OBJECTIVES In a bid to promote high-quality postgraduate education and training and support the General Medical Council's (GMC) implementation plan for trainer recognition, the Wales Deanery developed the Educational Supervision Agreement (EdSA). This is a three-way agreement between Educational Supervisors, Local Education Providers and the Wales Deanery which clarifies roles, responsibilities...

This study examines the acceptance of technology and behavioral intention to use learning management systems (LMS). More specifically, the aim of this research is to examine whether students ultimately accept and use educational learning systems such as e-class and the impact of behavioral intention on their decision to use them. An extended version of technology acceptance model has been used ...

If we consider knowledge to be the result of a negotiation process about references and meaning between individuals, then, we should consider it also a collective or social property. This view underlies numerous initiatives worldwide providing unrestricted online access to educational content, software tools, and implementation resources, commonly referred to as Open Educational Resources (OER)...

background: there is an increasing trend of outsourcing public departments. teaching hospitals also outsourced some of their departments to private sectors. the aim of this study was to investigate and compare the educational status of students in public and outsourced departments of teaching hospitals affiliated to iran university of medical sciences.   methods: this study was conducted in six...

The purpose of this study was to find out the perception of secondary school stakeholders towards women representation in educational leadership and to find the barriers that cause this perception to determine the possible solutions for these problems. To carry out this study descriptive method was employed. Participants of the study were 75 male teachers, selected by using stratified random sa...

Current NHS policy highlights the importance of public health as a strategy to reduce health inequalities and to promote the health of communities, and nurses are recognised as key contributors to the public health function. Changes are also taking place in pre- and post-registration nurse education curricula, in the wake of recent education policy recommendations. However, progress towards eff...

The use of information technology to support the educational mission of academic medical centers is nearly universal; however, the scope and methods employed vary greatly (Souza et al. 2008 ). This article reviews the methods, processes, and specific techniques needed to conceive, develop, implement, and assess technology-based educational programs across healthcare disciplines. We discuss the ...