The balkanization of medicine accounts for an increasingly constrained approach to diagnosis — an approach that, as Gahl's joke suggests, is defined by a specialist's focused knowledge rather than by some broader understanding of the patient.
Thus, in relationship to her lack of knowledge of policies such as the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), created to serve vulnerable students, Devos's focused knowledge of Title I reads as alarming.
By focusing knowledge, efforts, and resources on solving environmental health and human disease problems, environmental health policy training would allow public health to soar.
Having extra, focused knowledge makes you a prime candidate when you walk into any office (or start your own business).
Should schools react by moving away from the very focused, knowledge-based, results-driven style of learning they have been encouraged to adopt in recent years?
Effective knowledge management practices in organizations are focused on knowledge creation and knowledge transfer activities.
The first tailored feedback letter is focussed on knowledge and attitudes.
These focussed on knowledge of BP targets for treatment, intervention levels of proteinuria and criteria for referral.
A systematic assessment of existing knowledge should first focus on knowledge relevant to specific hazards and threats (UNISDR 2015a).
By bringing both the waste management and the district heating systems into focus, knowledge has been gained.
At Grade 9, Knowledge as Truth and IA: Teacher-Dominated Talk are still present as large hubs, but additional hubs have appeared: Procedural Talk, Procedural Knowledge Focus, Knowledge Communication Presentation and Knowledge Representation.
