Microsurgical techniques have been applied in many surgical specialties and have also a broad application in surgical research. It demands high technical skills and continued training. The microsurgical training is lengthy, very expensive and demands high commitment. The microsurgical skills should be first mastered in the lab and only then applied in the clinic. Here, we propose a model of a t...

BACKGROUND Skills lab training has become a widespread tool in medical education, and nowadays, skills labs are ubiquitous among medical faculties across the world. An increasingly prevalent didactic approach in skills lab teaching is peer-assisted learning (PAL), which has been shown to be not only effective, but can be considered to be on a par with faculty staff-led training. The aim of the ...

1Department of Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 2Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 3Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 4Department of Dentistry, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 5Department of Anesthesia, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 6Department of Geriatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qata...

BACKGROUND The introduction of non-medical prescribing for professions such as pharmacy and nursing in recent years offers additional responsibilities and opportunities but attendant training issues. In the UK and in contrast to some international models, becoming a non-medical prescriber involves the completion of an accredited training course offered by many higher education institutions, whe...

High-Performance Computing (HPC) and the ability to process large amounts of data are of paramount importance for UK business and economy as outlined by Rt Hon David Willetts MP at the HPC and Big Data conference in February 2014. However there is a shortage of skills and available training in HPC to prepare and expand the workforce for the HPC and Big Data research and development. Currently, ...

Past research shows that spreadsheet models are prone to such a high frequency of errors and data security implications that the risk management of spreadsheet development and spreadsheet use is of great importance to both industry and academia. The underlying rationale for this paper is that spreadsheet training courses should specifically address risk management in the development process bot...

SUMMARY The Standardized Trauma and Resuscitation Team Training (S.T.A.R.T.T.) course focuses on training multidisciplinary trauma teams: surgeons/physicians, registered nurses (RNs), respiratory therapists (RTs) and, most recently, prehospital personnel. The S.T.A.R.T.T. curriculum highlights crisis management (CRM) skills: communication, teamwork, leadership, situational awareness and resourc...

In recent years, training in emergency obstetric skills has moved from the traditional clinical teaching in the labour ward to specific, targeted skills and scenario-based courses utilising mannequins and simulators. Such changes have been necessary, largely as a result of the limitations of traditional clinical teaching when it comes to genuine patient encounters in an emergency situation. The...

introduction: some students attribute their academic failure to such factors as low aptitude, unavailability of resources, and bad luck. however, we can dare to say that the most important factor playing a role in academic success is students’ little acquaintance with learning and study skills. this study aimed at examining the quality of study skills in newly-admitted students of fasa medical ...