Application of Functional Modular Training in Clinical Specialist Training

Training assistant practitioners to deliver clinical care in specialist services.

The NHS has introduced the assistant practitioner role to combat staff shortages and provide high quality care. Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Jewel and Esk College and Edinburgh Napier University piloted a course for band 3 staff to train to become band 4 APs in a chemotherapy day unit. This article describes how the course was setup, and the results of an independent evaluation that examined the ch...

using game theory techniques in self-organizing maps training

شبکه خود سازمانده پرکاربردترین شبکه عصبی برای انجام خوشه بندی و کوانتیزه نمودن برداری است. از زمان معرفی این شبکه تاکنون، از این روش در مسائل مختلف در حوزه های گوناگون استفاده و توسعه ها و بهبودهای متعددی برای آن ارائه شده است. شبکه خودسازمانده از تعدادی سلول برای تخمین تابع توزیع الگوهای ورودی در فضای چندبعدی استفاده می کند. احتمال وجود سلول مرده مشکلی اساسی در الگوریتم شبکه خودسازمانده به حسا...

Functional Family Therapy Clinical Training Manual

effect of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of strategies

this study aimed to investigate the effects of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of such strategies. this work, employing an experimental methodology, was conducted among 60 adult efl learners from a language institute in isfahan, iran, as participants. the participants, who were selected based on the results of a placement test, were assigned t...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...