The objectives of this study are twofold: (1) to promote necessary English oral skills; and (2) to provide prospective English teachers with a necessary roadmap towards achieving competency in English oral communication skills. Prospective English teachers at 11 Japanese universities participated, and we tested our text materials in terms of the degree of motivation, and of the progress on thei...

The study was carried out to assess the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills application of teacher educators in Kwara State Colleges Education, Nigeria. descriptive survey research design adopted; population comprised 430 lecturers from Education Oro, Lafiagi, Ilorin, respectively. A proportional sampling technique used select 160 respondents two educator institutions. simple ...

Promoting culturally competent communication at the provider, care institution, health plan, and national levels is likely to contribute to success in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the receipt of high quality care. Although some health plans recently have shown interest in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in care, very few have addressed how health plans can improve their cu...

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop a curriculum to teach radiology residents communication skills through simulation. Communication skills are a core competency for which radiology residents must be evaluated. As Radiology has moved from " film " to PACS, opportunities for direct communication between Radiologists and referring clinicians have decreased. Additionally, radiologis...

OBJECTIVE With the increasing awareness of the importance of oral health, patients have an increasing need for integrated care from dentists. In China, the dentistry examination consists of two parts: a practical skills examination and a comprehensive medical examination; to date, no assessment methods that are based on specialized dentistry competencies, unlike the United States, Canada, and o...

The general purpose of this study is to investigate the best fit model for ability students in technical writing that used structural equation modeling (SEM) as basis design instrument analyzing relationship between affective factors, teacher communication behavior, vocabulary learning strategies and competency. A descriptive-causal stratified random sampling technique were select 400 students....

We conducted focus groups with junior investigators to assess their information and communication needs related to interdisciplinary research competency development and to identify the potential for informatics tools to assist in meeting these needs. Thematic analysis suggests that Wikis, web-based profiles, and digital portfolios might be useful.

BACKGROUND Good communication is a major factor in delivering high quality in care. Research indicates that current communication skills training alone might not sufficiently enable students to find context-specific creative solutions to individual complex personal and interpersonal challenges in the clinical context. This study explores medical students' experiences with real communication dil...

background and purpose: managers’ competencies leave a decisive effect on the mental health of staff. the present research intends to investigate the influence of emotional-social competencies on the mental health of the staff. method: the current research is practical in its purpose and correlative regarding data gathering. the statistical community included all the staff of pegah company in d...

Recently, a growing body of empirical research has begun to examine the practice of electronic group communication. Electronic group communication is a key process through which people can maintain communities of practice and leverage the strength of weak ties. Even though prior empirical investigations of electronic group communication have been successful at providing evidence for its effecti...