Reflections on the first year

The Excellent Care for All Act's quality improvement plans: reflections on the first year.

In 2010, Ontario passed the Excellent Care for All Act (the EFCA Act). Although the purpose of the Act was clear, the legislation itself was relatively non-prescriptive in relation to the mandatory quality improvement plans (QIPs), and hospitals needed direction on how to proceed. A task group was established to develop a common provincial QIP template, along with guidance, support and educatio...

[Reflections on the first centenary of Actas].

reflections on taught courses of the iranian ma program in english translation: a mixed-methods study

the issue of curriculum and syllabus evaluation and revision has been in center of attention right from when curriculum came into attention of educational institutions. thus everywhere in the world in educational institutions curricula and syllabi are evaluated and revised based on the goals, the needs, existing content, etc.. in iran any curriculum is designed in a committee of specialists and...

Reflections on a year of transition

Astute readers may have noticed this past year has been one of behind-the-scenes transition for our Journal. In late 2016, our publisher Co-Action and its portfolio of journals were bought out by Taylor & Francis. This was basically a publishing decision, with notification to the editorial team after the fact. To their mutual credit, both publishers were committed to a smooth transfer of respon...

Reflections on clinical practice by first-year dental students: a qualitative study.

During the first and second year of the dental curriculum, students have little time to process and learn the didactic material in a meaningful way because of the large number of required courses in the curriculum. If an outcome of dental education is to promote critical thinking, however, methods need to be explored to encourage this process in dental students throughout the curriculum. Reflec...