Student academic achievement has been positively related to further development outcomes, such as the attainment of higher educational, employment, and socioeconomic aspirations. Among all the academic competences, mathematics has been identified as an essential skill in the field of international leadership as well as for those seeking positions in disciplines related to science, technology, a...

when describing the current state of academic medicine in the UK. To take an optimistic view, the use of this term does imply recognition of a serious problem, and might stimulate attempts to solve it. A recent report from the Council of Heads of Medical Schools highlights some of the problems1. Over 10% of clinical academic posts remain unfilled despite a clear requirement for even greater num...

CONTEXT The graduate-assistant position can be a highly influential experience because it is often the first time novice athletic trainers (ATs) are practicing autonomously. OBJECTIVE To gain an understanding of how graduate-assistant ATs (GAATs) perceive professional socialization and mentorship during their assistantships. DESIGN Semistructured phone interviews. SETTING Graduate-assista...

INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE Academic anxiety is an important educational problem that affects millions of students in colleges and schools over the world each year. Although a low level of anxiety can cause positive motivation for improvement of educational functioning, high levels of it can cause a disturbance in concentration, attention, storage of knowledge, recall and educational reduction. It...

AIMS To obtain information about the speciality of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in the United Kingdom. METHODS A survey of the views of 26 individuals in academic posts in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics was carried out by postal questionnaire. Response rate was 100%. RESULTS Of 25 assessable responses of 25 centres, there were 35 academic staff of professorial status (medi...

Two groups (A* — 28) of nonprofessional trainees, selected from a high unemployment area, received training in the conduct of two highly specified institutional treatment programs. The first group received sequential training with the professional staff first conducting academic instruction, followed by on-the-floor practicum. The second group received abbreviated academic instruction by the pr...

BACKGROUND Although physician-scientists generally contribute to the scientific enterprise by providing a breadth of knowledge complementary to that of other scientists, it is a challenge to recruit, train, and retain physicians in a research career pathway. OBJECTIVE To assess the outcomes of a novel program that combines graduate coursework and research training with subspecialty fellowship...

Gurpinar E, Alimoglu MK, Mamakli S, Aktekin M. Can learning style predict student satisfaction with different instruction methods and academic achievement in medical education? Adv Physiol Educ 34: 192–196, 2010; doi:10.1152/advan.00075.2010.—The curriculum of our medical school has a hybrid structure including both traditional training (lectures) and problem-based learning (PBL) applications. ...

Chess masters and expert musicians appear to be, on average, more intelligent than the general population. Some researchers have thus claimed that playing chess or learning music enhances children's cognitive abilities and academic attainment. We here present two meta-analyses assessing the effect of chess and music instruction on children's cognitive and academic skills. A third meta-analysis ...

This paper presents a proposal for a working group session on the role of industry training and professional certification in information security education at the tertiary level. The main question posed is Does industry training and professional certification have a place in university information security courses? If so, What industry training and professional accreditation courses are approp...