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Efficacy of Online Training for Improving Camp Staff Competency
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Garst, Barry A.; Gagnon, Ryan J.; Brawley, Alice M. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2019
Preparing competent staff is a critical issue within the camp community. This quasi-experimental study examined the effectiveness of an online course for improving staff competency in camp healthcare practices among college-aged camp staff and a comparison group (N = 55). We hypothesized that working in camp would increase competency test scores…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Pretests Posttests, Instructional Effectiveness, Control Groups
Positive and Null Effects of Interprofessional Education on Attitudes toward Interprofessional Learning and Collaboration
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Kenaszchuk, Chris; Rykhoff, Margot; Collins, Laura; McPhail, Stacey; van Soeren, Mary – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2012
Interprofessional education (IPE) for health and social care students may improve attitudes toward IPE and interprofessional collaboration (IPC). The quality of research on the association between IPE and attitudes is mediocre and IPE effect sizes are unknown. Students at a college in Toronto, Canada, attended an IPE workshop. A comparison group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperation, Workshops, Effect Size
A Pilot Project to Develop a Tool to Assess Gain in Knowledge in Third Graders Participating in a Science Based Drug Prevention Education Curriculum
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Butler, Miriam – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Drug use and abuse presents a significant problem to individuals, families, and law enforcement in communities across the United States. Methamphetamine is a particular concern in one rural eastern Missouri county. Much work being done in this county by multiple agencies to decrease methamphetamine production and use. Little attention, however,…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Science Instruction, Drug Education, Drug Abuse
Exploring Healthcare Simulation as a Platform for Interprofessional Education
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Palaganas, Janice Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Interprofessional education (IPE) is gradually recognized as essential to patient safety and implemented as a standard for healthcare education through professional organization recommendations and accrediting bodies. Given the increasing adoption of experiential and team-based learning, healthcare simulation (HCS) has become a preferred vehicle…
Descriptors: Simulation, Health Services, Interdisciplinary Approach, Allied Health Occupations Education
Mind Maps: Useful Schematic Tool for Organizing and Integrating Concepts of Complex Patient Care in the Clinic and Classroom
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Zipp, Genevieve Pinto; Maher, Cathy; D'Antoni, Anthony V. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2009
Academicians are always trying to answer the question, "What is the most effective way to teach?" Finding the answer to this question is no easy task but recognizing that each teachable moment must be shaped based upon the learner, task, and the environment enable the academician to consider viable teaching strategies that would promote the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Critical Thinking
Computer-Based Instruction and the Web for Delivering Injury Prevention Training
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Walker, Bonnie L.; Harrington, Susan S. – Educational Gerontology, 2008
This study investigated the effects of 10 injury prevention computer-based training modules tested by 120 participants from 65 facilities that provide care or support to elderly people needing long-term care. The training was delivered either on CD-ROM or at a Web site. A repeated measures analysis was performed with module scores on a pretest and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Prevention, Injuries, Learning Modules