To successfully implement large-scale change initiatives, such as new safe-work procedures, supervisors need to consider how much education is required and who the target audiences are. Plans need to take into account the resources required for initial implementation, as well as those needed to sustain training afterward. In 2002, responding to major changes in workplace safety and health legis...

BACKGROUND On-the-job training is an important strategy for general practitioners to deliver appropriately community health services in China. The development of basic professional competence for general practitioners is the main goal of on-the-job training program. The aim of this study was to explore the needs of and the challenges to on-the-job training for general practitioners, and to prov...

Teachers’ beliefs towards learning, teaching and ICT may have a strong impact on how learning opportunities are designed and implemented. However, research has shown that providing effective opportunities for teachers to develop skills and competence with ICT tools in order that they effectively redesign their learning environments are not straightforward. In this study we examined two teacher ...

The judgmental standard setting studies for 12 Grade NAEP Preparedness Research are the focus of this paper. While the standard setting methodology was very familiar, the postsecondary context of standard setting was new to the Governing Board. This was the first effort to set a cut score on NAEP to represent minimal academic preparedness, and the studies were to be for both college course plac...

In 1994 the City of Toronto Public Health Department conducted a needs assessment in the 235 child care centres (CCCs) in the former Toronto area. The purposes of the study were to construct a profile of Toronto's CCCs, to acquire a better understanding of these centres' operations and administration, and to assess their levels of compliance with current public health standards and regulatory r...

PROBLEM BEING ADDRESSED Brazil, Chile, and Canada are among the countries where development and deployment of human resources have been central to health reform; however, it is unclear how the education and training of primary care workers is best accomplished. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM To implement a model of in-service training in primary health care for interdisciplinary teams of primary heal...

The cascade model, a mechanism delivering training messages from trainers at the central level to trainees at the local level through several layers, is largely used for in-service training, as it can deliver many trained teachers quickly and economically. However, despite of its advantages, it is often criticized for its ineffectiveness, because the message is often distorted through long-dist...

These medication errors have occurred in health care facilities at least once. They will happen again-perhaps where you work. Through education and alertness of personnel and procedural safeguards, they can be avoided. You should consider publishing accounts of errors in your newsletters and/or presenting them at your inservice training programs. Your assistance is required to continue this fea...