Software Engineering is viewed as an engineering discipline concerned with bridging the gap between appropriate science knowledge and software applications. Curricula for traditional engineering disciplines include a substantial amount of practical and project work. We report experiences with increasing the laboratory and project component for Software Engineering Education at the Queensland Un...

Many medical universitiesaround the world have donestunning changes in the recent years.Some of these changes have been performed with the support of international organizations.They changed the traditionaltrainingprograms based on teacher- centered learning and disciplined approach to the educational course based on community needs responsivity and Student-centered learning. This process is ai...

AIM The efficacy of postgraduate practical training courses is frequently evaluated by self-assessment instruments. The present study analyses the effect of a basic course in laparoscopic surgery on self-assessed medical competencies. METHODS The 3-day course included teaching of knowledge and training of practical skills. In relation to course evaluation, a questionnaire for self-assessment ...

Backgrounds: one of the most difficult tasks carried out by educators in health plan field is educational program assessment and students' clinical evaluation. Logbook is an assessing tool that reduces the distance between the theory and practice; it could be definitely worthwhile for both the professors and the students to achieve the clinical and educational objectives. The purpose of this st...

Aim: The efficacy of postgraduate practical training courses is frequently evaluated by self-assessment instruments. The present study analyses Michael Nagler S. Feller the effect of a basic course in laparoscopic surgery on self-assessed medical competencies. Christine Beyeler 2 Methods: The 3-day course included teaching of knowledge and training of practical skills. In relation to course eva...

Background: oral and maxillofacial pathology is one of the major courses in basic sciences relating dentistry to medicine and is the basis of learning many clinical sciences. Since the periodic evaluation is important in identifying issues and solving them, in this study, students’ opinions were used to gather useful information for better planning in this course. The purpose of this study is t...

conclusions our results suggest that the personnel in the five participating faculties were highly satisfied with the practical performance of the residents, who were found to hold good attitudes towards the program as a whole. background the goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of intubation skill training involving the use of mannequins on novice anesthesiology residents in a knowled...

objectives: we aimed to design, implement and evaluate the efficacy of a comprehensive course on non-clinical competencies that dentists must possess for a successful dental practice. materials and methods: in this interventional before-after study an expert panel of five academic staff members and five general practitioners derived the topics for a course on successful dental practice, and agg...