background: oral contraceptive pills effectiveness is lower in actual use than in clinical trials. the views of a group of married iranian women were sought as a step toward improving the enhanced use of contraceptive pills. methods: two focus groups of current pill users (n=13) and two focus groups of women not currently taking the pills (n=14) were held. leaders trained facilitators; themes w...

Verpleging het uit ’n maatskaplike behoefte aan sorg vir siekes ontstaan. Verskeie groepe en individue het deur die eeue heen ’n verreikende invloed op die ontwikkeling van verpleging gehad en dit uitgebou tot die professie wat ons vandag ken. In die moderne wêreld oefen veral ontwikkeling in tegnologie ’n groot invloed uit — vergelyk byvoorbeeld die toekomstige rol van rekenarisering op gesond...

It has been well-established that discussion groups enhance student learning in large lecture courses. The goal of this study was to determine the impact of a discussion group program on the development of conceptual reasoning skills of students enrolled in a large lecture-format introductory biology course. In the discussion group, students worked on problems based on topics discussed in lectu...