In the 21st century, informatics systems are ubiquitous. Therefore, the author presents an educational model for competencies with respect to informatics systems (Chapter 1). To achieve such competencies at upper secondary level, observable behaviour, internal structure and implementation aspects of informatics systems have to be analysed by students. Based on a definition of the terms competen...

BACKGROUND In public health, as well as other health education contexts, there is increasing recognition of the transformation in public health practice and the necessity for educational providers to keep pace. Traditionally, public health education has been at the postgraduate level; however, over the past decade an upsurge in the growth of undergraduate public health degrees has taken place. ...

BACKGROUND Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are birth defects directly linked to consumption of alcohol during pregnancy and hence completely preventable. Many health and allied health professionals are in prime positions for primary prevention of FASDs through work with women of childbearing age and secondary prevention through work with affected individuals whose lives can be greatly ...

OBJECTIVES Benchmarking statements provide a mechanism for making academic standards explicit within a subject area. They allow comparisons between courses to be based on learning outcomes rather than by defining a curriculum. No such statement has been produced for informatics. In the absence of any established benchmarking statements for informatics a new biomedical informatics course at St. ...

study of the engineering education from several aspects needs to be paid attention. in order to make ease the learning process, to get successful in educational courses and technical programs, and having a useful performance in working areas. these challenging issues make it necessary to educate engineers with ability of special competencies and skills as social capital, creativity, group worki...

Recent developments in medical education have created increasing challenges for medical teachers which is why the majority of German medical schools already offer educational and instructional skills trainings for their teaching staff. However, to date no framework for educational core competencies for medical teachers exists that might serve as guidance for the qualification of the teaching fa...

Background: Nurses are the largest group of medical caregivers in the world. Having highly capable nurses in a healthcare system is directly associated with more favorable outcomes for patients. The rapid development of new medical procedures and equipment necessitates constantly developing new skills and competencies. Thus one of the effective means towards their efficient tra...

CONTEXT Minimum core competencies for allopathic medical students in the specialty area of geriatrics have been developed, comprising 26 competencies divided into 8 topical domains. These competencies are appropriate for osteopathic medical students, but they do not include competencies relating to osteopathic principles and practice (OPP) in geriatrics. There remains a need within the osteopat...

The panel will discuss the characteristics and issues in both major and emerging regions/countries that are developing software for export purposes. In particular, they will briefly describe by country/region the history and projected growth rate, published and ongoing research, core competencies, political support from governments, educational system, countries that have compatible partnership...