PURPOSE The rationale for 'professional education and development' (PED) courses is to support general practitioners, enabling them to access a range of theoretical and practical skills within a supportive schema. It aims to identify whether and how a regional PED course has had a beneficial impact upon participants. METHODS The study comprised a qualitative investigation of participants' ass...

I t has been almost 6 years since an ad hoc committee completed a charge from the Representative Assembly to identify the research competencies required by the profession of occupational therapv These research competencies were reported in the American/ol/rnal ofOccupational Therapy in 1983 ("The Foundation") ancl have since proVided the f't-amework for a teaching gUide intended for academic an...

In physics teacher education the challenge is to promote the development of expertise needed from physics teachers. In that close collaboration between physicist and physics education professionals is needed. This, however, poses many challenges, which are not easily met. We describe here some guidelines, based on our own experience from a pilot course for pre-service physics teacher education....

The history of public school certification for occupational and physical therapists is reviewed. The process used to develop the current standards for certification of public school occupational therapists in Wisconsin and the standards that resulted are described. The implications of school certification requirements are discussed in terms of basic professional education in occupational therap...

background: in regard to enhancement of efficiency and productivity of an organization in terms of teamwork, it is necessary to shift to team-centered approach for increasing confidence in health care systems. therefore it is needed to assess effect of the academic training on students' viewpoint in team working. methods: this was a cross-sectional study and was done in kurdistan universit...

introduction: implementation of professional standards as well as evaluation and assessments of providers has an important role in health promotion of each society. the purpose of this study was to assess the midwives working at midwifery offices as to performance of professional standards and effectiveness of continuous evaluation and education on them. methods: this is an interventional study...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There has been much discussion concerning the relationship between an education in liberal arts and an education in a health profession. Some take a traditional view that the classics are the core of a liberal arts education, and therefore are separate from and preparatory for the professions.1 Others take a more contemporary view, such as using the arts or the humanities...

OBJECTIVES To develop and assess a learning object about intramuscular medication administration for nursing undergraduates and nurses. METHOD A random, intentional and non-probabilistic sample was selected of nurses from a Brazilian social network of nursing and students from the Undergraduate Program at the University of São Paulo School of Nursing to serve as research subjects and assess t...