Experienced undergraduate researchers gained further skills in analyzing and interpreting data and honed their problem-solving skills.
These pre-enrollment scans were reviewed by an expert sonographer with registered diagnostic medical sonographer certification to ensure adequate skill in acquiring and interpreting lung ultrasounds.
Results from the pre- and postconcept assessment indicate that intervention group students improved during the semester in their conceptual understanding of phylogenetic trees and in their skill at constructing and interpreting phylogenetic trees.
These gaps between existing perceptions and observed skills and performance in interpreting data and information use opened a dialogue about what needs to be done to bridge these 'perception' gaps, and about distributing responsibilities rather than blaming each other.
By using the first valid and reliable tools to be developed, demonstration sites can assess language proficiency and interpreting skills of persons used as interpreters.
In his ICC model, Byram (1997) points out that IC, which relates to other competences, namely linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence and discourse competence, consists of five elements such as attitudes, knowledge, skills of interpreting and relating, skills of discovery and interaction, and critical cultural awareness/political education.
Terry (2005) argues that NPM has resulted in thinner and more fragile government agencies with reduced regulatory capacities, diminished abilities to reinforce social norms and values, and weaker skills in interpreting, adapting to and guiding social change.
In Australia, participants perceived a lack of high-level skills in finding, appraising and interpreting research evidence, as well as in writing the guideline documents.
Most of the barriers were shared across countries, and included lack of time, lack of skills in finding, appraising and interpreting evidence, lack of access to relevant evidence and difficulty arranging meetings and achieving consensus.
22 The GPs use their medical records, knowledge of the patient and their clinical skills and experience to interpret the reported ADEs.
