Over the last two decades, there has been a concerted effort in North America to organize medical physicists' clinical training programs along more structured and formal lines. This effort has been prompted by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP) which has now accredited about 90 residency programs. Initially the accreditation focused on standardized an...

This study examines the motor skills and executive functioning (EF) of 28 children diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS; mean age: 10 years 6 months, range: 7–12 years; 19 boys, 9 girls) in comparison with ageand gender-matched typically developing children. The potential relationship between motor performance and EF in children with PDD-NOS is invest...

the paper has been performed to review library administrators' strategic planning role to improve the library staff of medical sciences university of iran. the study is survey-descriptive. the statistical population consists of 50 library administrators working in iran medical sciences university, but 44 subjects responded to the questionnaire used to gather data. the reliability (91.7%) w...

Introduction. Considering rights of patients and presence of a need for a standard clinical skills learning setting in recent 3 decades, it seems necessary to encourage decision – makers of medical education to establish clinical skills laboratory, in order to minimize unnecessary practices and possible injuries and reduce stress over students. CLS in TUMS was established in 2001. In planning...

Existing teaching-learning arrangements in many online courses do not offer sufficient scope for external students to work collaboratively. To prepare students for the IT profession, it is necessary to foster collaborative skills that are needed in the workplace. To provide an authentic context for learning, working collaborative in a technology-supported environment provides students with an a...

Because adolescents are generally viewed as "risk-takers," an assessment of planning and decision-making skills during the teenage years may reveal why this developmental group tends to engage in dangerous behaviors. One area in which these abilities have significant consequences for future outcome is pregnancy, a condition that requires a decision to either give birth or abort. Previewing, a p...

Nationwide, one rescue worker is lost for every two victims rescued in collapsed structure situations; following Sept. 11, 2001, this ratio fell to 1:1. Limited physical facilities are available for training rescue workers in collapsed structure rescue. Our idea is to develop a training game for teaching collapsed structure rescue skills to members of emergency response community. In order to p...

Qualitative research methodology was used to explore the purpose of level I fieldwork among occupational therapy students, clinical educators, and faculty respondents at one academic program. Differences in purposes among the three groups of respondents created different fieldwork expectations and outcomes. These differences underlined the importance of communication among students, clinical su...