Teaching

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The effect of virtual reality cognitive training for attention enhancement.

Our main goal in this research was to validate the possibility of virtual reality (VR) for attention enhancement in cognitive training program. Then, we developed some cognitive training tasks using VR technology. Thirty subjects who had little ...
Baek-Hwan Cho, Jeonghun Ku, Dong Pyo Jang, Saebyul Kim, Yong Hee Lee, In Young Kim, Jang Han Lee, Sun I Kim (Cyberpsychol Behav, 200204)
effect-virtual-reality-cognitive-training-attention-enhancement.asp

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Young adult outcome of children with "situational" hyperactivity: a prospective, controlled follow-up study.

To examine the importance of symptom pervasiveness in ADHD, we conducted a prospective, 12-year follow-up study of boys (ages 6-12) considered hyperactive at school and home (Pervasive ADHD), boys considered hyperactive by teachers but not parents ...
Salvatore Mannuzza, Rachel G Klein, John L Moulton (J Abnorm Child Psychol, 200204)
young-adult-outcome-children-situational-hyperactivity-prospective.asp

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Effects of managed care on teaching, research, and clinical practice in academic plastic surgery.

The aim of this study was to determine: 1) if there have been changes in teaching, research, and clinical practice in academic plastic surgery in recent years; and 2) if there have been, are they associated with changes in the managed care environment? ...
Kent T Ta, John A Persing, Henry Chauncey, Bat H Bradley, Stephen H Miller (Ann Plast Surg, 200204)
effects-managed-care-teaching-research-clinical-practice-academic.asp

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Comparing the effect of a skills checklist on teaching time required to achieve independence in administration of infusion medication.

This study evaluated the efficacy of a skills checklist, which included a standardized instruction sheet based in part on Rutledge and Donaldsons recommendations for reducing the amount of time required to make a patient independent in the administration ...
Victoria Grimes-Holsinger (J Infus Nurs, 200203-04)
comparing-effect-skills-checklist-teaching-time-required-achieve.asp

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The culture of criticism and argument in health education.

A programme to introduce skills in critical analytical reading and writing in postgraduate tertiary students in Public Health Management is described. The students had considerable professional experience, but their previous academic learning did not ...
Barbara Westwood, Geoffrey Westwood (Med Teach, 200203)
culture-criticism-argument-health-education.asp

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The need for pedagogical qualifications for teaching cardiology to undergraduate students.

OBJECTIVE: To report a training program in cardiology emphasizing changes in its pedagogical practice. These changes were put into practice by some teachers at the Medical School of Porto Alegre of the University of Rio Grande do Sul (FAMED/UFRGS) aiming ...
Waldomiro Carlos Manfroi, Carmen Lúcia Bezerra Machado, Ana Maria Petersen, Maria Júlia P Spina (Arq Bras Cardiol, 200203)
need-pedagogical-qualifications-teaching-cardiology-undergraduate.asp

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Traditions and peculiarities of clinical anatomy education in Russia.

The Russian experience in clinical anatomy education is described in this article. Such training is provided by the Department of Operative Surgery and Topographical Anatomy both during the pregraduate (undergraduate) period for medical students and in ...
Ilia I Kagan (Clin Anat, 200203)
traditions-peculiarities-clinical-anatomy-education-russia.asp

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Learning outcomes and instructional objectives: is there a difference?

Learning outcomes are broad statements of what is achieved and assessed at the end of a course of study. The concept of learning outcomes and outcome-based education is high on todays education agenda. The idea has features in common with the move to ...
R M Harden (Med Teach, 200203)
learning-outcomes-instructional-objectives-difference.asp

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Major long-term factors influencing dental education in the twenty-first century.

With evolutionary advances in oral science over the long term, clinical reliance on chemotherapeutics, bacterial replacement therapy, and immunization will necessitate a broader background in medicine. The dramatic increase in the old age population will ...
M Michael Cohen (J Dent Educ, 200203)
major-long-term-factors-influencing-dental-education-twenty-first.asp

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Knowledge and attitudes about school bullying in trainee teachers.

BACKGROUND: Recent research has highlighted the issue of bullying in schools. However, little attention has been paid to the knowledge and beliefs of trainee teachers, who will hold a key position in reducing the problem of bullying in schools. AIMS: To ...
Sonia Nicolaides, Yuichi Toda, Peter K Smith (Br J Educ Psychol, 200203)
knowledge-attitudes-school-bullying-trainee-teachers.asp