This paper describes models that have been used in delivering initial and inservice teacher education in Jamaica over the last 30 years. These include: • The In-Service Teacher Training Thrust model of the 1970s and early 1980s that combined face-to-face instruction delivered during vacations and evenings and weekends to provide formal training for unqualified teachers. • The UWIDITE model, usi...

INTRODUCTION While behavioral interventions may be viewed as important strategies to improve blood pressure (BP), an evidence-based review of studies evaluating these interventions may help to guide clinical practice. METHODS We employed systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature (1970-1999) to assess the independent and additive effects of three behavioral interventions on BP cont...

PET-Health is configured as a program developed by health courses guided by the principle Unified Health System (SUS), with the preceptorship of a professional from health public service. The aim of the research was to compare the performance between PET-Health undergraduate of Dentistry, Medical and Nursing courses by the results of National Student Performance Exam (ENADE) in 2010 with those ...

Nurses' professional capacity plays an important role in the health system to achieve their mission. This study aimed to investigate the perspectives of nursing practitioners about undergraduate nursing internship and apprenticeship courses and possible ways of renewing the courses. This cross sectional survey was performed over 258 bachelors and practitioners of nursing graduates of Alborz Uni...

The aim of this study is to examine in-service science teachers’ views on nature scientific inquiry and the possible reasons that led these views. This was designed as a multi-case study. 22 middle school teachers who are currently working in various national education schools Turkey, voluntarily participated data were collected online through open-ended VASI questionnaire follow-up semi-struct...

English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses are currently well-established university programs. These courses are run independently by English Language Teaching (ELT) instructors and content instructors without any collaboration. However, ELT instructors and content instructors do not receive the same level of collegiality and social support from the organizations and students. This paper probe...