Tag: tedx

Developing compassion and empathy as part of a Professional Ethics module

Jan 31, 2012

in Ethics, Health, Physiotherapy, Students

caring, compassion, courage, empathy, healthcare professional, personal development, professional development, shame, TED, tedx, virtue

I’ve been spending some time this week working with our 4th year students in the Professional Ethics module. One of our biggest challenges is that our students (and most other students in healthcare programmes) see characteristics like compassion, empathy, courage, shame, and emotional response as something that they need to “have”, like a stethoscope or…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-22

Mar 22, 2010

in Digest

assessment, assessment design, books, buddypress, communication, concept map, HESS, martin oliver, medical education, ple, publishing, tedx, vue, web 2.0, wordpress mu

To err is human: building a safer health system. Free book for download http://tinyurl.com/yzedbwk # RT @amcunningham: A Culture of Fear and Intimidation: Reforming Medical Education http://bit.ly/cngjbU #meded #professionalism # @Czernie Thanks Laura, there’s some good stuff there, will definitely use some of it # @cristinacost responded to your comment and removed 1 of your…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Hennie Eksteen

Dec 7, 2009

in Conference

earthworms, Eksteen Here, food, Professor, tedx, tedxjohannesburg

Here are some interesting facts about earthworms: They have no immune system…or teeth The more rotten their food is, the better They are the most numerous animals on earth They lay cocoons every day or so Earthworms create, purify and sanitise soil OK, this is interesting but nothing I can’t get from Wikipedia. I’m in…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Mark Anthony Zimmerman

Nov 28, 2009

in Conference

broccoli project, collective value systems, disease, mark anthony zimmerman, maz, tedx, tedxjohannesburg, USD

“The universe is made of stories” Mark began by using the example of trisecting a banana with his finger to highlight the point that each of us possesses a hidden knowledge, although I wasn’t quite sure what the nature of that knowledge was, or how it related to the focus of the talk i.e. the…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Iain Thomas

Nov 18, 2009

in Conference

ambiguous stories, author, Carnegie Mellon, condition/injury, einstein, Fight club, iain thomas, johannesburg, ken robinson, micro stories, randy pausch, stories, tedx, tedxjhb, tedxjohannesburg, twitter

The first session at TEDx Johannesburg began with Iain Thomas, the author of ambiguous micro stories at I wrote this for you. Here’s the site tagline, which is great: “I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyone else who reads it, doesn’t get…
TEDx Johannesburg is over, so what now?

Nov 17, 2009

in Conference

johannesburg, tedx, tedxjohannesburg, texjhb

OK, so TEDx Johannesburg is over, now what? On the flight home I found myself thinking: “OK, that was great and I feel inspired. So what? What do I need to do to make the whole thing worthwhile? Because if I went and saw ordinary people doing extraordinary things and I do nothing as a…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-16

Nov 16, 2009

in Digest

biomimicry, cellphones in health, lapdesk, micro-investment, mobile health, mobile learning, oer, open educational resources, steve barnett, TED, tedx, tedxjb, tedxjhb

Just finished at #tedxjohannesburg, now the real work begins, researching and integrating great ideas into teaching practice # Malan Joubert (http://ow.ly/Cu5I) on changing health in SA with mobile tech, important ideas with real practical solutions #tedxjohannesburg # Claire Janisch on biomimicry (http://ow.ly/CtXr) at #tedxjohannesburg, beautiful ideas, she is going to change the world # PRof…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-26

Oct 26, 2009

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gina tripani, Google, technology in education, TED, tedx, tedxjohannesburg, warlick

My profile for TEDxJohannesburg – hoping to be accepted as a speaker based on ideas for networks in teaching practice http://bit.ly/1JHt6c # Don’t teach your kids this stuff. Please? – Dangerously Irrelevant http://bit.ly/411wOy # Forget the Business Card. Just Google Me – Gina Trapani – HarvardBusiness.org http://bit.ly/STxX4 # @sbestbier just saw your recommendations now, thanks…
TEDx Johannesburg

Oct 25, 2009

in Conference

community, faimer, johannesburg, presentation, speaker, tedx, tedxjohanne, tedxjohannesburg

I’ve been a longtime fan of the TED conferences and found out last night about the TEDx conference being held in Johannesburg in a few weeks time. The theme is “Uplifting communities“, which ties in nicely with the project proposal I submitted to FAIMER last month (see previous post). So I decided to apply as…