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Using the Internet as a Supplemental Delivery Method on University Concepts of Fitness Classes
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Mooneyhan, Andy – International Journal on E-Learning, 2012
The purpose of this study was to compare the traditional teaching method of Concepts of Fitness (CF) with a teaching method using the Internet as an instructional supplement. Participants in the study were 52 students (27 male, 25 female) from a four-year institution of higher learning. Participants were enrolled in a required, general education…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Course Content, Internet, Teaching Methods
End-of-Life Issues in US Child Life Specialist Programs
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Parvin, Katie V.; Dickinson, George E. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2010
A professional outlet in most children's hospitals for seriously-ill children is the child life specialist. Our objective in this study was to determine the extent that dying and death is emphasized in child life programs in the United States. Therefore, we surveyed via snail mail the 35 child life programs on the website of the Child Life…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Hospitalized Children, Course Content, Specialists
End-of-Life and Palliative Care Issues in Medical and Nursing Schools in the United States
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Dickinson, George E. – Death Studies, 2007
Medical and nursing schools in the United States have traditionally had a limited emphasis on end-of-life care. The present study is a comparison of these 2 professional programs' current offerings on death education. Data were gathered via a mailed survey from the 122 medical schools in 2005 and the 580 baccalaureate nursing programs in 2006.…
Descriptors: Death, Medical Schools, Medical Education, Nursing Education