ISBN : 9789811263347
Author : Oxnard Charles
Publisher : World Scientific
Year : 2023
Language : English
Type : E-book
Description : Though first a doctor who treated patients, the author became a professor, questioning facts (researching), exciting students (teaching), borrowing ideas (from the breadth of science, statistics, technology, engineering and medicine), and challenging 'how it all works'. Though beginning gently, the question in the book eventually leads fiercely into how research, teaching, practice and service really occur, and to ferocious challenges both inside academia and out in society. It is hoped that this double-ferocity will be useful: to students wondering about their futures; to physician and scientist parents looking at the possibility of their children following them; to all parents and grandparents worrying about the careers of all offspring; to anyone interested in the processes of discovery, teaching, and service; and for everyone, concerned about the wider implications for education and for society. Sample Chapter(s) Chapter 1: You (Our Students) Must be Center Stage Contents: You (Our Students) Must be Centre Stage: You (Our Students) Must be Centre Stage How It Happened to Me (A Road Less Travelled): A Passion for Science and Medicine First Discovery: A Very Small Finding First Teaching: The Teaching/Research Nexus First Practice: The Teaching/Research/Practice Triad Research Wrinkles: "Just Sheer Dumb Luck" (Professor Mcgonagall, Hogwarts) Borrowed, Gifted, Shared, Even Invented, (But Not Stolen!) Three Heresies and Thrice a Heretic! Guessing Human Pasts, 'Guestimating' Human Futures Gold Standards, Accepted Wisdoms, Best Practices: Are They Crippling Straightjackets? 'O-Metrics': Finding What is Hidden! International Links: Especially China! Challenging Inside the Ivory Tower: Students Effecting Change; Is It Possible? Professors Effecting Change; It is Impossible! Deans Effecting Change; The Poisoned The Conscience of the University! Military Interludes! Challenging Beyond the Drawbridge: Science Advice: From Axes and Arrows to Pandemics and 'Cyber-Demics' Do We Have a Science/Technology/Medicine Problem? Halfway Through the Drawbridge: Climbing Up, Sliding Down Are Teaching and Research Careers Now Moribund? The World Sphere: Should We be Worried? Readership: High school students, undergraduate students, medical students, research students, teachers and educators, student mentors, parents, and all interested in the careers of the young.