The Diakonie Kork Epilepsiezentrum is a non-governmental foundation with a Christian background. The Epilepsy Centre began in 1892 with the ‘Heilund Pflegeanstalt für epileptische Kinder’ committed to help children with epilepsy followed by the ‘Heilund Pflegeanstalt für Epileptische’ widening the spectrum to the care for adults with epilepsy in 1901. Thus, the beginnings of the Centre were cha...

Environmental education is an important approach to improve students’ environmental literacy. The method of in colleges and universities advancing with the development multimedia technologies, among which virtual reality (VR) technology gradually being widely applied due its strong sense immersion interactivity. This article focuses on application VR universities, using EduVenture APP glasses i...

Purpose: To apply educational models of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and approaches to assisted performance to existing knowledge about surgical skill acquisition, and thus provide a framework for potentially enhancing surgical education. Summary: The stages of the ZPD appear to be consistent with existing psychomotor theories of skill acquisition. The fourth phase of the ZPD, where t...

BACKGROUND In Switzerland assisted suicide is legal if no self-interest is involved. AIMS To compare the strength and direction of associations with sociodemographic factors between assisted and unassisted suicides. METHOD We calculated rates and used Cox and logistic regression models in a longitudinal study of the Swiss population. RESULTS Analyses were based on 5 004 403 people, 1301 a...