3rd International Congress Of The Ebu Radio And Educational Television 4.3.1967

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is the world’s leading alliance of public service media (PSM). There are 73 Members in 56 countries in Europe, and an additional 34 Associates in Asia, Africa and the Americas. Members operate almost 2,000 television and radio channels together with numerous online platforms. Together they reach audience of more than one billion people around the world, broadcasting in more than 120 languages. The EBU operates Eurovision and Euroradio services.

Progress of Education 28.4.2002

The two pretty stamps from Brazil on the FDC show the progress of education there, from the Blackboard to Computers.

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5th Conference for World Cooperation - teaching living languages by audio-visual means - Audio-visual Institute, Royan.

5th Conference for World Cooperation with the theme of teaching living languages by audio-visual means: Audio-visual Institute, Royan.

The Centre Audiovisuel de Royan pour l’Etude des Langues (CAREL, The Audiovisual Centre of Royan for Language Study) was founded in 1966 by the Town of Royan and the University of Poitiers.

Throughout the year, CAREL offers intensive language programs and immersion courses in German, English, Spanish, French as a foreign language and French as a native language both for French and foreign students. CAREL offers a multitude of programs and courses of instruction: intensive, immersive, evening classes, summer holiday courses, and courses for secondary school pupils. Students also have the option of taking a specially designed distance learning course via e-learning platform or over the phone in a blended learning format.

Mayo brothers, who founded the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research 11.9.1964

U.S. 5¢ Doctors Mayo honours the Mayo brothers, who founded the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. The stamp issued on 11.9.1964 at Rochester, MN pictures James Earle Fraser’s statues of Dr. William and Dr. Charles Mayo in surgical gowns. Printed in green, the symbolic color of medicine, the stamp also shows the staff of Aesculapius, a symbol of healing.

The Founding of the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic evolved in stages, beginning with the practice of Dr. William W. Mayo and his two sons, Dr. William J. Mayo and Dr. Charles H. Mayo, in Rochester, Minnesota. This practice flourished, and in 1914, the sons built their own medical center in Rochester. Due to their great success, which meant a large number of patients, and the vast increase in medical knowledge, William and Charles Mayo added more doctors to their staff. Some of the new doctors focused their attention on specific tasks, such as laboratory work or diagnostics. This medical center was the beginning of what has become known as the “group practice.” As William Mayo said, “Individualism in medicine can no longer exist.” “It (has become) necessary to develop medicine as a cooperative science: the clinician, the specialist, and the laboratory workers uniting for the good of the patient.” Thus the Mayo Clinic introduced the concept of medical specialties, including orthopedics (1912), neurology (1913), thoracic surgery (1915), dermatology (1916), and pediatrics (1917). This concept of medical treatment resulted in many innovations, including having the patient’s medical records in a single file, which is made available at each treatment.

In 1919, the Mayo brothers turned over their practice, and the majority of their life savings, to a not-for-profit, charitable organization that maintains the Mayo Clinic. More than five million people have been treated at the Mayo Clinic, which today includes three clinics and four hospitals. These facilities employ 25,000 doctors, scientists, nurses, and health workers united to serve patients. This makes the Mayo Clinic one of the world’s largest medical centers.

Thank you Merja.