The framework of ecosystem services (ES) and disservices (ED) has increasingly been used in various science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) disciplines, including soil science. objectives this study were to use ES/ED concepts extend test an existing lecture laboratory exercise on organic carbon (SOC) online introductory science course (FNR 2040: Soil Information Systems) taught Cle...

purpose: with the entrance of information and communication technologies (ict) in the context of libraries and with the development of electronic services, the evaluation of these kinds of services has become more important. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of electronic services at the libraries of ferdowsi university of mashhad (fum) form the point of view of librarians –...

background and purpose:the tasks of faculty members and their weights particularly in integrated system of iran are not well defined. methods:to address this issue, in a comprehensive project, we explored all rules, regulations and officialdocuments in national level, collected the opinion of experts around the country using in-depthinterview and defined the weights of main tasks in a group dis...

Background: By expressing strengths and weaknesses and their classification, the pathology helps managers in preventing them to provide superficial and simple solutions. Therefore, this research as a review deals with the pathology of the project of integrating the medical education system with health services in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Methods: The data collection for thi...

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENTS Abolghasem Amini, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Sahar Farahsa. Associate Professor of medical education, Department of medical education, Education Development Center (EDC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz, Iran; Associate Professor of health services management, Health Services Management Research Center, Department of health services management, School of Manageme...

This study seeks to help inform the further development of medical education and training for primary care in Germany. It explores approaches to medical education and training in a small number of high-income countries and how these seek to address shortages of doctors practising in primary or ambulatory care through reforming their education and training systems. It does so by means of an expl...

In this study, we used a narrow, but easily measured, indicator of how communication proceeded among health workers and women in Southern India. Anemia prevention during pregnancy was studied using a semistructured questionnaire. Participants included 5 nurses, 10 health aides, and 10 (traditional birth attendants) TBAs working with maternal health care and education, as well as 32 women seekin...

Rapid population growth among older adults means an increased need for psychologists prepared to provide mental health services to this population. A representative survey of 1,227 practitioner members of the American Psychological Association yielded information about current patterns of practice with older adults, sources of training in geropsychology, perceived need for continuing education ...

While citizen science is gaining attention of late, for those of us involved in community-based public health research, community/citizen involvement in research has steadily increased over the past 50 years. Community Health Workers (CHWs), also known as Promotores de Salud in the Latino community, are critical to reaching underserved populations, where health disparities are more prevalent. C...