In this paper, we summarize the necessary elements of multimedia literacy education, its key stakeholders and emphasize its role in the early years of life. We also discuss approaches, similarities, differences, advantages and issues of introducing multimedia literacy education in preschools and primary schools in different countries of the world. Finally, we present results of the empirical re...

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The positive relationship between education and sustainable economic development is now widely recognized. This study develops a dynamic model for population and primary education of Pakistan. Primary education sector in Pakistan is operating in both public and private sectors. Pakistan has a clear socioeconomic division of rural and urban areas that get different priorities in allocations of p...

Michael Vecchione, DO  stroke Is the fourth leADIng cAuse of death in the United States. Stroke affects almost 800,000 people in the United States each year with two-thirds of events being a first occurrence. Approximately 135,000 people die from stroke each year. In 2007, four of every 10,000 people in Rhode Island died from stroke-related complications. According to the Heart Disease and Str...

Perhaps the second most important of the MDGs is to achieve universal primary education, one of the most recognised pillars of human development. The priorities contemplated by the MDGs are comprehensive and mutually reinforcing, so while enhancing education is a development goal by itself, it is also widely recognised as the main avenue of social mobility and, therefore, of escaping poverty (M...

This paper is concerned with the origins of national primary education regimes in Western Europe, North America, Oceania, and Japan from the s to the s. The term regime refers, here, to the manner in which political control over primary schools was exercised, and in particular to the centralization, secularization, and privatization of national school systems. Liberals, Catholics, conse...

BACKGROUND The enormity of modern medical knowledge and the rapidity of change have created increased need for ongoing or continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. Online CME is attractive for its availability at any time and any place, low cost and potentially increased effectiveness compared with traditional face-to-face delivery. OBJECTIVE To determine whether online CME modules a...

The widening income gap between specialists and primary care physicians (PCPs) has spurred many physician associations to reform the current Resource-Based Relative Value Scale fee schedule and sustainable growth rate expenditure target system. Hoping to better represent primary care, the American Association of Family Physicians formed a task force in 2011 to suggest supplements to the Relativ...

In Canada, education programs for the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and nurse practitioner (NP) roles began 40 years ago. NP programs are offered in almost all provinces. Education for the CNS role has occurred through graduate nursing programs generically defined as providing preparation for advanced nursing practice. For this paper, we drew on pertinent sections of a scoping review of the l...