OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe early career health sciences information professionals' self-reported attainment of the Medical Library Association (MLA) Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success and to investigate the various methods by which participants developed these competencies. METHODS A SurveyMonkey survey was designed to ascertain participants' ...

An urgent need exists to identify innovative and evidence-based educational methods to help oncology nurses provide safe and high-quality patient care. One promising solution is the dedicated education unit (DEU) educational model, which partners nursing faculty and skilled nursing clinicians to facilitate the clinical experience of undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students. This article des...

The need for competence-based approach in professional and educational standards is required by modern economy. Development and improvement of systems of different competences provides a link between education and training and labor market. The discussion on the current state and prospects of development of joint master's program in Business Informatics is being held. Hereby there is a suggesti...

the objective of the present study was to identify managerial competencies. this study reviewed existing managerial competencies in a cultural context resulting in the development of a broad based psychometrically sound leadership questionnaire. the unit of analysis of the research was a theoretical and experimental research related to managerial competencies, provided from seventeen iranian an...

Introduction  Self-efficacy in clinical performance had an important role in applying competencies; also competencies and self-efficacy in clinical performance influenced to quality care of nursing and midwifery students. So the present study aimed to define the relationship between clinical competencies and clinical self-efficacy among nursing and midwifery students. Materials and Methods  Thi...

The educational preparation of safety pre-professionals has concerned for safety educators for many years. A major concern relates to the debate surrounding safety program content as well as student outcomes/competencies. While there is a rich literature that convincingly argues the many sides of this issue, there is little to no research related to the process of safety program curriculum deli...

o ABSTRACT This paper focusses on the consequences for student opportunities and performances of grouping students in classrooms ,:grEl.des, tracks, etc. The organizational differentiation of students is shown to define a structure of flows in educational systems that structure educational opportunities, create ·different learning and social environments and present a set of signals about the c...

In 1972, Edsger Dijkstra claimed that computers had only introduced the new problem of learning to use them effectively. This is especially true in 2015 with regard to powerful new educational technologies. This article describes the challenges that 21st century educational technologists are, and will be, addressing as they undertake the effective integration of new technologies into K-12 educa...

Objective: This study is intended to advance patient safety by demonstrating the effectiveness of coupling surveillance report performance feedback with evidence-based educational materials and other communications that help hospitals identify priorities and methods for medical injury prevention. Methods: Medical injury surveillance findings are reported semiannually to hospitals to support the...