Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Educação a distância mediada pela internet: "Linfonodo sentinela, prevenção, diagnóstico precoce e biópsia - nova técnica de abordagem do câncer de mama" Internet-conducted distance education: "Sentinel lymph node, prevention, early diagnosis and biopsy - a new technique for approaching breast cancer"OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste estudo é o desenvolvimento e a aplicação de um curso na modalidade "Educação a distância mediada pela internet". MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Foi utilizado o curso "Linfonodo sentinela, prevenção, diagnóstico precoce e biópsia - nova técnica de abordagem do câncer de mama" como modelo de aplicação. O material didático para a modalidade "Educação a distância" foi elaborado visando a um público composto por médicos envolvidos com o tratamento do câncer de mama. O curso foi estruturado em ambiente virtual de aprendizagem, um espaço virtual que permitiu a interação entre os participantes. RESULTADOS: A duração do curso foi de 12 semanas. Iniciou-se com nove participantes, médicos ginecologistas com pelo menos oito anos de experiência profissional. Todos os alunos participaram de alguma forma, dois realizaram exercícios e interagiram. O alcance do curso pelo método atingiu quatro estados e oito municípios. Não ocorreu adesão integral dos alunos, apesar de a maioria permanecer até o fim do curso. Possivelmente, não houve motivação suficiente para participação nas atividades propostas. CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados mostram que é necessário quebrar as barreiras da falta de cultura relacionada a esta forma de aprendizagem. É fundamental a participação facilitadora do coordenador para integração e mobilização dos participantes.<br>OBJECTIVE: The present study was aimed at developing and delivering a course in the modality "Internet-conducted distance education". MATERIALS AND METHODS: The theme "Sentinel lymph node, prevention, early diagnosis and biopsy - a new technique for approaching breast cancer" was utilized as an application model, and the didactic material for distance-learning was targeted to a selected audience of physicians involved in the treatment of breast cancer. The course was structured in a virtual learning environment, allowing interaction among participating students. RESULTS: The coursework took place over a 12-week period. Nine gynecologists with at least eight years of professional experience participated in some way in the course, but only two of them accomplished exercises and interacted. In the distance-education modality, the course reached eight cities in four Brazilian states. A full engagement did not occur, although most of participants have remained until the end of the course. Possibly, there was a lack of motivation. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate that it is necessary to break the barriers to the culture related to this form of learning. A pro-active participation of the coordinator is essential for integrating and mobilizing the participants.
-
Research Performances of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) MembersIntroduction: Scientometric analysis of academic institutions provides useful information for policy makers, international and national organizations to invest in the research fields of the institutions to gain more outputs with less cost. The objectives of this work were to report a scientometric analysis of Islamic states considering a number of indicators. Methods: The number of articles and patents published by members of organization of Islamic conference were extracted from ScopusTM along with the top journals, authors, document type, universities, language of the publications and subjects. Results: The analyses of data revealed that Turkey is the leading country followed by Iran, Egypt, Malaysia and Nigeria when total numbers of indexed articles in ScopusTM are considered. When the articles of 2006-2010 are considered the ranks are Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Egypt and Pakistan. Conclusion: the increased pattern was observed for scientific performances of OIC members however, more investments are required to fill the gap between OIC members and the leading countries.
-
The threat from creationism to the rational teaching of biologyMost biologists outside the USA and a few other countries, like Australia and Canada, are under the impression that the threat to the teaching of biology represented by creationism does not concern them directly. This is unfortunately no longer true: the recent growth of creationism, especially in its pseudo-scientific manifestation known as "intelligent design", has been obvious in several countries of Western Europe, especially the UK, Germany and Poland, and it is beginning to be noticeable in Brazil, and maybe elsewhere in Latin America. The problem is complicated by the fact that there are not just two possibilities, evolution and creationism, because creationism comes in various incompatible varieties. Turkey is now a major source of creationist propaganda outside the USA, and is especially significant in relation to its influence on Muslim populations in Europe. The time for biologists to address the creationist threat is now