one of the most important factors in the development of societies, consider to traning. identification and training needs analysis, is a prerequisite for a successful educational system and determine the training needs is considered the first step of educational planning. the purpose of this study was to investigate educational needs of engineers, rice supervisors engineering agricultural engin...

Introduction Starting phase: motivation and context Phase I: analysis of the complex skill of assessment and design training peer-assessment Phase II: experiment I: training peer-assessment Phase III: experiment II: training self-assessment and peer-assessment Closing phase: generalizibility of the training, recommendations, guidelines, limitations, possibilities Discussion References Abstract ...

Objectives: Competency-based medical education (CBME) requires factual knowledge to be practically applied together with skills and attitudes. With the National Competence-Based Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education (NKLM) representing a strong official demand for competence-orientation, it is generally important to explicitly outline its characteristics and review its realisa...

BACKGROUND Like many developing countries, Guyana has a severe shortage of surgeons. Rather than rely on overseas training, Guyana developed its own Diploma in Surgery and asked for assistance from the Canadian Association of General Surgeons (CAGS). This paper reviews the initial results of Guyana's first postgraduate training program. METHODS We assisted with program prerequisites, includin...

This study examined the effects of trainees’ reactions to skill assessment on their motivation to learn. A model was developed that suggests that two dimensions of trainees’ assessment reactions – distributive justice and utility – influence training motivation and overall training effectiveness. The model was tested using a sample of individuals (N = 113) enrolled in a truck driving training p...

Correctional agencies face increasing pressure to provide more services for increasing caseloads with fewer resources. The Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) is a risk/need assessment instrument that was designed to assist correctional agencies in classifying offenders based upon risk of re-offending, thereby allowing agencies to assign appropriate levels of risk/need and develop interv...

The training needs of rice growers in Punjab, Pakistan were assessed regarding the production technology used growing rice. Total 332 selected through random sampling technique from tehsil Nowshera Virkan, district Gujranwala and interviewed accordingly a face-to-face interview technique. Data analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Findings indicated that farmers had ade...