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Meta-analysis of Binary Data Using Profile Likelihood
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 94.95Focuses on the analysis and modeling of a meta-analysis with individually pooled data. This book explores alternatives to the profile likelihood method, including approximated likelihood and multilevel models, and shows how the nonparametric profile maximum likelihood estimator can be computed via the EM algorithm with a gradient function update. more...
How to Teach Continuing Medical Education
Wiley 2009; US$ 49.95This new volume in the concise "How To" series explores the foundations and principles of continuing education of professionals and then relates these to the practice of teaching the various modalities used in CME. The areas covered include experiential learning, group dynamics, situated learning and reflective practice - and make these understandable... more...
Problem-Based Learning
Springer Publishing Company 1980; US$ 65.00In this book, the authors address some basic problems in the learning of biomedical science, medicine, and the other health sciences. Students in most medical schools, especially in basic science courses, are required to memorize a large number of "facts," facts which may or may not be relevant to medical practice. Problem-based learning... more...
Intuition and Metacognition in Medical Education
Springer Publishing Company 2006; US$ 65.00From Mark Quirk, recipient of the 2006 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's Excellence in Education award, comes the latest on improving medical education. In this volume, Quirk explores metacognition, the idea that we can think about the way we or other people think, and thus gain a better understanding of ourselves, our own cognitive processes,... more...
Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing and Notes on Nursing for the Labouring Classes
Springer Publishing Company 2010; US$ 45.00"With the 2010 publication of Dr. Victor Skretkowicz's Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing (Revised with Additions) in Florence Nightingale's (1920-1910) centenary year, nurses and others will recognize this extraordinary woman whose dedication and determination helped to shape the course of modern global healthcare and holistic... more...
Medical Wisdom and Doctoring
Springer 2010; US$ 29.95"Medical Wisdom and Doctoring" aims to fill a need in the current medical literature for a resource that presents some of the classic wisdom of medicine, presented in a manner that can help today's physicians achieve their full potential. This book details the lessons every physician should have learned in medical school but often didn't,... more...
Modeling and Simulation in the Medical and Health Sciences
Wiley 2011; US$ 89.00This edited book is divided into three parts: Fundamentals of Medical and Health Sciences Modeling and Simulation introduces modeling and simulation in the medical and health sciences; Medical and Health Sciences Models provides the theoretical underpinnings of medical and health sciences modeling; and Modeling and Simulation Applications in Medical... more...
Statistical Methods in Diagnostic Medicine
Wiley 2011; US$ 126.00Praise for the First Edition " . . . the book is a valuable addition to the literature in the field, serving as a much-needed guide for both clinicians and advanced students."—Zentralblatt MATH A new edition of the cutting-edge guide to diagnostic tests in medical research In recent years, a considerable amount of research has focused on evolving... more...









