background: at the present time, teaching pharmacology for medical students mainly focuses on the basic principles of pharmacology. this study was conducted to assess the current situation of pharmacology teaching and the necessity of developing clinical pharmacology from the viewpoint of medical interns and externs in tabriz university of medical sciences. methods: this descriptive cross-secti...

BACKGROUND The therapeutic relationship is complex and incompletely captured in objective metrics. AIM To review the different concepts, theoretical models and empirical approaches which researchers have used to capture in qualitative terms what is special about the relationship between practitioner and patient. METHOD Drawing on the principles of meta-narrative systematic review (but witho...

With the recent proliferation in nursing degree programmes over the last 10 years and a suggestion that nursing moves towards an all-graduate profession, the profession as well as the consumer needs to be sure that they are getting 'value added' with this 'higher level' practitioner. This paper revisits the debate on the meaning of competence in relation to fitness for practice. In particular i...

This paper discusses the role of the researcher as a participant observer and reflective practitioner. The paper aims to assess the benefits and limitations of participant observation, and offer guidance as to how to manage the challenges inherent in this technique. The paper draws on the lead author’s experience as a participant observer when working on her doctoral thesis: ‘Factors Affecting ...

What is the right mix of workshop-learning and lectures, e-learning and face-to-face dialogue in teaching Human Computer Interaction at university level, where academic reflection is supposed to go hand in hand with learning basic skills in interface design and usability testing? A didactic pattern for teaching HumanComputer Interaction is outlined based on experience from a course in Human Com...

This paper describes the Virtual Borders project developed in response to dramatic changes dance teaching and learning globally, arising from COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing action research, presents an innovative adoption of Peirce’s sign theory tertiary choreographic pedagogy, that enhances students physical, creative cognitive engagement with training virtual arena. used digital technology connec...

Recently, there is a need for fostering the critical reflective side of L2 teacher education. This study investigated the implications of personal narrative (PN) and reflective journal (RJ) writing for Iranian EFL teachers’ reflective writing. Sixty (36 women and 24 men) in-service secondary school EFL teachers were selected based on the convenience sampling from Iran. L2 teachers equally divid...

BACKGROUND Depression, and its associated anxiety, is very common in the community and frequently managed in general practice. Yet it remains a problematic concept. Differing views of depression influence both clinical practice and research. OBJECTIVE This article discusses the way each patient's culture interacts with other important contexts of clinical practice to shape how depression is u...

This article explores medical, midwifery, and nurse practitioner students' attitudes about women who may consume alcohol throughout their pregnancies. Twenty-one health care students responded to a scenario-based vignette addressing alcohol consumption during pregnancy, as well as a semistructured interview, which were analyzed using Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis approach. Two primary th...