BACKGROUND AND AIMS Recent progresses in preventive dentistry and their correct application in many developed coun-tries have remarkably decreased the rate of oro-dental diseases in children and teenagers, while the rate of oro-dental diseases is on the rise among the children in developing countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of educating school health care instructors b...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and risk factors of cigarette smoking and khat chewing. DESIGN College based cross sectional. SETTING Four colleges found in north west Ethiopia namely Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Gondar College of Teachers Education, Bahr Dar University Engineering Faculty, and Bahr Dar University Education Faculty. SUBJECTS All instructors in these colleges. ...

UNLABELLED Little is known about the relationship between attitudes and characteristics of instructors and uptake and adherence of older people to exercise classes. This article explores these issues. METHODS The authors surveyed 731 UK exercise instructors with specialist older adult exercise qualifications. A questionnaire investigated instructors' characteristics and attitudes toward older...

We present an interaction technique for classroom teaching, through our software for electronic whiteboards, which allows the writing surfaces of the boards to be used as if they were ordinary whiteboards. Toolboxes that provide, among other things, options for changing ink properties, editing commands, and accessing files have been ubiquitously tucked away in the background. These tools appear...

OBJECTIVE This study aims at investigating the effect of response rate and class size interaction on students' evaluation of instructors and the courses offered at heath science colleges in Saudi Arabia. METHODOLOGY A retrospective study design was adapted to ascertain Course Evaluation Surveys (CES) conducted at the health science colleges of the University of Dammam [UOD] in the academic ye...

Background and Purpose: The competence of clinical instructors is regarded as the most significant factor in achieving training goals. Competence is not a single, uniform concept, and different definitions have been proposed by educational organizers including instructors and students. Therefore, this study was performed to review the experiences of nursing students and clinical trainers regard...

Introduction: A collaborative project between Sweden and Kosovo with the aim to develop treatment guidelines for ambulance services was undertaken. Firstly, relevant were identified, then translated, processed fit Kosovan service system. The next step train instructors in becoming proficient training colleagues use guidelines. trainer approach chosen as it can be seen grounded Kolb's experienti...

The first challenge in designing and teaching any course is to decide what to teach. Although some undergraduate and graduate instructors are infamous for teaching only their area of research or only their pet topic, most instructors are engaged in an ongoing struggle with the demons of course content: What should students learn? In how much depth should they learn it? At what age is it cogniti...