The development of competences and practical capacities of students is getting an important incidence into the guidelines of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The methodology applied in this work is based on the education through directed resolution of practical cases. All cases are related to professional tasks that the students will have to develop in their future career. The method ...

At the time of writing, the author was a modern matron in a surgical division of an NHS teaching hospital in London. This article considers the differences between leadership and management, and discusses the skills required by modern matrons to lead safe and successful clinical services. It also examines three leadership styles - transactional, transformational and situational - and their rele...

The current research aimed to investigate the link between the quality of working life and the systematic commitment of nurses in the teaching hospitals in Tabriz. The methodology used was functional regarding the purpose and the proportional allocation as far as the stratified sampling method was concerned. The study population consisted of all the nurses in Tabriz. The instrument used in this...

A Visualization course offered twice (1997/98 and 98/99) as an elective in the MSc degree on Electronics and Telecommunications at the University of Aveiro is presented. Its contents, bibliography and teaching methods are described. Some difficulties encountered during the preparation and lecturing of this course are identified.

In recent years, the concept stratified teaching is popular and accepted by most physical education teachers step by step. Just as its name implies, stratified teaching means carrying out targeted teaching activities according to each student’s characteristics. In physical education, the teacher must face the differences and train the athlete according to their individual characteristics.

INTRODUCTION Research in the field of distance education has recognized the need for a change and modification of the faculty role in teaching at a distance technological advancements are an important part of the distance-learning environment, basic changes in teaching methods, technique, and motivation are needed to make distance education more effective (Purdy & Wright, 1992). Many studies ci...

In the paper we present our experience in implementation of Jigsaw collaborative method in e-learning environment Moodle. Section 2 deals with characteristics of “Jigsaw” teaching method. The functionalities and model of Jigsaw method in Moodle developed in e-Learning laboratory at the South West University, Bulgaria are presented in Section 3. Organization of blended learning course “Computer ...

It is my pleasure to welcome you formally as clinical medical students at the Royal Victoria Hospital. All of you already will have been here long enough to realise that the successful metabolism of this hospital depends in large part on the integrative action of the main corridor. As you walk down the corridor you will meet your friends, and recognise all the different members ofthe hospital s...