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Professionalism: Informal Consultations about Skin Diseases
Full text linkIntroduction: “Informal consultation” refers to informal self-referral to clinicians for medical advice. This questionnaire-based study explores non-dermatology doctors’ experiences with informal consultations on skin diseases.
Method: A 13-item questionnaire-based study was conducted in 2020, involving a convenience sample of doctors from a district general hospital. Doctors working in the dermatology department were excluded from the questionnaire. The numerical data derived from the questionnaire were analysed using descriptive statistics, and free text data were analysed using content analysis.
Results: The questionnaire response rate was 29/33 (88%), consisting of 27 doctors-in-training and two medical consultants. Twenty-four of 29 (83%) respondents reported that they were asked to provide dermatological advice outside of healthcare settings. The main source of self-referrals was first-degree relatives, as reported by 23/29 (79%) respondents. Twenty-five of 29 (86%) did not document the advice provided.
Conclusions: Non-dermatology doctors encounter informal consultations on skin diseases. These requests put a burden on the work–life balance of clinicians involved, and there are risks associated with mismanaging such requests. Doctors in training would benefit from support and guidance from their supervisors on how to navigate this professionalism issue safely
Mindfulness in Undergraduate Medical Education: Where We Are Now and Where We Go Next
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Comparison of ARIMA and Exponential Smoothing Models in Prediction of Stock Prices
Full text linkStock prices tend to show trends or seasonality or have random walk movements. Time series statistical models developed over time aid prediction of stock prices to assist informed decision-making for investors. These models provide quantitative information to financial specialists at the time of placing their buy–sell orders. The paper compares the movement of two univariate time series using two forecasting models—exponential smoothing and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) (p; d; q). We predict stock prices of selected 15 companies across three sectors (banking, pharmaceuticals, and Information technology) from NIFTY 50 data for the period April 01, 2016 to March 31, 2021. All these 15 companies are representative constituents of the three sectors within the Nifty 50 index. Performances of models were assessed through forecasting error measures such as root mean square error and mean absolute percentage error. Performances of both models were identical for nine stocks. Prediction based on ARIMA was more accurate for six stocks, whereas exponential smoothing model was a better indicator of stock prices in the case of one stock. However, the differences in error measures of the both the models are marginal, and parsimony principle may drive the choice of model
Power Imbalances, Market Concentration, and High Jackpots: The Case of EuroMillions
No full textWhile the EuroMillions game has been in operation since 2004, there has been limited analysis of its demand and no research on potential power imbalances within the organization and their dependence on jackpot size. This study utilizes EuroMillions sales data at the country level to examine the distribution of market power within the organization and its historical trends. Market concentration is evaluated using the Herfindahl Hirschman index (HHI), and the relationship between the HHI and jackpot size is assessed using sales data at the draw level for all game operators. Findings indicate that power imbalances exist within the EuroMillions organization, partly due to the impact of the jackpot size, which appears to stimulate demand for EuroMillions tickets more in certain countries than in others
CURRICULUM DESIGN: PURPOSE, PROCESS & AGENCY
Full text linkEducators in Wales currently find themselves in a moment. This moment is defined by far-reaching reform. Globally, education reform is nothing new, “national curricula are constantly changing” (Sinnema, 2015, p. 965) and historically, Wales is no different
Betting Market-Based Expectations and NFL Coach Retention and Dismissal
No full textPerformance compared to expectations is important in evaluation of Chief Executive Officers, managers, and coaches. In many industries, expectation metrics are difficult to estimate or obtain. In professional sports, however, futures markets exist for season performance. In many sports, such as the NFL, there exists a wagering option on season win totals. A season win total is an over/under bet on the number of wins a team will have in a given season. We utilize this market to calculate actual versus expected performance and include this in a model of coach retention. The issue of treatment discrimination of minority coaches is explored
TEACH LIKE A CHAMPION VS AN ENQUIRY APPROACH – IS THERE A MIDDLE GROUND?
Full text linkWe were appointed as Co-Heads at Thomas’s Putney Vale, in London, in Sept 2022, after a year of working together as Director of Curriculum Innovation and Director of Teaching and Learning at Thomas’s Battersea. We are developing an enquiry curriculum where students are not left to their own devices to discover independently as some might believe in an enquiry model. Instead, teachers guide students through structured enquiries using recommendations from Doug Lemov’s ‘Teach like a Champion’ (Lemov, 2010; Lemov, 2015; Lemov, 2021)
RETHINKING EDUCATION: Speech by Lox Pratt, September 2022
Full text linkTeacher: Lox, you can’t do that!Me: Why not?Teacher: Because I say so!Me: Right, this is the big problem. Grown ups still don’t get it. You went to school thirty years ago and you are just carrying on like those teachers you didn’t like back then, who told you what to learn and how to learn it. When they would sit you down in a classroom and force you to learn.Learning is something we choose to do. When a child goes to school they are hardly ever listened to and are not treated as equal beings. Children are not grown ups in waiting. They are just as important but learn things in a different order to you. Even if I can’t yet do my eight times table I can drum, dance and rap.So, what are you doing? Let’s change the playbook. That’s why we are all here, right
INSPECTING AND INFLUENCING THE MICROCOSM: A CASE STUDY OF INNER CITY HIGH SCHOOL SPACES IN BRISTOL
Full text linkThe last few years have seen greater interest in making schools anti-racist. The BLM resurgence of 2020, global EDI movements and increased mainstream presence of decolonial theorists have firmly positioned structural racism under the cultural microscope. It is an issue for all institutions in the UK to acknowledge and metabolise, but it is arguably most pressing for the education sector. School, after all, is a microcosm of wider society; an avenue through which cultural ideas and ideals can become internalised and anchored to a young person’s framing of the world
COVID-19 Pandemic and International Energy Performances
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted global capital markets and has continued to influence energy index returns since the beginning of 2020. Throughout this time, several key events relating to the pandemic have been observed to increase volatility, whilst others, in contrast, result in the opposite occurring. This study investigates the short-term volatility of these key events on global energy index returns. The data from six major energy indices were used to establish a global geographic perspective of energy market returns, specifically that of Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the United States, including two commodities of WTI Crude Oil and Natural Gas to understand the effects of COVID-19 on energy returns. We employ “Event Study” by using a 10-day window period surrounding the dates of key events to measure volatility within returns. The findings of this study document that movement control orders increased volatility in energy market returns, whilst economic stability and vaccine availability tend to decrease volatility. The findings are crucial for investors, business owners, and government stakeholders to develop effective pandemic response plans whilst also providing insights on volatility expectations for investors to improve sentiment and confidence in navigating the stock markets under unpredictable conditions