Making connections: engineering and language issues in teaching english for specific purposes

Tese apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Doutor em Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas

Improving Learners’ Motivation through Feedback in English Language Teaching and Learning at Polytechnic School in Benguela, Angola

Currently, it is widely perceived among the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching professionals, that motivation is a central factor for success in language learning. This work aims to examine and raise teachers’ awareness about the role of assessment and feedback in the process of language teaching and learning at polytechnic school in Benguela to develop and/or enhance their students’ motivation for learning. Hence the paper defines and discusses the key terms and, the techniques and strategies for an effective feedback provision in the context under study. It also collects data through the use of interview and questionnaire methods, and suggests the assessment and feedback types to be implemented at polytechnic school in Benguela

Teaching clinical anatomy of the female pelvic floor to undergraduate students: A critical review of nevralgic points

Pelvic floor anatomy is complex and its three-dimensional organization is often difficult to understand for both undergrad- uate and postgraduate students. Here, we focused on several critical points that need to be considered when teaching the perineum. We have to deal with a mixed population of students and with a variety of interest. Yet, a perfect knowledge of the pelvic floor is the basis for any gynecologist and for any surgical intervention. Our objectives are several-fold; i) to estab- lish the objectives and the best way of teaching, ii) to identify and localize areas in the female pelvic floor that are suscepti- ble to generate problems in understanding the three-dimensional organization, iii) to create novel approaches by respecting the anatomical surroundings, and iv) prospectively, to identify elements that may create problems during surgery i.e. to have a closer look at nerve trajectories and on compression sites that may cause neuralgia or postoperative pain. A feedback from students concludes that they have difficulties to assimilate this much information, especially the different imaging tech- niques. Eventually, this will lead to a severe selection of what has to be taught and included in lectures or practicals. Another consequence is that more time to study prosected pelves needs to be given.

Patients' understanding of blood tests and attitudes to HIV screening in the emergency department of a Swiss teaching hospital: a cross-sectional observational study.

BACKGROUND: In Switzerland, patients may undergo "blood tests" without being informed what these are screening for. Inadequate doctor-patient communication may result in patient misunderstanding. We examined what patients in the emergency department (ED) believed they had been screened for and explored their attitudes to routine (non-targeted) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening. METHODS: Between 1st October 2012 and 28th February 2013, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted among patients aged 16-70 years old presenting to the ED of Lausanne University Hospital. Patients were asked: (1) if they believed they had been screened for HIV; (2) if they agreed in principle to routine HIV screening and (3) if they agreed to be HIV tested during their current ED visit. RESULTS: Of 466 eligible patients, 411 (88%) agreed to participate. Mean age was 46 ± 16 years; 192 patients (47%) were women; 366 (89%) were Swiss or European; 113 (27%) believed they had been screened for HIV, the proportion increasing with age (p ≤0.01), 297 (72%) agreed in principle with routine HIV testing in the ED, and 138 patients (34%) agreed to be HIV tested during their current ED visit. CONCLUSION: In this ED population, 27% believed incorrectly they had been screened for HIV. Over 70% agreed in principle with routine HIV testing and 34% agreed to be tested during their current visit. These results demonstrate willingness among patients concerning routine HIV testing in the ED and highlight a need for improved doctor-patient communication about what a blood test specifically screens for.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1962/07 (N55)-1962/09.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1963/04 (N58)-1963/06.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1966/01 (N69)-1966/03.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1970/06 (N87)-1970/09.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1961/10 (N52)-1961/12.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1970/01 (N85)-1970/03.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1965/04 (N66)-1965/06.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

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Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1970/10 (N88)-1970/12.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1963/01 (N57)-1963/03.

Feuillet trimestriel / ANAS, Association nationale des assistantes sociales et des assistants sociaux ; gérant D. Grunewald

1969/04 (N82)-1969/06.