Against a background of government calls for a radical change in the way the medical workforce is planned and trained, the concept of skill mix seeks to match clinical presentation to an intervention based on an appropriate level of skill and training. Health economics is not the only framework within which these changes can be analysed. However unless the economic issues are thought through cl...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of coping stress skills training on stress and problem solving skill in Taleghani dormitory students in Kermanshah medical sciences university. The research method is experimental and has been done with pre-test, post-test and control group. Research tools were Harry inventory (2005) and Endler and Parker coping scale of stressful situation (1...

Learning to perform a complex motor task requires the optimization of specific behavioral features to cope with task constraints. We show that when mice learn a novel motor paradigm they differentially refine specific behavioral features. Animals trained to perform progressively faster sequences of lever presses to obtain reinforcement reduced variability in sequence frequency, but increased va...

This paper describes a multi-methodology approach used to reveal feedback dynamics operating in supply of, and demand for, skilled information and communications technology (ICT) employees. It describes how a large public service organization has had difficulty in adapting to rapid technological change, and how this has been exacerbated by employee shortages. The impacts of changing demographic...

Numerous studies have documented a high propensity for self-employment and business formation among return migrants relative to non-migrants. The literature points to the importance of remitted savings, migration duration, and number and types of jobs abroad for business formation upon return. Implicit in this scholarship is the assumption that migrants acquire not only financial capital, but a...

Abstract: This paper describes the architecture of a scalable Internet-based teaching and learning system (SKILL) currently developed at the University of Essen, Germany. The system will be developed first with the focus to the department Information Systems and Software Technologies, but is designed as a scalable architecture for a much wider scope. The primary objective of SKILL is to provide...

AIMS The aim was to examine whether specific skills required for cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) could be taught using a computerised training paradigm with people who have intellectual disabilities (IDs). Training aimed to improve: a) ability to link pairs of situations and mediating beliefs to emotions, and b) ability to link pairs of situations and emotions to mediating beliefs. METHOD...

Motor skill learning involves a practice-induced improvement in the speed and/or accuracy of a discrete movement. It is often thought that paradigms involving repetitive practice of discrete movements performed in a fixed sequence result in a further enhancement of skill beyond practice of the individual movements in a random order. Sequence-specific performance improvements could, however, ari...

All physicians, at some point in their career, are responsible for the education of their peers and junior colleagues. Although medical students are expected to develop clinical and research skills in preparation for residency, it is becoming clear that a student should also be expected to develop abilities as a teacher. A handful of institutions have student-as-teacher programs to train medica...