OBJECTIVE in Sweden, acupuncture education is required before midwives can use the method in clinical practice. Courses in acupuncture are usually organised by private individuals or companies, and each health facility decides on the adequacy of the educational package. Therefore, there is no overall standard or quality control for free-standing courses of acupuncture education for midwives. Th...

Distance education is becoming ever more important in providing continuing post basic, and especially postgraduate, education to practising professional persons, including nurses. As more and more institutions in the Republic of South Africa offer distance education courses to nurses, it is essential to take note of the positive and negative experiences of successful graduates of these programm...

nowadays using new technologies in education is one of important challenges of educational associations. using new technologies cause increase of efficiency in education. in this paper, the place of it in education of 4 language skills has analyzed and difficulties of arabic language students in related courses have discussed. using computer, educational software, internet and other equipments ...

Background: The Structure and Function of “On Doctoring” Courses Although no description currently exists in the medical education literature on the emergence, content, and purposes of OD courses, this somewhat new addition to the formal compendium of undergraduate medical education does have a considerable Internet presence. Searches for “on doctoring” courses (along with associated terms such...

There has been much research done on online learning including research on online educational activities and methods. The use of technology is gaining rising importance in higher education due to the benefits that it brings. In terms of adopting new technologies to teaching, new forms of teaching, such as massive open online courses (MOOCs), are increasingly seen as a feasible future form of le...