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Research activities for medical students and residents (trainees) are expected to serve as a foundation for the acquisition of basic research skills. Some medical schools therefore recommend research work as partial requirement for certification. However medical trainees have many difficulties concerning research, for which reason potential remedial strategies need to be constantly developed and tested. The views of medical trainees are assessed followed by their use and appraisal of a novel...

Acta Geologica Sinica - English EditionVolume 88, Issue s2 p. 1530-1531 Meeting Abstracts Geological and Geochemical Characterization of Iron-titanium Mineral Indices in the Tertiary Anorogenic Complex of Bana (Cameroon Volcanic Line) J. P. TCHOUANKOUE, Corresponding Author J. P. TCHOUANKOUE University of Yaounde I, Department of Earth Sciences, P.O. Box 812 Yaounde-CameroonCorresponding author. E-mail: tchouankoue@yahoo.comSearch for more papers by this authorY. B. LEMDJOU, Y. B. LEMDJOU...

The mining industry worldwide is facing a tremendous shortage of minerals engineers in all fields of specialization. For instance, in Australia the skills shortage in the mining industty has been identified as one of the top risks facing the mining industry. In Namibia most minerals engineers employed are expatriates, with some being Namibians who studied abroad. The minerals engineering programmes at the Polytechnic of Namibia are still in their infancy. These programmes were designed to...

The resilience literature is increasingly drawing attention to formal service provision as a means for social ecologies to support children's and youths' positive adjustment to challenging life circumstances. This article interrogates the universality and simplicity of this argument. Using a secondary data analysis of the life stories of 16 resilient, Black South African students from impoverished families, we show that education services predominated students' childhood and youth experience...

A common global perception of group work in the higher education context is that it has the potential to act as a platform which can enable student learning by means of interactions, shared diverse experiences, deep engagement with subject concepts and the achievement of tasks collaboratively. Indeed, in different socio-economic, historical and institutional contexts, group work activities have become levers by which deeper learning could be achieved. Drawing on perceptions and experiences...

This study assessed knowledge of healthy eating and its consequences among rural secondary school learners. The study adopted a quantitative approach using a descriptive survey design. Data were collected from 321 randomly selected learners aged 14 - 18 years using a self-administered questionnaire. Permission was obtained from all relevant authorities. Parents/learners' informed consent was obtained. The majority (88%; n= 289) of learners did not know the basic nutrients found in food as...

Though transition from pre-tertiary to tertiary institutions needs to bring new aspirations and a sense of change in many areas of lifeâ??s experiences for students with disabilities, it can also bring about many un-anticipated challenges. This study assessed the perception of students with disabilities concerning challenges associated with their transition from pre-tertiary to tertiary educational institution. A descriptive design was employed in which questionnaires were administered to 67...

From 2008 to 2011, schoolgirls were vaccinated against HPV in two districts in Uganda following sensitization. This study assessed girls' knowledge of cervical cancer and HPV vaccine, and their acceptance of future vaccination of friends and hypothetical daughters. The cross-sectional, mixed methods comparative study was conducted in two districts. Univariate, bivariate, logistic regression and thematic analyses were done. HPV vaccination was positively associated with knowledge (Crude OR:...

This cross-sectional, unlinked anonymous HIV survey among WSU students was a follow-up to a national study conducted in 2009 by the Higher Education HIV and AIDS Programme (HEAIDS) amongst Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), in which 13.3% students of Walter Sisulu University were HIV positive. This study was conducted to determine whether there has been a change in the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and beliefs of WSU students after some interventions were introduced. The study...

A number of studies have explored the relationship between adult education and community development. These often do not provide in-depth accounts of how such relationships emerge and develop. The case study of Emesco Development Foundation (EDF) was conducted to specifically interrogate this relationship from the contextual setting of a single NGO in Uganda. The interest was on how adult education emerged, is understood and practiced by novice adult educators in community development work....

In Nigeria, there is paucity of information on the IPV burden and experience among young women in courtship and dating relationships. This study assesses the prevalence and correlates of IPV in female undergraduate and postgraduate students in a tertiary institution.The study was a cross-sectional survey. A four-stage sampling technique was used to select 1,100 undergraduate and 255 postgraduate female students from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Data was collected using a 43-item...

Treatments for adolescents affected by long-term loss in low- and middle-income countries are lacking. As school-based interventions are cost-efficient and easy to disseminate, an evaluation of this treatment setting for adolescents is worthwhile.Examining the effect of a school-based unstructured emotional writing intervention (sensu Pennebaker, group 1) about the loss of a parent to reduce adaptation problems to loss, compared to writing about a hobby (group 2), and non-writing (group...

This study presents a synthesis of the experiences and perspectives of nurse educators regarding uncivil classroom behaviours of nursing students in a school of nursing. Using a descriptive, phenomenological design, 11 nurse educators were purposively sampled for their experiences and knowledge of the phenomenon under study. The participants provided data as individuals in face-to-face interviews until data were saturated. Participation was voluntary; discussions were confidential, with no...

The study examined the implementation of the 2006 Zimbabwean language policy which stipulates that Shona may be used as medium of instruction in primary schools up to grade 7, a development which came 26 years after Zimbabwe gained her independence.The paper investigated the extent to which Shona is being used in the teaching-learning process where English, a foreign language, has always mediated the teaching and examining of primary education in the country.The research design adopted for...