Rethinking Health Education in a Time of Crisis
Has the greatest pandemic in living memory shed new light on what is most important in the curriculum, including how we address matters of health in schools?
Rethinking ‘Rethinking Medicine’ – knowledge, power and paternalism
The current pandemic is forcing medicine to think and work more flexibly. We are also witnessing a rapid change in the way others think about health, where responsibility lies and the quantity, quality and delivery of the information shared. Now is the time to think more widely about how we bring education about health and illness into mainstream teaching – and not just for the next pandemic.
Can the Facts4Life approach work with adult patients?
Facts4Life was originally developed as an early intervention model, exploring themes and attitudes with young children so as to combat the culture of wanting a quick fix (usually using drugs) to our medical needs and to promote the idea that our bodies are remarkably...Press Release: Innovation in health education helping children ride ups and downs of life, study shows…
Innovation in health education helping children ride ups and downs of life, study shows…. A new study by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) into work going on in Gloucestershire schools shows that young people are becoming more responsible for...Facts4Life is great. But where can I fit it in?
The Facts4Life resources are proving to be very popular amongst schools in Gloucestershire. As well as central training courses which are attended by one or two members of staff from a school, we are also getting many requests to do whole staff training, often with...
Radio 4 Inside Health today – Enlightenment not Entitlement
Enlightenment not Entitlement. Today we are on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Health programme at 9pm being interviewed by Dr Mark Porter.
