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Background: Pharmacy training involves basic and applied sciences. The clinical aspect of the training in Nigeria is an emerging one in the past few decades. Inter-professional collaboration among pharmacists and physicians could be enhanced with physicians’ knowledge of pharmacist’s background in clinical training. Objectives: This study was conducted to assess medical student of the University of Ilorin knowledge and perception of training of undergraduate pharmacy students. Methods: The...

Kenyan public primary schools are rapidly adopting digital technology in teaching and learning.The purpose of this study was to establish teachers' computer skills as groundwork towards the integration of laptop computers in public primary schools in Homa Bay County, Kenya.The study was based on one objective: to investigate the teachers' computer skills that were necessary for the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) in Homa Bay County.A crosssectional survey was adopted as the research design...

IntroductionClimate, with particular reference to rainfall, is known to be changing worldwide (Chaponniere & Smokhtin

Aim To estimate time to first optimal glycaemic control and identify prognostic factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients attending diabetes clinic of public teaching hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods A retrospective chart review study was conducted at diabetes clinic of Addis Ababa’s public teaching hospitals among a randomly selected sample of 685 charts of patients with T2DMwho were on follow up from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2017. Data was collected using data...

Tourism is one of the leading sources of income, crucial to Egypt's economy where it contributes more than 7.2% of GDP and 14.4% of foreign currency revenues.The objective of the research is to investigate the impacts of climate change on tourism sector and expecting the future tourism performance of cities.The research has chosen Hurghada, the leading attracting coastal city on the Red Sea for foreign tourist as a case study.The mean monthly data of temperature, rainfall, moisture, wind...

Background: In South Africa, to become an ophthalmologist, one must successfully complete a 4-year postgraduate training programme as a registrar. This training has been offered at different institutions around the country for many years without ever being scrutinised.Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the training methods and platforms, overall satisfaction levels, problems and solutions pertaining to postgraduate ophthalmology training as identified by ophthalmology...

Throughout the ages, education (whether formal or informal) has been recognized as an instrument for individual and societal transformation.This is the main reason why every society continuously strives to bequeath upon its successive generations education that is not only qualitative, but functional (Chukwu, 2016).Educational systems are being restructured in many parts of the world.This is often because governments are seeking to improve the quality of educational outputs to increase...

The objective of this report is to support evidence-based decision making for the pre-primary education system in South Sudan, and to identify critical bottlenecks and potential pathways for further engagement aimed at improving and rebuilding the subsector. To understand the current landscape of pre-primary education in South Sudan, this report draws on findings from three key sources: (i) review of early childhood education in contexts of fragility, conflict and violence; (ii) situation...

The objectives of this study are to find out Firstly, the politeness strategies of request used by Libyan students and their lecturers in the classroom. Secondly, the politeness strategies of request mostly used by Libyan students and their lecturers. Thirdly, the factors that influence the use of the strategies by Libyan students and their lecturers. This study applied a descriptive qualitative approach. According to Creswell (1998:15), qualitative research is an inquiry process of...

Although there is plethora of studies on goal setting skills, there is paucity of experimental studies on this field. This study examined the comparative effectiveness of Mental Contrasting Therapy (MCT) and Self-Regulation Strategies (SRS) on enhancing goal setting skills of students in urban Nigeria. A group of 120 students (male=52, female=68) with age range of 14-17 years and mean age of ≥ 13.5 years were purposively drawn from secondary schools in urban Nigeria. Each of the intervention...

One of the objectives of coaching sport is improvement in athlete performance. Coach education can be viewed as a vehicle for enhancing the standards of coaching practice. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the development of a sports coach education curriculum model in a federation where no framework existed. A forward and backward curricular-mapping model was proposed, where coaches are given a voice in the development of curriculum outcomes, content knowledge and assessment. A...

Mainstreaming of Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) in primary schools has been a policy in the Kenyan educational system.The philosophy is to induct the learner at this level into primary school environment.However, this is not without challenges.The children at this level of ECDE have not developed enough to independently function.This has led to the need to examine how they are coping.It is with this background that the researcher examined the influence of the provision of...

Introduction and Background to the StudyProfessionals globally have acknowledged the prominence of continuing professional development as a basic appraisal enhancing professional education regularly.Climatic changes coupled with globalization, and technological progresses have brought challenges that require up to date health care practices and services.Continuing education programs focusing on different aspects of healthcare provision are common at medical schools around the world and are...

The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive role of life satisfaction, perceived social support, and psychological problems on loneliness among Palestinian university students in the West Bank. Participants were 254 volunteer undergraduate students (50.4% males and 49.6% females), ranging from 18 to 26 years of age. Data was collected using the Loneliness Scale (UCLA), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Psychological...

This study investigated about burnout syndrome, working condition and teachers’ productivity among Adventist secondary schools in North Eastern Tanzania through survey research design. Data analysis involved descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of mean scores, t-test and Pearson Correlational Coefficient. The study concluded that there is no significant difference in burnout syndrome by teachers categorized according to their gender and marital status. Secondly, teachers perceived...

Determinants of Job Satisfaction amongHigh School Teachers in Kenya IntroductionThe success of any organisation depends on the performance of its employees.A good company can become the best only with the sincerity and dedication of its employees.Employees can give their best if they are satisfied with their jobs.Job satisfaction can be an important indicator of how employees feel about their jobs and a predictor of work behaviours.Job satisfaction refers to the attitude that people have...