Research on cooperative learning is one of the greatest success stories in the history of educational research. While there was some research on this topic from the early days of this century, the amount and quality of that research greatly accelerated in the early 1970's, and continues unabated today, a quarter-century later. Hundreds of studies have compared cooperative learning to various co...

There are increasing numbers of cancer prevention and control investigator trainees. On the basis of experience as research proposal reviewers and on reviews of a large number of current trainees, we offer some perspectives on the discipline and important aspects of optimal training programs. The historical importance of public health activities, the significant differences between prevention a...

There is growing pressure for a review of postgraduate training in pathology. The establishment of monodisciplinary practice, the rapid advancement of subspecialities with their attendant problems of recruitment, and the decline of research activity by those in training identifies the need for an early change in the pattern of training.

conceptualisation a female interviewer talking to a mother in rural Bangladesh as part of the MSc project of International Centre for Eye Health student lutful Husain (page 7). BaNGlaDESH Figure 1. Kolb’s learning cycle3 Volume 20 | Issue No. 61 | March 2007

BACKGROUND In response to the global challenges of population aging in Portugal, it is crucial to improve research, education and clinical training in old age in order to meet the growing demands placed on psychogeriatric care services. METHODS An overview is provided on the status of old age psychology and psychiatry as part of the multidisciplinary care delivery system for the elderly in Po...

Introduction Nurses are critical to the research enterprise. However all nurses are not prepared to participate as members of the research team since education and training in clinical research nursing and nurse-specific Good Clinical Practice are not consistently included in nursing curricula. The lack of nurse education and training in clinical research and Good Clinical Practice leaves resea...

BACKGROUND There are few published reports of research training needs assessments and research training programs. In an effort to expand this nascent field of study and to bridge the gap between research and practice, we sought to systematically assess the research training needs of health care professionals working at Peruvian governmental institutions leading HIV and tuberculosis (TB) control...