Nova Southeastern University’s College of Pharmacy is bringing the TEDMED Live Simulcast program back to NSU April 17-19th, 2013. Building upon last year’s Live program in the US, this year’s HD Simulcast will be transmitted to affiliate hospitals and universities throughout the world for the first time. NSU will be carrying TEDMED Sessions 2-10 in …
What do you think are the 20 greatest challenges we are facing in health and medicine? During the past year TEDMED used crowdsourcing to identify those challenges. This year, TEDMED is capped off by Great Challenges Day as a means to help start tackling those challenges, including Reducing Childhood Obesity. This challenge was identified, in part, as the percentage of “obese …
The increased use of social media by university students is well-characterized. However, the use of social media specific to pharmacy students is far less so. And little exists regarding their preferences for (and against) the use of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Wikipedia for educational purposes. Researchers from the Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research along …
Twitter is one the fastest growing social media networks and the third most employed social media platform by hospitals in the United States. Pharmacists’ participation on Twitter is increasing, but little information is known about the content or the quality of their communication and interconnections. Therefore, researchers at NSU’s Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research have …
When 12-time Olympic medalist and 2012 Games hopeful Dara Torres graced the cover of City&Shore magazine, ongoing work at Nova Southeastern University’s Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research (CCHIR) was also featured. In the issue, writer Nancy McVicar profiled three of the mobile health (mHealth) studies currently being coordinated through the Center. In all three cases, …
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe) released the fourth volume of its eHealth series, “Safety and security on the Internet: Challenges and advances in Member States“. Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research (CCHIR) director Dr. Kevin Clauson was “pleased and honored” to serve as a lead author for the volume, which explored …
Center for Consumer Heath Informatics Research faculty Joshua Caballero, PharmD, BCPP was part of a collaborative group at Nova Southeastern University led by Raymond Ownby, MD, PhD that recently published work on the HIV-Related Health Literacy Scale (HIV-HL). The article in AIDS & Behavior details ”development and validation of a brief computer-administered health literacy test that includes content focused on … Continue reading »
By Zaher Hajar, PharmD TEDMED is truly an experience of a lifetime. No matter how innovative an idea is; it can only impact its beholder. The real challenge is “How to spread it?” TEDMED experts blend together the future of health and medicine, your intellect and emotions into a 3 day scientific and emotional rollercoaster. … Continue reading »
By Tatiana Jenistova, College of Pharmacy, Class of 2015 The TEDMED Live @ NSU 2013 conference has been a stimulating and rewarding experience. Nearly every speaker I had the privilege to listen to challenged fundamental ideas, concepts and perceptions previously set in stone. TEDMED speakers opened my mind and exposed my thoughts to different perspectives such … Continue reading »
TEDMED curates an annual event focusing on health and medicine at the Opera House Stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. While innovative speakers on healthcare are the stars of this show, there is a strong tradition of enhancing the TEDMED experience with the Arts. This year, TEDMED is featuring: spoken … Continue reading »
In preparation for the upcoming TEDMEDLive event from April 17-19 organizers have released the TEDMED Connect App for iPhone, iPad, and Android. It can also be accessed via any mobile device with a browser. TEDMED Connect contains all the key information about TEDMED session schedules and speakers as well as a ‘What’s On Now’ button that allows real-time check-in on conference talks. Detailed session calendars as … Continue reading »
Currently, the most read article on Pharmacy Practice News is a social media piece titled, “Why Pharmacists Blog“. In it, writer Gina Shaw explores the pharmacy blogosphere and offers readers Blogging 101, including a Blogroll contributed by personnel from the Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research at Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy. To view … Continue reading »
Since the demand for residency spots far outstrips the supply – only about 60% of students match nationally – Center for Consumer Health Informatics Research faculty Josh Caballero, PharmD, BCPP and his colleagues created a course to better prepare their students at Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy to pursue a residency. Students completing their course … Continue reading »
