Background: Post-stroke facial palsy significantly impacts patients' communication, eating and overall quality of life. Despite its prevalence, standardised management guidelines are lacking and evidence for assessment and treatment approaches remains limited. Aim: To describe UK clinical practice for assessing and treating post-stroke facial…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted the field of education, particularly in health sciences, where tools such as ChatGPT are increasingly utilised. ChatGPT, powered by AI, presents both opportunities and challenges that warrant investigation. This qualitative study explored the perceptions, experiences, and expectations of…

This study investigates the familiarity with and application of Dynamic Assessment (DA) among Speech and Language Pathologists (SLPs) in Sweden, focusing on its use in diagnosing language disorders in children. Using a mixed-methods approach, survey data were collected from 565 SLPs, revealing that 72% were familiar with DA. However, a significant…

In this reflection essay, I discuss my journey into the liberatory pedagogy bell hooks champions. As a foreign-born woman of color, who speaks English as her second language, being in the classroom itself can be seen as a transgressive act. Positioning myself as an educator who strives to create an environment that is liberatory for me and my…

Extension traditionally involves undergraduate students through experiential learning and internships. We sought to develop a new model, and created an undergraduate life skills course for students in our college that featured Extension educators as guest lecturers in areas aligned with their specialty. Universities have a stable population of…

The purpose of this project was to examine the impact of a novel hybrid computer-based dysphagia simulation training on student confidence and clinical decision-making in the area of adult dysphagia. We developed a pilot SBT database, including computer-based simulations utilizing real-life actors who simulated standardized adult patients with…

By combining a near-peer instructor (NPI) placement in a master-levelled professional program with co-design approaches, an anatomy and physiology (A&P) review session was developed to supplement Year 1 students' clinical application. An interactive A&P review, named Partners in Anatomy Learning (PAL) session, was developed by a team of…

It is imperative that academic physical therapy programs attract a diverse pool of learners to address the known deficit in the diversity of the population of physical therapists in the United States. This project examines the extent to which DPT and PTA programs have publicly demonstrated their readiness to recruit students from diverse…

The 2024 Employment Outcomes Report analyzes employment data for graduates of Oklahoma public colleges and universities one year and five years after graduation, 2022-2023 and 2018-2019. The current study supports national data that link salary to educational attainment. Oklahoma data for graduates of the state's public colleges and universities…

This open access book describes and explains a fifty-year-old woman's process of developing trade competences. Drawing from daily journal entries, photographs, interviews from 10 fabrication shops, and online forums about trades, this autoethnography details the author's learning process at Howe's Welding and Metal Fabrication, where she has…

With the accelerating pace of the Silent Generation and Baby Boomer retirements from the workforce, agricultural companies need to understand how to recruit and retain the next generation of workers. The generation currently entering the workforce has been labeled Generation Z. The purpose of this study was to explore the career expectations among…

Universities are crucial to sparking growth and opportunity, by bringing together student populations, research partners, local businesses, and employers to create vibrant communities, jobs, and opportunity across the UK. This briefing takes a look at how universities are generating growth and opportunity across the West Midlands of England,…

Career aspirations and career development are major concerns in national building. This study explored the career aspirations of final year B.Ed. Accounting students in a Ghanaian university and the barriers that prevented them from achieving their aspirations. The census technique was used to capture all final-year university students pursuing a…

Purpose: As digital learning expands, higher education institutions increasingly rely on Wi-Fi networks to facilitate student learning. This study investigated factors influencing medical students' intention and actual use of a hostel Wi-Fi system for academic learning at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, using the…

Based on a scoping review of anglophone, peer-reviewed studies published in the period 1990-2018, we analyze and discuss the research literature on teachers, teaching, and globalization. Distinguishing between three categories of globalization theories, centered on: (1) culture; (2) political economy; and (3) flows and systems, we trace the uses…