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1. Drugs

   Public Health Institute provides insight into drug use. We support evidence based drugs policy through epidemiology, monitoring, evidence review, intervention evalution and research.

2. Intelligence and surveillance

   The Public Health Institute's data collection and monitoring systems support public health reporting. Our surveillance systems include: Integrated Monitoring System, Trauma and Injury Intelligence Group, HIV Surveillance and the Drug Interventions Programme.

3. The emerging public health issue of Image and Performance drug use

   The Public Health Institute is involved in some important research. Read our case studies to gain a good summary of the type of projects we're engaged in.

4. Champs Intelligence and Evidence Service

   The Public Health Institute is involved in some important research. Read our case studies to gain a good summary of the type of projects we're engaged in.

5. Improve Classroom Participation and More by Using Response Sites and Portable Devices

   This week therefore, I want to highlight how a group of mostly free websites can turn students’ own devices into powerful and versatile audience response systems.

6. Sharing Practice – PowerPoint narration for reflection, content creation and assessment

   This academic year the audio narration feature in PowerPoint has been used by a number of staff and programme teams for a variety of tasks.

7. The Healthcare Simulation Dictionary

   Thanks to SSH Society for Simulation in Healthcare for the following post.

8. TOON! Non-technical Skills (NOTECS) Cartoon

   Enjoy our monthly cartoon section, this months ‘toon’ comes from our Team Resource Management series by our resident cartoonist Smurphmuff.

9. Book in review: Using Simulations for Education, Training and Research (Dieckmann (ed))

   Simulation-based educators should read this book, particularly those who are involved in designing programmes of training or who are responsible for designing the simulator environment and purchasing equipment.

10. Sharing Practice – The Faculty of Health Immersive Room

    We would like to highlight the Faculty Immersive Room and share some of the practice happening within it.