This study tested a conceptual model of school climate in which two key elements of an authoritative school, structure and support variables, are associated with student engagement in school and lower levels of peer aggression. Multilevel multivariate structural modeling was conducted in a statewide sample of 48,027 students in 323 public high schools who completed the Authoritative School Clim...

This is a summary of two reports that evaluate research on the achievement outcomes of alternative approaches for teaching maths in primary and secondary schools. The reports looked at teaching strategies, ICT and mathematics curricula. Study inclusion criteria included the use of randomised or well-matched control groups, study duration of at least 12 weeks (preferably a year or more), and the...

PURPOSE We changed a lot of the medical curricula to accept the freshman of graduate medical students in 2009. We surveyed the satisfaction of new medical curricula from graduate medical students. METHODS We analysed the returned questionnaires from 118 freshmen of graduate medical students. RESULTS The number of boys and girls was 56 (47.5%) and 62 (52.5%), respectively and of married stud...

Introduction The decline in numbers of medically trained doctors performing research in recent decades has been widely discussed in the literature. The importance of engaging medical students with research and inspiring them to pursue academic careers is recognized as key in reversing the decline. Many medical schools offer opportunities for research participation, either as elective or compuls...

Although pregnancy and childbirth have significant identity and health implications for all women, perinatal research has focused primarily on nondisabled women. In this article, I provide a review of literature regarding the perinatal care experiences of women with physical disabilities. I found that many women with physical disabilities encounter attitudinal, informational, physical, and fina...

Nursing literature consistently identifies novice nurses as the most likely to experience lateral violence in the healthcare workforce. With that statistic in mind, faculty at USC decided to offer lateral violence workshops to senior students. Several faculty members attended the train-thetrainer program sponsored by the Upstate AHEC and training sessions with senior nursing students began in f...

In response to persistent racial disparities in academic and behavioral outcomes between Black and White students, equitable school climate has drawn attention as a potential target for school reform. This study examined differences in Black and White students' experiences of school climate and explored whether indicators of school organizational health and staff burnout moderated differences i...

The importance of promoting ethical behavior in dental students is reflected in the emphasis on formal ethics teaching within the curricula of most dental schools. Over the last three decades, dental educators have addressed the need for ethics training and examined varied teaching approaches. Today, state-of-the-art ethics education has moved from purely didactic instruction to more interactio...

BACKGROUND The school-leaving GPA and the time since completion of secondary education are the major criteria for admission to German medical schools. However, the predictive value of the school-leaving grade and the admission delay have not been thoroughly examined since the amendment of the Medical Licensing Regulations and the introduction of reformed curricula in 2002. Detailed information ...

Medical students use Facebook to interact with one another both socially and educationally. This study investigates how medical students in a UK medical school use Facebook to support their learning. In particular, it identifies the nature of their educational activities, and details their experiences of using an educational Facebook group. Twenty-four medical students who self-identified as be...