Needs little introduction, of course.
At UBC, instructors are currently using concept inventories to assess the development and introduction of course material, and we foresee other institutions using the Meiosis CI both as a diagnostic and an assessment tool.
The greatest decrease in first-year postgraduate numbers was in veterinary science (9%), though some universities seem to be bucking the trend with the introduction of specific courses such as clinical animal behaviour, veterinary epidemiology and veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia, which are new this year at the University of Edinburgh.
Two ways of improving education in child and adolescent psychiatry are the introduction of elective courses for students interested in the field and participation of child and adolescent psychiatrists in required courses and in longitudinal courses so as to reach all students.
Meanwhile the introduction of entrepreneurship courses in especially polytechnics in Ghana stems from efforts at reducing graduate unemployment in the country through making graduates see self employment as an alternative to wage employment.
Introduction of formal courses in communication skills and subsequent assessment can serve to build the competence level of the medical students [ 24].
The introduction of mandatory courses on learning and teaching for junior doctors in training was clearly reflected in the results with a large increase in number of trainees having attended such a course.
The introduction of online courses in research ethics and biostatistics were as useful in upgrading the knowledge of Indian scientists who undertook these, as were the "traditional" on-site courses [ 21].
Second, there is resistance to the introduction of these courses due to the view that medicine should be kept secular and therefore avoid addressing religious/spiritual issues because this may be experienced as coercive by some patients [ 13].
