Educational factors limit the number of advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) graduates to meet the growing workforce demands. Healthcare dynamics are necessitating a shift in how nursing education envisions, creates, and implements clinical learning opportunities. The current clinical education model in APRN programs continues to be the same as it was 45 years ago when the student numbers ...

Over the last two years, much discussion has taken place about an advanced Internet that will somehow replace or supercede the Internet of today. What is this future Internet? Where will it come from? Why do we need it? How might it impact higher education? How should we be involved? While this article may not provide definitive answers to each of these questions, it does explore the key issues...

Modern mankind has joined the general historical process called computerization. In contrast to industrial society, in which main thing was production of material goods, today’s post-industrial society information becomes activity (by we mean knowledge as about people, objects, facts, events), phenomena and processes, regardless their form representation that can be recorded on a tangible mediu...

This month’s article by Lam et al. (“Factors Associated with the Satisfaction of Millennial Generation Dental Residents”) and one to be published in the January issue (Itaya et al., “AEGD Programs: Why Now, Why More?”) got me thinking about the number of manuscripts that are submitted to the Journal of Dental Education that concern advanced dental education. A nonscientific scan of the JDE over...

Simulation is becoming very beneficial in the area of health care education. Dentistry has used various types of simulation in preclinical education for some time. This article discusses the impact of the current simulation laboratories on dental education and reviews advanced technology simulation that has recently become available or is in the developmental stage. The abilities of advanced te...

Gay and bisexual men are at higher risk for certain mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, and suicide. These individuals often present to emergency settings in need of evaluation and treatment. Despite the utilization of emergency mental health services by this population, clinicians are often underprepared in responding to their unique needs. This article discusses depression...

The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) provides an important clinical leadership role for the nursing profession and broader healthcare system; yet the prominence and deployment of this role have fluctuated in Canada over the past 40 years. This paper draws on the results of a decision support synthesis examining advanced practice nursing roles in Canada. The synthesis included a scoping review of...