Teaching Materials

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Introducing personal digital assistants to family physician teachers.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In our previous projects, students and residents have readily adopted personal digital assistants (PDAs), but faculty have generally been reluctant. The objective of the project reported here was to maximize adoption of PDAs by ...
David Topps, Roger Thomas, Rodney Crutcher (Fam Med, 200301)
introducing-personal-digital-assistants-family-physician-teachers.asp

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Virtual reality simulator for vitreoretinal surgery.

AIM: To develop computer simulation of steps in vitreoretinal surgery using virtual reality technology. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A workstation with three-dimensional position tracking stylus was attached to a Pentium II desktop PC with a graphic ...
D Verma, D Wills, M Verma (Eye, 200301)
virtual-reality-simulator-vitreoretinal-surgery.asp

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Practice makes perfect: the critical role of mixed practice in the acquisition of ECG interpretation skills.

PURPOSE: To examine the effect of instructional format on medical students learning of ECG diagnosis. METHOD: Two experiments employed different learning and practice methods. In the first, students were randomly allocated to one of two instructional ...
Rose M Hatala, Lee R Brooks, Geoffrey R Norman (Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract, 2003)
practice-makes-perfect-critical-role-mixed-practice-acquisition-ecg.asp

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University of Wyoming, College of Engineering, undergraduate design project: star tracer.

The University of Wyoming received funding in the spring of 2002 from the National Science Foundation Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems in order to complete undergraduate design projects. One design project that was chosen by the ...
Jennifer R Barnes, Stephanie A Popp, Steven F Barrett (Biomed Sci Instrum, 2003)
university-wyoming-college-engineering-undergraduate-design-project.asp

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Puberty advice for year 6 and 7 boys and girls.

Two nurses who are clinical leaders in school health explain why education about puberty and adolescence is so much needed by 10 and 11-year-old pupils in Years 6 and 7. The transition from primary to secondary school coincides with the transition from ...
Christopher Mayer, Julie Carter (J Fam Health Care, 2003)
puberty-advice-year--boys-girls.asp

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A comparison between three electronic media and in-person learning for continuing education in physical rehabilitation.

We produced continuing education material in physical rehabilitation using a variety of electronic media. We compared four methods of delivering the learning modules: in person with a computer projector, desktop videoconferencing, Web pages and CD-ROM. ...
Edward Lemaire, G Greene (J Telemed Telecare, 2003)
comparison-three-electronic-media-person-learning-continuing.asp

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The role of interactive training skills courses in medical education at the Ankara University School of Medicine.

BACKGROUND: The Department of Medical Education at Ankara University School of Medicine offered a teaching program for their physician educators. One hundred and fifty professors from different disciplines attended this 5-day training course. ...
Ferda Ozyurda, Fulya Dökmeci, Ozden Palaoglu, Berna Arda (Teach Learn Med, 2002SUMMER)
role-interactive-training-skills-courses-medical-education-ankara.asp

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Curriculum resources for cultural diversity education.

As part of the 2001 Coalition for Allied Health Leadership, a review of curriculum resources for teaching diversity courses in allied health programs was conducted. A synopsis of the most relevant resources and an example of a generic diversity course ...
Richard Bamberg, Bessie B Pitts, Eileen M Maloney (J Allied Health, 2002SUMMER)
curriculum-resources-cultural-diversity-education.asp

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Learning to use a home medical device: mediating age-related differences with training.

We examined the differential benefits of instructional materials for younger and older adults learning to use a home medical device. Participants received training on use of a blood glucose meter via either a user manual (a text guide with pictures) or ...
Amy L Mykityshyn, Arthur D Fisk, Wendy A Rogers (Hum Factors, 2002FALL)
learning-home-medical-device-mediating-age-related-differences.asp

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Sources of oral health information and teaching materials for primary schoolteachers in Rungwe District, Tanzania.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the various major sources of Oral Health Education (OHE) for primary school teachers in Rungwe District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study using a self-administered close-ended questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS AND ...
Ibrahim E A T Mwangosi, Kisa M Mwakatobe, Anne N K Astrom (Int Dent J, 200212)
sources-oral-health-information-teaching-materials-primary.asp