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Conceptualization Our assumption is that a frequent and effective means to implement service-learning is to begin with presentations to faculty at the cognitive, intellectual level (i.e., abstract conceptualization). This assumption is based, in part, on the belief that the training and work of faculty predisposes them toward abstract, theoretical analyses. To the extent that this is the case, ...

INTRODUCTION Researchers believe that nutrition environments contribute to obesity and may explain some health disparities. The Nutrition Environment Measures Surveys (NEMS) are valid and reliable observational measures of the nutrition environment. This article describes the dissemination of the measures, including the development, implementation, and evaluation of training workshops, and a fo...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the attending of the communication skills workshops by the emergency department doctors improves patient satisfaction and reduces the number of complaints on doctors' attitude. METHOD Standard performas were sent to all emergency departments (EDs) in Hong Kong soliciting their numbers of written complaints on doctors' attitude or communication problems during the n...

Test-retest reliability of a vocational assessment battery called the Pennsylvania Bi-Manual Worksample (PBWS) (Roberts, 1969) was examined in this study. The PBWS was administered to 30 adults with developmental disabilities at two different times, with an interval of 7 to 10 days between administrations. The subjects, who had mild to moderate degrees of mental retardation and ranged in age fr...

Behavior categories for observations of 304 mentally disabled adults were analyzed in relation to settings (sheltered workshops and residential facility), personal characteristics (age, sex, IQ, diagnosis, and desire for affiliation) and characteristics of partners. Both settings and personal characteristics predicted individual behavior rates for the 10 most frequently observed behavior catego...

Welcome to the latest issue of the International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (IJMHCI). This issue follows on from the repeated success of similarly themed issues over the past five years. It has been collated to showcase the best papers from a selection of the workshops run during the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (...

Workshops are a common educational format for transmitting information and promoting skill acquisition. However, they frequently fall short of their teaching potential. Many workshops do not seem like workshops at all. Participants are often quiet, passive onlookers; the workshop coordinator gives a ‘lecture’ to the group; and questions and discussion are frequently absent. A workshop has been ...

introduction. determining educational needs is the first step in educational planning. need assessment influences all the decisions regarding educational content, objectives & effective use of resources. to determine the correspondence of educational needs & content in the psychiatry & pediatrics prevalent diseases workshops. methods. to do this cross- sectional study, 50 physicians participati...