Current Status Doctoral nursing education in Japan has changed rapidly over the past 20 years, resulting in the move of nursing education fully into the higher education system in Japan, with appropriate student numbers and quality. In 1988 the first establishment of doctoral nursing education occurred at St. Luke’s College of Nursing Tokyo, after which the number of doctoral programs in Nursin...

This paper describes the prevalence of destructive periodontal disease, in two samples of New Mexico adults, examined in two separate studies 26 years apart, by analyzing the occurrence of advanced loss of periodontal attachment (7.0 or more mm) in relation to selected dental and social factors. The first group comprised 1976 dentate adults aged 17-46 yr who were examined in 1958-59. The second...

Virginia Valentine, CNS, BC-ADM, CDE; Karmeen Kulkarni, MS, RD, BC-ADM, CDE; and Debbie Hinnen, ARNP, BC-ADM, CDE The evolution of advanced practice in diabetes management has emulated the advanced practice efforts of nursing groups. However, many disciplines are involved in the care and education of people with diabetes. This article reviews the expanded role of health professionals in diabete...

The purpose of this study is to introduce a new paradigm called “Smart Learning” in South Korea. The adoption of highly advanced Information Technology (IT) in education has been a global issue for many years. The Smart Learning paradigm in Korea is a convergence concept of uLearning and Social Learning. This study examined the Smart Learning education system through a SWOT analysis of Korean p...

This paper argues that currently advanced, aging economies experienced a qualitative change in the role of public education during the process of industrialization. In the early phases of the Industrial Revolution, public education was regarded as a duty that regulated child labor and thereby discouraged childbirth. As these economies developed and the population aged, younger generations came ...

The booming web technology stimulates computer-based eeducation which is considered to be an appropriate lifelong education approach in this era due to the spatial and temporal convenience. In this paper we propose a service-oriented agent e-education framework based on the next generation web, viz. semantic web. Compared with the framework on which the e-education performs now, this new framew...

BACKGROUND The nurse practitioner is a growing clinical role in Australia and internationally, with an expanded scope of practice including prescribing, referring and diagnosing. However, key gaps exist in nurse practitioner education regarding governance of specialty clinical learning and teaching. Specifically, there is no internationally accepted framework against which to measure the qualit...

Prior to undertaking advanced study, Dr. Guthrie served as manager of a luxury hotel and as staff assistant to the Chairman of the Board of American Airlines. He was a high school science teacher and administrator. He was twice publicly elected to the Board of Education in Berkeley, California, employed by the California and New York State Education Departments, served as Education Specialist f...

purpose: to develop strategic planning for ophthalmology education in iran from 2008 to 2010. methods: a qualitative investigation using focus group discussion was conducted during march, 2008 at the ophthalmic research center of shahid beheshti university. six to ten academic members of the ophthalmology department and other stakeholders participated in this study. strengths, weaknesses, oppor...

BACKGROUND The computer and information technology (IT) revolution have transformed modern health care systems in the areas of communication, storage, retrieval of medical information and teaching, but little is known about IT skill and use in most developing nations. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study has been to evaluate the reported preparedness and disposition by medical students in a Niger...