Teaching

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Excellence in role modelling: insight and perspectives from the pros.

BACKGROUND: Role modelling is an effective teaching method in medical education. We sought to better understand role modelling by examining the insights of respected physician role models. METHODS: We conducted 30-minute in-depth interviews with 29 ...
Scott M Wright, Joseph A Carrese (CMAJ, 200209)
excellence-role-modelling-insight-perspectives-pros.asp

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Evaluating web-based learning modules during an MSc programme in dental public health: a case study.

The introduction of web-based learning in dentistry has raised important educational questions about the efficacy of different teaching approaches. However, studies to date have drawn conclusions that appear conflicting, or at the least, ambiguous. In ...
R D Holt, M Oliver (Br Dent J, 200209)
evaluating-web-based-learning-modules-msc-programme-dental-public.asp

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Learning to lecture: exploring the skills, strategies, and practices of new teachers in nursing education.

A common experience among new teachers is learning how to lecture. Lecturing is a skill, a strategy, and a practice. As a skill, lecturing is learned over time. For example, teachers learn how to select content to hold students attention. Lecturing is a ...
Patricia Young, Nancy Diekelmann (J Nurs Educ, 200209)
learning-lecture-exploring-skills-strategies-practices-new-teachers.asp

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Literary pedagogy in nursing: a theory-based perspective.

Using fictional and autobiographical literature in nursing education is a primary way of understanding patients lived experiences and fostering development of essential relational and reflective thinking skills. Application of literary theory to this ...
Jurate A Sakalys (J Nurs Educ, 200209)
literary-pedagogy-nursing-theory-based-perspective.asp

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Merging reflective inquiry and self-study as a framework for enhancing the scholarship of teaching.

This article provides a model for improving teaching practice and developing new knowledge about teaching. The reflective self-study approach to pedagogical inquiry is rooted in reflective inquiry and self-study as found in nursing and education ...
Denise J Drevdahl, Richard W Stackman, Jill M Purdy, Belinda Y Louie (J Nurs Educ, 200209)
merging-reflective-inquiry-self-study-framework-enhancing-scholarship.asp

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Teaching Bayesian reasoning: an evaluation of a classroom tutorial for medical students.

How likely is a diagnosis, given a particular medical test result? This probability can be determined by using Bayess rule; however, previous research has shown that doctors often experience problems with Bayesian inferences. These findings illustrate ...
Stephanie Kurzenhäuser, Ulrich Hoffrage (Med Teach, 200209)
teaching-bayesian-reasoning-evaluation-classroom-tutorial-medical.asp

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Using your clinical expertise in nursing education.

Due to the expected retirement of large numbers of nursing faculty in the next few years, clinical nurse specialists may find themselves being recruited for faculty positions in schools of nursing. There are several points to consider when deciding if a ...
Lynne Porter Lewallen (Clin Nurse Spec, 200209)
your-clinical-expertise-nursing-education.asp

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Concomitants of failure to cope: what we should teach adolescents about coping.

BACKGROUND: How young people cope with stress is an important component of health and well-being since failure to deal with stress is very costly in social and emotional terms. AIM: In this study we examine the relationship between young peoples declared ...
Ramon Lewis, Erica Frydenberg (Br J Educ Psychol, 200209)
concomitants-failure-cope-teach-adolescents-coping.asp

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A new era of dental education at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Dental education is currently under scrutiny in order to most appropriately address community needs for the new millennium. Educational outcomes need to include a commitment to life-long learning, and an emphasis on professional ethics and moral ...
I Klineberg, W Massey, M Thomas, D Cockrell (Aust Dent J, 200209)
new-era-dental-education-university-sydney-australia.asp

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Reading with Abby: a case study of individual tutoring with a young adult with Down syndrome.

This case study examined the impact of a series of tutoring sessions on the literacy development of a young woman with Down syndrome. The sessions were conducted within the LATCH-ON (Literacy and Technology-Hands On) program at the Schonell Special ...
Kelly M Gallaher, Christina E van Kraayenoord, Anne Jobling, Karen B Moni (Downs Syndr Res Pract, 200209)
reading-abby-case-study-individual-tutoring-young-adult-down-syndrome.asp