OBJECTIVE The period 2000-2011 has seen a decline in medical graduates participating in research. However, significant change has taken place in recent years at the James Cook University (JCU), with a sharp increase in medical graduates enrolling in the Honours course. Our study aims to explore the involvement of JCU medical graduates in research, including 'barriers' and 'enablers' of this inv...

Training older workers might benefit individuals, employers, and society as a whole. Research on learning in older adults indicates that they are able to acquire new skills. Studies on the effectiveness of training on the employability and productivity of older workers find positive effects. Training can avoid skill obsolescence and respond to the growing importance of technology-based occupati...

There is increased awareness that success among small scale entrepreneurs in developing countries requires more than microfinance, and that an important limiting factor for business growth is the level of human capital among the entrepreneurs. The present paper uses a randomized control trial to evaluate a business training program in Tanzania. Our results show that there is a positive average ...

ôbjective: there is evidence to show an increase in use of stimulant substances among university students. this study is a qualitative assessment of the existing situation and the underlying reasons for stimulant use among the students of tehran üniversity of medical sciences in 2006. methods: three qualitative methods have been used: focus group discussions with 7 groups (60 individuals) consi...

This study investigates the impact of participation in an archetypal example of outdoor development training on the productivity of 384 first line managers. Participants reported changes in a variety of attitudes and behaviours including, their opinions of themselves, team-working and the theoretical frameworks used to underpin the programme. Analysis of individuals’ accounts found associations...

Persons with dementia (PWD) are known to have difficulty with participation and focus during physical activity. Virtual reality (VR) offers a unique medium for motor learning but has only been used previously for cognitive assessment for PWD. Our study had two objectives: (1) investigate the feasibility and safety of an exercise-based VR training program in PWD, and (2) investigate its effects ...

abstract background: there are several evaluation models that can be used to evaluate the effect of in‑service training; one of them is the kirkpatrick model. the aim of the present study is to assess the in-service training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) for nurses based on the kirkpatrick’s model. materials and methods: this study is a cross‑sectional study based on the kirkpatrick’s ...

BACKGROUND Non-participation of General Practitioners (GPs) hampers primary care research. Using existing network structures can improve participation, but may introduce sampling effects. OBJECTIVES To examine the role of network-based recruitment and other determinants of participation, and to estimate effects of sampling and non-participation on generalizability. METHODS For a study of qu...