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… will take care of the English translation of the approved, public reports of the FHML Council as of January 2022. 4 COVID-19 The Dean indicates that besides the official communication from the Executive Board, indicating that education will remain online in period 3 and the wearing of face masks will remain obligatory, there is currently no more information to report concerning the corona policy. More information will follow shortly. 5 Housing/area development and new construction Randwyck The Director FHML indicates that the renovation of Uns50 will start at the end of this month. … work on the 1st floor, Uns50-South, will be the first step. At a later stage, the construction work on the 4th floor, Uns50-South, will start. Various tests are currently being carried out on behalf of Facility Services to measure noise nuisance. When asked, the Director FHML indicates that noise nuisance for the laboratory animals is also taken into account. The first test results show that noise nuisance will be limited, also for the students in the Learning and Resource Centre. 6 Extra items …

… proposal Why do doctors work for patients? –from altruism to prosociality, with the perspective of Bushido 1.3 Abstract Background: Recently medical professionalism is an important topic in medical education and one of its principles is altruism. When altruism is discussed, it should be related to the different cultures and social contracts, respecting local customs and values. Furthermore, though the view that doctors should be altruistic is longstanding, there is an argument that altruism is … other principles of medical professionalism for current Japanese doctors? 2. What influences subjective workload for junior residents? How does altruism relate to it? 3. What do doctors gain (positive benefits) by seeing patients? 4. How could a workshop enables doctors with different backgrounds to share and understand their different work values among them beyond generations and across cultures? Study Design: Four studies are planned, each addressing one of the research questions above. The … this project, we will focus on altruism and its related concepts under the framework of medical professionalism. Etymologically, the word “altruism” was coined or popularized in mid 19th century by French social philosopher Auguste Comte (1798– 1857) (Online Etymology Dictionary, 2012). By Comte, altruism is defined against the self-centeredness of egoism—its polar opposite (Online Etymology Dictionary, 2012) and influenced by Christian religion (6). In medicine, the view that medical professionals …

… is not included in this text). ISBN: 978-90-5681-466-3 NUR: 770 2 Stress, the Brain and Behavior In a society run by deadlines, the clock, modern technology and numerous other demands and pressures, stress is an unavoidable part of everyday life. When an individual encounters an event that is mentally evaluated or ‘appraised’ as a difficult to cope with threat to well-being (e.g. (Folkman and Folkman, 1984)), the body initiates a stress response (e.g.(McEwen, 2007)). A stress response will … and neuroendocrine changes throughout the body that are needed for stress adaptation (see (Ursin and Olff, 1993, Akil and Morano, 1995) for a review). Briefly, the perception of stress first quickly initiates a sympathetic release of stress hormones (norepinephrine from nerve terminals and plasma epinephrine from the adrenal glands) into the blood stream. This increase in stress hormones will then leads to increases in heart rate, blood pressure and blood glucose levels that are all needed for … adaptation (coping). Upon receiving such fast limbic and hormonal stress inputs, additional cell bodies in the brain and periphery glands are then stimulated to release cortisol (from the cortex of the adrenal glands) that, in turn, is needed to restore the internal balance of the highly activated nervous system via a variety of complex feedback actions in the brain (see for a full review (Markus, 2008). 3 If a stress response is caused by a brief exposure to danger, then this response is well …