many autistic people have brilliant ideas and deep knowledge to share with the world. However, the physical act of writing on paper feels painful, exhausting, and overwhelming for them. Deadlines make this physical struggle much worse \[…\] The post 10 Facts on Autism and… ## [Welcoming the new doctors to the frontlines of clinical excellence!](https://rcmc.com.bd/welcoming-the-new-doctors-to-the-frontlines-of-clinical-excellence/) _2026-08-12 · RCMC Website Manager · RCMC_ Intern Doctors’ Reception Program 2026 – Welcoming the new doctors to the frontlines of clinical excellence! Rangpur Community Medical College and Hospital proudly organized the Intern Doctors’ Reception Program 2026 to formally welcome and inspire the newly appointed intern doctors as they step into professional... ## [Academic Seminar at RCMC](https://rcmc.com.bd/academic-seminar-at-rcmc-2/) _2026-08-12 · RCMC Website Manager · RCMC_ Advancing Medical Knowledge: Academic Seminar at RCMC Excellence in medical education drives better healthcare! We are pleased to share moments from the recently organized auspicious academic seminar, which took place on July 23rd, 2026, by the Medical Education Unit at the RCMC Conference Room on... ## [Multidisciplinary Seminar on Painless Normal Delivery, focusing on advanced techniques in Painless Delivery & Obstetric Analgesia](https://rcmc.com.bd/multidisciplinary-seminar-on-painless-normal-delivery-focusing-on-advanced-techniques-in-painless-delivery-obstetric-analgesia/) _2026-08-12 · RCMC Website Manager · RCMC_ Rangpur Community Medical College is proud to highlight the recently held Multidisciplinary Seminar on Painless Normal Delivery, focusing on advanced techniques in Painless Delivery & Obstetric Analgesia. Multidisciplinary Seminar on Topics: – Painless Normal Delivery & Obstetric Analgesia – Labour Analgesia Key Speakers & Topics:... ## [Training Program on Teaching Methodology & Assessment](https://rcmc.com.bd/training-program-on-teaching-methodology-assessment/) _2026-08-12 · RCMC Website Manager · RCMC_ Empowering Educators: Training Program on Teaching Methodology & Assessment Empowering our educators to build a stronger foundation for healthcare education! Rangpur Community Medical College, under the guidance of the Medical Education Unit (MEU), organized a training program for newly appointed lecturers focusing on teaching methodology... ## [Academic Seminar at RCMC](https://rcmc.com.bd/academic-seminar-at-rcmc/) _2026-08-12 · RCMC Website Manager · RCMC_ We are pleased to share moments from the recently organized academic seminar on “Stroke: A Fatal CVS Accident”, held at the Medical Education Unit (MEU), Rangpur Community Medical College. Seminar Overview: Topic: Stroke – A Fatal CVS Accident Speaker: Dr. Shatabdy Modak Designation: FCPS Part-II... ## [VIPER aims to fast track Long COVID biomarkers. Here’s how it works.](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/11/viper-aims-to-fast-track-long-covid-biomarkers-heres-how-it-works/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viper-aims-to-fast-track-long-covid-biomarkers-heres-how-it-works) _2026-08-11 · David Tuller · The Sick Times_ Led by researchers at UCSF, the research program plans to validate promising candidates for noninvasive tests that can be used to advance clinical trials. The post VIPER aims to fast track Long COVID biomarkers. Here’s how it works. first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [Research updates, August 11](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/11/research-updates-august-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=research-updates-august-11) _2026-08-11 · Miles W. Griffis · The Sick Times_ COVID-19 can reactivate dormant viruses in the body, confirms new research in Nature. The post Research updates, August 11 first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [National COVID-19 trends, August 11](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/11/national-covid-19-trends-august-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-covid-19-trends-august-11) _2026-08-11 · Betsy Ladyzhets · The Sick Times_ A summer COVID-19 wave is still rising in the U.S., according to data through late July. Increases in disease spread are most pronounced in the South and West, but all regions have growing outbreaks. This summer’s wave started later and lower than similar waves in prior years, making it difficult to anticipate what might happen in the coming months. The post National COVID-19 trends, August 11… ## [Is Anyone Training the Trainers?](https://www.aomalley.com/p/is-anyone-training-the-trainers) _2026-08-10 · Andrew O'Malley PhD · AI × MedEd_ Four 2026 papers move past what students should learn about AI and ask whether the faculty teaching them are actually ready. ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yDOntGNgMmxh) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [My local rationing . An example and a challenge for local politicians to admit that Enoch Powell was right…](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/my-local-rationing-an-example-and-a-challenge-for-local-politicians-to-admit-that-enoch-powell-was-right/) _2026-08-10 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ Hywel Dda had correspondence with a citizen under the FOI rules. This is the response to their reply posted on Facebook in the Save Withybush Campaign. My response is below and relates to how we are going to ration overtly. Every local person wants the greatest number and choice of services local to them. Enoch \[ \] ## [How to Start Your Nursing Career Without Unnecessary Delays](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/start-nursing-career-without-unnecessary-delays/) _2026-08-10 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ Thinking about a new career can feel exciting and a little scary, like standing on the edge of a diving board in socks. If nursing has been on your mind, you’re not alone. Many adults want work that feels meaningful, steady, and useful in real life. The good news is that you may not need \[…\] The post How to Start Your Nursing Career Without Unnecessary Delays appeared first on The Ability Toolbox… ## [How to Join a Clinical Trial Without Leaving Your House](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/join-clinical-trial-without-leaving-your-house/) _2026-08-09 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ For years, the honest answer to “could I be in a clinical trial?” had almost nothing to do with your diagnosis. It came down to logistics. Research ran out of academic medical centers in large cities, on a schedule the protocol set rather than one your body agreed to, and if you couldn’t manage a \[…\] The post How to Join a Clinical Trial Without Leaving Your House appeared first on The Ability… ## [Show Me, Don’t Just Tell Me: How Caregivers Can Ask for Visual Explanations of a Diagnosis](https://theabilitytoolbox.com/caregivers-visual-explanations-diagnosis/) _2026-08-09 · Alice Turing · The Ability Toolbox_ You sat in the appointment. You nodded. You wrote things down in the notes app on your phone. Then you got to the parking lot, called your brother, and realized you could not actually explain what the doctor had just told you about your mother. That is not a listening problem. It is a translation \[…\] The post Show Me, Don’t Just Tell Me: How Caregivers Can Ask for Visual Explanations of a… ## [Running out of food? Not impossible in a warming world where nations are not prepared to act together…. A strategic food supply plan is needed… for the UK](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/running-out-of-food-not-impossible-in-a-warming-world-where-nations-are-not-prepared-to-act-together-a-strategic-food-supply-plan-is-needed/) _2026-08-09 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ The Global Food Security Index ( see below ) web page was last complete 2022. The 11th Global Food Security Index shows a deterioration in the global food environment for the third year, threatening food security. But in 2025 the insights at economist enterprise published In 2025, Finland ranks first in the Global Food Security \[ \] ## [Still using paper notes – after all this time!](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/still-using-paper-notes-after-all-this-time/) _2026-08-08 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ NHSreality has suggested integrated IT systems in every trust, and recommended that any of the GP systems available should be chosen in each Trust. Since this has not happened, probably because GPs were never allowed to influence trusts ( we are self employed businessmen who make a profit and this is a vice ) no \[ \] ## [A possible template for a plan for the future of General Practice – who wants to be the fall guy?](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/a-possible-template-for-a-plan-for-the-future-of-general-practice-who-wants-to-be-the-fall-guy/) _2026-08-08 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ Is the Descriptor below inevitable? I can see that Prof Hay be predicting correctly. I personally would probably not have chosen GP as a career under such a plan but who knows? Medical school training courses to be extended to add an MBA for all aspiring GP Team leaders? Think of the increased cost, and personal \[ \] ## [The management of the crumbling NHS Estate… Mistakes compounded on mistakes](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/the-management-of-the-crumbling-nhs-estate-mistakes-compounded-on-mistakes/) _2026-08-08 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ NHSreality has opined on the RAAC ( Reinforced Autoclaved Aeriated Concrete ) scandal and it being swept under the radar .. The lack of an Honest Debate means that structures are failing, and service failures will have to follow. In my own part of the country, and an example that follows through in many other \[ \] ## [Equitable funding of social care – and the choices we all have to make. “Denying nursing home residents equitable access to NHS community services increases pressure on care providers and contributes to avoidable hospital admissions”.](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/08/equitable-funding-of-social-care-and-the-choices-we-make/) _2026-08-08 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ The big question is whether equitable funding of social care should be pre-planned and covered by insurance or not? If not I see no way to make it fair, because those who have saved and were thrifty are punished more than those who spent everything. If we take the risk that we will never need \[ \] ## [“This exhaustion is cellular”: Excerpts from the new book ‘What Is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Like?’](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/08/this-exhaustion-is-cellular-excerpts-from-the-new-book-what-is-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-exhaustion-is-cellular-excerpts-from-the-new-book-what-is-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-like) _2026-08-08 · Madelleine Muller · The Sick Times_ Essays focusing on Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), from a new book by an international group of writers documenting their ME experiences. The post “This exhaustion is cellular”: Excerpts from the new book ‘What Is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Like?’ first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [How do you spot Long COVID misinformation?](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/07/how-do-you-spot-long-covid-misinformation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-do-you-spot-long-covid-misinformation) _2026-08-07 · Melanie Marich · The Sick Times_ In this episode, Miles Griffis and Betsy Ladyzhets talk to Long COVID physician, patient and advocate Zeest Khan about her Long COVID journey, how she looks at new research and off-label treatments as a physician, and how to spot misinformation and pseudoscience online. The post How do you spot Long COVID misinformation? first appeared on The Sick Times . [Listen](https://thesicktimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/EP14_DRKHAN_080426_SH_FINAL_mixdown.mp3) ## [Is the unfair funding of GP practices ( And NHS Dentists ) a scandal yet to be exposed? Is the word profit unethical/ banned / a “vice”?](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/07/is-the-unfair-funding-of-gp-practices-and-nhs-dentists-a-scandal-yet-to-be-exposed-is-the-word-profit-unethical-banned-a-vice/) _2026-08-07 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ NHSreality has tried to explain the funding of the self employed businesses which have subcontracted to the 4 Health Services since inception. General Practice and Dentistry. The two groups have had their contracts imposed on them, and in Dentistry this has resulted in a complete breakdown, numerous citizens who do without a dentist, and a \[ \] ## [There’s a long history of person-first language in advocacy. Here’s why we should use it for Long COVID.](https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/04/theres-a-long-history-of-person-first-language-in-advocacy-heres-why-we-should-use-it-for-long-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theres-a-long-history-of-person-first-language-in-advocacy-heres-why-we-should-use-it-for-long-covid) _2026-08-04 · Elizabeth Pugh · The Sick Times_ Labeling people with Long COVID as “patients” is stigmatizing and personally and politically harmful. It strips personal agency. And frankly, it’s bad PR. The post There’s a long history of person-first language in advocacy. Here’s why we should use it for Long COVID. first appeared on The Sick Times . ## [ENTtoday to Debut Advice Column](https://www.enttoday.org/article/enttoday-to-debut-advice-column/) _2026-08-04 · Ronda Whitaker · News Archives - ENTtoday_ You have questions, and ENTtoday has answers. Everyone has at least a few questions about their specialty, practice, institution, protocols, patients, residents, colleagues, and more that they hesitate to ask \[…\] ## [How much MedEd AI research actually happening?](https://www.aomalley.com/p/how-much-meded-ai-research-actually) _2026-08-04 · Andrew O'Malley PhD · AI × MedEd_ Four new bibliometric studies map the literature itself, and the picture is bigger, faster and shakier than any single paper can show. ## [As access gets worse, and waits lengthen, referrals increase, and complaints rise, the waiting list could be solved especially in the rural areas where there will be the most excess deaths](https://nhsreality.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/as-access-gets-worse-and-waits-lengthen-referrals-increase-and-complaints-rise-the-waiting-list-could-be-solved-especially-in-the-rural-areas-where-there-will-be-the-most-excess-deaths/) _2026-08-03 · Roger Burns - retired GP · NHS reality. An NHS soapbox. Speakers' corner for the NHS._ A retired Medical Director, who I suspect never had an exit interview, has spoken out in Pembrokeshire. The reality of poor survival and outcomes due to distance from basic facilities is real. The golden hour is the time between presentation and treatment for a cardiovascular event (Heart or brain) and in left behind parts of \[ \] ## [Notice on account of “5 August 2026”](https://rcmc.com.bd/notice-on-account-of-5-august-2026/) _2026-08-03 · RCMC Website Manager · RCMC_ All concerned may kindly be informed that the academic and administrative activities of RCMC will remain closed on 5 August 2026, Wednesday, due to National Day. All activities of RCMC and RCDC will resume on 6 August 2026. ## [Mary Seah – The Angel of Changi](https://drandrewhuang.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/mary-seah-the-angel-of-changi/) _2026-08-01 · andrewhuange9c5464e4d · Dr Andrew Huang's Blog_ Today I was in the dining room of the hospital where I often take my mum to have meals while she is undergoing rehabilitation. Today, being a Saturday, the dining room was a little busier than during the weekdays. While I was feeding mum, I heard the woman at the next table talking about Vivian \[ \] ## [How I use AI in AI × MedEd](https://www.aomalley.com/p/how-i-use-ai-in-ai-meded) _2026-07-30 · Andrew O'Malley PhD · AI × MedEd_ The answer may surprise you! ## [Does AI actually teach better?](https://www.aomalley.com/p/does-ai-actually-teach-better) _2026-07-27 · Andrew O'Malley PhD · AI × MedEd_ Four new meta-analyses of randomised trials reach different verdicts on whether AI-based teaching beats the traditional kind.