The rate of human milk feeding has been decreasing despite the diverse efforts of many physicians and nurses, as well as numerous professional organizations and various international health institutions. The number of physicians and nurses who can provide proper guidance for human milk feeding and offer appropriate knowledge and techniques to allow the most beneficial and convenient manner of b...

OBJECTIVES Project objectives were to: (1) design and produce an easy-to-use, replicable comprehensive injury prevention curriculum for elementary schools; (2) pilot the program to determine instructors' ease in teaching the material and its usefulness in enhancing student knowledge and behavior change; (3) present material in subject-integrated, grade-specific lessons that would meet state and...

The author examines some aspects of the current situation concerning immigration to the United States. He predicts that the 1990s will witness the largest flow of immigrants into the population and labor force of any decade in the country's history; furthermore, since there is no universally accepted right to immigrate, the adoption of migration policy is one area of economic policymaking that ...

This is the 61st report of a series of workshops organised by the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM). The main goal of ECVAM, as defined in 1993 by its Scientific Advisory Committee, is to promote the scientific and regulatory acceptance of alternative methods which have scientific relevance and which reduce, refine or replace the use of laboratory animals. One of...

OBJECTIVE The overall objective of the project was to determine whether the current MD undergraduate curriculum at the University of British Columbia (UBC) met the minimum competencies in women's health according to available guidelines. METHODS Ovid and MEDLINE were searched for information on women's health topics in medical undergraduate curricula. The Association of Professors of Obstetri...

The current study aims to identify the utilization of innovations and techniques of educational technology in teaching of educational practicum and its impact on increasing academic achievement among pre-service teachers. The study sample consisted of (60) pre-service teachers (student teachers) randomly selected from public middle and secondary schools. The study adopted the descriptive method...

INTRODUCTION In 2011 Bond University was looking for innovative ways to meet the professional standards and guidelines in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in its Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) curriculum. In 2012 Bond piloted a compulsory cultural immersion program for all first year students, which is now a usual part of the MBBS program. METHODS Three phases we...

introduction. the curriculum of every program is designed to achieve its goal. the educational objectives are the reflection of the students’ theoretical knowledge and the practical skills they have learnt during this period. the collection, the presentation and the evaluation of the program depend on the educational objectives. the anesthesia educational rotation has been conducted in shiraz m...

Adaptive hypermedia is a new area of research at the crossroads of hypermedia, adaptive systems, and intelligent tutoring systems. Educational hypermedia systems is cirrently the most popular kind of adaptive hypermedia. The goal of this paper is to uncover the secrets of authoring adaptive educational hypermedia. The paper provides a clear structured view on the process of adaptive hypermedia ...

the main purpose of this research is investigation of foundations and principles of islamic ethics concerning the relationship of teacher with students. to achieve this goal, the analytical - inferential method was used. based on the results, at first eight ethical principles related to the relationship of teacher with students were deducted from religious and educational texts of islam. these ...