PURPOSE This study was planned to investigate which medical knowledge examination score-written examination on basic medicine, individual clinical medicine, and comprehensive clinical medicine-was closely related to clinical skill score in medical students. METHODS Scores on basic medicine, clinical medicine, graduation assessment, clinical performance examination (CPX), and objective structu...

OBJECTIVE To examine gender differences in initial and long-term salary and practice ownership expectations among first-year veterinary students. DESIGN Survey. SAMPLE First-year veterinary students at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine during 2000 through 2003 and 2005 through 2009. PROCEDURES A 1-page survey was distributed to students during orientation ...

OBJECTIVE To examine empirically participant and household characteristics associated with Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) graduation and to determine whether they differ across 2 counties. DESIGN Survey of EFNEP participants from 2011 to 2012. SETTING Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program sites serving limited-resource families in 1 rural and 1 urban/suburban ...

One of the interests of the Department of Physics and Optical Science at UNC Charlotte is the application of the natural properties of light to help answer questions regarding specific materials, and aid in the development of new technologies that advance modern science. In this research, we apply Mie Theory to answer questions about the nature of materials created right here in the UNC Charlot...

Locus of control, graduation, students, Punjab, Pakistan. The current research focused on exploring the direction of Locus of control as well as gender difference on locus of control among graduation students in Pakistan. A 29 item Locus of Control questionnaire (Rotter, 1966) was used to measure locus of control. Sample of (N=200) individuals (n=100) men and (n=100) women selected from differe...

The appearance of Information and Communication Digital Technologies (ICDT) has propitiated conditions for the Higher Education to become able to explore the communicative, pedagogical and didactic potentialities in courses in the Blended Education mode. Such process enables that new teaching and learning modes contribute for the promotion of different educational programs. We emphasize that th...

This paper discusses the findings of a case study that uses neuro-fuzzy tool to classify and predict Electrical engineering students graduation achievement based on mathematics competency. In this study, achievement upon graduation and mathematics grades were classified as the key performance index. It's based on longitudinal progress and cross validation model on two mathematics subjects, seme...

Although several studies have shown that marijuana use can adversely affect academic achievement among adolescents, less research has focused on its impact on postsecondary educational outcomes. This study utilized data from a large longitudinal cohort study of college students to test the direct and indirect effects of marijuana use on college grade point average (GPA) and time to graduation, ...

With the rapid integration of information technology in the healthcare field, equipping nurses with skills to effectively use the technology is vital. Evaluations of nursing students' nursing informatics competencies are scarce in nursing programs as reported in the literature. The current study was implemented to evaluate the self-reported nursing informatics competence of undergraduate baccal...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess technical preferences of general dental practitioners when restoring anterior composite restorations. How the level of clinical experience or post-graduate training infuenced their options was also tested. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed using a questionnaire with general dental practitioners (GDPs) (n=276) in Southern ...