p0300 Nursing care is provided for people with widely diverse health and sick care needs in multiple contexts worldwide. The knowledge and competence to meet such a wide variety of care needs may be daunting for the student starting a programme of study to become a registered nurse. Nursing programmes are designed to allow knowledge and practice experience to be accumulated and assimilated by t...

An automated method for segmenting MR head images into brain and non-brain has been developed. It is very robust and accurate and has been tested on thousands of data sets from a wide variety of scanners and taken with a wide variety of MR sequences. The method BET (Brain Extraction Tool) uses a deformable model which evolves to fit the brain’s surface by the application of a set of locally ada...

AIM To explore the academic learning experiences of seconded students in a pre-registration adult nursing programme. METHOD Academic learning experiences were examined using a self-report questionnaire which was distributed to 29 students. Twenty seven responses were received and were assessed in terms of: peer support; shared knowledge, life experiences and levels of understanding; motivatio...

This article examines the development of the competency based approach to assessment in practice within pre-registration nursing. An historical perspective to the approach is given, including brief descriptions of the different models that have been used in nurse training and how these relate to the current system of nurse education. The approach is examined in relation to government, professio...

This article examines the implications for education in practice of the document. Preparation of Mentors and Teachers (ENB/DoH 2001), and the changes that it imposes on those who teach in the practice area. The range of academic and clinical skills practitioners require to teach and assess students at differing levels of professional practice is explored. The authors discuss the need to support...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of three provisional cements and two cleaning techniques on the final bond strength of porcelain laminate veneers. METHODS The occlusal third of the crowns of forty molar teeth were sectioned and embedded in autopolymerizing acrylic resin. Dentin surfaces were polished and specimens were randomly divided into four groups (n=10). ...