noijam: nɔɪdʒæm, since 2013
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A new class of rehabilitation professional is now emerging – we can call this person a clinical scientist (or scientific clinician). Here we are referring to a professional at the clinical battlefront who uses reasoning science to integrate the best of modern science to help the patient in front of them. Clinical scientist activity ranges from reading and integrating science in the clinic to active data collection and analysis. This blog is for clinicians in the world of science.
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There are nearly two billion people in the world with an ongoing pain state – we can’t take questions from individual sufferers nor can we provide individual treatment advice but we do have a find a clinician service where you can locate clinicians around the world with Explain Pain education. You may also find reading the clinically orientated stories within noijam helpful.
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A very special guest post from three very high calibre thinkers, philosophers and clinicians. My sincere thanks to Julian Kiverstein, Laura Rathbone and Mick Thacker…
Interesting paper from Giovanna Colombetti and Eder Zavala from the University of Exeter. Abstract and selected excerpts below to give you a sense of where…
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It’s always a privilege to receive heartfelt and insightful stories such as this one. Our thanks to the author – you know who you are! …
This post originally appeared as an invited chapter commentary on the Body in Mind website. I was delighted to be asked to present a chapter…
Take a polymath, a philosopher working in psychology and neuroscience, a philosopher of medicine and a philosopher of religion, lock them in a room and…
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