This case study presents "Kelvin News": a project to encourage and support taught postgraduate (PGT) students in the School of Physics & Astronomy at University Glasgow communicating their passion for during studies. The context, rationale, practical implementation are described. We also discuss successes challenges developing project. identify conflicting demands on time experienced by PGT...

Although statistics is an important compulsory course in a wide variety of disciplines, the vast majority students including TEFL postgraduate find it frightening and difficult to understand, thus suffer from underachievement. As result, specific kind anxiety called statistical emerges that requires immediate attention. To date, large growing body research has focused on exploring different asp...

AIM To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices of fixed dose combination drugs among postgraduate dental students. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out among postgraduate dental students of dental colleges in coastal Andhra Pradesh. Three colleges were randomly selected and students of all the three years were included. Data was collected from the specialities o...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to explore the introduction of portfolios into the first year of an MSc in Nursing Programme. BACKGROUND This paper outlines a framework for portfolio development in postgraduate nursing practice. The framework is being piloted, within the Irish context, with students in the first year of a Masters in Nursing programme and has the potential to be d...

BACKGROUND Malawi has a critical human resources problem particularly in the health sector. There is a severe shortage of doctors; there are only few medical specialists. The College of Medicine (COM) is the only medical school and was founded in 1991. For senior staff it heavily depends on expatriates. In 2004 the COM started its own postgraduate training programme (Master of Medicine) in the ...

This study aimed to assess the efficiency of delivering a 4-month course of "effective literature search" among medical postgraduate students for improving information literacy skills. This was a cross-sectional study in which 90 postgraduate students were randomly selected and participated in 12 training sessions. Effective search strategies were presented and the students' attitude and compet...

Aims: Anxiety has a great effect on students’ academic performance, especially among international students. Acculturation, discrimination, familiarity with the education system, weather, social support, and language limitation are among the main factors which contribute to anxiety among international students. This small scale study assesses the relationship between anxiety and academic perfor...