Background:  Many clinicians are involved in medical education, with small group teaching (SGT) forming a significant part of their work. Most facilitate these sessions by experience and common sense: less than one-third of them have received formal training in SGT. Context:  Evidence suggests small group productivity depends on good facilitation ...

Background:  Over the last few years the London Deanery has offered workshops in supervision skills for clinical teachers. In response to the concern that supervision conversations are time consuming, we devised an exercise to promote the ability to carry out a small piece of supervision that can nudge forwards an ...

Background:  Using trained actors to simulate trainee doctors in difficulty is a cost-effective communication skills teaching tool that can be enhanced by techniques that are familiar to hi-fidelity electronic simulation. Simulation has two broad strands: the first exchanges the patient for an actor in the clinical encounter, and the second ...

Background:  Problem-based learning (PBL) is a teaching method where the use of clinical problems is the starting point for learning, and it is through the process of working through these problems that students acquire the knowledge and skills required to be a doctor. Context  Many advantages of PBL over traditional ...

Background:  Undergraduate interprofessional education (IPE) is perceived by many in health and social care education to reduce barriers between the professions. In Aberdeen there has been an IPE programme with Robert Gordon University and University of Aberdeen, and 10 health and social care courses since 2003. The steering groups reported ...

Medical Education 2012: 46 : 179-191 Context  Integrated longitudinal rural placements are designed to promote favourable student attitudes towards and facilitate return to rural practice upon graduation. We explored the impact of an integrated placement on medical students' attitudes towards rural practice. Methods  Data were available from interviews with 10 ...

Aims:  The aim of the present study was to explore medical students' beliefs and attitudes towards people with schizophrenia (PwS) prior to receiving any training in psychiatry and to assess the impact of the psychiatric placement on changing them. Methods:  A questionnaire addressing beliefs, attitudes and desired social distance from ...

Gallagher R, Kirkness A, Armari E, Davidson PM. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2012; 18: 28-35 Participants' perspectives of a multi-component, group-based weight loss programme supplement for cardiac rehabilitation: A qualitative study Addressing overweight and obesity in people with cardiovascular risk factors is an important aspect of cardiac rehabilitation, but ...

Background: The purpose of this study was to describe Canadian general surgery residents' perceptions regarding potential implementation of work-hour restrictions. Methods: An ethics review board-approved, Web-based survey was submitted to all Canadian general surgery residency programs between April and July 2009. Questions evaluated the perceived effects of an 80-hour work ...

Background:  Inpatient dysglycemia is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and cost. Medical education must not only address knowledge gaps, but also improve clinical care. Methods:  All 129 medicine residents at a large academic medical center were offered a case-based online curriculum on the management of inpatient dysglycemia in the fall ...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: India launched a national conditional cash transfer program, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), aimed at reducing maternal mortality by promoting institutional delivery in 2005. It provides a cash incentive to women who give birth in public health facilities. This paper studies the extent of program uptake, reasons for participation/ ...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Evaluation of interventions on road traffic injuries (RTI) going beyond the assessment of impact to include factors underlying success or failure is an important complement to standard impact evaluations. We report here how we used a qualitative approach to assess current interventions implemented to reduce RTIs in Peru. ...

BACKGROUND:: Improving quality and patient safety is of increasing strategic importance to health care organizations. However, simply increasing the volume of quality improvement (QI) activity does not necessarily improve patient outcomes. There is a need for greater understanding of QI success factors. PURPOSE:: This study looked for differences in QI ...

To cite this article: Int J Dent Hygiene DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2011.00539.x Johannsen A, Bolander-Laksov K, Bjurshammar N, Nordgren B, Fridén C, Hagströmer M. Enhancing meaningful learning and self-efficacy through collaboration between dental hygienist and physiotherapist students - a scholarship project. Abstract:  Introduction:  Within the field of Dental Hygiene (DH) and Physiotherapy ...

BACKGROUND: American Indians and Alaska Natives have traditionally used stories and drawings to positively influence the well-being of their communities. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to describe the development of a curriculum that trains Native youth leaders to plan, write, and design original comic books to enhance healthy ...

PURPOSE: The overall aim of this study was to understand the occupational lives of people with rheumatoid arthritis. Further aims were to identify the creative agency that occurs while performing these occupations and to understand the socio-cultural aspects of engaging in valued occupations. METHODS: Five participants were recruited and various ...

In order to investigate the effects of distinct concurrent training sequences on serum leptin and cortisol levels, 10 subjects (27.1±4.8 years, body mass index 25.38±0.09) were submitted to a control session, concurrent training 1 and concurrent training 2. Samples of leptin and cortisol were collected. Concurrent training 1 consisted of ...

Introduction. In France, surgical oncology is not recognized as a unique specialty, but as a sub-specialization offered to surgeons in training. To date, their motives and training have not been studied. Materials and methods. We set a dedicated online survey suggested to 102 surgeons applying for the specific national degree in ...

Objective To explore the opinions and knowledge of Australian pharmacists about impairment in the profession, and their awareness of new legislation regarding impairment and mandatory reporting. Setting Pharmacy practice in Australia. Method Pharmacists' opinions and knowledge were explored using a purposively designed, de-identified survey distributed by an intermediate mailing house ...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: In the Netherlands, absenteeism and reduced productivity due to work disability lead to high yearly costs reaching almost 5% of the gross national product. To reduce the economic burden of sick leave and reduced productivity, different employability interventions for work-disabled employees or employees at risk of work disability ...

ABSTRACT In this study the effects of 'brain training' using the Nintendo DS Brain Training program were examined in two groups of older adults; the cognitive performance of an experimental group (n = 21) who were asked to use the Nintendo DS regularly over a 6-week period was compared with the control ...

The literature pertaining to training staff, parents, and peers to implement interventions for individuals with developmental disabilities was reviewed for training procedures that incorporated strategies to promote generalization. The search engines for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Pubmed© were used to find relevant studies. Studies met the inclusion ...

Aim:  The aim of this study was to review trainees' opinions of the training they had received through the National Training Programme (NTP) . Method:  An on-line questionnaire was distributed to NTP trainees who had completed five or more training episodes within the programme. Demographic data were collected. Opinion was ...

BACKGROUND: The aim of nursing education is to prepare students with critical thinking, high interests in profession and high proficiency in patient care. Cooperative learning promotes team work and encourages knowledge building upon discussion. It has been viewed as one of the most powerful learning methods. Technology has been considered ...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The compressed curriculum in modern knowledge-intensive medicine demands useful tools to achieve approved learning aims in a limited space of time. Web-based learning can be used in different ways to enhance learning. Little is however known regarding its optimal utilisation. Our aim was to investigate if the individual ...

Abstract Although peer interventionists have been successful in medication treatment-adherence interventions, their role in complex behavior-change approaches to promote entry and reentry into HIV care requires further investigation. The current study sought to describe and test the feasibility of a standardized peer-mentor training program used for MAPPS (Mentor Approach for ...

In three experiments using Pavlovian conditioning of magazine approach, rats were trained with a compound stimulus, AB, and were concurrently trained with stimulus B on its own. The reinforcement rate of B, rB, was either 1/2, 2/3, or 2/5 of rAB. After extended training, the conditioning strength of A was ...

The objective of this study is to report the findings of a 7-month pilot for an integrated system evaluating a state-wide home visiting program. A cross-sectional study design was used to determine baseline process and outcome measures for Tennessee's home visiting program which provides services to families, from pregnancy through ...

This study assessed the secondary effects of a parent training intervention program on maternal adjustment, with a focus on understanding ways in which program efficacy differed for participants as a function of whether or not their children had behavior problems. Mothers (N = 99) of toddlers (2-3 years of age) were randomly assigned ...

The Danish national return-to-work (RTW) program aims to improve the management of municipal sickness benefit in Denmark. A study is currently ongoing to evaluate the RTW program. The purpose of this article is to describe the study protocol. The program includes 21 municipalities encompassing approximately 19 500 working-age adults on ...

Background: Drug users in treatment or exiting treatment face many barriers to employment when entering the job market, such as low levels of education and technical skills, and low levels of interpersonal skills. As a result of these and other barriers, employment rates in these groups are generally low. Objective: ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Human factors can have an important impact on cardiotocography (CTG) interpretation and management decisions, and therefore may directly affect obstetrical outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS: It has been well demonstrated that there is wide observer disagreement over CTG interpretation, particularly in the evaluation of variability, decelerations, and overall tracing ...

Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of universal precautions among Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, medical students in their clinical years. Subjects and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire including 9 knowledge and 9 practice questions of universal precautions was used. A score was calculated for both ...

Perceptual learning of 10-AFC texture identification is stimulus specific: after practice, identification accuracy drops substantially when textures are rotated 180°, reversed in contrast polarity, or when a novel set of textures is presented. Here we asked if perceptual learning occurs without any repetition of items during training, and whether exposure ...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Psychosocial competence and frustration tolerance are important characteristics of skilled medical professionals. In the present study we explored the usefulness of applying a comprehensive motivational theory (Goal orientations), for this purpose. According to goal orientation theory, learning motivation is defined as the general goals students pursue during learning ...

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? The role of surgical simulators is currently being debated in urological and other surgical specialties. Simulators are not presently implemented in the UK urology training curriculum. The availability of simulators and the opinions of Training Programme Directors' (TPD) on ...

Background: A small but growing body of research evidence suggests that place-based police interventions generate significant crime control gains. While place-based policing strategies have been adopted by a majority of U.S. police departments, very few agencies make a priori commitments to rigorous evaluations. Objective: Recent methodological developments were applied to ...

Abstract Conclusion: A set of algorithms, which allows a computer to determine the answers of simulated patients during pure tone and speech audiometry, is presented. Based on these algorithms, a computer program for training in audiometry was written and found to be useful for teaching purposes. Objectives: To develop a ...

The need for interdisciplinary graduate training programs which prepare students to conceptualize the application of their research in clinical settings continues to grow. Though several programs have been cultivated to address this need, demand still outweighs supply. The following describes a curriculum developed with the intent of incorporating medical knowledge ...

We estimate and map the impacts that alternative national and subnational economic incentive structures for reducing emissions from deforestation (REDD+) in Indonesia would have had on greenhouse gas emissions and national and local revenue if they had been in place from 2000 to 2005. The impact of carbon payments on ...

This article reports large item effects in a study of computer-based learning of neuroanatomy. Outcome measures of the efficiency of learning, transfer of learning, and generalization of knowledge diverged by a wide margin across test items, with certain sets of items emerging as particularly difficult to master. In addition, the ...

BACKGROUND: A virtual reality neurosurgery simulator with haptic feedback may help in the training and assessment of technical skills requiring the use of tactile and visual cues. OBJECTIVE: To develop a simulator for craniotomy-based procedures with haptic and graphics feedback, for implementation by university and hospital in neurosurgery training curriculum. ...

Brechue, WF and Mayhew, JL. Lower-body work capacity and 1RM squat prediction in college football players. J Strength Cond Res 26(X): 000-000, 2012-The purpose of this study was to assess lower-body muscular strength and work capacity after off-season resistance training and the efficacy of predicting maximal squat strength (1 repetition ...

Gilson, TA, "Cisco" Reyes, GF, and Curnock, LE. An examination of athletes' self-efficacy and strength training effort during an entire off-season. J Strength Cond Res 25(X): 000-000, 2012-Over the past 30-plus years in which self-efficacy (or confidence at a task) has been researched, findings have shown that in almost every ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:/st>Persistent deficits in gait speed and spatiotemporal symmetry are prevalent following stroke, and can limit the achievement of community mobility goals. Rehabilitation can improve gait speed, but has shown limited ability to improve spatiotemporal symmetry. The incorporation of combined visual and proprioceptive feedback regarding spatiotemporal symmetry has the ...

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to obtain a deepened understanding of the implementation process of case-based learning (CBL) during a surgical semester at the Undergraduate Medical Program at Karolinska Institutet. The objectives are to identify the level of success of the implementation and to identify practical and theoretical ...

BACKGROUND: There is growing concern that the recently introduced National Training Programme for consultants in laparoscopic colorectal surgery will have a negative impact on the training of senior colorectal trainees by minimizing the opportunities available. This study aimed to determine the impact that local implementation of the National Training Programme ...

BACKGROUND: Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)-approved fellowships in Breast Oncology began training fellows in 2004. Here we ascertain methods of evaluating and improving the fellowship experience through fellowship alumni experience. METHODS: We conducted an electronic survey of fellowship graduates to learn perceived successes and weaknesses of their fellowship training, as ...

Arandjelović, O. Common variants of the resistance mechanism in the Smith machine: analysis of mechanical loading characteristics and application to strength-oriented and hypertrophy-oriented training. J Strength Cond Res 26(X): 000-000, 2012-The Smith machine is a pervasive weight-training apparatus, used extensively by a wide population of weight trainers, from novices to ...

ABSTRACTBackground: This study explored the transport and lifestyle issues of older retired and retiring drivers participating in the University of Queensland Driver Retirement Initiative (UQDRIVE), a group program to promote adjustment to driving cessation for retired and retiring older drivers.Methods: A mixed method research design explored the impact of UQDRIVE ...