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.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Nov 1976
The role of formal courses in the vocational training of anaesthetists.
Some of the factors which influence the conduct and the effectiveness of formal courses are discussed. It is considered that the needs and the aims of the trainees and teachers are especially relevant, but sometimes a difference in priorities exists. It is suggested that there should be careful definition of the needs to be satisfied by the formal course and that the educational body conducting the course and the geographical location of the course should be based on those needs. The role of the course supervisor in the organizer-teacher-trainee communication system is especially important.