Learning Curve in External DCR – A Trainee’s Perspective

Competence development in ERCP: the learning curve of novice trainees.

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIM Measures for competence in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) during training are poorly defined. Currently, various training and accreditation programs base verification of competence on performance of a minimum number of procedures. There is a general awareness that procedural competence certification should be based on objective performance criteri...

Endoscopic DCR vs External DCR: What's Best in the Acute Setting?

251 Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) for the treatment of nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) has been practiced for over a century. First described by Addeo Toti in 1904,[1] primary external DCR has traditionally been considered the gold standard technique demonstrating success rates that approach 98% in patients with primary acquired NLDO.[2,3] Caldwell first described the endonasal (non‐endoscop...

Blended Learning Experience in Teacher Education: the Trainees ́ Perspective

The article deals with blended learning in the context of pre-graduate English language teacher education. Firstly, the concept of blended learning is defined, then, the attention is focused on the online component of a blend, namely on the issue of interpersonal interaction including the challenges, which learning through online networking poses. Finally, results of a small–scale research are ...

Endoscopic and external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR): which is better?

individual qualities and integrative motivation and their prediction of non-linguistic outcomes of learning english in intermediate iranian students: a psychological perspective

abstract this study investigated the predictability of variables from a motivational framework as well as individuals qualities to predict three non-linguistic outcomes of language learning. gardners socio-educational model with its measures has been used in the current study. individual qualities presented in this study include (1) age, (2) gender, and (3) language learning experience. the...