The Value of a Transformational Gift posted on 2017-12-19
As 2017 nears its end, it is traditional to look back and examine both the good and the bad, the obstacles overcome and the challenges ahead. For this there is little more important than the value of a transformational gift. Whether the gift is a gift of time, energy, dedication, money, materials, ideas, or inspiration, [Read More]
Adult Motivations for High-Scoring Learning Assessments posted on 2017-12-08
Learning assessments are an important and integral part of competency-oriented training programs such as those advocated by Bronchoscopy International (BI) and The World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (WABIP). Assessment tools such as the BSTAT, EBUS-STAT, BSTAT-TBNA/TBLB and USG-STAT are already being used in training programs around the world to help measure progress along [Read More]
On Leadership and Education posted on 2017-11-24
During another recent, nonmedicine-related trip to the Middle East and Jerusalem, I had the privilege of experiencing first hand many examples of leadership on an international scale. This trip reminded me of the importance of the educator-leader, and inspires me to make several small but important revisions to the WABIP/Bronchoscopy International Train-the-Trainer core curriculum. Leadership [Read More]
Whats Appening….1000 bronchologists and growing! posted on 2017-10-22
More than 1000 enthusiastic and forward-thinking users from 29 countries are benefiting from dozens of instant conversations and data sharing opportunities using the internet-based, cross-platform messaging service ‘Whats App’. This phenomenon is changing how bronchoscopists and interventional pulmonologists from around the world share educational information. ‘Whats App’ is a freeware, internet-based, cross-platform messaging service for [Read More]
Pillars of Knowledge 4+1 posted on 2017-10-02
I recently finished yet another (my third) reading of Roshi Philip Kapleau’s Three Pillars of Zen (Random House, 1980). This well known text is more than a simple introduction to Zen Buddhism, covering many facets of Zen practice and training. It was written almost forty years ago by one of the founding fathers of Zen [Read More]