BACKGROUND This study investigates approaches for translating evidence-based knowledge for use by fitness trainers. Specific questions were: Where do fitness trainers get their evidence-based information? What types of interventions are effective for translating evidence-based knowledge for use by fitness trainers? What are the barriers and facilitators to the use of evidence-based information ...

Background During specialty training for general practice, trainees acquire the required competencies through work-based learning. Previous small-scale and older studies suggest that the patient mix of general practitioner (GP) trainees differs from that of their trainers: trainees are exposed to more minor illnesses, and fewer chronic diseases and severe conditions, which may influence the dev...

OBJECTIVE To identify and describe critical helpful and hindering clinical teaching behaviors of supervising athletic trainers, as perceived by student athletic trainers, and to provide a better understanding of the student athletic training experience. DESIGN AND SETTING The critical incident technique was used to identify critical behaviors of supervising athletic trainers as perceived by s...

‘Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It is not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it is a day you have had everything to do and you have done it’. As I reflect on my first 3 years of being a Consultant I find this quote to be very appropriate. I will try not to use the word ‘challenge’ too much in this article, but making the transition from trainee to Consultant...

1. Seoul Kids' Dental Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2. Dept. of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Sciences, Sunmoon University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea 3. Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Vision University College of Jeonju, Jeonju, Republic of Korea 4. Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea 5. Wonk Wang Dental Research Institute, Iksan, ...

BACKGROUND Family Physician (FP) trainees are expected to be provided with high quality training in well organized practice settings. This study examines differences between FP trainers and non-trainers and their practices to see whether there are differences in trainers and non-trainers and in how their practices are organized and their services are delivered. METHOD 203 practices (88 non-tr...

BACKGROUND As the medicine practiced in hospital settings has become more specialized, training in primary care is becoming increasingly essential for medical students, especially for future general practitioners (GPs). Only a few limited studies have investigated the representativeness of medical practices delivering this training. The aim of this study was to assess the representativeness of ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the effectiveness of the National Train-the-Trainers Program for Hospice and Palliative Care Experts (TTHPC) sponsored by the National Cancer Center of Korea between 2009 and 2012. This program was developed to improve the teaching skills of those in the field of hospice and palliative care (HPC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Training was offered in eight 1-day sessions betwee...