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Peer reviewedAtkinson, Dwight – Applied Linguistics, 1992
Research articles from the oldest continuing medical journal in English were studied in terms of rhetorical analysis of broad genre characteristics and linguistic analysis of registral features using Biber's system of text analysis. Results suggest evolution influenced can be accounted for by changing epistemological norms of medical knowledge,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Medical Research
Peer reviewedFrisse, Mark E. – Academic Medicine, 1992
An analysis of the state of medical informatics, the application of computer and information technology to biomedicine, looks at trends and concerns, including integration of traditionally distinct enterprises (clinical information systems, financial information, scholarly support activities, infrastructures); informatics career choice and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedPina, Jose Antonio Esperanca – Higher Education Management, 1991
Portuguese legislative and policy moves since 1974 and their effects on academic hospitals are chronicled. The changes began with a serious university crisis, through which academic hospitals were abolished, and have resulted in legislation offering the potential for a restructuring of medical training and research. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Educational Change, Federal Legislation
Mangan, Katherine S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Reports that Harvard University Medical School is considering policy changes that would ease financial restrictions in its conflict-of-interest standards for faculty researchers. Supporters argue that such changes are necessary to attract and retain top researchers, but ethicists warn that as collaborations between industry and academic medicine…
Descriptors: Conflict of Interest, Ethics, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education
Peer reviewedInglehart, John – Academic Medicine, 1998
Two conference presentations are summarized: (1) the Human Genome Project and other genetic discoveries and technologies, that offer improvements in diagnosis, disease prevention, and treatment, and that change the relationship between the academic medical center (AMC) and the pharmaceutical industry; and (2) new emphases on health-care outcomes…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Conferences, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Deaths from meningitis-type illnesses among college students are worrying health officials. Concerns include behaviors of students that may put students at risk, risk characteristics of dormitory housing, ethical concerns about disclosing the names of infected students, and possible need for immunization programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Environment, College Housing, College Students
Download full textNational Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1986
In response to the President's Office of Science and Technology Policy request to identify promising areas for U.S. research investment in science and technology, this report contains briefings by outstanding researchers in several fields of science. This volume is the fifth in a series of briefings which are used to anticipate important new…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Futures (of Society), Government Publications, Innovation
