Purpose: Descriptive evaluation, if successfully implemented can play an important role in promoting the academic success and performance of elementary students. As a result, the present study was conducted with the aim of presenting a model of effective factors on successful implementation of descriptive evaluation in the primary education system of Iran. Methodology: The present study in ter...

Incorporating ethics education in curriculum of medical technology students and highlighting the importance of teaching the subject to this particular population in this part of world are our aims. At SIUT we have a school with name of "Zain ul Abidin" school of Biomedical Technology, which is supposed to award B.S. degree in 5 sub-specialties that is hemodialysis, radiology, laboratory science...

Objective Many residency programs offer limited exposure and minimal didactic time genetics, despite its frequent use in obstetrics and gynecology. The objective of this study was to develop, pilot, and assess a three-module women's health genetics curriculum for residents that was easily transferable between institutions. Methods An interactive three-module genetics curriculum covering basic p...

Nowadays, improvement of thinking skills of students is one of the universally supported aims in the majority of medical schools. This study aims to design longitudinal theme of reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making into the undergraduate medical curriculum at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). A participatory approach was applied to design the curriculum during 2009-2011. T...

BACKGROUND There are few weight gain prevention interventions aimed at new immigrants. Live Well, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) study, was designed to address this gap. OBJECTIVE The goal of this paper is to describe the development of the Live Well nutrition and physical activity curriculum. METHODS The curriculum draws on behavioral theory and popular education and was c...

The curriculum of the dental faculty at the University of Bergen, Norway, was revised and a new curriculum implemented in 1998 based on the principles of holistic teaching and patient-centered treatment. The first candidates graduated in 2003. The change of curricula, experience gained, and lack of an evidence base for holistic teaching justify a general discussion of all relevant aspects assoc...

BACKGROUND Quality improvement (QI) education in residency training is important and necessary for accreditation. Although the literature on this topic has been growing, some specialties, in particular psychiatry, have been underrepresented. METHODS We developed a didactic and experiential QI curriculum within a US psychiatry residency program that included a seminar series and development of...

This paper is a position statement advocating the implementation of the programming language R in a curriculum of English Linguistics. This is an illustration of a possible strategy for the requirements of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Digital Humanities (DH) studies in an established curriculum. R plays the role of a Trojan Horse for NLP and statistics, while promoting the acquisition ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Knowledge of improvement practices is a critical skill for family medicine residents who will lead patient-centered medical homes. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education includes systems-based practice and improvement knowledge as a core competency for residency education. The objective of this report is to describe the 6-year implementation and devel...

We set out to develop an anatomy and physiology (A&P) curriculum with a content that was relevant and well rationalized. To do this, we developed a benchmarks curriculum process that helps us to determine what our students need to learn in A&P and then to make sure there is alignment between those learning objectives and what we teach and how we assess our students. Using the benchmarks process...