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Greer, Mary; Lin, Lijia; Atkinson, Robert K. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
The purpose of this study was to determine whether playing "Quest for the Code"™, a computer game designed to teach children about asthma, would help healthy children acquire knowledge about and attitudes towards asthma and whether the beneficial effects would be maintained over time. The sample consisted of 155 children from four middle…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Diseases, Health Education
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Pan, Sanqiang; Cheng, Xin; Zhou, Yanghai; Li, Ke; Yang, Xuesong – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
The curricular integration of the basic sciences and clinical medicine has been conducted for over 40 years and proved to increase medical students' study interests and clinical reasoning. However, there is still no solid data suggesting what time, freshmen or year 3, is optimal to begin with the integrated curriculum. In this study, the…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Medical Education, Questionnaires, Tests
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Arantes, Mavilde; Barbosa, Joselina Maria; Ferreira, Maria Amélia – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2017
General practitioners are responsible for the management of an increasing number of patients with neurological illness, and thus a solid education in neurosciences is a necessary component of their training. This study examines the effects of an intensive clinical neuroanatomy course on twenty general practice residents' perceptions, attitudes,…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Kao, Yu-Hsiu; Huang, Yi-Ching; Chen, Pei-Ying; Wang, Kuo-Ming – Health Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of an exercise education intervention on exercise behavior, depression and fatigue status of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Design/methodology/approach: This was a pilot study using an exercise education program as an intervention for CKD patients. The authors used the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Diseases, Exercise, Depression (Psychology)
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Bunch, J. C.; Robinson, J. Shane; Edwards, M. Craig; Antonenko, Pavlo D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the lecture and discussion teaching methods and digital game-based learning on student achievement in agriculture and mathematics regarding a unit on swine diseases in animal science courses offered through secondary agricultural education programs in Oklahoma. Three research questions…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Animal Husbandry, Mathematics Achievement, Agricultural Education
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Mate, Karen; Sim, Alistair; Weidenhofer, Judith; Milward, Liz; Scott, Judith – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2013
A blended approach encompassing problem-based learning (PBL) and structured inquiry was used in this laboratory exercise based on the congenital disease Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), to introduce commonly used techniques in biomolecular analysis within a clinical context. During a series of PBL sessions students were presented with several…
Descriptors: Diseases, Molecular Biology, Science Instruction, Problem Based Learning
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Morsink, Maarten C.; Dukers, Danny F. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2009
Animal models have been widely used for studying the physiology and pharmacology of psychiatric and neurological diseases. The concepts of face, construct, and predictive validity are used as indicators to estimate the extent to which the animal model mimics the disease. Currently, we used these three concepts to design a theoretical assignment to…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Animals, Undergraduate Students, Research Design
Rhoads, Misty L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to compare the use of podcasts to traditional delivery of information in classrooms. Four podcasts were created on the topics of asthma, diabetes, seizure disorders, and acute infections to aid students in reviewing for quizzes. Knowledge retained of students using podcasts was compared to the knowledge retained of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Health Education, Seizures, Comparative Analysis