Efficient time management
By Clare Gurton Are you hopelessly busy all day yet frustrated by how little you have achieved at the end of the day? You could improve productivity by using a…
Tools of the trade: mastering the interview
by Mary Gabb Most health economists, at some point in their careers, will be on one side or other of an interview. For interviewers, it helps to remember the sage…
You want money? Improve your chances of writing a winning grant proposal
by David Woods, HOC editor At some time in their careers most health economists will be faced with writing a grant proposal. Doing it properly will greatly increase your chances…
Watch your language: Commonly misspelled words
We all know the spelling of English is erratic, illogical, and difficult. So which of these words are misspelled? barbituates callus foreward liquify preceed pruritis Barbiturates If this word is…
Feel the fear and speak anyway
By Clare Gurton The best way to overcome fear of public speaking is to be afraid and speak anyway. As silly as this may seem, it is an important and…
Using PowerPoint effectively
While I’m not among those, such as that august journal The Lancet, who believe that PowerPoint corrupts and absolute PowerPoint corrupts absolutely, I do think that far too many presentations using that technique actually misuse it – and abuse audiences in the process.
How to avoid getting kicked by the media donkey
By David Woods, HOC editor In the June issue of HOC, we made the point that health economists should step out of their “health economics shell” to convey research findings…
Watch your language
As Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., the famous American physician and writer, wrote in his essay titled Scholastic and Bedside Teaching: “I would never use a long word… where a short…
Effective communication: As a matter of fact, at the end of the day, it’s a foregone conclusion…
by Clare Gurton It’s easy to poke fun at street lingo; words such as “like”, “yeah”, “y’know” are completely over-used in most sentences. Yet we all have our favourite phrases,…
How to turn that mountain of “must” reading into a manageable molehill
by David Woods Are there means by which the busy professional can keep up to date by reading? Well, speed-reading may be one solution but this is rather like bolting…