To measure learning gains during the semester, the GCA (Smith et al., 2008) was administered on the first day of class in both courses, for participation credit, and was then administered again at the end of the courses as part of the final exam.
Participants were recruited at three different geographical sites on the first day of 10 courses held in the spring of 2009 in the eastern part of Norway.
On the first day of subsequent courses of chemotherapy, the CEP level gradually rebounded back to a level similar to or even higher than the first day of the previous cycle of chemotherapy.
Most of them agreed that in the beginning of each course they do some orientation for the students regarding the schedule and the timetable of the course: "In the first day of the course, we give instructions and information about the schedule and the timetable of the course".
Whilst 74 students were allocated a buddy on the first day of the course, only 63 completed the course and were available to participate in the evaluation.
Students received a course booklet on the first day of the course after registration.
We intercalate this activity into experimental work on the first day of our course (see time table in the course manual; File S1), so that students get a realistic impression of flies and genetic markers before they engage with the next modules of the training.
An opinion poll was collected from the students on the first day of the class course approaching the following aspects: 1. Profile. 2. He/she is attending the course in order to: prepare for the specialist critical care examination, improve qualification, work at an ICU, any other reason if they do not deal with critical care patients.
Being explicit with students about your pedagogical choices may be useful on the first day of a course, as well as throughout the duration of the course term.
The baseline assessment took place on the first day of the course; the follow-up assessment 12 months later, halfway through the two-year PCPT course.
