BACKGROUND Faculties face the permanent challenge to design training programs with well-balanced educational outcomes, and to offer various organised and individual learning opportunities. AIM To apply our original model to a postgraduate training program in rheumatology in general, and to various learning experiences in particular, in order to analyse the balance between different educationa...

Background: Revision and promotion of educational programs, as well as guiding such programs from the traditional to modern ones, have been one of the goals of educational planning in order to improve the educational status. The present study was performed based on the opinions of the cardiology assistants.   Methods:  This research was a cross sectional study and all the participants included ...

Background: Baby colic is one of the most common digestive problems in infants. Due to its several and unknown causes, colic treatment depends on the parent's individual and social education and support. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of mothers' educational supportive care program on the pain intensity and crying caused by colic in infants...

in this quasi-experimental study, we have evaluated the effects of an educational program on the level of knowledge, attitude and practice methods of experimental assistant dentists in shiraz, regarding aids and hiv transmission. these variables were assessed before and after an educational program, by a questionnaire and a checklist. the educational program consisted of lectures and group disc...

INSEPTEMBER 2007, we published the article ‘‘Chinese Nutrition Educational Materials for Renal Patients’’ in the Journal of Renal Nutrition, which featured the 8 nutrition handouts in Chinese that we developed for the renal program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Since then, we have received numerous requests from dietitians and nephrologists to share our Chinese ...

Nowadays, there are several program criteria that are proposed for accreditation. However, up to represent various accreditation bodies’ requirements, diversity of disciplines, and specific national contexts, no global and unified framework for higher education has emerged. As such, the ability of educational organizations to work together is often hard to ensure. Following constructive alignme...

BACKGROUND In Western countries, hypertension and hypertension-related complication are more common in ethnic minority groups of African descent than in indigenous populations. Addressing ethnic minority patients' perceptions of hypertension and its treatment through the use of cultural appropriate hypertension education (CAHE) increases adherence to medication and lifestyle recommendations. Gi...

The paper presents an integrated educational environment for teaching courses in computer architecture and organisation. The integrated educational environment includes the Integrated Educational Computer System (IECS), the reference manuals for it, the Software Package of the Integrated Educational Computer System (SPIECS), a set of laboratory experiments, and the Computer Architecture Learnin...

background & aim:  the most important risk factor for one’s sexual health is high-risk sexual behavior. implementation of educational programs has been considered as one of the most crucial interventions in the prevention and treatment of these behaviors. therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of an educational program on the knowledge and attitude of female sex workers toward prev...