The integration of CBHW training components into Ministries of Health in Brazil and Ethiopia facilitated compatibility of training and certification of national CBHWs with those of institutions responsible for developing training curriculum, conducting training and certifying professional health workers [ 3, 16, 34, 37].
Given the repeated calls for increased inquiry-based teaching and learning in the undergraduate biology curriculum and the important role of laboratory courses in the curriculum, we conducted a meta-analysis of peer-reviewed, published, undergraduate inquiry-based laboratory exercises produced since the publication of the BIO2010 report (NRC, 2003a) and Handelsman et al.
Over the past six years, Soliya has reached over 2,000 young people through the Connect Program, a unique cross-cultural dialogue program that is combined with a rigorous academic curriculum and conducted through Soliya's customized videoconferencing application.
We developed a learning environment and a curriculum and conducted courses to 118 middle school students involved in outreach activities and to 41 prospective teachers of science and technology.
A questionnaire was developed through literature review of curriculum assessments conducted in countries of similar contexts [ 11, 12].
Semi-structured interviews with 17 key members of staff responsible for the whole or part of the undergraduate medical curriculum were conducted to identify the methods used to teach substance misuse.
To guide the development of the curriculum, we conducted a needs assessment of surgical faculty to determine the gaps in surgical and emergency procedures training for the surgery clerkship between what is offered and what is needed.
A review of the diploma training program curriculum in Botswana conducted in 2007 recommended strengthening of training of quality management systems in pre-service programs [Motswaledi MS, Deputy Director of Clinical Services, Oral communication, 2008].
In some schools and academies, Ofsted "failed to identify dysfunctional governance and instances of the manipulation of a balanced curriculum when conducting routine Ofsted inspections, prior to the most recent inspections", and that Birmingham city council cannot rely on Ofsted to assess governance in its schools.
"That included creating national standards curriculum and conducting customized training on site at the RTA facilities," she said.
