scholarly journals Outlook for the Pharmacy Profession at the Dawn of the Decade 2020s

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Pathirana
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Pharmacy Profession ◽  
Pharmacy Council ◽  
Lost Time ◽  
University Degree

Pharmacy profession operated at elementary level in Sri Lanka well up to the beginning of the 21 st century. Their training programs were limited to certificate level, with courses of 1-2 years duration. With the introduction of the four-year university degree programs, pharmacy profession now carry the prospects of making good for the lost time. However, they still appear to be professionally somewhat timid hindering the realization of their full potential. There are many encouraging developments which are bound to promote a bright future. The positive, negative and many other areas related to pharmacy profession are discussed.Keywords: Professional organizations, Covid vaccine, Last gate, Pharmacy Council

iPad Integration in an Elementary Classroom

2013 ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Won Hur ◽  
Amy Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Elementary Classrooms ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Practical Guidance ◽  
Grade Classroom

The availability of engaging apps on the iPad and its portability have encouraged many educators to adopt it as a teaching and learning tool in the classroom. However, because iPad integration is new, neither practical guidance nor best practices are yet available. Consequently, the authors integrated 13 iPads into a third grade classroom for a year to facilitate learning while examining how to unlock their full potential. The purpose of this chapter is to present specific elementary-level subject learning lesson ideas for iPads, identifying the advantages and challenges of such integration. They also provide practical tips for mobile technology integration in elementary classrooms.

Geospatial Technology

2012 ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Richard G. Boehm ◽  
Audrey Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Final Conclusion ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Science Department ◽  
Geospatial Technology ◽  
Important Position ◽  
And Function ◽  
And Training

Research into the nature and function of curricular matters in applied geography has provided an opportunity to assess the penetration and relative importance of geospatial technology to the discipline of geography. Departments of Geography with degree programs in applied geography were surveyed to find out how important geospatial technology was in the preparation of students for meaningful jobs and careers. The Applied Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) was also surveyed about the value of geospatial technology, as was the 95 academic programs that listed applied geography as a “program specialty” in the AAG Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas. There was a uniform agreement across these various groups that geospatial technology occupied an extremely important position in their overall course offerings, and if you are watching the workplace, such courses are not only sensible but offer critical employable skills for students upon graduation. It is widely known that geospatial technology education and training require a large commitment of departmental resources, including faculty lines, equipment expenditures, space, and technical support. A geography department and its university’s administration have to understand these unique requirements and allocate resources, more akin to a computer science department than a traditional academic unit. This reality is of immediate importance to geography departments because almost one quarter of all academic jobs advertised in geography over the last six years have been in the broad area of geospatial technology. A final conclusion to this research is a policy matter that suggests geography departments take a strong proprietorial position toward providing education in geospatial technology because other disciplines and training programs see opportunities in a rapidly expanding workplace skill and they are aggressively pursuing a niche of their own.

Second Language E-Learning and Professional Training with Second Life®

2011 ◽  
pp. 207-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Edwards ◽  
Mercedes Rico ◽  
Eva Dominguez ◽  
J. Enrique Agudo
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Constructivist Learning Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
E Learning ◽  
University Degree ◽  
Social Constructivist Learning

Web 2.0 technologies are described as new and emerging for all fields of knowledge, including academia. Innovative e-learning formats like on-demand video, file sharing, blogs, Wikis, podcasting and virtual worlds are gaining increasing popularity among educators and students due to their emphasis on flexible, collaborative and community-building features, a promising natural channel for the social constructivist learning theory. This chapter addresses the application of e-learning in university degree programs based on exploiting the practical, intensive and holistic aspects of Second Life® (SL™). Although the specific framework dealt with is English as a foreign language, it seems feasible to assume that the learning processes are equally transferable to other disciplines. In light of the aforementioned premises, the outlook of e-learning 2.0 approaches require action research and shared experiences in order to back up or challenge the claims and expectations of the academic community concerned with best practices in education.

Putting interpreting admissions exams to the test

Interpreting ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Chabasse ◽  
Stephanie Kader
Keyword(s):  
Test Performance ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Aptitude Tests ◽  
Entrance Exam ◽  
Simultaneous Interpretation ◽  
Important Means ◽  
University Degree ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Practical Feasibility

With increasing numbers of students wishing to become conference interpreters, but limited capacities in most university degree programs, accurate admission testing is an important means of predicting an applicant’s chances of completing the program successfully. This article focuses on three aptitude tests for simultaneous interpretation: Pöchhacker’s SynCloze test; Chabasse’s cognitive shadowing test; and Timarová’s personalized cloze test. The test battery was administered at the start of the 2009/2010 academic year to students beginning the two-year Master’s program in conference interpreting (MA KD) at Germersheim. Correlations between test performance and subsequent exam grades at the end of the second semester were examined for all three tests. Given the large number of applicants each year, practical feasibility of the tests was taken into consideration with a view to scheduling the format and content of the entrance exam for the 2012/2013 academic year. In this perspective, cognitive shadowing was identified as the most useful test under the existing time constraints.

Approach to Internationalization Educational Programs in Russian Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Григорьева ◽  
I. Grigoreva ◽  
Виноградова ◽  
Marina Vinogradova ◽  
Суслова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Double Degree ◽  
Double Degree Programs ◽  
Short Courses ◽  
Russian Universities

This article is devoted to the issues of higher education programs internationalization in Russia as a necessary and timely process. In the context of globalization the world’s processes high adaptability of the graduate will contribute to his successful career. This quality in combination with the presence of the necessary competencies graduate with a set of descriptors today especially in demand in the labor market. Implementation of joint training programs with the use of various forms of internationalization, starting with short courses and specialized programs to double degree programs, creates for students in Russian universities the opportunity to develop the necessary competencies in view modern trends in economics, sociology, politics, culture, not only domestically, but also in the world. Consideration the questions of the adaptability of existing programs, their importance for the Russian higher education of the experience increases the relevance of the article the problems encountered in the process of practical implementation of internationalized programs training in Russia.

Leadership Advice for the Front Lines: Interviews with Max Ray, Sara White, and Scott Knoer

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-313
Author(s):  
Anders Westanmo ◽  
Eric Geurkink ◽  
Jannet M. Carmichael
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Pharmacy Profession ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Pharmacy Leaders

Pharmacy is striving to evolve from a technical profession in which pharmacists prepare and dispense medications to one in which they take responsibility for the development and execution of each patient's pharmacotherapeutic plan. This is being guided by pharmacy leaders and professional organizations, but they are not able to make the changes necessary to achieve their vision alone. In order to effectively implement change, pharmacists need to own their vision of pharmacy practice. The authors spoke to a number of established leaders in the pharmacy profession about what the individual pharmacist could do to change the culture and environment at the local level. The leaders' advice proved remarkably consistent and could be summarized into three categories: vision, socialization (relationships and networks), and self-development. Excerpts from three of these interviews were compiled into one report to be used as a guide to help pharmacists implement changes needed to achieve the vision of pharmacy practice.

Cognitive disorders: Searching for the circumstances of effective treatment: Introduction by the symposium organizer

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
LESLIE J. GONZALEZ ROTHI
Keyword(s):  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Cognitive Rehabilitation ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Neurologic Disease ◽  
Implicit Belief ◽  
Graduate Training Programs

Cognitive deficits associated with neurologic disease or damage are quite common and they are known to negatively impact the lives of patients, caregivers and society at large. Unfortunately, documented effective rehabilitation of cognitive deficits is extremely scarce. In addition the concept of cognitive rehabilitation is usually viewed with tremendous skepticism. This pessimism is manifested in so many ways: It is found in the reluctance of skeptical physicians to refer patients to rehabilitation clinicians, it is seen in the reluctance of service payers to fund clinical efforts, it gets reflected in the graduate training programs which place cognitive rehabilitation in the lower echelons of curricular priorities, it underlies the dearth of funded programs in cognitive rehabilitation research, and it even permeates professional organizations and journals where “treatment studies” represent an extreme minority of presentations and articles. The most salient explanation for this therapeutic nihilism is the implicit belief that “everyone knows it doesn't work.”

scholarly journals The Most Frequent Agronomic Practices Used by the Coconut Farmers in the “Coconut Triangle” of Sri Lanka

CORD ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Lalith Perera
Keyword(s):  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Agronomic Practices ◽  
Frequent Event ◽  
The Impact

The study was carried out to identify the most frequently practiced cultural practices by coconut growers in the main coconut growing area termed as “Coconut Triangle”, among a set of technical practices recommended by the Coconut Research Institute of Sri Lanka (CRISL). The objective was also to analyse the impact of these practices to the yield and to analyse the effects of the information sources to the growers to enhance the farmers skills. The study was carried out between June 2018 and August 2018. For the data collection, a questionnaire developed by CRISL was used and 62 growers were randomly selected. All the answers were gathered in a table file. Then, the data were analysed using tabular analysis and the software SPSS. The study reveals that most of the growers are having intercrops between the coconut trees, in large or very small scale even if the yield is lowand needs more space. For the soil moisture conservation around the coconut palm, the majority of the growers use the simple and low-cost technique; mulching around the coconut palms. However, 30.1% of the growers were found to not use any technique to improve the soil moisture even when the drought is a frequent event in the country, but this more valid for small scale growers. To improve their yield, majority of the growers preferred and used CRISL recommended coconut fertilizer mixture (Adult Palm Mixture or APM) over the other commercially available fertilizer mixtures. Finally, the study shows that farmers with large estates are the most involved to follow training programs and apply the advices given by the CRISL.           

scholarly journals Profiles of Students in Bilingual University Degree Programs Using English as a Medium of Instruction in Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Daniel Madrid ◽  
Steven Julius
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Bilingual Programs ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University

This is an empirical study which aims to examine the profile of Spanish university students in bilingual degree programs that employ English as a medium of instruction by utilizing the bilingual section of the teaching degree course at the University of Granada as a sample. To this end, a questionnaire was applied to 216 students. While 75% of the students reported having problems when following a bilingual class, these difficulties were found to diminish or disappear after the first trimester. The majority of the students (70%) were satisfied with the program offered but they also detected some deficiencies, which provided a basis for various suggestions as to how university bilingual programs might be improved.

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