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Pulse (magazine)

Pulse (magazine) 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 Pulse (magazine) rather than just read about it. In short: Pulse is a monthly news magazine and website on British primary health care. It has been distributed without charge to general practitioners in the United Kingdom since 1960.

Key takeaways

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

Reference excerpt

Pulse is a monthly news magazine and website on British primary health care. It has been distributed without charge to general practitioners in the United Kingdom since 1960. Its stories are regularly picked up by national and regional newspapers. It is one of a number of magazines often referred to by GPs as "the comics".

History In 2000, the title was owned by Miller Freeman UK which went through some restructuring; the part of the business that continued to own Pulse was known as United Business Media (UBM). In February 2012, UBM sold its agriculture and medical portfolios, including Pulse Media Ltd to the founders of Briefing Media for £10 million, with the new business being known as Briefing Media Group. Pulse was bought by Cogora, an 'integrated media and marketing services' company in November 2013.

Digital presence Pulse is the name of the print version of the magazine, while the website is called PulseToday. An award-winning app called 'Pulse Toolkit' provides GPs with clinical tools.

Articles picked up by national media Pulse carries surveys of GP opinions. In 2005 its report that when more than 1,000 GPs were asked about their voting intentions, only one in 10 said they intended to vote Labour was reported prominently by the Daily Telegraph. In 2007 its report that 19% of 309 GPs surveyed said they did not believe abortion should be legal was picked up by the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard. In 2015, a report into NHS England's personal health budget scheme was picked up by the BBC, and The Guardian among other publications.

Awards Magazine of the Year 2014 in the Professional Publishers Association Awards Digital Innovation of the Year 2015 for the Pulse Toolkit App in the Medical Journalism Association Awards Business Magazine of the Year 2016 in the Professional Publishers Association Awards

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pulse (magazine)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pulse (magazine) 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 Pulse (magazine) 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 Pulse (magazine) 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 Pulse (magazine)

In research: Pulse (magazine) 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 Pulse (magazine) 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: Pulse (magazine) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1960 establishments in the United Kingdom, English-language magazines, Magazines established in 1960, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pulse (magazine) 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 Pulse (magazine) in 20 minutes

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Pulse (magazine) in simple terms?

Pulse is a monthly news magazine and website on British primary health care. It has been distributed without charge to general practitioners in the United Kingdom since 1960.

Why does Pulse (magazine) 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 Pulse (magazine)?

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 Pulse (magazine).