Nontraditional manufacturing (NTM) involves nontraditional transport phenomena and often nontraditional media. Thermally based energy transfer is the main material removal mechanism for several nontraditional machining processes including electrical discharge machining (EDM) and laser machining (LM). Thermal phenomena are also central in processes such as laser forming and direct metal depositi...

Background Drawing from the needs analysis approach in curriculum development research, this study focuses on improving the Chinese language learning experience of non-Chinese-speaking (NCS) students in the Vocational Training Council (VTC) through the use of systematic planning and review practices in all aspects of the Chinese language curriculum. As a cosmopolitan city, Hong Kong has about 3...

Nursing leadership development is important in today's changing health care climate. Nurse leaders affect staff satisfaction, patient outcomes, and the fiscal status of most health care organizations. This article delineates why leadership development is important to nursing, how to strengthen nursing leadership, how to design a methodology for building an internal nursing leadership developmen...

Curriculum development for distance education (DE) practitioners is more and more focusing on practical requirements and competence development. Delphi and DACUM methods have been used at some universities. However, in the competency-based development area, these methods have been taken over by professional-task-based development in the last decade, which has not been applied in the open and di...

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Oral Health released Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum for Family Medicine in October 2005 to address a need for high-quality residency and medical school curricula in an area of documented physician knowledge deficit. This article describes the background, planning, fund-raising, development, dissemination, and impact of the ...

Methods: The project adhered to four objectives: comprehensive coverage of the core curriculum, uniform approach to CAI pedagogy, multi-institutional development by educators, and extensive evaluation by users. An iterative process of case development separated content from effective use of the software and was followed by peer review. Case and program level evaluation was conducted during proj...

This paper outlines some of the complex relationships between the curriculum and technology, with particular attention on graphics calculators. Graphics calculators are of key significance for practical reasons of availability and affordability Until technology is available, curricula are not likely to be adjusted to accommodate them. Particular features of graphics calculators, including their...

curriculum is a map that provides learning opportunities to accomplish specific and general objectives (1). course content is the concept that is taught. in fact, course content is determined based on the differences derived from the final objectives of teaching and the current state (2). the perspectives of medical education authorities can contribute to promotion of current processes and can ...

Background and Purpose. Gastroenterology is a diverse subspecialty that covers a wide array of topics. The preclinical gastroenterology curriculum is often the only formal training that medical students receive prior to becoming residents. There is no Canadian consensus on learning objectives or instructional methods and a general lack of awareness of curriculum at other institutions. This resu...