The practice of psychiatry in the UK has for most of its existence been focused on the needs of adults, and it has been with this age group in mind that educational programmes and training needs have been formulated. It is not surprising, then, that the content and shape of psychiatric training programmes have followed this clinically-driven pattern. Trainees entering psychiatry begin their cli...

In this paper we present the creation of a distance and life-long training Environment for the deaf people in the e-commerce and new technologies sector via e-learning tools. The resources will feed the development of a multi-language platform within Leonardo framework (DELFE project) for supporting elearning in Greek Sign Language (GSL). The basic objective of the project is the support of the...

During the past few years, changes in medical practice and curricula have heightened the need to establish guidelines for expected competencies in community pediatrics. The shift of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) toward an outcome-focused process for the training of physicians and the 1996 Pediatric Resident Review Committee (RRC) extended requirements for trai...

Professionals and tradespeople do not promote low carbon building options unless they have proven solutions and confidence to implement them. Consequently, without effective education and training they continue to ’lock in’ high carbon options. Studies of education and training in sustainable and low-carbon building practices indicate collaborative learning approaches are required to address th...

Advances in hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (HCT) have led to an increasing number of transplantations and a concomitant requirement for physicians skilled in transplantation care. Guidelines for training HCT physicians were published in 2001; however, the past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the medical knowledge and skill set that these physicians need to deliver the highes...

Medical resident education in the United States has been a matter of national priority for decades, exemplified initially through the Liaison Committee for Graduate Medical Education and then superseded by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. A recent Special Report in the New England Journal of Medicine, however, has described resident educational programs to date as presc...

This paper describes characteristics of Engineering of Computer-Based Systems (ECBS), a newly recognized discipline, and the need for formal undergraduate and graduate level education of engineers in this discipline. The tasks to be undertaken by CBS engineers are outlined. They form the requirements for the preparation of the ECBS Master program. The paper describes in detail the suggested cou...

In this paper we examine the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) 4011-4016 family of standards for high assurance academic programs. Currently, institutions that apply for the NSA Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAEIAE) or Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation (IACE) designation must map their curricula to the CNSS standards. We survey academic ...