Tomislav Badel1, Kata Rošin-Grget2, Ladislav Krapac3, Miljenko Marotti4 Zavod za stomatološku protetiku Stomatološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu 10000 Zagreb, Gundulićeva 5 Katedra za farmakologiju Stomatološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu 10000 Zagreb, Šalata 11 Poliklinika za reumatske bolesti, fi zikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju “Dr. Drago Čop” 10000 Zagreb, Mihanovićeva 3 Klinički zav...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that the addition of current medical student interviewers (CMSI) to faculty interviewers (FI) is valuable to the medical school admissions process. This study provides objective data about the contribution of CMSI to the admissions process. METHOD Thirty-six applicants to a 4-year medical school program were interviewed by both CMSI and FI, and the evaluations com...

Learning is collaborative process where teacher/ tutor/ instructor and student work together. Loosing face to face audiovisual communication in electronic and distant learning can be replaced by a video conference. Another possibility is to use embodied conversational agents with the ability to synthesize human speech and simulate facial expressions (talking head). This paper summarizes the sta...

Faculty development implications related to implementing the Family Medicine Curriculum Resource (FMCR) Project provide an opportunity to look at the recommendations of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine's federally funded Faculty Futures Initiative (FFI) and the recent Future of Family Medicine (FFM) project. Implications for faculty development include the importance of the clerkship ...

BACKGROUND Because of the shortage of health professionals, particularly in specialty areas, Rwanda initiated the Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program. In this program, faculty from United States teaching institutions (USF) "twin" with Rwandan Faculty (RF) to transfer skills. This paper assesses the twinning model, exploring USF and RF goal setting, satisfaction and perceptions of the effec...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine (AUB-FM) strategy is to develop faculty members (fm) skills by sponsoring local and international scientific activities has been in place for over three decades, and remains dependent on individuals' efforts. In 2011-2012, Faculty Development Program (FDP) was introduced to develop faculty leadership, business ski...

In the year 2011, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava awarded 159 Master’s degrees in fields within Information Sciences and Technologies, studying at its Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies. The Faculty offers 3 study programmes. In Computer and Communication Systems and Networks, there were 52 graduates, in Information Systems 43 graduates, and in Software Engineerin...

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