scholarly journals Client Newsletters within Clinical Legal Education and Their Value to the Student Participants

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-134
Author(s):  
Lyndsey Bengtsson
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Employment Law ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Clinical Supervisor ◽  
Time Update ◽  
Research And Design ◽  
Academic Year

The employment law client newsletter project (the Project) runs during each academic year within the Student Law Office (SLO) at Northumbria University. Under the supervision of their clinical supervisor the students research and design a newsletter for distribution to HR professionals employed by an external organisation. The students participate in the Project alongside their live client work. The aim of the Project is to enrich the students’ clinical experience and develop their skills whilst at the same time update and educate the client recipient. Through a pilot study the value of participating in the Project is explored. The findings of the study suggest that the students develop their professional skills from a different perspective, increase their employment law knowledge, gain the commercial awareness of the importance of a well drafted newsletter in practice, and really value the experience.Key Words: Client Newsletter, Employment Law Updates, Clinical Legal Education, Legal Education

scholarly journals Professional skills development for mathematics undergraduates

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-386
Author(s):  
Ewan Russell ◽  
Peter Rowlett
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Style ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Module Design ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and development of a final year undergraduate mathematics module designed to address professional skills development at a UK university, including via input to curriculum and assessment from employers, and to investigate student acquisition of skills from this module. Design/methodology/approach Literature on skills development in mathematics informs module design and development. Students optionally completed Likert-style competency questionnaires before and after the taught module content, and reflected on skills development via an end of module questionnaire. Data collection took place over three academic years. Findings Several key competencies exhibit median increases over the course of the module in each academic year, indicating a perceived skills development. Problem solving and presentation skills are particularly highlighted. Research limitations/implications Numbers of students were small, though the study is repeated with three different cohorts. Some students study mathematics jointly with another discipline and hence may have experience in skills development from the other subject. Practical implications This study indicates that innovations in teaching style and assessment in mathematics modules can enhance student confidence and competence with key professional skills. Originality/value Undergraduate modules in mathematics which have a focus on professional skills development are still fairly rare in UK universities. Often such modules do not embed the professional skills development activities with subject-specific technical tasks and projects as this module does. There are few formal studies of the effectiveness of this style of module, especially longitudinal studies covering several academic years.

The Diagnosis of Personality Disorders a Pilot Study

1978 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.F. Standage
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Diagnostic Reliability ◽  
Psychiatric Residents ◽  
First Choice ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Different Types

A pilot study was carried out to see what levels of agreement on the diagnosis of the different types of personality disorder, described by Schneider, could be obtained by observers with different amounts of clinical experience. Audio-recordings of eight patients were examined by 10 raters, who represented three levels of experience. Two patients had the same diagnosis made by 80 percent of the raters and these cases seemed best described as “typical”. In all the cases agreement was increased when a second choice diagnosis was permitted. Significantly greater agreement was recorded by clinical clerks than by psychiatrists or psychiatric residents, though this was probably due to their making use of fewer of the types. It seemed probable that some types were less likely than others to be used for a first choice diagnosis. It is recommended that the most typical patients be employed in research in the field of the personality disorders if high diagnostic reliability is required.

scholarly journals Legal Writing, Design and Aesthetics in Legal Education: The Results of the Scientific and Practical Seminar (April 10, 2021)

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
D. O. Shniger
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Academic Unit ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Brand Development ◽  
Personal Brand ◽  
Legal Writing ◽  
Academic Year

The paper provides an overview of the scientific and practical seminar "Legal Writing, Design and Aesthetics in Legal Education" held on April 10, 2021 within the framework of the 8th Moscow Legal Forum at Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL). The paper summarizes the speeches of the participants. The importance of legal design at the present stage of legal education development is emphasized. It is concluded that legal design helps to improve this form with regard to maximum respect and attention to the person, which is the essence of design thinking. Legal design is not about embellishing documents and is not intended to make the document catchy or unusual. Primary in relation to legal design is legal writing, the skills that all students must be taught. It is noted that at MSAL within the framework of a strategic academic unit specially created as part of the Department of Business and Corporate Law (MSAL) a soft skills training program is to be introduced starting from the 2021/2022 academic year. There, in the form of a master class practicing lawyers will teach students the skills of writing and negotiating, judicial rhetoric, and the basics of personal brand development.

scholarly journals Exploration the Role of a Clinical Supervisor to Improve the Professional Skills of Medical Students in IRAN: A Content Analyze Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hasan Keshavarzi ◽  
Salimeh khalili Azandehi ◽  
Hamidreza Koohestani ◽  
Hamid Reza Baradaran Attar Moghadam ◽  
Ali Asghar Ghorbani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Recognition Performance ◽  
Task Assignment ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Clinical Supervisor ◽  
Social Commitment

Abstract Background Clinical supervision is a supporter for learners and paves the way for effective and efficient learning in clinical settings. This study aimed to explain the responsibilities of clinical supervisors in clinical education wards to improve the professional skills of medical students.Methods: In this qualitative study, we used the conventional content analysis approach. The sample consisted of 16 faculty members of Iranian universities of medical sciences and medical graduates. Purposeful sampling and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The Granheim and Landman method (2004) was used to analyze the data.Results: From the analysis of interviews, 2 themes, 8 categories, and 18 subcategories were obtained. "Clinical supervisor responsibilities” as a theme includes the categories: “Creating motivation in learner”, “Learner's need recognition”, “Performance evaluation”, “Creating learning opportunities”, and “Professional ethics education”. And, the sub-categories were: “Creating a supportive atmosphere”, “Task assignment” ,”Understanding training needs”, “Understanding individual needs”, “Periodic evaluation”, “Proper feedback’, “Reduce work stress”, “Learner engagement’ , “Learning Facilitation”, “Attention to the patient's treatment”, and “Ethical observance in relation to patients”. As the second theme "Clinical supervisor characteristics” included the categories of: “Scientific competence”, “Leading role”, and “Ethical model”. Their sub-categories are clustered as: “Knowledge of educational concepts”, “Mastery of professional concepts”, “Effective communication skills”, “Understanding managerial concepts”, “High resilience”, “Career commitment “, and “ social commitment ”. Conclusions The clinical supervisor will improve the professional skills of medical students, which will improve the quality of services provided, train efficient graduates, and provide a safe and relaxing environment that leads to patient satisfaction.

scholarly journals STUDENT SUBMISSION PATTERNS IN ONLINE HOMEWORK AND RELATIONSHIPS TO LEARNING OUTCOMES: A PILOT STUDY

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianni Co ◽  
Zuheng Xu ◽  
Giorgio Sgarbi ◽  
Siqi Cheng ◽  
Ziqi Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Online Homework ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Post Hoc ◽  
Academic Year

Online homework systems are being increasingly used for auto-graded, instant feedback homework and practice for students in math, science and engineering. Students may use these systems, which often allow multiple or unlimited tries, in ways that are different from completing traditional paper-based homework, however research relating online homework system patterns of usage and learning outcomes is limited. This study explores online homework submission patterns and their links to student learning outcomes (weighted individual grades) by analyzing the submission patterns of two second-year engineering courses (~130 students each) from our institution over the 2017-2018 academic year using WeBWorK, an open online homework platform. Students in each of the two courses were clustered into three groups using a K-means algorithm based on when during the homework period they tended to submit attempts. Clusters were used to approximately represent a submission pattern, meaning groups of students that submit attempts mostly early, mostly late, or more evenly over the period. Conducting one-way ANOVAs for each course, we found that there is a significant difference between clusters (submission patterns) in terms of mean individual weighted grades on tests and exams (p < 1.07e-08, p < 2.68e-5). Post-hoc analyses revealed that the best performing cluster (students who submit attempts mostly early) had a mean tests/exams grades that were about 10% higher than worst performing cluster (students who submit attempts mostly late) (p < 2.6e-06, p < 9.9e-05).  

scholarly journals Transnationalizing Mexican Legal Education: But, What About Students' Expectations?

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 767-782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Fernando Perez Hurtado
Keyword(s):  
Legal Education ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Law School ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
College Level ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Bachelor's Degrees ◽  
Law Degree ◽  
Academic Year

The number of Mexican institutions of higher education (hereinafter also referred to as “Institutions” or “IHE”) offering Bachelor's Degrees in Law has increased rapidly. For example, in the 1997–1998 academic year, there were 364 Institutions offering the basic law degree; by the 2006–2007 academic year, the number had increased to 930. It is as if, over the last ten years, each week a new IHE began offering a Bachelor's Degree in Law. During that same period, law school enrollment in Mexico increased from 170,210 to approximately 240,000. By 2003, the Bachelor's Degree in Law was the degree program with the highest enrollment in the country – 11 out of 100 students at the college level chose it.

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