OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between general practitioner vocational training location and subsequent practice location, including the effect of rural origin. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS Annual panel survey of GPs (from the MABEL study) who completed their vocational training and transitioned to independent practice, 2008-2014. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rural practice location in the 5 yea...

The purpose of this study is to examine high school students’ preferences, playing habits, expectations, and thoughts concerning computer games. One-thousand two hundred and twenty-four (1224) vocational high school students, studying at eight different schools in six cities within four different regions in Turkey, participated in the study. The results reveal that female students expect games ...

Medical education research has focused almost entirely on the education of future physicians. In comparison, findings on other health-related occupations, such as medical assistants, are scarce. With the current study, we wanted to examine the knowledge-is-power hypothesis in a real life educational setting and add to the sparse literature on medical assistants. Acquisition of vocational knowle...

Key Messages 1. A randomised controlled trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a computerised, errorless, learning-based, training programme to enhance schizophrenic patients’ cognitive functions and vocational outcomes. 2. A total of 80 Chinese with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to a 4-week, computerassisted, errorless-learning (CAEL) group, a therapistadministered (TA) g...

Although others had been concerned about the vocational and occupational problems of youth, vocational counseling as a field of professional concern is usually considered to have begun with the work, of Frank Parsons in the early years of this century. (1) The model developed by Parsons dominated the field for the next thirty years. The goal of vocational guidance was "the choice of a vocation,...

BACKGROUND Most persons with severe mental illness prefer competitive to sheltered vocational settings. Supported employment (SE) has become a clearly defined model for helping people with severe mental illness to find and maintain competitive jobs. It involves individualized and rapid placement, ongoing support and assessment, and integration of vocational and mental health staff within a sing...

There is no parity of esteem between academic and vocational qualifications in the labour market. Data from the Labour Force Survey show that on average men and women working full-time with academic qualifications at one level in the national qualifications framework earn about the same as men and women with vocational qualifications set notionally one level higher. So those with A levels have ...

The purpose of the study was to examine differences in physical activity level, physical fitness, body mass index, and overweight among adolescents in vocational and non-vocational studies, at the age of 14, 16, and 19, using a 5-year longitudinal design. Students in sport studies had the highest absoluteVO2peak and higher physical activity levels, than students in vocational subjects and stude...

In the comprehensive promotion of quality education today, teaching vocational colleges is no longer just pursuit scores, but more attention paid to cultivation professional subject thinking and good learning habits for students, better cope with various challenges faced in process employment. Therefore, research on combination online offline methods particularly important, especially computer ...