background and purpose: the characteristics of residents of infectious diseases who should practice and teach evidence based medicine (ebm) during their clinical work – and their attitudes toward it – are poorly known. we assessed the knowledge, attitude and practice of infectious diseases residents regarding evidence based medicine and their related educational needs. methods: this cross-secti...

Experience with Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in the Bachelor of Applied Health Science (BAppHSc) course suggests that one of the key elements for students is the sense of relationship built up through Problem Based Learning (PBL). Failure to retain students is more likely to be related to personal than academic concerns. The low attrition rate is largely attributed ...

Postgraduate courses in clinical pharmacology are important for dentists to be updated on drug therapy and information related to their clinical practice, as well as knowledge of relevant adverse effects and interactions. A traditional approach with classroom delivery as the only method to teaching and learning has shortcomings regarding flexibility, individual learning preferences, and problem...

background: falling has a great importance among the elderlies. even if no physical injury occurs, it can cause fear of fallingdown again and, consequently, reduce older adults’ activities. with regard to the prevalence of falling among older adults, its prevention is essential. therefore, the present study was aimed to define the effect of need-based education on prevention of older adults’ fa...

Study guides are a valuable resource for the distance education student. With the growing trend of putting courses on-line there an increase in the number of on-line study guides. This paper looks at how distance education students interact with their learning materials and considers ways of making this more engaging and effective by looking at the importance of affective responses. The use of ...

The last twenty years have seen the development and rise in popularity of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in the UK, Canada and medical schools elsewhere across the globe. So too have nursing courses across the UK embraced Enquiry Based Learning (EBL), a similar self-directed learning technique. Both PBL and EBL are considerably cheaper to operate compared to traditional courses. Nurses and doctor...

Summary This article is a critically reflective account discussing the practical application of Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Health Professional Education (HPE). The authors reflect upon their experiences as Nurse Teachers introduced to PBL as an educational approach. The processes of PBL including group formation, trigger development and facilitation skills will be discussed. The experience...

background: teaching epidemiology of occupational diseases is an important course for occupational health students. if these courses are taught with problem based learning or other new educational methods they will be more beneficial. the objective of this study was the determination of the effects of three educational methods on learning of epidemiology of occupational diseases. methods: this ...

self-instructional publications designed to increase the primary care provider’s knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed patients. This course is also available on the ATSDR Web site, www.atsdr.cdc. gov/HEC/CSEM/. See page 3 for more information about continuing medical education credits, continuing nursing education units, contin...

introduction: despite the importance of curriculum analysis for internal refinement of a programme, the approach for such a step in under-described in the literature. this article describes the analysis of the medical curriculum at the faculty of medicine, university of gezira (fmug). this analysis is crucial in the era of innovative medical education since introducing new curricula and curricu...