Reaching out to local communities and a wider audience
Educational models and innovative tools used in classrooms can bring concepts in science and medicine to students, but shouldn't we be developing and improving on methods to involve the larger public?
New ways of connecting the public and scientific research
Methods of data collection which employ citizen science can hold their own when compared to traditional scientific practices, according to the results of a University of East Anglia-led study. The research, which has appeared in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, focuses on volunteer data collection in a marine diversity context and has found that the areas where professional scientists have the upper hand are largely balanced out by the advantages of recruiting amateur citizen scientists. READ MORE HERE
Fundamental to the human and animal experience are the quality of the life we live and how we die.
Changes and improvements in medical intervention, understanding disease, and issues surrounding end of life and euthanasia are effected and translated through the medical community.
Does wider society appreciate that the information fed back through medicine and science actually starts with them? Are science and medicine really ventures in social self examination? If so, is it the remit of medical professionals (including pathologists) to discuss these topics beyond their colleagues in the medical profession?
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What can clinicians do to assist their clients or patients in...
...understading conditions, prognosis, medical systems and scientific information?
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...grappling with death and postmortem examination?
What does the postmortem exam offer clinicians (Human medical and Veterinary)? Has the case been made? What would it offer family? The wider community?
Would a clinic brochure free veterinarians from bringing up a difficult topic without denying their clients important information?
What does the postmortem exam offer clinicians (Human medical and Veterinary)? Has the case been made? What would it offer family? The wider community?
Would a clinic brochure free veterinarians from bringing up a difficult topic without denying their clients important information?
Do professionals in the medical community have the institutional support, connections, interest and incentive to be involved in community outreach?
Creating Spaces in Communities
I recently heard about a gallery in Brooklyn called Proteus Gowanus,
which described itself as an interdisciplinary gallery and reading room. I’ve only visited it virtually thus far, but
it seems like such a great idea. It
leaves me wondering if there is a reason this sort of space seems to only exist
as a curiosity in a city like New York.
Every town with a public library could take on the integration of
science and art, and perhaps they already do, or try to; but what if community
scientists, artists, and members of the public descended on these spaces with
ideas that would display and promote their fields? How much effort would it take to contribute a
bit of your creative product to a public place?
There are some examples of outreach courses and lectures on a number of topics in this website
Thoughts and responses to questions and information provided on this page can be posted below.
