While John Dewey’s learning theory has been widely credited as the essential theoretical underpinning of service learning, lesser attention has been paid to his concept of moral imagination regarding its immense potentials in nurturing college students’ moral growth in service learning. Th is article explores Dewey’s framework of moral imagination and its implications for moral education in col...

aims: there are several structured self-management education programs which are available nationally for patients with diabetes in the uk. this study was aimed to determine the factors influencing participation of patients with diabetes in the programs. patients and methods: a cross-sectional survey through semi-structured questionnaire distributed to 550 patients attending primary or secondary...

LESS ISMORE Implementing a GraduateMedical Education Campaign to Reduce or Eliminate Potentially Wasteful Tests or Procedures The important role of training program directors to educate residents and fellows about the value of cost-conscious diagnostic andmanagement strategies is clear.1 Indeed, a suggestionhas beenmade that costconscious care should be added as a seventh general competency by ...

Service-learning in higher education has gained increasing attention in recent years, but at most universities it remains an activity that is largely peripheral to the dominant concerns of the institution. Service learning has generally been defined as coursework that places undergraduates in community-service activities and relates those activities to academic content. In principle, service-le...

BACKGROUND Accidents are the leading cause of death in adults prior to middle age. The care of severely injured patients is an interdisciplinary challenge. Limited evidence is available concerning pre-hospital trauma care training programs and the advantage of such programs for trauma patients. The effect on trauma care procedures or on the safety of emergency crews on the scene is limited; how...

Service quality is imperative for higher education institutes in order to remain competitive and growing. There is a need to ensure students’ satisfaction with university. This study will help improve service quality of the institutes. Information and data are collected using a survey questionnaire from the higher education institutes of Pakistan using convenience sampling technique. Findings r...

Enhanced competency training is becoming an increasingly prominent aspect of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) emergency medicine (EM) program. Defined loosely as additional training in an area relevant to the practice of EM, the enhanced competency training pursued by Canadian EM residents can include accredited subspecialty fellowships such as intensive care or pe...