The purpose of this research is to identify the disciplines’ participation which are related to the drawing teaching in 74 engineering undergraduate courses in the Santa Catarina State, and to figure out what are the disciplines’ focus in their 19 modalities. We have opted for an analysis in the curricular grid’s use for these courses in order to spot which disciplines work with contents relate...

OBJECTIVES To (1) evaluate the design and use of a global rating scale assessment instrument in veterinary medical education and; (2) examine the effectiveness of 2 surgical techniques courses for improving the surgical skills of veterinary students. STUDY DESIGN Instrument development; observational; survey-based. SAMPLE POPULATION Students (n = 16) registered for 2 elective surgical techn...

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Many countries are giving patients a more active role in health care, on both the individual and collective level. This study focuses on one aspect of the participation agenda on the individual level: self-management. The study explores self-management in practice, including the implications of the difficulties encountered. OBJECTIVE To gain insight into the complexity ...

BACKGROUND Childbirth preparation training courses on maternal and neonatal health increase awareness, and capability of pregnant women in overcoming fear and anxiety and managing labor pains. OBJECTIVE To identify the affecting factors and barriers of these courses from the perspective of their instructors. METHODS This qualitative study of the content analysis type, has been conducted on ...

objective: numerous studies have emphasized on the importance of developing an ideal educational system for high-quality dental education. the present study sought to assess the perception of dental students on operative dentistry education in department of restorative dentistry, shahid beheshti dental school, tehran, iran.   methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, 220 students were...

Recent studies appreciate that "MOOCs bring an impetus of reform, research and innovation to the Academy" [9]. Even though MOOCs are usually developed and delivered as independent online courses, experiments to wrap formal university courses around existing MOOCs are reported by teachers and researchers in different articles [3], [4], [8], [17]. This paper describes a new approach, in which the...

BACKGROUND Online formative assessments have a sound theoretical basis, and are prevalent and popular in higher education settings, but data to establish their educational benefits are lacking. This study attempts to determine whether participation and performance in integrated online formative assessments in the biomedical sciences has measurable effects on learning by junior medical students....

Abstract Extant research indicates that Chinese higher education has overlooked creativity. However, based on indirect clues, we infer the degree of emphasis creativity and related courses in changed. Therefore, conducted a survey using questionnaire to compare creativity-related adopted methods between China developed countries. The results indicate participation rates assessments courses, met...