OBJECTIVE To describe the postgraduate surgical skills training programme of the Flemish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (VVOG*). Laparoscopic surgical techniques and indications have increased substantially during the past two decades. From surgeons it is expected that they keep up with all techniques and should be able to perform all relevant procedures. Learning new procedures in daily...

We tested between three levels of visuospatial adaptation (global map, parallel feature modules, and parallel sensorimotor transformations) by training subjects to reach and grasp virtual objects viewed through a left-right reversing prism, with either visual location or orientation feedback. Even though spatial information about the global left-right reversal was present in every training sess...

We tested between three levels of visuospatial adaptation (global map, parallel feature modules, and parallel sensorimotor transformations) by training subjects to reach and grasp virtual objects viewed through a left-right reversing prism, with either visual location or orientation feedback. Even though spatial information about the global left-right reversal was present in every training sess...

Despite the proliferation of technology designed to increase efficiency and connectivity, students’ understanding and comprehension of course content often lags behind the latest advances in e-learning. Critical thinking in the form of higher-order processes provides one way to improve the grasp students have on course content and related knowledge. In this session, the gap between assessment a...

Practice on a procedural task involves within-session learning and between-session consolidation of learning, with the latter requiring a minimum of about four hours to evolve due to involvement of slower cellular processes. Learning to attend to threats is vital for survival and thus may involve faster memory consolidation than simple procedural learning. Here, we tested whether attention to t...

Does the learning of a balance and stability skill exhibit time-course phases and transfer limitations characteristic of the acquisition and consolidation of voluntary movement sequences? Here we followed the performance of young adults trained in maintaining balance while standing on a moving platform synchronized with a virtual reality road travel scene. The training protocol included eight 3...

Th is paper describes a pilot study for an alternative design process by integrating a designer-user collaborative session with digital models. Th e collaborative session took place in a 3D AutoCAD class for a real world project. Th e 3D models served as an interface for designer-user collaboration during the design process. Students not only learned how to use 3D AutoCAD, but also experienced ...

Interest in studying Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) learners’ sessions has grown as a result of the retention and completion issues that these courses present. Applying process mining to study this phenomenon is difficult due freedom navigation give their students. The goal research provide domain-driven top-down method enables educators who are unfamiliar with data analytics search for set...

OBJECTIVE To establish whether SkBF can be modified by exposure to the radiofrequency waves emitted by a mobile phone when the latter is held against the jaw and ear. METHODS Variations in SkBF and Tsk in adult volunteers were simultaneously recorded with a thermostatic laser Doppler system during a 20-minute "radiofrequency" exposure session and a 20-minute "sham" session. The skin microvess...

In this study, we used high-density event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate the brain mechanisms underlying behavioral specificity and generalization of short-term learning of texture discrimination task (TDT). Human adults were trained with TDT for a single session of 1.5 h and their ERPs were measured on the following day. Behavioral performance showed that, after a same amount of expo...