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Migration

dapo — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:16:56 +0000

The migration has really started now. I have managed to get some of the content from the moodle site and have removed it to make sure I don’t duplicate things.

Yearning for teaching again.

dapo — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:34:10 +0000

I currently work for a large diagnostic company. Whilst installing a new piece of equipment on a site, I began to talk to a placement student about the fundamentals of the how the machine worked and it performed the ISE measurement. I soon noticed that this was something that the student had yet to learn. After 30 minutes of discussing the differences between direct and indirect ISE measurement as well as the perils of measuring ISE’s in blood, I remembered why I enjoyed being a training officer whilst still in the NHS. I enjoy the teaching process.

During my career, I feel fortunate to have come into contact with a variety of people who have shaped my and my outlook on the profession. I suppose I prefer teaching students compared to showing experience members of staff who to use new equipment, as it allows me to try and provide the knowledge to get them to fully understand why the SOP asks them to perform certain tests. With the march towards ever increasing automation, I fear we may forget to ask why in the quest for ever increasing throughput.

I hope that this blog can go some way to reinvigorating my belief in teaching and possibly actually help someone.

Migration

dapo — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:22:09 +0000

I have decided to close the moodle site and migrate the material over to this site. I am sure that some of the material will work out on this blog but I’m not too sure how I will integrate the question based material. Might have the questions and answers on a static page with the answers in white meaning you can answer the question and find out the answer with very little intervention on my part.

I have made a start on the first page. I’m not sure if I should just list the links or include the links in a essay like format. Nothing particularly formal, but certainly more readable than a bunch of links. I’m thinking towards the essay format but might change my mind if the scale of the task begins to daunt me.

Moodle

dapo — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:59:57 +0000

I have been thinking about removing the model site for a while now. I think over the next few weeks I will either migrate the content to this blog and wipe the model site or perform a major clean of the site for an update. I will publish my planned intentions on moodle soon.

New Year, fresh start…

dapo — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:57:20 +0000

Must try harder this year!

Updates

dapo — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:58:08 +0000

Can’t believe it has been a year since my last post! Various things have happened recently which I hope will motivate me to post a bit more. Stay tuned.

Chlamydia screening promotion problems UPDATE

dapo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:58:01 +0000

On my way home last night, I saw an advert for the National Chlamydia Screening Programme on a bus shelter. It seems my concerns about the message not being spread is not really valid after all. Hope the advert is a success!

Spam

dapo — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:30:41 +0000

I seems that the training site has been hit with a large amount of spam accounts. I am trying to delete them as and when I spot them. You may notice the odd bit of spam on the site as a consequence. I will try and remove anything I find. Please be understanding if I accidently delete your account!

Clinical chemistry Podcasts

dapo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:37:34 +0000

I have listened to the Vitamin D podcast and have enjoyed it. the podcast is fairly short, less than 15 minutes. I will post a full review shortly.

Warning over blood-taking method

dapo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:52:20 +0000

It seems that fist clenching can increase potassium levels.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7525932.stm