C linical teachers have the challenging and profound responsibility to convey the art and science of current medical practice. Fortunately, over the past four decades, a variety of programs have been developed to help them play this difficult role. Starting with the initial work of Miller and colleagues in the mid 1950s, 1 faculty-development programs to enhance instructional skills have been c...

This article, which is based on the requirements for developing the course of Genetics as an outstanding course, summarizes the experience of engendering an excellent instructional system, expatiates on the effects of its application to the teaching process of "Genetics" and next step work for continuing this instructional system. The course quality of "Genetics" has been improved under the exc...

According to the demand of the power and refrigeration industry, the theoretical and practical teachings of the Thermal Energy and Power Engineering characteristic specialty in china are studied. The teaching reform and practice of the Thermal Energy and Power Engineering specialty have been carried out, including construction and reform measures, teaching reform and practice, features, and ach...

The article describes and evaluates the experience of designing and implementing a graduate educational project aimed at training health professionals in the Epidemiology area. The teaching-learning experience, linked to the development of field-work in the formation of Epidemiology specialists, is analyzed with the purpose of deepening our reflections on the different teaching strategies adopt...

Recent developments in medical curricula have led to marked changes in the teaching of gross (topographical) anatomy. This has resulted from the belief that anatomy is largely “content-driven” and not “skills-based”. This presentation describes and evaluates, primarily from the perspective of medical students, different methods of teaching anatomy and includes the “teaching” of such skills as: ...

This article reports on the experience of using the technique of miniproject-based learning (MPBL) as a key pedagogical method for teaching advanced computer networks within the context of a Master’s programme. A two-threaded approach was adopted. The MPBL thread within the course allows the students to gain practical experience and a deeper understanding of the key concepts of network protocol...

The study was designed to survey the curricular requirements, types of clinical experience, and materiak/ techniques used in teaching programs for all-ceramic restorations in Scandinavian dental schools. All 13 dental schools responded. Ten offered some clinical experience to pre-doctoral students, but only onc required one all-ceramic restoration. The departments of futed prosthodontics had th...