<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><channel><atom:link href="http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/rss.ashx" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Nottingham U-Now</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk</link><description>U-Now is the University of Nottingham's formal open courseware initiative.</description><dc:date>2013-05-22</dc:date><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><copyright><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></copyright><item><category>UNow</category><title>Improving the health of the population and evidence based medicine</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=f14ed503-63ad-e229-11f7-12369406f5a8</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:17:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=f14ed503-63ad-e229-11f7-12369406f5a8</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/vnd.ms-powerpoint</dc:format><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Autumn Semester 2009

This module has two essential components: Evidence-Based Medicine and Public Health. Evidence-Based Medicine was introduced as a new discipline because traditionally the teaching of medicine was heavily reliant on an apprenticeship-type system with emphasis on learning from observing one’s teachers. One of the guiding principles in the NHS today is that all health care should be based on research evidence. One of the aims of this module is to cover core concepts in epidemiology and basic statistics so that you are able to understand the evidence presented in research papers and apply it to your clinical practice.

The Public Health component of this module will provide you with insight into the factors affecting the health at a population level and how these may be addressed. It also aims to show how these factors may be distributed and how this can contribute to inequalities in health between populations.

Suitable for study: Undergraduate level year 1

Dr Puja R Myles, School of Community Health Sciences - Epidemiology and Public Health

Dr Puja Myles is an Associate Professor of Health Protection and Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. She trained as a dentist at Panjab University, India and worked as a dentist in India before completing her specialist training in Public Health in the East Midlands. She completed a doctorate in Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. She is currently part of the Health Protection Research Group at Nottingham and her research is primarily in respiratory disease epidemiology. She is also interested in evaluation methods and is currently involved in some public health service evaluations.]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.

As taught in Autumn Semester 2009

This module has two essential components: Evidence-Based Medicine and Public Health. Evidence-Based Medicine was introduced as a new discipline because traditionally the teaching of medicine was heavily reliant on an apprenticeship-type system with emphasis on learning from observing one’s teachers. One of the guiding principles in the NHS today is that all health care should be based on research evidence. One of the aims of this module is to cover core concepts in epidemiology and basic statistics so that you are able to understand the evidence presented in research papers and apply it to your clinical practice.

The Public Health component of this module will provide you with insight into the factors affecting the health at a population level and how these may be addressed. It also aims to show how these factors may be distributed and how this can contribute to inequalities in health between populations.

Suitable for study: Undergraduate level year 1

Dr Puja R Myles, School of Community Health Sciences - Epidemiology and Public Health

Dr Puja Myles is an Associate Professor of Health Protection and Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. She trained as a dentist at Panjab University, India and worked as a dentist in India before completing her specialist training in Public Health in the East Midlands. She completed a doctorate in Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. She is currently part of the Health Protection Research Group at Nottingham and her research is primarily in respiratory disease epidemiology. She is also interested in evaluation methods and is currently involved in some public health service evaluations.]]></description><dc:date>2010-03-12</dc:date><dc:title>Improving the health of the population and evidence based medicine</dc:title><dc:creator>Myles Puja R. Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Evidence Based Medicine</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Public Health</dc:subject><dc:subject>Health of the population</dc:subject><dc:subject>Determinants of health</dc:subject><dc:subject>Inequalities in health</dc:subject><dc:subject>Obesity, diet and physical activity</dc:subject><dc:subject>Screening</dc:subject><dc:subject>Positive predictive value of screening tests</dc:subject><dc:subject>multidisciplinary approach to population health</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>International Classification of Function, Disability and Health </title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=9e3d2231-d5fb-0905-4789-43f311d4e980</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:23:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=9e3d2231-d5fb-0905-4789-43f311d4e980</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>application/zip</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This package was originally designed for undergraduates in Medicine at the University of Nottingham.  It will also be useful to students in nursing, allied health professions and pharmacy.  Practitioners in these fields, who are new to the ICF, will also find it a useful introduction.

It describes the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), a classification system published by the World Health Organisation to describe health status.  
This system is widely used in rehabilitation research and practice to describe impairments of body structure and function and how these impact on activities and participation.

By the end of this package you should be able to:
- List and describe the five domains of the ICF.
- Apply the ICF to real-life patient scenarios in order to understand your patient's health status.
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This package was originally designed for undergraduates in Medicine at the University of Nottingham.  It will also be useful to students in nursing, allied health professions and pharmacy.  Practitioners in these fields, who are new to the ICF, will also find it a useful introduction.

It describes the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), a classification system published by the World Health Organisation to describe health status.  
This system is widely used in rehabilitation research and practice to describe impairments of body structure and function and how these impact on activities and participation.

By the end of this package you should be able to:
- List and describe the five domains of the ICF.
- Apply the ICF to real-life patient scenarios in order to understand your patient's health status.
]]></description><dc:date>2009-03-06</dc:date><dc:title>International Classification of Function, Disability and Health </dc:title><dc:creator>University of Nottingham</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health </dc:subject><dc:subject>ICF</dc:subject><dc:subject>Disability</dc:subject><dc:subject>Health</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Personal & professional development</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=b39b4dc7-6ed0-6077-52a8-84e8425250ef</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:35:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=b39b4dc7-6ed0-6077-52a8-84e8425250ef</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This resource provides an overview of the Personal and Professional Development activities and requirements embedded within the eighteen month pre-clinical part of the Graduate Entry Medicine course and the portfolio that students are required to maintain for the duration of the course.
 
The Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) course comprises two key themes:
 
1. Basic and Clinical Sciences (BCS)

    Modules 7 to 9 (GEM year 2)
    Modules 1 to 6 (GEM year 1)

2. Personal and Professional Development (PPD)

    Module 2 (GEM year 2)
    Module 1 (GEM year 1)

The Personal and Professional Development modules of the GEM course centre around the concept of professionalism. They integrate basic communication and physical examination skills and encourage you to develop professional behaviour and attitudes and an awareness of how ethical principles underpin clinical practice. These are core skills for doctors and their importance is emphasised by the General Medical Council in the publication “Good Medical Practice”.

Areas covered under the umbrella of PPD include:

• Early Clinical Experience (ECE)
(General Practice visits) – led by the Director of Clinical Skills

• Professional Competencies
(practical clinical and technical skills) – led by the Director of Clinical Skills

• Professional Values
(attitudes and behaviour) – led by the Head of PPD
 
Module Codes: A12P1G & A12P2G
 
Year: 2010 to 2012
 
Suitable for study at: Level 2
 
Credits: 15

Target Students: Restricted to students registered for the GEM (Graduate Entry Medicine) programme There is a limited number of places on this module. Students are reminded that enrolments which are not agreed by the Offering School in advance may be cancelled without notice.

Prerequisites: Restricted to students registered for the GEM (Graduate Entry Medicine) programme

Corequisites: None

Offering School: Graduate Entry Medicine and Health ]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This resource provides an overview of the Personal and Professional Development activities and requirements embedded within the eighteen month pre-clinical part of the Graduate Entry Medicine course and the portfolio that students are required to maintain for the duration of the course.
 
The Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) course comprises two key themes:
 
1. Basic and Clinical Sciences (BCS)

    Modules 7 to 9 (GEM year 2)
    Modules 1 to 6 (GEM year 1)

2. Personal and Professional Development (PPD)

    Module 2 (GEM year 2)
    Module 1 (GEM year 1)

The Personal and Professional Development modules of the GEM course centre around the concept of professionalism. They integrate basic communication and physical examination skills and encourage you to develop professional behaviour and attitudes and an awareness of how ethical principles underpin clinical practice. These are core skills for doctors and their importance is emphasised by the General Medical Council in the publication “Good Medical Practice”.

Areas covered under the umbrella of PPD include:

• Early Clinical Experience (ECE)
(General Practice visits) – led by the Director of Clinical Skills

• Professional Competencies
(practical clinical and technical skills) – led by the Director of Clinical Skills

• Professional Values
(attitudes and behaviour) – led by the Head of PPD
 
Module Codes: A12P1G & A12P2G
 
Year: 2010 to 2012
 
Suitable for study at: Level 2
 
Credits: 15

Target Students: Restricted to students registered for the GEM (Graduate Entry Medicine) programme There is a limited number of places on this module. Students are reminded that enrolments which are not agreed by the Offering School in advance may be cancelled without notice.

Prerequisites: Restricted to students registered for the GEM (Graduate Entry Medicine) programme

Corequisites: None

Offering School: Graduate Entry Medicine and Health ]]></description><dc:date>2012-03-22</dc:date><dc:title>Personal & professional development</dc:title><dc:creator> University of Nottingham. School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>A12P1G</dc:subject><dc:subject>A12P2G</dc:subject><dc:subject>Graduate</dc:subject><dc:subject>Medicine</dc:subject><dc:subject>clinical</dc:subject><dc:subject>sciences</dc:subject><dc:subject>pre-clinical</dc:subject><dc:subject>development</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Physics in architecture</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=4c69e5f6-3606-7e64-c3d2-09f048295be9</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:04:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=4c69e5f6-3606-7e64-c3d2-09f048295be9</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>undefined</dc:format><dc:format>application/octet-stream</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Developed in 1998 by Dr John Whittle (Department of the Built Environment) using Authorware, this package contains brief interactive notes on eight areas of physics in which architects need a working knowledge. However, it is also useful to others in science, engineering and social sciences looking for an introduction to the topics concerned. These topics are: Units of measurement; Scalar and vector quantities; Newton’s laws; Mass and weight; Action and reaction; Waves; Heat, work and energy; and Light.

Suitable For: Undergraduate Year One Students and Vocational Training

To view and download this resource, right click view resource and choose ‘Save Target As’ if using Internet Explorer browser and ‘Save Link As’ if using Firefox.

Dr John Whiittle, School of Built Environment

Dr John Whittle is the Quality Assurance Officer for Medicine and Administrator of the Medical Education Unit at The University of Nottingham.  After reading Physics at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, he remained in the University to carry out research for his PhD in computer simulation of the performance of houses.  He then undertook post-doctoral research in Newcastle at The Building Science Section of the School of Architecture before taking up a lectureship at the University of Nottingham. After many years teaching and researching he migrated into full time administration and is now a senior member of staff in the Nottingham Medical School]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Developed in 1998 by Dr John Whittle (Department of the Built Environment) using Authorware, this package contains brief interactive notes on eight areas of physics in which architects need a working knowledge. However, it is also useful to others in science, engineering and social sciences looking for an introduction to the topics concerned. These topics are: Units of measurement; Scalar and vector quantities; Newton’s laws; Mass and weight; Action and reaction; Waves; Heat, work and energy; and Light.

Suitable For: Undergraduate Year One Students and Vocational Training

To view and download this resource, right click view resource and choose ‘Save Target As’ if using Internet Explorer browser and ‘Save Link As’ if using Firefox.

Dr John Whiittle, School of Built Environment

Dr John Whittle is the Quality Assurance Officer for Medicine and Administrator of the Medical Education Unit at The University of Nottingham.  After reading Physics at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, he remained in the University to carry out research for his PhD in computer simulation of the performance of houses.  He then undertook post-doctoral research in Newcastle at The Building Science Section of the School of Architecture before taking up a lectureship at the University of Nottingham. After many years teaching and researching he migrated into full time administration and is now a senior member of staff in the Nottingham Medical School]]></description><dc:date>2009-08-25</dc:date><dc:title>Physics in architecture</dc:title><dc:creator>Whittle John Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>physics</dc:subject><dc:subject>architecture</dc:subject><dc:subject>mass</dc:subject><dc:subject>weight</dc:subject><dc:subject>waves</dc:subject><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject><dc:subject>light</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>RIAlity</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=97090711-1cce-0d2b-265f-650c3add5dbc</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:02:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=97090711-1cce-0d2b-265f-650c3add5dbc</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>undefined</dc:format><dc:format>application/octet-stream</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[The package was written in 1996.

Radio immuno assay (RIA) is a technique for measuring concentrations of antigens. Although better techniques have subsequently been developed from it, understanding RIA forms the basis for understanding these derivatives. RIA belongs to the family of competition assays which are widely used in science, medicine and related industries to measure the concentrations of biologically active molecules.   This package introduces the concepts of RIA and will be useful to anyone wanting to understand how this family of techniques work. 

To view and download this resource, right click view resource and choose ‘Save Target As’ if using Internet Explorer browser and ‘Save Link As’ if using Firefox.

Suitable For: Undergraduate Year One


Dr Martin Luck, School of Biosciences.

Dr Martin Luck is Associate Professor of Animal Physiology at the University of Nottingham. After reading Animal Physiology at Nottingham, he moved to the University of Leeds to complete a Masters in Steroid Endocrinology and a PhD in Physiology. He carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Southampton and then moved to Hamburg, Germany where he led a research group investigating ovarian follicular development. He returned to Nottingham as an academic in 1990. Dr Luck also has a BA in Mathematics, is a Fellow of the Society of Biology and the Higher Education Academy and is Chair of the Management Board of Bioscience Horizons, the National Undergraduate Research Journal. He has held teaching advisory posts at the University and been a consultant for the Quality Assurance Agency and Higher Education Academy.
]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[The package was written in 1996.

Radio immuno assay (RIA) is a technique for measuring concentrations of antigens. Although better techniques have subsequently been developed from it, understanding RIA forms the basis for understanding these derivatives. RIA belongs to the family of competition assays which are widely used in science, medicine and related industries to measure the concentrations of biologically active molecules.   This package introduces the concepts of RIA and will be useful to anyone wanting to understand how this family of techniques work. 

To view and download this resource, right click view resource and choose ‘Save Target As’ if using Internet Explorer browser and ‘Save Link As’ if using Firefox.

Suitable For: Undergraduate Year One


Dr Martin Luck, School of Biosciences.

Dr Martin Luck is Associate Professor of Animal Physiology at the University of Nottingham. After reading Animal Physiology at Nottingham, he moved to the University of Leeds to complete a Masters in Steroid Endocrinology and a PhD in Physiology. He carried out post-doctoral research at the University of Southampton and then moved to Hamburg, Germany where he led a research group investigating ovarian follicular development. He returned to Nottingham as an academic in 1990. Dr Luck also has a BA in Mathematics, is a Fellow of the Society of Biology and the Higher Education Academy and is Chair of the Management Board of Bioscience Horizons, the National Undergraduate Research Journal. He has held teaching advisory posts at the University and been a consultant for the Quality Assurance Agency and Higher Education Academy.
]]></description><dc:date>2009-08-25</dc:date><dc:title>RIAlity</dc:title><dc:creator>Luck Martin Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>radio immuno assay</dc:subject><dc:subject>competition assay</dc:subject><dc:subject>antigen</dc:subject><dc:subject>ukoer</dc:subject></item></channel></rss>