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Formative assessment in physiology teaching using a wireless classroom communication system.

Systems physiology, studied by biomedical engineers, is an analytical way to approach the homeostatic foundations of basic physiology. In many systems physiology courses, students attend lectures and are given homework and reading assignments to complete ...
Cynthia B Paschal (Adv Physiol Educ, 200212)
formative-assessment-physiology-teaching-wireless-classroom.asp

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Counting channels: a tutorial guide on ion channel fluctuation analysis.

Ion channels open and close in a stochastic fashion, following the laws of probability. However, distinct from tossing a coin or a die, the probability of finding the channel closed or open is not a fixed number but can be modified (i.e., we can cheat) ...
Osvaldo Alvarez, Carlos Gonzalez, Ramon Latorre (Adv Physiol Educ, 200212)
counting-channels-tutorial-guide-ion-channel-fluctuation-analysis.asp

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Nationwide survey of pediatric residency training in newborn medicine: preparation for primary care practice.

OBJECTIVE: Pediatric residency training programs need regular revision, but there is little evidence to support changes. The recent reduction in time spent in the newborn nursery may negatively affect the care of infants in pediatric practice. This ...
Dawn M Walton, Maureen C Edwards (Pediatrics, 200212)
nationwide-survey-pediatric-residency-training-newborn-medicine.asp

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Rejection of an innovation: health information management training materials in east Africa.

A shift towards decentralization in many low-income countries has meant more skills are demanded of primary health care managers, including data and information handling at all levels of the health care system. Ministries of Health are changing their ...
J Gladwin, R A Dixon, T D Wilson (Health Policy Plan, 200212)
rejection-innovation-health-information-management-training-materials.asp

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Scholarship revisited: a Collaborative Nursing Education Programs journey.

The Collaborative Nursing Program in British Columbia is a nursing education program composed of 10 partners, including five community colleges, four university colleges, and one university. The Board of Accreditation of the Canadian Association of ...
Janet Storch, Lucia Gamroth (J Nurs Educ, 200212)
scholarship-revisited-collaborative-nursing-education-program-s.asp

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Altering intergroup perceptions by altering prevailing mode of cognitive representation: "they look like people".

This article reports the results of 3 studies that attempted to alter the mode of cognitive representation by training with nonsocial targets and then examined subsequent intergroup perception. In each study, participants examined an array of drinking ...
Brian Mullen, Carmen Pizzuto, Rob Foels (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200212)
altering-intergroup-perceptions-altering-prevailing-mode-cognitive.asp

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Developing deep learning approaches and personal teaching efficacy within a preservice teacher education context.

BACKGROUND: University students approaches to learning have been demonstrated to affect learning outcomes across a wide range of courses, favouring the use of a deep approach. Interventions to promote the use of deep approaches have had mixed success, ...
Christopher Gordon, Ray Debus (Br J Educ Psychol, 200212)
developing-deep-learning-approaches-personal-teaching-efficacy.asp

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Instructional skills of surgical tutors.

AIM OF STUDY: This study was aimed at evaluating the pattern of instructional skills of surgical tutors in a university hospital and the effect of feedback on this pattern. METHOD: Students who followed three clinical rotations at the Department of ...
F M Abu-Zidan, I G Premadasa (Singapore Med J, 200212)
instructional-skills-surgical-tutors.asp

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Perspectives on dental education in the Nordic countries.

The object of this review is to discuss the state of dental education and describe current developments at dental schools in the Nordic countries. The main focus is the undergraduate dental education; however, the postgraduate system will also be ...
Nils-Erik Fiehn (J Dent Educ, 200212)
perspectives-dental-education-nordic-countries.asp

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Towards a core curriculum in clinical pharmacology for undergraduate medical students in Europe.

Undergraduate medical education has been under the spotlight for many years in Europe. In the United Kingdom the General Medical Council, which validates the final medical examination in all UK Medical Schools, has been trying to influence the curriculum ...
Michael Orme, Jurgen Frolich, Bozidar Vrhovac, (Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 200212)
towards-core-curriculum-clinical-pharmacology-undergraduate-medical.asp