Acceptance of Biological Evolution by First-Year Life Sciences University Students

Learning Styles of First Year Nursing and Midwifery Students in Ilam University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Learners have very different learning styles depend on their preference, psychological preparedness as well as physical condition of their senses. Identification of proper learning styles plays an important role for choosing effective teaching methods, transferring concepts, and finally improving education quality. This study aimed to identify learning style of first year nursing ...

Oral piercings among first-year university students.

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to examine oral piercings among first-year university students. STUDY DESIGN First-year university students in 2002 were invited to a dental examination (n = 234; 49 men and 185 women). Students with piercings formed the study group and the rest served as controls. The methods included decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMF) index, stimulated salivary flow ...

The evaluation of first aid and basic life support training for the first year university students.

In Turkey, the first aiders are few in quantity and yet they are required in many settings, such as earthquakes. It was thought that training first year university students in first aid and basic life support (FA-BLS) techniques would serve to increase the number of first aiders. It was also thought that another problem, the lack of first aid trainers, might be addressed by training medical stu...

Time-to-Credit Gender Inequities of First-Year PhD Students in the Biological Sciences

Equitable gender representation is an important aspect of scientific workforce development to secure a sufficient number of individuals and a diversity of perspectives. Biology is the most gender equitable of all scientific fields by the marker of degree attainment, with 52.5% of PhDs awarded to women. However, equitable rates of degree completion do not translate into equitable attainment of f...

Correction for Time-to-Credit Gender Inequities of First-Year PhD Students in the Biological Sciences