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Kevin Gosling

Kevin Gosling is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kevin Gosling rather than just read about it. In short: Kevin Gosling is the first living Canadian to donate a non-directed live organ to an anonymous organ transplant recipient. The elective surgery was performed on April 19, 2005 at Toronto General Hospital, when the Eastern Ontario native was 46-years-old.

Key takeaways

  • Kevin Gosling belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
  • Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
  • Connect Kevin Gosling to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
  • Reproduce the core statement of Kevin Gosling from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kevin Gosling is the first living Canadian to donate a non-directed live organ to an anonymous organ transplant recipient. The elective surgery was performed on April 19, 2005 at Toronto General Hospital, when the Eastern Ontario native was 46-years-old. At a time when live organ transplant surgeries in Canada only involved donors whose live organ was intentionally directed to the transplant recipient -- a person whose identity is known -- Gosling's push to give a portion of his liver to an unknown person in need sparked the Canadian health care system to allow "non-directed live organ donation" -- the term for people who donate anonymously without a specific recipient in mind -- for organ transplant consideration.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kevin Gosling

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kevin Gosling claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kevin Gosling before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kevin Gosling ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kevin Gosling

In research
Kevin Gosling appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses Kevin Gosling in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
Kevin Gosling is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Living people, Organ donation, People from Ontario, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for Kevin Gosling outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.
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How to study Kevin Gosling in 20 minutes

  1. Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
  2. Close the page and write down what Kevin Gosling means in your own words.
  3. Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
  4. Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
  5. Explain Kevin Gosling out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kevin Gosling in simple terms?

Kevin Gosling is the first living Canadian to donate a non-directed live organ to an anonymous organ transplant recipient. The elective surgery was performed on April 19, 2005 at Toronto General Hospital, when the Eastern Ontario native was 46-years-old.

Why does Kevin Gosling matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kevin Gosling?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kevin Gosling.

Tags

  • Living people
  • Organ donation
  • People from Ontario

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