By writing My Ambulance Education Joe brings the challenges and rewards to a lot of people. EMS professionals toil in relative anonymity. Joe brings the world of EMS to a general audience that is captivating and respectful.
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Dear NIH, Gods, Grant Me a Big Grant.
A grant proposal is a work of fiction, in literary terms, because it talks about stuff that has not happened.
Empowered versus non-empowered administrators and managers.
Empowered versus non-empowered administrators and managers. This is the incomplete blog that I was working on when I ended up hosting the guest blog a short time ago. Please recall that the discussion included the concept of administrators who sound empowered but are not. They are the biggest risk. So I want to purchase an [...]
Guest Blog: Empowered Versus Non-Empowered Administrators
ADMINISTRATORS … SHOULD REALIZE THAT THEIR JOB IS TO ACT AS LUBRICATION NOT A DOOR.
Short Battle with Ironic Twist
My favorite entity is of course administrators. But every once in a while administration tries to work with the grunts in the work force. The following really happened; names were changed and details redacted to ensure my future employment. Admin: You’ve not documented the frequency for performing this compliance task. Grunt: it is done when [...]
Catch 22 follow up
This is a follow up to my post of http://www.josephfclark.com/blog/?p=333, which I posted as a comment to that blog and wanted to post as a mini follow up blog here too. My Catch 22 in academia is concerning a conflict between federal laws and local laws/policy. Recently, I am happy to say, I am not [...]
Why I think Oprah should promote My Ambulance Education.
Why I think Oprah should promote My Ambulance Education. It has all the characteristics she tends to promote. In it there is a great human interest concerning people helping people. There is a solid foundation of the common man working to improve his life and overcoming adversity. This is overlaid in it a touching love [...]
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday My Ambulance Education. One year ago today My Ambulance Education was published by Firefly. All I can say is that it is still an education.
Translational research – what is it, who does it and why should we do it?
Translational research – what is it, who does it and why should we do it? A buzz word that comes around in medical research is, “translational” research. While translational is used all time by researchers, no one seems to have a good definition for it. To borrow a famous quote: “I cannot define it, but [...]
Geeks are an endangered species.
We need to remember that the future of a creative and productive society is with scientists and technologists and that these people are trying to improve society.
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