Background: Faculty development in medical education is crucial for maintaining academic vitality. The authors conducted a needs assessment survey in Singapore to determine the educational needs and priorities of clinical faculty. Methods: This study implemented a questionnaire-based, anonymous, multi-institutional survey…

CONTEXTUAL KNOWLWDGE REASONING REQUIRES PRECISE BUT FLEXIBLE FORMALISMS IN SUCH A WAY THAT, TOGETHER WHIT THE CAPACITY TO REASON WHIT WELL DEFINED INFORMATION IN THE CONTEX. THREEVALUED MODELS OF KRIPKE ARE PROPOSED AS THE CONTEXT FORMAL SETTING. IS SHOWED HOW…

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IS REVIEWED EMPHASIZING THE IMPACT THE LATTER HAS HAD ON THE FORMER. THUS, INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE CONCEPTS ARE CONSIDERED THROUGH THEIR DIFFERENCES AND AFFINITIES AND THE UNDERLYING CONNECTION EXISTING BETWEEN THEM., SE…

KNOWLEDGE IS APPROACHED BY COGNITIVE SCIENCE BY MEANS OF EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT POSE THREE LEVELS OF ACCESS AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL OPERATION: (1) PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS SENSATION, PERCEPTION, EMOTION, THOUGHT, IMAGINATION, MEMORY, OR WILL, (2) REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WORLD, AND (3)…

Purpose: To assess the training, comfort, and knowledge related to the medical management of child abuse among emergency medicine, family medicine, and pediatric residents. Method: In 2004, a 25-item survey was distributed to 274 pediatric, emergency medicine, and family medicine…

Abstract - The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term knowledge retention of infection control training among fourth-year medical students (n=110) who received training in their second year. Previous infection control training focused on standard precautions and infection…

USING DOMIAN KNOWLEDGE IN USURPEVISED LEARNING HAS SHOWN TO BE USEFUL STRATEGY WHE THE SET OF EXAMPLES OF A GIVEN DOMAIN HAS NOT AN EVIDENT STRUCTURE OR PRESENTS SOME LEVEL OF NOISE. THIS BACKROUND KNOWLWDGE CAN BE EXPRESSED AS A…

INTRODUCTION: Increasing attention is being paid to educating practicing and future physicians about end-of-life care. Since 1994, the University of California, San Diego has provided a mandatory 16 hour rotation for third-year medical students in hospice and palliative medicine at…

IN THIS PAPER WE PLACE THE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE INTENSIVE DEBATE AND ACTIVITIES AROUND THE PHARMACEUTICAL BIO INSPECTION THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN MEXICO. WE EXAMINE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE TOPIC AND THE CHALLENGE THAT IT REPRESENTS IN TERMS…

THE AIM OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO TALK ABOUT COGNITIVE SCIENCES REFERRED TO THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION, A MATTER OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE IDEA OF THE MIND AS A COMPUTER. ON THE OTHER SIDE, AN ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY…