OBJECTIVE The integration of scientific research into medical education is a widely discussed topic. Most research training programs are offered on a voluntary basis. In Germany, it is mandatory to complete a doctoral thesis to obtain the academic title "doctor". The reasons why students start a dissertation project and the influence of this project on their undergraduate studies and later care...

The goal of academic undergraduate programs is to disseminate disciplinary ‘know-how’ and teach students to engage in professional practice once they have completed their studies. However, technological and scientific progress contribute continuously to a significant increase of knowledge. In consequence, theoretical information keeps augmenting, while time for assimilation and application exer...

Increasing awareness of the vulnerabilities of computer systems has led to the introduction of several programs in computer security. Many of these programs are meant to attract graduate students. Southern Oregon University has recently started a new undergraduate track in computer security and information assurance (CSIA). The curriculum is first of its kind in Oregon to be available at the un...

A survey was presented to members of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) to get a better idea of how neuroscience research and education is being delivered at the undergraduate level. A total of 155 individuals completed the survey, with 118 coming from faculty at traditional PUIs (primarily undergraduate institutions) and 37 from faculty at doctoral-granting institutions. The surv...

The Department of Music offers two professional degree programs, the Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science in Music Education; and one liberal arts degree program, the Bachelor of Science in Music. The concentrations within the two professional degree programs are outlined on the following pages. The department also offers a combined bachelor’s and master’s program that allows students to c...

Faculty in Canadian undergraduate nursing programs have come to rely on preceptorship as the primary model for teaching and learning during the final clinical course. A focused ethnography was completed in order to examine undergraduate nursing students' experience of rural hospital preceptorship in western Canada. Data analysis revealed that students perceive nursing faculty involvement and su...

Increasing awareness of the vulnerabilities of computer systems has led to the introduction of several programs in computer security. Many of these programs are meant to attract graduate students. Southern Oregon University has recently started a new undergraduate track in computer security and information assurance (CSIA). The curriculum is first of its kind in Oregon to be available at the un...

The implementation of political-pedagogical projects, encouraged by health and education policies, generated the need to incorporate in nursing curricula several programs to attend the interests and necessities of undergraduate courses. One of these is the Tutorial Program that aims at considering the student as the subject of the education and care. In this way, this study aimed at contributin...

To increase the numbers of underrepresented racial minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), federal and private agencies have allocated significant funding to undergraduate research programs, which have been shown to students' intentions of enrolling in graduate or professional school. Analyzing a longitudinal sample of 4,152 aspiring STEM majors who comple...

Increasing awareness of the vulnerabilities of computer systems has led to the introduction of several programs in computer security. Many of these programs are meant to attract graduate students. Southern Oregon University has recently started a new undergraduate track in computer security and information assurance (CSIA). The curriculum is first of its kind in Oregon to be available at the un...