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Dentistry is a skill-based profession. Various specialisations are found in this field and several short-term certificate courses are also taking birth to cater to the need of newly graduated student population who want to set up practices afresh. We wanted to assess the attitude and knowledge of undergraduate dental students towards various specialisations. METHODSA cross-sectional survey of all final year dental undergraduates and house surgeons was carried out by distributing semi-structured questionnaire to 212 undergraduate dental students from various colleges in South Coastal Karnataka and Kerala region.Statistical analyses were carried out using chi‑square test and Fisher’s exact test. RESULTSThe study found that 89.6% (n= 190) respondents desired to pursue a specialisation. 91% (n=111) of the total final year students and 87.8% (n=79) of total interns desired to specialise. Majority of them were females 76.9 % (n=163). Oral surgery was the first choice of specialisation amongst final years and conservative & endodontics among interns. Least preferred was oral pathology. CONCLUSIONSAttitude and knowledge of students varied widely with respect to gender, year of study, and external influencing factors. Females were more inclined to specialisation despite the obstacles they would face.
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With increasing globalization and a trend towards international harmonization of standards for the care and use of animals in research and testing,there is a significant need to assist and support countries to develop training programs for laboratory animal veterinarians. Although formal educational opportunities for training laboratory animal veterinarians exist through well-established specialty colleges of laboratory animal medicine such as ACLAM,ECLAM,JCLAM,and KCLAM or through other professional organisations,such as the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations ( FELASA ),opportunities for participating in these programs are often limited to veterinarians in North America,Western Europe and specific regions of Asia. Creative thinking is required to develop cost-effective,practical,entry-level and advanced continuing education and applied training programs for veterinarians working in the field of laboratory animal medicine around the world.This paper will describe one potential solution for this issue,the use of a distance education program that provides theoretical information in a virtual classroom with applied training modules to deliver knowledge and practical skills to laboratory animal veterinarians.This type of program takes advantage of the online learning environment and can be an effective means to deliver training at the grassroots level to adult learners.
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O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar a trajetória de elaboração e implantação de uma disciplina oferecida, a partir do ano de 2009, pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação (PPGE) da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), intitulada A Produção do Fracasso Escolar na Obra de Maria Helena Souza Patto e relatar as contribuições dessa disciplina e da obra da autora na formação de professores e pesquisadores que têm como objeto de estudo o fracasso escolar em escolas públicas capixabas e brasileiras. Com esse propósito, apresentamos o contexto do PPGE, a configuração da disciplina oferecida e como a referida obra foi sendo desvelada para o grupo de alunos (mestrandos e doutorandos), assim como os desdobramentos da disciplina no PPGE.
This study aims at to present the formulation and implantation background of a discipline offered by the Postgraduate program in Education (PPGE) at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) since 2009, entitled The Production of School Failure in Maria Helena Souza Pattos Work. The study aims to report the the contributions of this discipline and the authors work in training teachers and researchers who have as their object of study, school failure in public schools and Espirito Santo in Brazil. For this purpose, we present the context of PPGE, setting the course offered and how that work was being unveiled for the group of students (masters and doctorates), as well as the ramifications of the discipline in PPGE.
Le but de cet article est de présenter le parcours délaboration et dimplantation dune discipline offerte, à partir de 2009, par le Programme de Spécialisation en Éducation (PPGE) de lUniversité Fédérale de lEspírito Santo (UFES), intitulée La Production dÉchec Scolaire dans lOeuvre de Maria Helena Souza Patto et de montrer la contribution de cette discipline et de loeuvre dudit auteur sur la formation de professeurs et de chercheurs qui ont, pour objet détude, léchec scolaire dans les écoles publiques de lÉtat de lEspírito Santo et même du Brésil. Avec ce but, nous présentons le contexte du PPGE, la configuration de la discipline offerte et comme loeuvre mentionnée ci-dessus a été dévoilée par le groupe détudiants (ceux qui préparent un mastère II et un doctorat) ainsi que les dédoublements de la discipline au PPGE.
El objetivo de este artículo es presentar la trayectoria de elaboración e implantación de una signatura ofrecida, a partir del año 2009, por el Programa de Posgrado en Educación (PPGE) de la Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), llamada La Producción del Fracaso Escolar en la Obra de Maria Helena Souza Patto y relatar las contribuciones de esta signatura y de la obra del autora en la formación de profesores e investigadores que tienen como objetivo de estudio el fracaso escolar en escuelas públicas capixabas y brasileñas. Con ese propósito, presentamos el contexto del PPGE, la configuración de la signatura ofrecida y cómo el grupo de alumnos (de maestría y doctorado) descubrió dicha obra, así como los desdoblamientos de la signatura en el PPGE.