Teaching

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So you want to be an academic?

Academic dentistry offers a rewarding and varied career in which the practice of dentistry can be combined with teaching and research. This article outlines the activities that academic staff undertake, discusses the routes by which entry into an ...
Brendan J Scott (Dent Update, 200305)
want-academic.asp

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A toolkit for trainer appraisal and development.

All GPs are required to undergo formal revalidation and appraisal. Revalidation and re-accreditation assess past performance with a view to licensing future activity. GP trainers have additional responsibilities for delivering high quality education to ...
G A Rutt, M J Dodd, (Occas Pap R Coll Gen Pract, 200305)
toolkit-trainer-appraisal-development.asp

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Development of training of trainers programmes and evaluation of their effectiveness in Istanbul, Turkey.

This report presents an evaluation of the impact of the Training of Trainers (TOT) courses conducted since 1997. The effects of TOT programmes were studied using a questionnaire given to the course participants immediately after and again following a ...
Nuray Yolsal, Aysen Bulut, Selma Karabey, Nuriye Ortayli, Guler Bahadir, Zeynep Aydin (Med Teach, 200305)
development-training-trainers-programmes-evaluation-effectiveness.asp

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Teaching the consultant teachers in psychiatry: experience in Birmingham.

This paper describes the establishment and evaluation of a single specialty programme for the development of teaching skills in senior doctors. The learning is scheduled against the needs of trainers, which can be derived from the available evidence ...
Nick Brown, David Wall (Med Teach, 200305)
teaching-consultant-teachers-psychiatry-experience-birmingham.asp

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Quality of neurology residency programmes: an Italian survey.

In recent years there has been a growing interest in medical and particularly neurological education and how this should be related to the needs for patient care. To evaluate neurological training in Italy, we conducted a survey of the residency ...
D M Bonifati, T Scaravilli, M Leone, F De Biasia, M Naccarato, M Ottina, L Triggiani, M Mancuso (Eur J Neurol, 200305)
quality-neurology-residency-programmes-italian-survey.asp

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Cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder: supporting evidence and future directions.

The present paper examines the role of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in the treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). A cognitive-behavioral model of SAD is first presented. Different modalities of CBT for SAD are then described, including ...
James P Hambrick, Justin W Weeks, Gerlinde C Harb, Richard G Heimberg (CNS Spectr, 200305)
cognitive-behavioral-therapy-social-anxiety-disorder-supporting.asp

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Patterns of peer tutoring in nursing.

Peer tutoring in higher education is an effective strategy for promoting academic gains. Within nursing, peer tutoring has been used in the clinical setting, but little information is available regarding its use across the nursing curriculum. A peer ...
Sally Blowers, Priscilla Ramsey, Carolyn Merriman, Janelle Grooms (J Nurs Educ, 200305)
patterns-peer-tutoring-nursing.asp

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Current status of predoctoral geriatric education in U.S. dental schools.

The elderly constitute the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. Dental schools must educate dental students so that they are competent and confident in managing the treatment needs of elderly patients. Programs in geriatric dentistry have been ...
Abdel R Mohammad, Philip M Preshaw, Ronald L Ettinger (J Dent Educ, 200305)
current-status-predoctoral-geriatric-education-u-s-dental-schools.asp

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Residency training: challenges and opportunities in preparing trainees for the 21st century.

The future will see increased medicalization of psychiatry and will demand changes in training that better prepare residents for the realities of practice in a sustained period of physician shortage. Residency programs will need to move from the current ...
Lawrence Martin, Karen Saperson, Barbara Maddigan (Can J Psychiatry, 200305)
residency-training-challenges-opportunities-preparing-trainees-st.asp

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Using a linked learning activity to foster nursing students professional growth.

Linked learning assignments employ a learner-centered approach that views differences among students as educationally enriching, rather than problematic. This article describes a linked learning activity that systematically incorporated differences ...
Dawn Smith, Laureen Garteig (J Nurs Educ, 200305)
linked-learning-activity-foster-nursing-students-professional-growth.asp