RESPONSE: Cardiovascular Education Scholars

Higher education scholars ’ participation and practices on

Scholars participate in online social networks for professional purposes. In such networks, learning takes the form of participation and identity formation through engagement in and contribution to networked practices. While current literature describes the possible benefits of online participation, empirical research on scholars’ use of online social networks in the educational technology lite...

Cardiovascular risk factors in scholars (RIVACANGAS).

BACKGROUND AND AIM The current guidelines for treatment of high blood pressure do not include any section dedicated to hypertension in children and adolescents or to cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention strategies in that age group. Our study was aimed at identifying cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) in an adolescent sample. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study of a sample of ado...

A teaching scholars program to develop leaders in medical education.

The authors describe a year-long faculty development initiative to develop leaders in medical education. The Teaching Scholars Program for Educators in the Health Sciences at McGill University enables faculty to improve their educational knowledge and skills while maintaining their clinical, teaching, and research responsibilities. The program, tailored to the participant's individual needs, co...

McNair Scholars

Doctoral Education in Quantitative Research Methods: Some Thoughts about Preparing Future Scholars

Understanding social science domains is difficult because of the complex nature of the domains and the consequential challenges in capturing and analyzing data. To address such challenges, many analytic techniques have been and continue to be developed [1]. This means that social science fields like education, despite the perception that they are “soft” sciences, may be the hardest fields to re...