The clinical area is an important learning environment for undergraduate nursing students. Unfortunately, it can also be a source of significant stress and anxiety for students and there are a number of reasons for this. Much can be done to help alleviate this stress and create a positive learning environment for students. This paper explores the literature to ascertain the common sources of st...

Introduction:The present study aimed to compare self-assessment forms of coursework taught in the school of public health at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels and students’ evaluation of the performance of the faculty members at these levels.Methods: The subjects in this cross-sectional study were the faculty members and students of the School of Public Health and Nutrition, Shir...

Purpose: To verify the effectiveness of a training for acoustic voice assessment with undergraduate students of Speech-Language Pathology. Methods: Study conducted with 14 undergraduate students of Speech-Language Pathology who participated in six theoretical/practical weekly encounters, whose total duration was four hours and a half. Basic concepts of acoustic voice assessment was performed; w...

The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program supported by the National Science Foundation is designed to provide summer academic experiences for undergraduate students through participation in research. Although students are paired with faculty mentors to work on a research project, many times graduate students are highly involved in the mentoring process. In this paper, we evaluat...

OBJECTIVE To compare learning styles of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. STUDY DESIGN Observational, comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Medical Education, Army Medical College, NUST, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, during February and March 2012. METHODOLOGY A total of 170 students were divided into two equal groups of undergraduate students of Army Medical...

• Courses in the 1000s are primarily introductory undergraduate courses • Those in the 2000–4000s are upper-division undergraduate courses that can also be taken for graduate credit with permission and additional work • Those in the 6000s and 8000s are for master’s, doctoral, and professional-level students • The 6000s are open to advanced undergraduate students with approval of the instructor ...

• Courses in the 1000s are primarily introductory undergraduate courses • Those in the 2000s to 4000s are upper-division undergraduate courses that can also be taken for graduate credit with permission and additional work • Those in the 6000s and 8000s are for master’s, doctoral, and professional-level students • The 6000s are open to advanced undergraduate students with approval of the instruc...

There is a rapidly increasing movement towards integrating scientific research training into undergraduate medical education. The aim of this study was to explore the perceived attitudes of female second-year undergraduate medical students towards research at the College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia, as well as to explore if any differences exist between students with and with...

BACKGROUND In recent years, rising numbers of medical students and an increasingly demanding clinical workload has put pressures on the educational systems for medical students in the hospital. Bedside teaching remains central to education, but tutorial delivery by registrars, tutors and consultants has proven to be increasingly difficult with the greater numbers of students now in the undergra...