Ultrasonography as an educational tool for students – any progress?

A Survey on the Application of Educational Lighting Board as an Educational Aid Tool of Occupational Health Students

Background & Objective: Lighting lessons is necessary for the occupational health students. Educational aids are essential in promotion of learning. This study aims to evaluate students’ learning in practical part of lighting lesson by using educational resources of lighting boards. Materials and Methods: In a quasi-experimental study that was carried out on occupational health students of Nor...

Robotics as an Educational Tool

This paper explores a new educational application of Piaget’s theories of cognitive development i.e. the use, as a teaching tool, of physical robots conceived as artificial organisms. By using simple assembly kits, students at all levels are able to project and construct real robots that simulate the behaviors of animals. The process of constructing real robots helps students to understand conc...

Writing letters to patients as an educational tool for medical students

BACKGROUND Despite rapid growth and development of medical technology, personal relationship between the patient and physician remains the basis of high quality treatment. The aim of our study was to develop, implement and evaluate patient therapeutic letters written by students as a tool in teaching family medicine. METHODS The study included all 6th year students attending their rounds in f...

A pilot study: research poster presentations as an educational tool for undergraduate epidemiology students

Students in a fourth year epidemiology course were surveyed after participating in a formal Science Research Day in which they presented original research, in poster form, to be judged by scientists from the community. Of 276 participating students, 80 (29%) responded to the study survey. As a result, 19% of respondents were more likely to pursue a career in science, and 27.5% were more likely ...

PSEN as an Educational Tool in Norway