Our purpose in this study is to describe the circumstances and views of 16 individuals 8 years after their participation in one agency's conversion from a sheltered workshop to an exclusively community employment service. Individual interviews were conducted to examine participants' present employment circumstances and their perspectives on the agency changes and on their current life situation...

The authors describe a year-long faculty development initiative to develop leaders in medical education. The Teaching Scholars Program for Educators in the Health Sciences at McGill University enables faculty to improve their educational knowledge and skills while maintaining their clinical, teaching, and research responsibilities. The program, tailored to the participant's individual needs, co...

educational needs assessment of information and communication technology (itc) determines basic and specialized skill needs of human resources in the ict. this study investigated educational needs of information and communication technology (ict) in faculty members of physical education, universities of east azerbaijan province. data were collected usinga researcher-made questionnaire (the reli...

This paper analyses the synchronous discourse of group of students engaged in a series of workshops. The results indicate that groups in the educational environment exhibit both short-term and long-term developmental trends, thus providing a better understanding of how online learning communities develop and grow. Group development, elearning, synchronous communication

CDR Anthony R. Artino, Jr. is Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). Anthony received his Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Connecticut and has published several peer-reviewed articles on survey design in health professions education. He has recently presented several survey-design worksho...

AIM The aim of this project was to develop and deliver an evidence-based educational package with a physical and mental health focus to clinicians and other health care workers in mental health settings. BACKGROUND For individuals who experience mental disorders, pharmacotherapy is often considered as a first line of treatment. However, owing to adverse drug reactions and pre-existing physica...