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Objective: To study the place of simulation in the learning of newborn resuscitation among seventh year medical students at the University Hospital of Bogodogo in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.Material and Method: Our study took place in the obstetrical gynaecology department of the University Hospital Centre of Bogodogo (UTH-B) from 15 December 2018 to 15 March 2019.We randomly selected two groups of students, with no stimulation.We recorded a theoretical questionnaire to all students at the...
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Listening and appreciating the views of the academic staff and students is critical in a learning period characterised by abrupt changes in the mode of classroom delivery where the traditional classroom teaching and learning is replaced by virtual classes. This study explored the “carrots” and “sticks” of on-line learning experienced by both academic staff and students at Uganda Martyrs University in Uganda. The study used a qualitative research approach involving in-depth interviews for...
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Stakeholders in the field of medical education globally would generally agree that sustaining medical education through the dark times of the covid-19 pandemic is worth celebrating. In the midst of the difficulties that were created generally by the covid-19 pandemic, sustaining medical education required persistence, strategy, courageous leadership, and innovative adaptations both on the part of the educators, administrators and the students. The implications of continuing medical education...
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Sustainable cocoa production is the hub of economic development and growth in Ghana. Climate change has been implicated in the dwindling productivity of the Ghanaian cocoa sub-sector, although deforestation for cocoa farmland expansion poses significant long-term risks to ecosystem stability and environmental conservation. This study assessed farmers’ perception of climate change, their adaptation methods and the factors explaining involvement in the renovation/rehabilitation of old cocoa...
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Prostate volume has been reported to have an effect on the severity of pain during prostate biopsy. This study assessed the effect of prostate volume on pain during TRUS guided prostate biopsy when apical peri-prostatic block is compared with intra-rectal xylocaine gel. This was a prospective randomized study which involved 90 patients. Group (A) had 2% intra-rectal plain xylocaine gel instillation, while Group (B) had peri-prostatic block with 1% plain xylocaine infiltration. Both groups...
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This article is the result of a postdoctoral research conducted at the Instituto Superior de Ciencias da Educacao (Isced) of Lubango, in Angola. We aim to identify how experiences, memories, heritage, and local cultures are handled in the production of school knowledge, based on the research work in basic education institutions in seven municipalities in the province of Huila. For the collection of the information, we work with various documents and oral interviews with fifteen teachers....
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Failure of teenagers in school attendance should be a cause of concern for parents. Teenagers living in Hopley slums are not attending school due to poverty and lack of school fees. Some Parents for the teenagers are not affording paying schools fees for their children because they are not employed. The data collected from Focus Group discussions and observations made showed that instead of attending school, teenagers are engaged into forms of entertainment such as prostitution, drinking...
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Failure of teenagers in school attendance should be a cause of concern for parents. Teenagers living in Hopley slums are not attending school due to poverty and lack of school fees. Some Parents for the teenagers are not affording paying schools fees for their children because they are not employed. The data collected from Focus Group discussions and observations made showed that instead of attending school, teenagers are engaged into forms of entertainment such as prostitution, drinking...
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Abstract The vulnerability of Africa to climate change extremes and eventual impacts is extremely high due to the weak coping strategies prevalent in the continent. The peculiarity of South Africa to these vulnerabilities, especially for water security, is an issue of socioeconomic and policy issue. Based on the premises of human security, the study assesses the coping strategies of rural communities in South Africa, focusing on uMkhanyakude District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal province,...