“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little – do what you can.” Sidney Smith
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Education, education, education or have I missed the point?
From The Times via BDA, the words of another one of those Johnson boys. Universities urged to make more money from research Universities are to be measured on how well they work with business, collaborate on research and development and sell their intellectual property. Jo Johnson, the universities minister, will say today that a “knowledgeContinue reading “Education, education, education or have I missed the point?”
Should you lie in the sun?
I periodically share information gleaned from a well know dermatologist. This time there’s also a video where, to celebrate an auspicious birthday, my little brother shows the results of his experiments in cloning. It is well worth a watch, or two.
The Monday Morning Quote #451
“The impossible attracts me because everything possible has been done and the world didn’t change.” Sun Ra via Alex Ross
The Monday Morning Quote #450
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, you are a leader.” John Quincy Adams
The Weekend Read – This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
Very few, if any, books have made me weep with laughter and cry with upset in the space of a couple of pages but Adam Kay’s memoir of his years as a junior hospital doctor managed it. The final chapter left me in bits for many reasons. I ordered the book thinking it would beContinue reading “The Weekend Read – This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay”
The Monday Morning Quote #449
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke
Dental Sedation Adult and Paediatric Immediate Life Support course
Lynn Fox has asked me to promote her course on Dental Sedation Adult and Paediatric Immediate Life Support. As someone who practiced sedation I believe that on going training and updates on sedation techniques and particularly Life Support are essential. Details: For clinical dental staff who wish to provide / assist with conscious Inhalation SedationContinue reading “Dental Sedation Adult and Paediatric Immediate Life Support course”
One rule for you, one rule for the rest…
Inspired by John Naughton. Picture this – one dentist manages to lose one set of notes of one patient, who was one month old, who had made one visit to the practice as an emergency and treatment consisted of examination and parental reassurance. The notes are passed to a recognised third party for disposal butContinue reading “One rule for you, one rule for the rest…”
The Monday Morning Quote #448
“Instead of thinking outside the box, get rid of the box.” Deepak Chopra
The Incisal Edge 