... Nevertheless, students remain confident that the
training received will allow them to be good, competent
doctors in Mozambique and elsewhere [10].
As formedicalstudentsin other Portuguese speaking
African ... doctors were trained in for-
eign countries, mostly in Cuba [1].
A previous study of medicalstudents registered for
the 1998/99 academic year in the MF-UEM, showed
that academic performance was ... 8:21
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CASE STUDY Open Access
Profile and professional expectations of medical
studentsin Mozambique: a longitudinal study
Paulo Ferrinho
1,2*
, In s Fronteira
1,2
, Mohsin Sidat
3
, Fernando...
... physician in the Maldah District, West Bengal, India. Dr. Sanyal
completed his medical graduation in 1975, and his specialty training in Internal Medicine in 1985. He has well over 16 years of
experience ... Environmental Health in India. He is both an otolaryngologist and an
epidemiologist. Dr. Basu graduated in the year 1990 from Medical College, Calcutta, India and had further graduate training in
otolaryngology ... returned to Indiain 2000, and continued to work as a consultant otolaryngologist and epidemiologist. In 2002, he joined
the UC Berkeley based Fogarty International Training Program in Environmental...
... non-native speakers,
remind them that in today's global society, the chances are that they will find
themselves conversing, doing business, or otherwise interacting in English with
other non-native ...
can use a multilingual conversational exercise to point out the difference between
what a student thinks he is saying and what his classmates actually hear.
ã As students tend to forget, communication ... listening, not just to
the video or to native speakers, but to each other as well. For those students who
think it is pointless or even detrimental to listen to other non-native speakers,
remind...
... is to find one or two classmates
with whom you can divide up some of the study tasks. Look for
people who seem to share a keen interest in performing well. In
addition to looking for individuals ... in which students will complain of
faulty and/or insufficient memory: when reading texts, while
listening in class, and when revising for exams. Let's look at each
in turn.
Remembering ... really a method of studying in short bursts
of fifteen minutes each. With short study bursts and frequent
short breaks, your mind can maintain high concentration and
continuing vigour. Here's...
... acid
- Leave for 3 minutes
- Rinse in running water
- Cover in 70° alcohol
- Leave for 5 minutes
- Rinse again in running water
- Destain again with the acid until almost all of the stain has disappeared
- ... contains basic information that can be used:
ã
in training medical students, in supervised group work, presentations and
discussions;
ã
in refresher courses for practising physicians, and for ... reservoir of infection.
Reducing the risk of infection among healthy individuals, by improving living
conditions (reducing overcrowding, letting sun and air into dwellings) and
nutrition.
Preventing the...
...
hereafter:
Remembering: Recalling information
Understanding: Explaining ideas or
concepts
Applying: Using information in another
familiar situation
Analyzing: Breaking information into
parts to ... the main ideas and organization
of the information
- Infer and/or predict
- Paraphrasing/Translating
- Exemplifying, comparing
and contrasting, and
classifying
- Intermediate Skimming, ...
(information elements)
- Recall sequence of facts and ideas
(information order)
- Recall reference and simple
inference (information linkage)
- Scanning, Basic Skimming
- Basic Surveying...
... after day, searching
out leads, refining our marketing constantly trying to improve our offering. It’s about speaking to
people, finding out what product or service they want, trying to provide ... any business working in 2013 can get away with ignoring the
Internet. I mean, when was the last time you looked up the Yellow Pages to find a business
service rather than searching online? I’m ... something for your business can harm your brand and end up costing you
more than you would have paid in the first place.
Think about you financial books for a second. How long do you spend doing...
... an A. Go find a quiet, boring place to study
where there will be nothing around you more interesting than your economics book. Can’t think of
such a place? Try the library. By studying at the ... the students who make A’s in economics do so primarily because they know how to study
efficiently, not because they are smarter than students making lower grades. The following ten studytips ... become more effective in your study technique and make higher grades
in all your courses, not just managerial economics!
Ten Basic StudyTips
1. Studyin the library. Don’t study at home unless...
...
origin in inadequate or disrupted breastfeeding.
6.3 Infants and young children living in
emergency situations
Why infant and young child feeding is exceptionally
vulnerable in emergencies
In ... progress in coverage of effective
interventions
In 2008, WHO and partners issued a set of indicators
for assessing infant and young child feeding practices
(20). The indicators are intended for ... are met.
Use fortified complementary foods or vitamin-mineral 9.
supplements for the infant, as needed
Increase fluid intake during illness, including more 10.
frequent breastfeeding, and encourage...
... want to find some way to express what they’re
feeling by creating artwork, writing, playing music, acting in a
theater, singing in a choir or just talking to a friend or trusted adult.
Students ... those
things.
When students feel anxious, it may help to find a calming activity.
Doing math, working out, listening to music, making lists, doing
crossword puzzles, or memorizing something sometimes ... fold
laundry. It can make a real difference forstudents to help their
parents and others.
4
Tips for Students
Here are some things to think about forstudents who are at a new
school because their...
... impending examinations galvanize them into trying to really get to grips
with their subject, and only at this point do they begin to appreciate quite how
interesting it is.
Tips: Putting things in ... 21
2.2 Structuring information 28
2.3 Formal teaching 41
2.4 Learning in groups 49
2.5 Learning through experience 54
2.6 Personal development profiling 57
3 Using IT 63
3.1 Using learning resource ... a
topic, in this case the factors affecting the development of language.
ORGANIZING INPUTS 25
2
Organizing inputs
2.1 What kind of student are you?
2.2 Structuring information
2.3 Formal teaching
2.4...
... the selection of medical students, there are –
in several countries including some in Africa – pro-
grammes based on affirmative action aiming to increase
the intake of medicalstudents from disadvantaged ... "closely the social groups for which they are going
to care" [7]. Nevertheless, most health training institu-
tions, including the Faculty of Medicine in Maputo, still
use academic record ... questionnaire administered to all medical students
at the faculty.
Results: Although most medicalstudents were from outside Maputo City and Maputo Province,
expectations of getting into medical school...
... demography.
Planning for reducing imbalances in the supply of health
professionals in Spain
In Spain there is an intense debate within the medical
profession and in society in general about whether ... certified for practice in
Spain, whether or not in the regional health systems.
In spite of the wealth of information for the public
health system, the total number of doctors, including
those in private ... developed by Forrester in
1958 [37,38] a nd since then frequently used in a wide
variety of contexts [38], including human resources
planning [39-43]. In Spain, system dynamics has been
applied for designing...
... academic year.
Results: Students decide to study medicine at an early age. Relatives and friends seem to have an especially
important influence in encouraging, reinforcing and promoting the desire to ... before entering medical education.
Academic performance is poor. This seems to be related to difficulties in accessing materials, finances and
insufficient high school preparation.
Medical students ... (students
surveyed in Mozambique included participants in the
seventh year of training, whereas in Guinea-Bissau the
training had just reached its fourth year) (Table 2). In
Mozambique the most frequent...