Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) facilitate competency-based assessments. India is on the verge of implementing competency-based training for postgraduate programs. MD degree in Biochemistry is a unique program available exclusively in India. Postgraduate programs in most specialties have started working toward EPA-based curriculum, in…

The focus on interprofessional education (IPE) for professional training programs in allied health professions, such as speech-language pathology, has recently increased. There is currently limited pedagogical literature regarding both the instruction and application of IPE in any given discipline. This paper will outline challenges CSD graduate…

This paper reports the results from a second-order action research process, accompanying a continuing professional development (CPD), the "Pedagogy and Subject Didactics Programme" (PFL). PFL is a 2-year-postgraduate university course that focuses primarily on subject didactics, action research methods and peer group learning. This study…

The landscape of doctoral education has changed immensely during the last decades. Different transnational policies, different publics, different purposes and different academic careers all contribute to the need for a new understanding of this underresearched field. Our focus is on explicit curriculum analysis to undertake intentional and…

This paper tells a story about the design, development and impact of a post-graduate Masters-level module aimed at (1) enabling groups of teachers within schools to develop innovative approaches to teaching and learning on the basis of their own Lesson Studies and (2) creating a school network of excellence for Lesson Study in the area as a…

The core pedagogic problem considered here is how to effectively teach statistics to physicians who are engaged in a "learning health system" (LHS). This is a special case of a broader issue--namely, how to effectively teach statistics to academic physicians for whom research--and thus statistics--is a requirement for professional…

Includes reprints of four articles originally published in "Library Journal" in the 1940s and 1960s: "The Role of the Professional School in the University" (Ernest Cadman Colwell); "Library Schools Reshaping Courses" (Lewis F. Stieg); "The New Training Pattern Looks Good" (Harold Lancour); and "The…

THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE BECAUSE IT EXISTS TO INCREASE AND DISPENSE KNOWLEDGE, WHEREAS THE PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE EXISTS TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS. COLLEGES OF EDUCATION SHOULD FUNCTION IN HARMONY WITH ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR WORK IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, TO…

To maintain the integrity of graduate study in physical education and related disciplines, educators should define that study in terms of extended faculty research, independent study and its interconnection with other aspects of the field. These ideas are discussed and recommendations based on them are made. (JL)

The Master of Arts and Professional Studies (MAPS) program at the University of Pennsylvania combines, in an integrated and interactive full-time or part-time experience, a traditional master's degree in a humanities or social science discipline with career-oriented preprofessional training and an internship experience in business, government, or…

The paper addresses the dichotomy between theory and practice in criminal justice curricula and suggests directions for graduate work in criminal justice. Five hierarchical models for undergraduate and graduate education which would bring together both theory and practice are briefly diagrammed. The focus of each model is a question which is…

The curricula in schools of social work attempt to keep pace with the need for administrative content but not for much-needed content in financial management. The national survey described here found a gap in the extent to which schools respond to this need. (Author/MH)

Describes Indiana University's experience in offering dual degree programs that link graduate library/information science courses with specific professions, including the process of creating such programs, the rationale, and examples of dual master's degree programs--musicology, history, science and technology, public affairs, journalism, and art…

Reports on the results of an experiment in student-centered learning. The students showed evidence of learning but future efforts in this area should concentrate on the clear explication of objectives as well as the faculty facilitator's role. (Editor)

The notion of rural social work as a specialty as well as how educational programs can address the specialty and whether the required specialized knowledge falls into a given sequence or whether it cuts across them all are discussed. (Author/MH)