To was determine the effects of midwifery education on midwives’ professional self-esteem and problem solving skills. The study was conducted with 277 students who agreed to participate in the study in Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Health Sciences Midwifery Department of a state university located in Central Anatolia region of Turkey. In study Arıcak Professional Self-Esteem Scale (APSES) to...

Most fashion design students after completing their programme in the formal sector return to informal for practical training Wa Municipality of Ghana. It was observed that apprentices were conversant with direct cutting method and seemed be more practically inclined than Municipality. The study therefore assessed methods cutting-out garment construction course by trainees sectors. Data collecte...

BACKGROUND Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complicated illness for providers and patients. Fewer than 20% of persons with CFS have been diagnosed and treated. For providers, compounding the issue are the challenges in making a diagnosis due to the lack of a biomedical marker. METHODS The objective of the CFS diagnosis and management curriculum was to instruct core trainers as to the evalu...

CONTEXT Successful implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) within athletic training is contingent upon understanding the attitudes and beliefs and perceived barriers toward EBP as well as the accessibility to EBP resources of athletic training educators, clinicians, and students. OBJECTIVE To assess the attitudes, beliefs, and perceived barriers toward EBP and accessibility to EBP res...

This paper reports findings from a 5-year evaluation (1998-2003) of a postqualifying programme in community mental health in England which made a sustained attempt to develop partnerships with service users. Users were involved in the commissioning of the programme and its evaluation, as trainers and as course members. The evaluation employed mixed methods to assess: learners' reactions to user...

Over the last 30 years, the medical profession has been following in the foot steps of the aviation industry by developing equipment and teaching styles to recreate, or simulate, patient scenarios for educational purposes. One of the first mannequins in simulation education was the cardiopulmonary resuscitation mannequin, used with nurses and medical professionals for basic life support trainin...

Study of professional growth is useful for reflective purposes at any time during a career. The concept of known knowns and unknowns with a training twist can be used to summarise the overall stages of any trainee. At the start of vocational training the trainee does not know what they do not know, they have not yet recognised how much they have to learn. This happens in the second stage (that ...

Methods A short critical care course for nurses (Nursing Intensive Care Skills Training; NICST) was co-designed & delivered by specialist overseas nurse trainers in partnership with Sri Lankan nurse tutors. The impact of the course was assessed using: a pre & post course Multiple Choice Questionnaire (MCQ); a post course Objective Clinical Skills Assessment (OSCA) station & post course feedback...