Flash forward. Students are working in teams, evaluating research literature, solving problems derived from actual cases, learning clinical procedures on high-fidelity simulators, and treating patients in the community. Teachers have left their podiums to become guides, facilitators, mentors, and role models. Education is distributed, culturally competent, and interprofessional. It spans ethics...

Child malnutrition, which is an increasing problem in Western Kenya, is addressed primarily through efforts to reach the individual mother with information about proper feeding of her children. A study carried out in Siaya, Kisumu and Busia Districts showed that mothers perceived nutrition problems differently, emphasizing their embeddedness in gender and family relations. In situations of ma...

The paper presents background infornatien, rationale, description, and evaluation of an energy education program used with preschool and kindergarten children and their families. The objective is to describe the use of combined concepts of education, economics, and early childhoodiiin developing a value conscious approach to energy 'education. The paper is divided into four parts. Part I emphas...

In this article, “sustainable education” is reconceptualized, drawing on the insight that education runs on the energy of students, teachers and all other stakeholders involved. Sustainable education systems are defined as systems in which students’ natural energy for learning is renewed (rather than depleted) and no talent gets wasted. Students’ energy for learning is geared towards the acquis...

background: the association between snacking patterns, sleep hours, and physical activity with growth status and appetite of preschool children was investigated. methods: sixty three children aged 3-7 years with low appetite and weight for age ratio below the 25th percentile were enrolled from those referring to nader kazemi polyclinic in shiraz. information regarding the parents’ education, sl...

This article is supposedly sent from the future; the year 2050.The author describes the evolution of medical education in 21st century and focuses on the challenges ahead of today. The long years of laborious medical education and complex irrelevant curriculum would instigate a loud debate to amend the current educational system. Gradually, the health system would plateau, as rapid turn out of ...