This study assessed the effectiveness of education reforms on student-reported learning outcomes at the end of the 5-year medical school (M5) and 1-year internship (HO) in 2006, 2007 and 2008. A self-administered anonymous survey with 17 learning outcomes assessed, derived from Harden's Three-Circle Outcomes Model for outcomes-based education, was administered to 683 students at the end of medi...

This study investigates the influence of internship experience, grade-point average (GPA), and job market on the starting salaries of management information systems (MIS) graduates. The seven-year period of the study includes the strong job market of the Internet boom, as well as the weak job market following the Internet bust. The regression results indicate that several factors are significan...

The authors examined applicants’ perceptions of internship site types by specialty affiliation (clinical and counseling psychology). Multidimensional scaling analyses suggest that clinical psychology students focus their attention on internship site prestige, future job opportunities, opportunities for research, degree of client psychopathology and physical illness, and their overall comfort in...

Mathematical modelling enjoys affirmed relevance in educational curricula worldwide, and teacher education programs consider that this process should also be experienced during internships. The interest of study focuses on the argumentation a prospective to justify incorporation (or not) mathematical his lessons. To do this, we analyzed reflection mathematics design task internship. Methodologi...

On the one hand, classical analysis of geometric algorithms is done in the worst case. The worst case is often very pessimistic and need to designed carefully pathological data set to be reached. On the other hand, analysis of geometric algorithms can also be done under probabilistic hypotheses on the data distribution. Unfortunately, common hypotheses, such as Poisson distribution or uniform d...

Enhancements In part, OPTIs were developed in response to the changing needs for delivery of postgraduate medical education and to provide assurance that institutions are committed to and capable of delivering uniquely osteopathic postdoctoral training. The Council on Postdoctoral Training (COPT) approves internship and residency training programs in hospitals either accredited by the AOA or af...

The Robot Soccer World Cup (RoboCup) Federation is an international organization which focuses on the promotion of robotics and Artificial Intelligence research, by offering a publicly appealing challenge: build robots that play soccer. The teams: Tech United and CAMBADA compete in the Middle-Sized League (MSL) among other leagues. In the MSL robots of no more than 50 cm in diameter and 80 cm i...

Spirito et al. (this issue) provide a blueprint for discussion regarding the programmatic as well as competencybased skills necessary for psychologists to be recognized as pediatric psychologists. The purpose of the internship year is to complete training in the general practice of clinical psychology and to extend specialty preparation in didactic instruction, research, and clinical practice i...