Life Skills Education for Youth in Developing Countries: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?

Type I and Type II errors: what are they and why do they matter?

When examining the characteristics of organisms, there are two basic categories of organismsliving and non-living. There are seven characteristics that exist to classify an organism as a living thing. Living organisms must be made of cells, reproduce, use energy, grow and develop, respond to stimuli, adapt to their environment, and maintain homeostasis. Non-living organisms, then, lack one or m...

Open Educational Resources: What they are and why do they matter

Intangible Values of Protected Areas : What Are They ? Why Do They Matter ?

tangible values are, the reasons why people care deeply about protected areas ultimately have little or nothing to do with them. There is another arena of values, values whose benefits are difficult or impossible to quantify, but which lie at the heart of the protective impulse that drives the modern conservation movement. These intangible values (also referred to as nonmaterial values) include...

Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do?

BACKGROUND Nearly half the world's babies are born at home. We sought to evaluate the training, knowledge, skills, and access to medical equipment and testing for home birth attendants across 7 international sites. METHODS Face-to-face interviews were done by trained interviewers to assess level of training, knowledge and practices regarding care during the antenatal, intrapartum and postpart...

Emerging trends in medical education: What are they? And why are they important?