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Three Rs

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Three Rs
Malpractice Recognise, Respond, Resolve. A term coined by Copic Insurance in Colorado, which provides medical malpractice coverage to doctors and health professionals as part of promoting open disclosure about medical errors
Managed care—US Request, Render, Report. A trilogy of factors that must be met before a patient can be billed for a consultation from a physician other than the primary care provider: the ordering physician must Request the consultation, the consultant must Render a medical opinion, and issue a written Report
Research Reduce, Refine, Replace. A research philosophy first articulated in 1959 by British scientists W.M.S. Russell and R.L. Burch, who linked scientific excellence to the humane and efficient use of laboratory animals, a philosophy now known as 'alternatives'
Vox populi Reading, wRiting, ‘ aRithmetic This is the original phrase which inspired the many other 'three Rs.' It referred to the core components of an elementary school education in America


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But perhaps it is time for new instructions to make it clear to teachers to concentrate less on the F words and more on the three Rs.
And the Government will complete its drive to improve the three Rs by launching a pilot Every Child a Writer initiative across selected parts of the country, including Telford in Shropshire.
MORE than 300,000 teenagers left school without a good grounding in the three Rs last year, according to league tables published today.
 
 
 
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