The effect of "temperament" in a school-like environment was evaluated for 30 children with mental retardation, 30 children with autism, and 30 typical children (all groups with a mean mental age of 23 to 24 months). Five-minute videotapes of each child attempting to complete a puzzle were viewed and scored by raters on the University of California (Los Angeles) Temperament Form. This instrumen...

In this paper, we present an equilibrium model of the market for higher education. Our model simultaneously predicts student selection into institutions of higher education, financial aid, educational expenditures, and educational outcomes. We show that the model gives rise to a strict hierarchy of colleges that differ by the educational quality provided to the students. We develop an algorithm...

Studies of the relationship between HIV/AIDS and children’s educational attainment largely focus on the direct impacts of parental illness and death, overlooking the potential indirect impact that parental knowledge and perceptions of their HIV status may have on children’s school enrollment. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative evidence from Malawi, this paper finds that women’s real a...

Materials and methods Educational material was prepared with pictures of food and portion sizes, corresponding to eating plan and based on calories and food groups and list of drugs identified by different colors. Health literacy was measured with the brief-form Test of Functional Health Literacy (B-TOFHLA) in 53 patients with type 2 DM in a single Public Health Center in Belo Horizonte-MG. Edu...

Online learning environments address the educational objectives by putting the learner at the center of the educational experience. They do so by addressing many of the problems that traditional learning environments present. For example, students memorizing material and using repetition as a means of retaining that material is often used in the traditional learning environment. This method oft...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study evaluated a change in immunization rates and medical resident knowledge following an educational intervention. Differences in immunization rates based on resident or patient characteristics were also assessed. METHODS This pre- and post-intervention retrospective chart review targeted family medicine and internal medicine residents at the St. Vincent Joshu...

BACKGROUND Knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP)-based educational intervention is an important tool to reduce underreporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Hence, this study aimed to assess the KAP of doctors and nurses working in medicine and allied departments of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research on spontaneous reporting of ADRs, following an educational in...

The technique for efficiently managing management resources by ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and SCM (Supply-Chain Management) has been widely introduced in the manufacturing business before. Recently, PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) to which ERP and SCM is enhanced is spreading. PLM is paid to attention now by the technique for managing the product planning, the design, manufacturing, ...

PURPOSE To examine the organizational structure of educational technology units within U.S. and Canadian medical schools in order to (1) identify organization models that support educational technology, (2) describe key attributes of these models, and (3) discuss the strengths and challenges associated with these models. METHOD The authors distributed a survey to 88 schools that had previousl...