OBJECTIVE: Orthopedic problems in children and adolescents are quite frequent. For that reason, our aim was to give a remarkable insight into five selected topics: spinal deformities, osteochondritis, growing pains, back pain, and corrective shoes. METHODS: We analyzed general concepts of spinal deformities, including the general definition of scoliosis and its etiologic classification. We also...

PURPOSE Similar to other countries, the practice of General Surgery in Canada has undergone significant evolution over the past 30 years without major changes to the training model. There is growing concern that current General Surgery residency training does not provide the skills required to practice the breadth of General Surgery in all Canadian communities and practice settings. PROCEDURE...

this research chiefly focused on the application of mitigation strategies and traditional form of feedback in writing development of the fifth semester university students majoring in tefl and english translation fields based on vygotsky’s sociocultural theory in general and the notion of “zone of proximal development” in particular. to that end, this study relied on a pre-posttest experimental...

The approach of using only English when teaching English as prescribed by the seventh curriculum has become a major issue in the debate over how to improve Korean students' communicative abilities in the L2. Discussions have not always been pleasant about the need to shake up the education system by different means, including using much more classroom English. (Fracas over Education, 2001). Tha...

since the emergence of the process-oriented approach in second language writing instruction, the issues of writing instruction have been predominantly concerned with what and how error feedback should be given to the students’ writing. the present study investigated the effect of explicit corrective feedback on writing accuracy of iranian intermediate efl learners (n = 44) in hamedan islamic az...

For clinicians such as GPs, critical thinking includes critical appraisal of scientific evidence and the context of their clinical practice, and critical introspection. Largely due to a lack of rigorous research, there is no evidence that teaching critical thinking or appraisal, at undergraduate or postgraduate levels, improves GPs' clinical performance or their patients' health. Before conduct...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) are as one of general health problems throughout the world and they are the main reason for disabilities. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of wmsds of isfahan’s teachers and the effect of eight weeks selected corrective exercises and ergonomi...