CONTEXT A 'new', problem-based medical curriculum was introduced at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2002. The objective of this study was to assess the perceptions of competence for internship and the factors influencing competence of final-year medical students. METHODS Eighteen focus groups were conducted (six per year) with UCT final-year medical students in 2007 (n =27), 2008 (n =27)...

Overweight and obesity are increasing in preschool children in the US. Policy, systems, and environmental change interventions in childcare settings can improve obesity-related behaviors. The aim of this study was to develop and pilot an intervention to train childcare providers to promote physical activity (PA) in childcare classrooms. An evidence scan, key informant (n = 34) and focus group (...

Background: In 2004, The Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care recognised that the lack of a comprehensive framework describing competencies for patient safety was a barrier to achieving a competent and safe health workforce. This article describes the building of a national patient safety education framework that describes the competencies for healthcare workers. Aim: Develo...

There is no doubt that the mathematics curriculum will continue to be subject reforms in response changing social and political contexts of education around globe. The scale range from being global (in particularly collaborative international programs), through national regional levels different countries level individual schools. We have seen examples at all these scales world, analysed for ‘c...

A computer program for the aerodynamic design and analysis of airfoils is described. This program is intended for use in an undergraduate aerospace engineering curriculum. It allows the students to interactively change the airfoil shape, thickness and camber as well as flight conditions, and allows the student to design airfoils subject to a specified pressure distribution over the surface. The...

Veterinary Professional Life (VPL) is a whole-of-course stream of interventions recently introduced to the Murdoch University veterinary curriculum, intended to raise the profile of, and student outcomes in, professional skills and attributes important to success in veterinary practice. These include not only veterinary-specific professional attributes (e.g. ethics, business, diagnostic skills)...

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