Interdisciplinary fields

It was then that I had to make the decision of whether I should get a job or advance my education, and the decision was simple. How could I pass up the opportunity to refine my chemistry knowledge, and truly become an expert within my field? Although graduate school is difficult, we must put in work to make progress. Polymer science was the most logical choice I could have made for my career path. The fact that I could not look in any direction without seeing a polymer in some shape…

processes and people in both sending and receiving countries, and, consequently, the literature on the field is vast and implies diverse theories and approaches. No theories is claimed to be correct or has predominance over all the other theories . The literature is often scattered and it is difficult to find a theory that deals completely. Scholars may focus on the variable the most related to their field, for example economists focus on economic problems. It however rises several problems…

components of “whole-person” care. Past behavioral and medical health practices have demonstrated difficulty with coordination and communication amongst care providers. It is a desire of most modern medical and mental health providers to create interdisciplinary teams to address patient concerns. This type of practice not only gives patients a “one stop shopping” convenience in regards to their current chronic conditions, but it also aids in reducing unnecessary costs in time, money, and delays…

Evidence based practice (EBP) is the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care (Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, & Haynes, 2000). In order to be leader in the nursing field, one needs to have the skills to research or to analyze data. It is pertinent in the ever changing world of healthcare. Having the knowledge to research changes within an organization or even within a culture in society, is imperative to continue…

1. Introduction The Human-Computer Interface is an interdisciplinary field that will focus on the interaction that will exist between the human users and the system. This will include the user interface and all the underlying processes that will produce the interaction. This will process will include contributing disciplines like computer science, cognitive science, human factors, software engineering, management science, psychology, sociology and anthropology. All of the early research and…

While recognizing the importance of these pre-1960s historians, we usually associate the rise of women’s history with the late 1960s-1970s, inspired from the ferment of the long sixties political movement. In the context of these works, Canadian women sought greater recognition of the social, economic, legal, and political positions in society. Feminists, newly aware of forms of contemporary oppression that never before had been ‘named’, were understandably interested in explanations for…

There was a boy named Sanjay, a 12-year-old orphan who was on regular anti-retroviral medication at the HIV centre I was in charge of. He lived probably the harshest life I had heard of- sleeping underneath trucks at night and salvaging food from the garbage bins at local eateries. When he would visit for his monthly check up I would share my lunch with him. After 7 months and 25 days of caring for him, he said goodbye and never returned to our centre. Despite our best efforts to locate him,…

An attractive smile always has a place in the society. In the recent past adult orthodontics has become the fastest growing area in the field of Orthodontics. This could be due to increase in awarness of the importance of an aesthetically and functionally healthy dentition . Adults are aesthetically more conscious than children and most of the advancements is directed towards this in the form of aesthetically appealing treatment mechanics and appliances like aesthetic brackets, lingual…

New Orleans has always held a special place in my heart. I was born in the Crescent City, moving to Seattle only a year before Katrina, and I have returned to visit for two weeks every summer since. When I think of the New Orleans of my childhood, I remember food packed with flavor, music full of heart, and people teeming with generosity. I always devoured my aunt’s red beans and rice and my uncle’s duck and andouille gumbo. Playing in City Park, walking through the Audubon Zoo, and…

article that I read was about team teaching in early childhood interdisciplinary program: A decade of Lessons Learned. In this article, the authors discuss co- teaching strategies that are making their way into classrooms. One of the examples the authors gave was a preschool classroom being co-taught by a faculty in early childhood education and a faculty in early childhood special education, which is significant for the Early Childhood field and which provides are critical mark for integrating…