BACKGROUND The effect of frequent examinations on the students' learning has had inconsistent results. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of frequent announced quizzes on the learning of a representative sample of Iranian medical students. METHODS This experimental study was conducted among 37 fifth semester medical students who had taken the course in Protozoology and Helminthology...

background: the effect of frequent examinations on the students’ learning has had inconsistent results. this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of fre-quent announced quizzes on the learning of a representative sample of iranian medical students. methods: this experimental study was conducted among 37 fifth semester medical students who had taken the course in protozoology and helmintholog...

A workshop was held at Onderstepoort on 2-3 July 1999 to set priorities in veterinary helminthology for South Africa. Representatives from 19 organisations attended. The workshop achieved 2 of its 3 aims, namely to identify the priority areas within the field and to set specific objectives to be achieved in addressing these needs. Seven strategies were proposed, namely, motivation, education, t...

PROTOZOOLOGY AND HELMINTHOLOGY. By L. R. S. Macfarlane, O.B.E., M.D., M.A., D.P.H. (Pp. vii + 251; figs. 61; plates 8. 35s.) Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1960. TtiIs is a useful diagnostic manual. It presents basic information on the above subjects in condeiised form. It will prove most useful, as suggested by the author, to students preparing for the Diploma in Tropical Medi...

If divines and physicians could not agree, what was the state supposed to do? Evn if a consensus had emerged, was there any administrative body with sufficient authority, efficiency and resources to enforce the necessary measures against an uncertain and unwilling populace? Slack drily tells us that "The postponement of the Lord Mayor's Show and the celebration of James I's coronation in 1603 m...