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Sujana, I Made; Hanafi, Nurachman; Wilian, Sudirman; Syahrial, Edy; Fitriana, Eka – International Journal of Language Education, 2019
As an international lingua franca, English plays an important role for students of health for both academic and career success; however, it is often neglected in its planning and implementation. The present study aims at redesigning the teaching of English for midwifery students using an ESP approach by analyzing present situations (PSA), target…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Obstetrics
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Mohammed, Salisu Ishaku; Ahonsi, Babatunde; Oginni, Ayodeji Babatunde; Tukur, Jamilu; Adoyi, Gloria – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: To assess the knowledge of nurse-midwife educators on the major causes of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Setting: Schools of nursing and midwifery in Nigeria. Method: A total of 292 educators from 171 schools of nursing and midwifery in Nigeria were surveyed for their knowledge of the major causes of maternal mortality as a prelude to…
Descriptors: Obstetrics, Nursing, Foreign Countries, Differences
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Karkee, Rajendra; Baral, Om Bahadur; Khanal, Vishnu; Lee, Andy H. – Health Education Research, 2014
Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BP/CR) program has been promoted in Nepal to equip pregnant women with obstetric knowledge so as to motivate them to seek professional care. Using a prospective design of 701 pregnant women of more than 5 months gestation in a central hills district of Nepal, we evaluated if having obstetric knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Birth, Role, Obstetrics
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Kiernan, Louise; White, Eoin; Morrissey, Kellie – Design and Technology Education, 2021
Contemporary design education seeks to prepare students for the workplace through studiobased learning that replicates real world practice. Design problems in the workplace have become increasingly complex and one example of this is within the area of design for healthcare, which requires multidisciplinary collaboration between various…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Design, Partnerships in Education, Online Courses
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Consedine, Nathan S.; Windsor, John A. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
Mismatches between the needs of public health systems and student interests have led to renewed study on the factors predicting career specializations among medical students. While most work examines career and lifestyle values, emotional proclivities may be important; disgust sensitivity may help explain preferences for careers with greater and…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Medical Students, Student Interests, Specialization
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Jurjus, Rosalyn A.; Lee, Juliet; Ahle, Samantha; Brown, Kirsten M.; Butera, Gisela; Goldman, Ellen F.; Krapf, Jill M. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2014
Surgical anatomy is taught early in medical school training. The literature shows that many physicians, especially surgical specialists, think that anatomical knowledge of medical students is inadequate and nesting of anatomical sciences later in the clinical curriculum may be necessary. Quantitative data concerning this perception of an…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Surgery, Anatomy
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Boyd, Pete; Smith, Caroline; Ilhan Beyaztas, Dilek – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
Academic developers need to understand the situated workplaces of the academic tribes they are supporting. This study proposes the use of the expansive--restrictive workplace learning environment continuum as a tool for evaluation of academic workplaces. The tool is critically appraised through its application to the analysis of workplace…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Conditions, College Faculty, Nursing Education
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Areskoug-Josefsson, Kristina; Schindele, Anna Chuchu; Deogan, Charlotte; Lindroth, Malin – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2019
Knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) by health care, police, legal and social work professionals has been shown to be insufficient. This lack of competence is likely to affect the quality of services. The aim of this study was to describe SRHR indicators in educational programmes in health care, police, legal and social…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Health Services, Civil Rights, Physical Therapy
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Madkour, Aubrey S.; Xie, Yiqiong; Harville, Emily W. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Adverse birth outcomes are more common among adolescent versus adult mothers, but little is known about school-based services that may improve birth outcomes in this group. Methods: Data from Waves I and IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health were analyzed. Girls and women who gave birth to singleton live infants…
Descriptors: Health Services, Birth, Adolescents, Mothers
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Mitchell, Veronica Ann – Education as Change, 2017
Reflective practice has become a core component in higher education studies. In the health sciences, reflective tasks are required throughout the undergraduate programmes, yet many students struggle to find value in these tasks for their present and future professional practice. Benefits that can be derived from the process are undermined by this…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries
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Murray, Neil; Muller, Amanda – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
Students entering English-medium universities frequently struggle to cope with the language demands of their degree programmes, despite having met the English language entry conditions stipulated by their receiving institutions. This can have significant repercussions for the teaching-learning process, for the student experience and for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, College Students
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Oyira, Emilia James; Mgbekem, Mary; Osuchukwu, Easther Chukwudi; Affiong, Ekpenyong Onoyom; Lukpata, Felicia E.; Ojong-Alasia, Mary Manyo – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Objective: To examine background of midwives the effectiveness in delivery pain and anxiety/fear control of expectant mothers in Nigeria. Methods: Two null hypotheses were formulated. The survey design with sample of 360 post-natal women was selected from a population of 78,814 through the polio immunization registers of selected health center in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obstetrics, Females, Allied Health Personnel
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Greenberg, Larrie; Blatt, Benjamin; Keller, Jennifer; Gaba, Nancy – Journal of Faculty Development, 2016
Faculty development efforts have had varying success in changing the culture of a department or institution. In this paper, we describe a faculty development program using a residents as teachers (RATS) curriculum that we believe effected educational change in a department with a history of suboptimal student evaluations on the clerkship and an…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Change, Departments, Reputation
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Oyira, Emilia James; Emon, Umoe Duke; Essien, N. C.; Ekpenyong, Affiong Onoyom – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
This study sought to investigate western and traditional educational background of midwives with regard to their effectiveness in delivery pain control in Cross River State-Nigeria. To achieve this purpose, two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the investigation. The study adopted the survey design. The sample consisted of 360 post-natal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Birth, Allied Health Personnel, Questionnaires
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Deasy, Christine; Coughlan, Barry; Pironom, Julie; Jourdan, Didier; Mannix-McNamara, Patricia – Irish Educational Studies, 2016
Psychological distress as experienced by higher education students is of major concern because of its potential to adversely impact academic performance, retention, mental health and lifestyle. This paper reports a mixed method investigation of student self-reported psychological distress and help-seeking behaviour. The sample comprised all…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Emotional Disturbances, Mixed Methods Research, Foreign Countries
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