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Use of an Intelligent Tutoring System for a Curriculum on Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Feasibility for Implementation
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Shakila Dada; Cathy Flores; Kirsty Bastable; Kerstin Tönsing; Alecia Samuels; Sourav Mukhopadhyay; Beatrice Isanda; Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe; Unati Stemela-Zali; Saira Banu Karim; Legini Moodley; Adele May; Refilwe Morwane; Katherine Smith; Rahab Mothapo; Mavis Mohuba; Maureen Casey; Zakiyya Laher; Nothando Mtungwa; Robyn Moore – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Over 8 million children with disabilities live in Africa and are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), yet formal training for team members, such as speech-language therapists and special education teachers, is extremely limited. Only one university on the continent provides postgraduate degrees in AAC, and…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education
"A Sort of Roadmap to Success…": A Model for Piloting ePortfolios and Lessons Learned from a Rehabilitation Sciences Curriculum
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Wescott, Jennifer; Schwartz, Orit – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2022
In this paper, we present the development, implementation, and lessons learned during the 2-year pilot integration of an ePortfolio across a rehabilitation sciences (RS) curriculum within a publicly funded state university. We consider the educational environment and discuss decision points during various stages of the project. Four key aspects of…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
The Invisible Work of Distributed Medical Education: Exploring the Contributions of Audiovisual Professionals, Administrative Professionals and Faculty Teachers
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MacLeod, Anna; Kits, Olga; Mann, Karen; Tummons, Jonathan; Wilson, Keith W. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2017
Distributed medical education (DME) is becoming increasingly prevalent. Much of the published literature on DME has focused on the experiences of learners in distributed programs; however, our empirical work leads us to believe that DME changes the context significantly, not only for learners, but also for other important members of the…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Ethnography, Partnerships in Education
Practical Steps and Collegiality in the Building of Podiatry Curricula to Meet Accreditation and Health Sector Employability Demands
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Raspovic, Anita; Pannan, Linda – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2013
Historically, mixed arrangements have been in place between educational institutions and podiatrist registration bodies to evaluate the capacity of courses to adequately prepare new graduates for clinical practice. The national scheme for the registration of health practitioners introduced in 2010, followed by a national system for accreditation…
Descriptors: Podiatry, Employment Qualifications, Medical Education, Accountability
The Relationship between Selected Faculty Characteristics and Cultural Elements Included in Cultural Competency Training in Physician Assistant Education
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Kelly, Patricia J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Cultural competency training has been present in academic medicine for many years but interest has resurfaced when the Institute of Medicine released a report on health care disparity and called for curriculum improvement in medical education to eliminate the disparity in health care in the United States. This new interest, reinforced by medical…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Curriculum Development, Program Effectiveness, Competence
The Impact of Curriculum Change on Health Sciences First Year Students' Approaches to Learning
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Walker, Rebecca; Spronken-Smith, Rachel; Bond, Carol; McDonald, Fiona; Reynolds, John; McMartin, Anna – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
This study aimed to use a learning inventory (the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students, ASSIST) to measure the impact of a curriculum change on students' approaches to learning in two large courses in a health sciences first year programme. The two new Human Body Systems (HUBS) courses were designed to encourage students to take a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Human Body
"They Don't Know Much about Us": Educational Reform Impacts on Students' Learning in the Clinical Environment
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Wray, Natalie; McCall, Louise – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
Placements are an integral component of the medical, nursing, and allied health curriculum. Literature on problem-based learning indicates that curriculum change can impact student experience. However, outside of the nursing literature, there is little research on the impact of education reform on students' experiences of placements. This paper…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Negative Attitudes