An associate degree in health science equips students
with basic scientific knowledge in areas such as anatomy, physiology, health informatics, and society and human behavior.
Not exact matches
The Cultural Dimension As culture develops, so too will religion in order that it may answer more adequately the
basic problems of human life and to further deepen the synthesis of
scientific knowledge with religious
knowledge - the principle of evolution is written into the nature of religion, as in all life.
What this does call for, however, is a demonstration that you genuinely share the
basic commitments of the physician - scientist: an appreciation of the potential of thorough clinical
knowledge teamed
with your
scientific passion, and a demonstrated understanding that this clinical
knowledge requires contact
with patients and skill and interest in observing and listening.
Prerequisite skills and capabilities include, but are not limited to, proficiency in reading a range and type of material,
with an emphasis on informational texts; fluent writing in several modes, most notably expository, descriptive and argumentative; quantitative literacy through algebra and including geometry, combined
with the ability to understand and interpret data; a understanding of the
scientific method and some insight into the organization of
knowledge in the sciences; an awareness of how social systems operate and how they are studied;
basic proficiency in a second language and awareness that languages reflect cultures; and experiences in and appreciation of creative and expressive arts.
With the new National Curriculum asking schools to teach the
scientific method as well as the
basic science
knowledge, many teachers feel at a loss as to what to do in classes.
Regarding whether those ignorant in statistics can understand Hansen's latest papers, I'm a perfect test case: My
knowledge of stats is low (if I had ever heard the term «sigma» before, I don't recall it), and only have a
basic humanities major's ability to grasp
scientific arguments (well, maybe a little better since I work
with scientists as expert witnesses).
The
basic insights of post-positivist science are common
knowledge, and along
with other social insights, not an argument against the
scientific evidence for AGW.