Anaesthesia and intensive care
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A teaching aid is exactly what it says it is--an aid to teaching. No matter how exciting the aid may be, its production is not an end in itself, merely a means to an end. ⋯ The best teaching aids are the result of a combination of imagination and enthusiasm. Aids should always be evaluated to determine whether the costs of production are justified by an improvement in learning.
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This paper describes the statement of aims and objectives of postgraduate training for the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. The objectives of the authors are that after study of this paper, the readers will: (a) Understand the importance of both "stated" and "informal" objectives in teaching and learning. (b) Understand the important terms used in the Faculty of Anaesthetists' Document on objectives. (c) Know the strategies using in writing the Faculty's Document of Objectives.