A variety of assessment instruments have been developed with the aim of improving the use of feedback on observed performance in the workplace [1]. Literature shows that feedback should preferably be specific and clear, and more recently the importance of reflection on feedback has been emphasized as well. Reflection should lead to a dialogue between trainer and trainee, aimed at better process...

BACKGROUND International studies have shown that laboratory training, particularly through the application of the principles of simulation learning, is an effective means of developing the communication and gestural skills of healthcare professionals. At the Advanced Simulation Center of the University of Genoa we have therefore established the first clinical skill laboratory with medical schoo...

Objective—To describe the development and preliminary results from a community based certification model for training in tobacco cessation skills in Arizona. Design—A programme evaluation using both quantitative pre-post measures and qualitative methods. Setting—Arizona’s comprehensive tobacco control programme of state funded, community based local projects and their community partners providi...

We describe how a constructive PC-based driver assessment part-task trainer (PTT) can be integrated into driver training. The PTT, developed through research with law enforcement agencies, gathers data on drivers' scanning and divided-attention skills and also measures the tendency toward tunnel vision under stress. The user sits in front of a computer monitor and interacts with the system thro...

IT training research is one of the dominant themes in IS research for the past two decades and has provided a rich knowledge base of tools and techniques to impart IT training to employees (Compeau et al. 1995; Sharma and Yetton 2007). IT training is a critical enabler of information system acceptance and use, because employees who undergo training have higher positive attitudes than those who ...

Unstable patients requiring a critical procedure may suffer unnecessary morbidity because of delays incurred or from a lack of technical ability while a resident is learning a new procedure. If teaching does not occur at that time, when can a resident expect to acquire these skills? Historically, residents have learned their skills in the opportunistic, unstructured environment of the emergency...

BACKGROUND Only 2% of people with disabilities in developing countries have access to basic services and rehabilitation. OBJECTIVES To bridge this gap, Motivation has been running Peer Training activities since 1993 and has identified that there is a growing need for Peer Training. The overall aim of Peer Training is for wheelchair users (Peer Trainers) to provide others (with similar disabil...

The aim of this study was comparison satisfaction in athletes of leadership styles in the sport of karate.The research employs descriptive-correlation method.The population of the study, all athletes participating in the 2012 national competition in karate formed two studies (150 patients)from which the sample was taken of all methods Of which 80 were women and 70 were men.This study includes a...