GoPro cameras improve firefighting decisions

GoPro cameras fitted on firefighters’ helmets have helped improve commanders’ decisions during emergencies. Fire officers were fitted with the cameras during virtual reality simulations, giving Cardiff University researchers a unique perspective on how judgements were made in emergencies. The study showed decision-making was often intuitive and reflexive, with officers affected by past experiences of similar […]

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GoPro cameras improve firefighting decisions

GoPro cameras fitted on firefighters’ helmets have helped improve commanders’ decisions during emergencies. Fire officers were fitted with the cameras during virtual reality simulations, giving Cardiff University researchers a unique perspective on how judgements were made in emergencies. The study showed decision-making was often intuitive and reflexive, with officers affected by past experiences of similar […]

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Hippocratic Post Awards at City

Dr Paul McMaster, President of Medicins Sans Frontieres UK, was one of three distinguished speakers who addressed a large group of students, medics and journalists on Tuesday night (6th June) at the inaugural Hippocratic Post Awards for Student Medical Journalism at City, University of London. He and Dr Aroop Mozumder, the Dean of the Worshipful […]

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Hippocratic Post Awards at City

Dr Paul McMaster, President of Medicins Sans Frontieres UK, was one of three distinguished speakers who addressed a large group of students, medics and journalists on Tuesday night (6th June) at the inaugural Hippocratic Post Awards for Student Medical Journalism at City, University of London. He and Dr Aroop Mozumder, the Dean of the Worshipful […]

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Populist threat to core values of medicine

The populist radical right is a threat to core values of medicine and public health, even within a functioning democratic system, according to a commentary published today by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. In his paper, political scientist Professor Scott Greer, who specialises in researching the politics of health policies of the European Union, attempts to explain what the rising tide […]

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Populist threat to core values of medicine

The populist radical right is a threat to core values of medicine and public health, even within a functioning democratic system, according to a commentary published today by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. In his paper, political scientist Professor Scott Greer, who specialises in researching the politics of health policies of the European Union, attempts to explain what the rising tide […]

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