Probably ever since the Flexner report endowed basic scientists with a central role in the education of doctors, the same basic scientists have been engaged in active, but circular, debates about why basic science really is essential to medical education. The arguments are generally at the theological level and can easily be dismissed by critics as self-serving. There is little evidence in the ...

EuroSDR (former OEEPE) has embarked on distance education. Short courses related to three of its recent research projects were offered in 2002 and will be run again in 2004 together with a forth course. ITC has contributed a course on active sensor technology for digital terrain relief modelling. The paper reports on course design and gained experiences.

A Qualitative Space highlights research approaches that push readers and scholars deeper into qualitative methods and methodologies. Contributors to A Qualitative Spacemay: advance new ideas about qualitative methodologies, methods, and/or techniques; debate current and historical trends in qualitative research; craft and share nuanced reflections on how data collection methods should be revise...

This paper presents the key factors driving successful software development in NRENs and reasons that may cause defective software production. This article is focused on the characteristic of the software development in a multi-domain environment. Basing on lessons learnt from GÉANTX projects, we present several good practices in software development that lead to valuable software product.

Rapid advances inhighperformancecomputing aremaking possiblemore complete and accuratecomputer-basedmodeling of complex physicalphenomena, such as weather frontinteractions, dynamics ofchemicalreactions, numericalaerodynamicanalysisofairframes, and ocean-land-atmosphere interactions. Many of these"grand challenge"applications areas demanding of the underlyingstorage system,intermsoftheircapacit...

Oral healthcare professionals need to ascertain the quality of journals and to read articles critically, distinguishing good from poor research. The oral health practitioner must continually review dental research articles to learn about new options for therapy and oral health products. How does the practitioner know when he/she should incorporate these new procedures into their practice? This ...

This paper presents discussions on stochastic education in early childhood, based on two doctoral research projects carried out with groups of preschool teachers from public schools in the Brazilian cities of Suzano and São Paulo who were participating in a continuing education program. The objective is to reflect on the analysis of two didactic situations related to the learning of statistics ...

The MBBS-PhD programme is a significant milestone in medical education in Singapore. In July 2000, the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore launched this programme in collaboration with the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, with support from the Economic Development Board, and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore. The objectives of the programme are...