Two delivery methods for a course in Genetics and Evolution were compared using preand post-testing of basic concepts to evaluate the effectiveness of each method. The metric , the gain in learning, was calculated as the ratio of the difference between the post-test and pre-test score divided by the difference between the highest possible score and the pre-test score. The first or studio tea...

objective: this research investigates and compares the effects of short-term cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (mbct) over psychological problems of the patients with binge eating disorder (bed). methods: among patients of sina hospital and other weight loss centers of tehran, 44 people were selected and allocated randomly in cbt (14), mbct (14) and cont...

College film programs which emphasize production of film provide hands-on practice in skills including i) camera operation to choose and film camera angles and ii) editing available footage to select and order the shots to tell the story. Film programs also incorporate group critique sessions in which students write commentaries on the works of other students. The motivation of the FilmTies app...

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) requires disclosure of medical errors related to sentinel events. At the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, we have developed an effective curriculum for teaching third-year medical students this content. The instructional program lasts a half day and consists of large group lectures combined wi...

Trevor G. Russell’s 2010 book, Establishing the Efficacy of Telemedicine as a Clinical Tool for Physiotherapists: From Systems Design to Randomised Controlled Trial, is based on his University of Queensland doctoral thesis that systematically demonstrates the feasibility of telemedicine for physical therapists. The book sets forth a highly effective answer to skeptics on this point, especially ...

We investigate how performance relative to aspirations affects firm response to a technological discontinuity by examining how incumbent firms in the U.S. computer industry responded to the introduction of the Personal Computer. We find that firms performing further below and further above their aspirations were more likely to adopt the new technology. Among adopters, those performing below his...

aim and background: emotion focused couple therapy is one of the methods that has focused on the negative cycles of interaction caused from deep emotional vulnerability. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of emotionally focused couple therapy on reducing the damage caused by marital infidelity. methods and materials: the statistical sample included 30 couples that were select...