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...thousands of course listings as a perk of being a member of the Class of 2013. While the academic options at Harvard are indeed expansive, many of you will find your schedules restricted by the few introductory courses that serve as entries on your dismal pre-med checklist or pre-requisites for that tantalizing econometrics seminar you’d like to eventually take...
...landing in water likely seemed the best option considering those circumstances. Pilots are trained to bring planes in for a smooth landing on water the same way that they would on land, keeping landing gear stowed to make the plane more boat-like. They also have different ditching checklists depending on whether they are above or below 10,000 feet - Flight 1549 was at about 3,000 feet, leaving Sullenberger and Skiles a shorter checklist. But experts also note that a controlled landing on water can be more dangerous than a similar emergency landing on land. In a water landing...
...context of the political gamesmanship to which we have become accustomed, Obama's unremarkable checklist that Americans could use in the future to evaluate his presidency seems almost revolutionary. Perhaps government can start down a new road graced by reason and commonsense solutions. Jon Thingvold, Murrieta, Calif...
...result of the findings, Gawande says, the U.K.'s National Health Service sent an alert to all of its hospitals, calling on them to use the surgical checklist. Five U.S. states - New York, Washington, North Carolina, South Carolina and Indiana - have endorsed it and plan to require hospitals...
...federal Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) did not approve. After Pronovost was profiled in the New Yorker by Gawande in 2007, OHRP shut down data collection for the checklist study, claiming that it amounted to research being done without patients' informed consent. But the ensuing media attention spurred Congress to intervene, and Pronovost's program was allowed to continue and expand...