Purpose: These role competencies have been developed to assist educational programs in determining and/or evaluating the typical responsibilities for a fieldwork educator associated with an occupational therapy program. The competencies are based on the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Standards for Continuing Competence. These role competencies are statements describing the typical ...

Appropriate AIDS prevention information is not available in Vietnam for men who have sex with men. Current AIDS prevention messages can be misunderstood with potentially dangerous results. We outline some features of gay culture in a provincial city in Vietnam. We describe the activities of a peer educator who made contact with a small group of young gay men during 1996 and 1997. All the young ...

 Dr. Nada Khan (UCL Research Assistant. Experienced systematic reviewer)  Prof Mandy Hampshire (University of Nottingham. Previous experience conducting Cochrane Systematic reviews and experienced Primary Care Medical Educator)  Dr. Richard Knox (University of Nottingham. Experienced Primary Care Medical educator and education research)  Dr. Alice Malpass (University of Bristol. Internation...

BACKGROUND Medical simulation enables the design of learning activities for competency areas (eg, communication and leadership) identified as crucial for future health care professionals. Simulation educators and medical teachers follow different career paths, and their education backgrounds and teaching contexts may be very different in a simulation setting. Although they have a key role in fa...

Fieldwork provides a means by which students are socialized into their profession and their careers. During Level I and Level II fieldwork, students acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will enable them to achieve entry-level competence The experiences that students have during Level II fieldwork influence their subsequent career choices. To support these experiences, stu...

This address was delivered by Margaret A. Powers, PhD, RD, CDE, President, Health Care & Education, of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), at the ADA's 76th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, LA, on 11 June 2016. Dr. Powers conducts research and has a clinical practice as a registered dietitian and diabetes educator at the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet in Minneapolis. Her...

In this paper the author reports on the introduction of the flipped classroom integrating located, online and virtual world learning environments to support the collaborative lived experiences of a group of students and the educator participating in a higher education undergraduate art unit, Navigating the Visual World. A qualitative narrative methodology, A/r/tography, incorporating both image...