Abstract In Iran, most English teachers’ method of teaching writing is merely to have students do some writing exercises or simply to give them writing tests without any instruction, but writing is not an easy task for students, and teachers should be able to do more to facilitate their students’ writing. One of the ways to aid writing is dynamic assessment via graduated prompt. The graduated p...

INTRODUCTION The FHI360-led Zambia Prevention Care and Treatment partnership II (ZPCT II) with funding from United States Agency for International Development, supports the Zambian Ministry of Health in scaling up HIV/AIDS services. To improve the quality of HIV/AIDS services, ZPCT II provides technical assistance until desired standards are met and districts are weaned-off intensive technical ...

background. teaching assessment is a process of collecting and analyzing data in order to make a judgment on merits and limitations of a teaching program. thus, assessment would be an important and practical instrument to improve teaching quality. purpose. the main objective of the research is quality improvement of medical education, and specific objectives are set as study of output factors o...

OBJECTIVE To assess graduates' self-reported preparedness with reference to a range of clinical practice capabilities, including those related to patient-centred care. DESIGN A retrospective survey of self-reported preparedness for practice, based on a survey developed by the Peninsula Medical School (United Kingdom) and adapted to account for Australian circumstances and to provide more info...

purpose : to compare the protection of eyes against visible light (vl) and ultraviolet radiation (uvr) by sunglasses available through the iranian optician trade ::::union:::: (iotu) shops and those provided by miscellaneous vendors. methods : totally, 353 pairs of sunglasses, including 188 pairs from iotu shops and 165 pairs from miscellaneous vendors were selected based on systematic random s...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to explore the impact of the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board's (WSIB's) graduated approach to opioid management on opioid prescribing and disability claim duration. METHODS We studied patterns of opioid use and disability claim duration among Ontarians who received benefits through the WSIB between 2002 and 2013. We used interventional time ser...

background : nursing is a skill oriented discipline. in clinical training, learning process is mainly related to performance. moreover, developing skills is one of the main goals of clinical training, because it is through frequent practice that one can develop a skill. this study aimed to determine the frequency of practicing basic skills during nursing students' traineeship. methods: this was...