Figure 1. Male bodybuilders from the Physical Culture Society of Montreal posing semi-naked with their trainer in a photo (Public Domain).

There are two streams of research when combining multiagent systems and learning. One regards multiagent systems in which the agents have learning capabilities and they learn from the environment in which they operate. The feedback the agent receives from the environment includes knowledge about the other agents in the system. The second direction investigates the issue of multiagent learning w...

The tutorial between GP Trainer and GP Registrar is at the centre of learning and assessment in General Practice. However, the content and style of the tutorial is left to the discretion of the trainer themselves and the evaluation of this tutorial is carried out in an unsystematic way. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore what GPs believe constitutes a good tutorial in terms of the be...

OBJECTIVE To explore and document the experiences of those receiving support from a lay health trainer, in order to inform the optimisation and evaluation of such interventions. DESIGN Longitudinal qualitative study with up to four serial interviews conducted over 12 months. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using the constant comparative approach associated with grounded theory. PAR...

This paper presents our experiences in evolving the Virtual Objective Structured Clinical Exam (VOSCE) system. This system allows medical students to experience the interaction between a patient and a medical doctor using natural methods of interaction with a high level of immersion. These features enable the system to provide training on medical communication skills. We discuss the experiences...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to assess whether an inexpensive tablet-based box trainer (TBT) is at least equally effective compared with a standard box trainer (SBT) to learn basic laparoscopic skills (BLS). BLS training outside the operating room has been shown to be beneficial for surgical residency. However, simulation trainers are expensive and are not consistently available in all t...

Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag der Zeitschrift Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. (GIO) wird ein mehrdimensionaler und zeitlich effizienter Kurzfragebogen zur Beurteilung von Trainer/innenkompetenzen in beruflichen Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen vorgestellt drei Studien mit einer Gesamtstichprobe N = 872 Berufstätigen psychometrisch überprüft. Konfirmatorische Faktorenanalysen bestätigen die postul...