Medical research

Medical research

Basic, applied or translational research conducted to aid and support the study in the field of medicine.

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Medical research

The name given to professional drug trialers, who will continuously subject their bodies to experimental concoctions for the betterment of science. Guinea pigging is a dangerous job as there is no ...

renin-angiotensin system (RAS)

Medical; Medical research

Hormone system that regulates blood pressure and water (fluid) balance.

educational or instructional objectives

Medical; Medical research

Statements that describe what learners should be able to master. A major aim is the acquisition of facts, concepts and principles. Developing instructional objectives involves learning the ...

effectiveness

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A measure of the extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service, when deployed in the field in routine circumstances, does what it is intended to do for a specified ...

efficacy

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The ability to produce the necessary or desired result.

efficiency

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An ability to perform well or achieve a result without wasted energy, resources, effort, time or money. Efficiency can be measured in physical terms (technical efficiency) or terms of cost (economic ...

elective program

Medical; Medical research

An educational program where students are given the opportunity to select subjects or projects of their own choice, not covered by obligatory medical courses. This enables students to pursue ...