The APOSDLE project aims to improve knowledge worker productivity by supporting work-integrated learning. Our Work@Learn approach is based on re-using a wide variety of knowledge artefacts within an organization (such as project reports and meeting notes) for learning. Typically these artefacts have been built without any teaching objectives in mind. Within this contribution we present the way ...

Many universities have efforts related to infusing the teaching and learning of critical thinking, particularly for engineering, technology and computing related majors. This paper describes an applied critical thinking initiative at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The ability to think critically is not only developed and demonstrated in a classroom or course. Since employers are seeking...

The teaching of Chinese culture in TCFL was initiated in the 1950s, almost at the same time the TCFL started. Teaching culture at that time was more for political propaganda than for increasing language competency. Chinese cultural subjects were not widely established in the university until the 1980s. In practice, the teaching of Chinese culture and the teaching of Chinese language have been t...

The entrustable professional activity (EPA) concept allows faculty to make competency-based decisions on the level of supervision required by trainees. Competency-based education targets standardized levels of proficiency to guarantee that all learners have a sufficient level of proficiency at the completion of training. Collectively, the competencies (ACGME or CanMEDS) constitute a framework t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To induce competency-based education/developing a curriculum in the training of postgraduate students in laparoscopic surgery. METHODS This study selected postgraduate students before the implementation of competency-based education (n = 16) or after the implementation of competency-based education (n = 17). On the basis of the 5 competencies of patient care, medical...

OBJECTIVE To identify competency strengths and weaknesses as perceived by nursing professionals who graduated with a integrated curriculum and competency-based through Problem Based Learning in small groups. METHOD An intrinsic case study method was used, which analyzes this innovation through former students (from the first class) with three years of professional experience. The data were co...

The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative identified 6 competencies for the education of nurses (patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics) and the related knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) for each competency. The initial QSEN focus was on competency development during prelicensure nursing ...

Simulation with lifelike mannequins is used in schools of nursing and hospital-based education as a method of teaching clinical content, enhancing clinical skills, applying theory to practice, and validating competency. It provides a safe learning environment to enhance nurses' clinical judgment and critical thinking skills in an increasingly complex care environment. Simulation can be used in ...

evidence-based medicine (ebm) is becoming an integral component of graduate medical education competency and a requirement for grad medical education practice-based learning core competency. this study tries to compare the efficacy of conferences utilizing small-group discussions with the traditional conference method in enhancing ebm competency. the participants in this randomized controlled t...