Life skills play a key role in promoting educational and occupational success in early life, but their relevance at older ages is uncertain. Here we measured five life skills-conscientiousness, emotional stability, determination, control, and optimism-in 8,119 men and women aged 52 and older (mean 66.7 y). We show that the number of skills is associated with wealth, income, subjective wellbeing...

The ideal 'replacement alternative' is defined within the 3Rs philosophy of Russell and Burch (1959) as 'non-animal'. However, the nature of knowledge and skills acquisition within the life sciences highlight a shortcoming of the 3Rs approach for education and training. Despite the widespread success of replacement of harmful animal use by non-animal alternatives such as multimedia, virtual rea...

objective: in this trial, we intend to assess the effect of simulation-based education approach on advanced cardiovascular life support skills among medical students. methods: through convenient sampling method, 40 interns of mashhad university of medical sciences in their emergency medicine rotation (from september to december 2012) participated in this study. advanced cardiovascular life supp...

Patients with chronic conditions make day-to-day decisions about--self-manage--their illnesses. This reality introduces a new chronic disease paradigm: the patient-professional partnership, involving collaborative care and self-management education. Self-management education complements traditional patient education in supporting patients to live the best possible quality of life with their chr...

Objective: In this trial, we intend to assess the effect of simulation-based education approach on advanced cardiovascular life support skills among medical students. Methods: Through convenient sampling method, 40 interns of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in their emergency medicine rotation (from September to December 2012) participated in th...

introduction. the ability for practical skills is an important target for medical education. these skills are necessary for diagnosis of diseases and therapeutic procedures. this study is designed for evaluation of clinical skills. methods. 92 medical student were selected randomly and data was collected by questionnaires. results. 71.7% of stagers and 21.4% of internship students didn’t have n...

Sex education for individuals with intellectual disabilities is important. However, our knowledge about effective methods for teaching sex education to this population is limited. We report the results of a systematic review identifying methods for sex education programs aimed at individuals with intellectual disabilities. In all, 20 articles were included that met the criteria set in terms of ...

Despite the high prevalence of psychiatric and behavioral problems in primary care, many physicians receive little training in psychiatry. A model curriculum has been developed for the Federated Council for Internal Medicine Task Force on the Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum. A detailed description of the curriculum was outlined by Steven A. Cole and colleagues (General Hospital Psychiatr...