The long term goal of the task force was to create a group of interested participants who could support a process of data gathering and reflection on current practices in order to improve the integration of library instruction into medical education.
There is significant and growing national interest in the introduction and integration of CAM instruction into allopathic medical education, in part supported by recent educational funding from the National Institutes of Health.
To be truly blended, we must look at the integration of curricula, instruction, teachers and their talent, and students and their needs with detail and sophistication.
The literature has long suggested that increased educational effectiveness and impact on student learning is predicated on integration of library instruction into the existing medical curriculum, rather than as a separate component of a library's educational program [ 46].
In the wake of technology integration for instruction efforts, there is no shortage in the number of claims that describe the many disappointments of ICT in education.
It's project-based learning that begins with 'let's talk about a topic,' then 'let's go find more information' and finally, 'let's come back together and discuss it.' "Clearly the future of education is the integration of technology and instruction," he said.
Considering Barrett's findings, it can be concluded that digital storytelling combines student engagement and effective integration of technology into instruction, which are student-centred learning strategies (Barrett [2006]).
This led to the emergence of Focus on Form (FonF) as a reconciliation of form and meaning integration in the course of instruction.
A balanced composite curricular design including facets of horizontal, vertical and diagonal integration of pathology teaching in the first three years is adopted as the best practice plan for the instruction of pathology within this integrated medical curriculum [ 7].
Since 2005 immigrants can be required to take "integration courses," including 600 hours of instruction in German.
