OBJECTIVE School-teachers are exposed to high levels of stress and have high rates of premature retirement on psychiatric grounds. This study investigated factors associated with occupational disability due to psychiatric disorders in teachers in South Africa. METHOD This retrospective study investigated 81 school-teachers in the Cape Town area who had been declared permanently medically disa...

This study investigated the relationship between occupational stress and psychological well-being of teachers and the moderator effects of EI, selfefficiency, coping strategies, negative affectivity social support on the relationship. Measures of occupational stress, trait EI, self-efficiency, coping strategies negative affectivity and social support were administered on 420 secondary school te...

Abstract The first years of teaching are crucial for novice teachers’ integration into and retainment in the education system. support they receive from experienced teachers impacts their professional development. Science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) require specialized domain-specific mentors. In this study, we examined how a three-level mentoring system contributes to STEM gro...

BACKGROUND Previous work has shown that a programme that draws on a blend of theories makes a positive difference to outcomes for students who fail and repeat their first semester at medical school. Exploration of student and teacher perspectives revealed that remediation of struggling medical students can be achieved through a cognitive apprenticeship within a small community of inquiry. This ...

BACKGROUND Teaching is considered a highly stressful occupation, with work-related stress levels among teachers being among the highest compared to other professions. Unfortunately there are very few studies regarding the levels of work-related stress among teachers in the Republic of Macedonia. AIM To identify the level of self-perceived work-related stress among teachers in elementary schoo...

Through the inception of the Chartered Teacher Programme in Scotland there is the intention that continuing professional development can enable teachers to become increasingly effective in promoting learning in the classroom (Scottish Executive, aim since what is meant by learning (and its promotion) is not contextualised either in learning in any coherent way. The implications of such a ‘non-l...

Almost all articles on education in medical ethics present proposals for or describe experiences of teaching students in diVerent health professions. Since experienced staV also need such education, the purpose of this paper is to exemplify and discuss educational approaches that may be used after graduation. As an example we describe the experiences with a five-day European residential course ...

Students who teach less experienced students within the same educational program are known as near-peer teachers. A number of studies have shown that near-peers are effective teachers in preclinical courses such as anatomy and physical examination. We hypothesized that near-peers could also be effective teachers in a clinical clerkship. We report on a pilot study in which near-peers participate...

Almost all articles on education in medical ethics present proposals for or describe experiences of teaching students in different health professions. Since experienced staff also need such education, the purpose of this paper is to exemplify and discuss educational approaches that may be used after graduation. As an example we describe the experiences with a five-day European residential cours...