Death masks and professional masks: community, values and ethics in legal education

This article is a case-study of simulation as a way of learning values and ethics, an approach implemented curriculum-wide within a postgraduate, professional legal educational programme, the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, in Scotland. It involves learning face-to-face using conventional print resources, and also involves online digital resources. While the use of the web to simulate a professional environment is nothing new in itself, the implementation of it (first in the Glasgow Graduate School of Law and then Strathclyde Law School) and on this scale is fairly unique. The article explores the genesis of this approach, its interdisciplinary bases, and its use in various law schools, its effects in building learning communities and facilitating ethical self-revelation

IT for social impact (ICT30005/ICT80008 Professional Issues in Information Technology)

In this video, Dr Jason Sargent discusses IT for social impac

Impact on hypertension control of patient-held guideline: a randomised controlled trial.

BackgroundHypertension is generally poorly controlled in primary care. One possible intervention for improving control is the harnessing of patient expertise through education and encouragement to challenge their care.AimTo determine whether encouraging patients to manage their hypertension in an ‘expert’ manner, by providing them with information in a clear clinical guideline, coupled with an explicit exhortation to become involved in and to challenge their own care if appropriate, would improve their care.Design of studySingle blind randomised controlled trial of detailed guideline versus standard information.SettingSingle urban general practice over 1 year.MethodPatient-held guideline with written explicit exhortation to challenge care when appropriate. Two hundred and ninety-four of 536 eligible patients on the practice hypertension register were recruited, all of whom were randomised into one of two groups. Two hundred and thirty-six patients completed the study.ResultsPrimary outcome: average systolic blood pressure. Secondary outcomes: proportion of patients with blood pressur

Impact on hypertension control of patient-held guideline: a randomised controlled trial.

BackgroundHypertension is generally poorly controlled in primary care. One possible intervention for improving control is the harnessing of patient expertise through education and encouragement to challenge their care.AimTo determine whether encouraging patients to manage their hypertension in an ‘expert’ manner, by providing them with information in a clear clinical guideline, coupled with an explicit exhortation to become involved in and to challenge their own care if appropriate, would improve their care.Design of studySingle blind randomised controlled trial of detailed guideline versus standard information.SettingSingle urban general practice over 1 year.MethodPatient-held guideline with written explicit exhortation to challenge care when appropriate. Two hundred and ninety-four of 536 eligible patients on the practice hypertension register were recruited, all of whom were randomised into one of two groups. Two hundred and thirty-six patients completed the study.ResultsPrimary outcome: average systolic blood pressure. Secondary outcomes: proportion of patients with blood pressur