Using the national dissemination of Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) programs, the purposes of this study were to (1) document intervention attendance rates as related to the number of participants enrolled in the workshop and (2) compare the relationship between workshop attendance and workshop size by delivery site rurality and type. Data were analyzed from the first 100,000 ...

This book review aims to assist instructors in their selection of textbooks for entry-level or intermediate educational technology courses or workshops for teachers. It discusses four major textbooks: Instructional Media and Technologies for Learning, by Heinich, Molenda, Russell, and Smaldino; Teachers Discovering Computers: Integrating Technology in the Classroom, by Shelly, Cashman, Gunter, ...

A programme of sex and relationship education was delivered in a comprehensive school in North Yorkshire by a theatre company. The programme was supported by a series of preparatory and follow-up workshops and was evaluated by a questionnaire before and after the intervention to measure changes in pupil's knowledge and attitudes. The evaluation found that the theatre production made a useful co...

Since the publication of the first edition of our book in late 1998, Ken Burnham and I have given a number of 1-, or 2-, or 4-day shortcoursesor workshops on the "InformationTheoretic" approaches to professional people with wide variety of science interests. Often, people are undecided as to whether they should take one of these shortcourses and how they might expect to benefit if they did. The...

Briefly described is a multidisciplinary half-day workshop on the treatment of defective newborns held at St. Thomas's hospital in London. The responses of the participants to a questionnaire on various decision making issues were used to stimulate discussion of parental rights, quality of life, and withholding treatment. The multidisiciplinary approach to ethical problems was endorsed, with ...

This study examined factors influencing involvement of siblings of individuals with developmental disabilities in future planning and their expectation of future caregiving. The sample consisted of 139 adult siblings recruited from an online sibling list and a sibling conference. Results indicated that few families made plans or involved siblings in the planning. Siblings who were most involved...

Purpose: The study aim at exploring cardiac patients‟ perception of the factors affecting the quality of cardiac services delivered in Out Patient Department (OPD) in Jordanian hospitals. Methods: Semi-structured face to face interviews were conducted with 17 cardiac patients during their clinical appointment in two cardiac care centers in Amman, Jordan. A framework approach was used to analyze...

As congregations continue to prepare for the future, they focus particularly on the identification and development of potential new sponsors. The Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Chicago has launched an initiative to identify persons who might be appropriate for sponsorship ministry. Working with the sisters in the region, we who served on the congregation's leadership team began by looki...

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The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between transition program education and new graduate nurse transition. Although new graduates preferred hands-on learning, the helpfulness of workshops was associated with better transition. New graduates, many of whom were from the Millennial Generation, liked a variety of educational modalities. Access to support was better for nurse gra...