BACKGROUND Preoperative education is a common feature of the preoperative preparation for many surgical procedures. It is anticipated that this education will result in beneficial outcomes for the patient. Many studies have evaluated the effectiveness of different formats used to deliver the information, and the effect of this information on a variety of outcomes.While there has been substantia...

The project examined the very long term retention of knowledge which was originally acquired from formal education and which had not been subsequently used or reviewed. In higher education a great deal of time and effort is devoted to the acquisition of knowledge, but very little is known about how long this knowledge is retained. The study was designed to supply some answers to the following q...

Knowledge sharing and retention through the use of collaboration software – A bachelor thesis How does the IBM Lotus software facilitate the knowledge sharing and retention in GiPHouse

The purpose of this paper is to present different issues facing the problem of knowledge retention by construction sector companies in the UAE. Existing framework in the area of knowledge retention has been used to assess three large construction consultancies in the UAE. The case study methodology used in this paper highlights some key issues in the area of knowledge retention in the UAE. Base...

This study examined the effect of the pace of transitioning from worked examples to independent problem solving for students with three different levels of prior knowledge. Three paces of transitioning were examined: immediate transitioning, fast fading, and slow fading. The study was conducted with engineering college freshmen in the engineering knowledge domain of introductory electrical circ...

The influence of problem-based learning (PBL) and open-book tests on long-term knowledge retention is unclear and subject of discussion. Hypotheses were that PBL as well as open-book tests positively affect long-term knowledge retention. Four progress test results of fifth and sixth-year medical students (n = 1,648) of three medical schools were analyzed. Two schools had PBL driven curricula, a...