conclusions the door-to-needle (dtn) time, in a standard setting, is recommended to be less than 30 minutes. according to the results of this study, the dtn time is comparatively two times longer in females and afternoon and night shifts. different variables including emergency staff, physicians, patients’ characteristics, and environmental/physical factors induced this difference. results in t...

Background: There are significant concerns for student mental health in higher education. New factors affect health, and campus counselling services overwhelmed. Struggling students turn to ideally placed familiar teaching staff support. This qualitative study, conducted an East of England university, aimed explore perceptions support offered by grappling with their health. It is unique, combin...

For peer assessments to be helpful, student reviewers need to submit reviews of good quality. This requires certain training or guidance from teaching staff, lest reviewers read each other’s work uncritically, and assign good scores but offer few suggestions. One approach to improving the review quality is calibration. Calibration refers to comparing students’ individual reviews to a standard—u...

Successful elementary and secondary educational reform requires analogous reform in teacher education; however, the standard undergraduate setting in schools of education poses considerable obstacles. In this paper, we describe the STEP environment for distributed problem-based learning (www.eSTEPweb.org), which represents one of many efforts to create a viable model for teacher education refor...

background : hepatitis b and c and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection are a serious health issue in iran. knowledge of the designed standard precautions can reduce occupational injuries which result in the transmission of these viruses. this study was conducted to determine the rate of occupational injuries and awareness of the standard precautions among laboratory staff and nurses of...

Behind each good student body president and vice president lies a great chief of staff. This person, unknown to most, is the glue of the staff who works behind the scenes to make sure that the office is run­ ning smoothly. “ I am a stunt double for Brooke and Brian. If they have a couple of meetings conflicting, they will send me,” said Jonathan Jorissen, current chief of staff under student bo...