Teaching

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Effects of low volume resistance and cardiovascular training on strength and aerobic capacity in unfit men and women: a demonstration of a threshold model.

A threshold model postulates that prescriptively applying the appropriate cardiorespiratory and strength stimulus at a designated threshold of intensity for a brief time results in the targeted adaptations. A randomized control group design was used with ...
Richard A Winett, Janet R Wojcik, Lesley D Fox, William G Herbert, Jennifer S Blevins, Ralph N Carpinelli (J Behav Med, 200306)
effects-low-volume-resistance-cardiovascular-training-strength.asp

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Prevalence of a training module for difficult airway management: a comparison between Japan and the United Kingdom.

To examine the education of trainees with regard to difficult airway management, we sent a questionnaire to all 89 Japanese University Departments of Anaesthesia (to be answered by a person who was responsible for teaching trainees) and all 280 Royal ...
S Kiyama, D Muthuswamy, I P Latto, T Asai (Anaesthesia, 200306)
prevalence-training-module-difficult-airway-management-comparison.asp

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Predicting cross-cultural training performance: the validity of personality, cognitive ability, and dimensions measured by an assessment center and a behavior description interview.

This study examined the validity of a broad set of predictors for selecting European managers for a cross-cultural training program in Japan. The selection procedure assessed cognitive ability, personality, and dimensions measured by assessment center ...
Filip Lievens, Michael M Harris, Etienne Van Keer, Claire Bisqueret (J Appl Psychol, 200306)
predicting-cross-cultural-training-performance-validity-personality.asp

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Effects of a nursing literature reading course on promoting critical thinking in two-year nursing program students.

Critical thinking is essential for professional nursing practice. Promoting critical thinking with teaching strategies has been a focus of nursing education and nursing research. Reading and writing assignments are teaching strategies for fostering ...
Fang-Chiao Chen, Ming-Chen Lin (J Nurs Res, 200306)
effects-nursing-literature-reading-course-promoting-critical-thinking.asp

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Resident acquisition of knowledge during a noontime conference series.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Noontime conferences are widely used in family practice residencies. This study determined the effectiveness of noontime conferences for increasing residents knowledge. METHODS: Twenty residents were tested monthly over 6 ...
Anne Picciano, Robin Winter, Douglas Ballan, Bruce Birnberg, Maryann Jacks, Euton Laing (Fam Med, 200306)
resident-acquisition-knowledge-noontime-conference-series.asp

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Training monitoring skills improves older adults self-paced associative learning.

We investigated a memory-enhancement program that involved teaching older adults to regulate study through self-testing. A regulation group was taught standard strategies along with self-testing techniques for identifying less well-learned items that ...
John Dunlosky, Alycia K Kubat-Silman, Christopher Hertzog (Psychol Aging, 200306)
training-monitoring-skills-improves-older-adults-self-paced.asp

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Contemporary commercial music (CCM) survey: whos teaching what in nonclassical music.

Currently, there is an increasing interest in and demand for training in a wide variety of nonclassical music--contemporary commercial music (CCM)--and most particularly for music theater. A survey of singing teachers was completed to elucidate their ...
Jeannette L LoVetri, Edrie Means Weekly (J Voice, 200306)
contemporary-commercial-music-ccm-survey-who-s-teaching-nonclassical.asp

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The effectiveness of palliative care education delivered by videoconferencing compared with face-to-face delivery.

As part of a four-year study into the use of videoconferencing in palliative care, the delivery of workshops on palliative care to community nurses was evaluated by the Open University. Twenty nurses were randomly allocated to alternating ...
Patris van Boxell, Keith Anderson, Claud Regnard (Palliat Med, 200306)
effectiveness-palliative-care-education-delivered-videoconferencing.asp

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Intervention on strategy use and on motivation of Greek pupils reading comprehension in English classes.

Although less skilled learners may improve their abilities through training in strategies used by successful learners, only a few studies have addressed the question of metacognitive strategy training in contexts in which foreign language is learned. ...
E Pappa, M Zafiropoulou, P Metallidou (Percept Mot Skills, 200306)
intervention-strategy-motivation-greek-pupils-reading-comprehension.asp

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Resident physicians who continue Balint training: a longitudinal study 1982-1999.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Balint seminars began in London in 1950 on a voluntary basis for general practitioners wishing to explore psychological problems in their practice. By 1964, there was a 36% early dropout rate among the 223 physicians who ...
Alan H Johnson, Clive D Brock, William J Hueston (Fam Med, 200306)
resident-physicians-who-continue-balint-training-longitudinal-study.asp