Search for dissertations about: "continuing"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 347 swedish dissertations containing the word continuing.
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1. Development and Autonomy : Conceptualising teachers’ continuing professional development in different national contexts
Abstract : This thesis investigates teachers’ perceptions of continuing professional development (CPD) in Germany and Sweden with a questionnaire study comprising a total of 711 mainly lower secondary teachers. Three conceptual terms are elaborated and explained. READ MORE
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2. Outcome-based continuing medical education : an intervention to improve rational prescribing
Abstract : Background: Continuing medical education (CME) for doctors has been compulsory in Iran since 1991. Conventional CME programmes are often unsuccessful in improving medical professionals performance. Modifications of CME elements are necessary to improve the effectiveness of the programmes. READ MORE
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3. Literacy proficiency, earnings, and recurrent training : a ten country comparative study
Abstract : The purpose of the study is to theorise on participation in recurrent training and to estimate a statistical model. The main focus is the links between latent variables, such as observed skills based on literacy proficiency, firm size, literacy practices at work and at home, and other latent correlates, such as educational attainment, labour force status, experience, occupational status and earnings. READ MORE
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4. Treatment repeaters : re-entry in care for clients with substance use disorder within the Swedish addiction treatment system
Abstract : According to the regulations contained in the Social Services Act (SFS 2001:453), Swedish social services have a legal responsibility to provide support, care, and treatment for individuals with substance use problems. This law mandate those who are responsible to provide treatment to motivate drug users to actively seek treatment on a voluntary basis, ensuring an end to their dependence on drugs. READ MORE
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5. Turning understanding into clinical practice : an intervention in continuing professional development based on readiness to change
Abstract : BACKGROUND: Current continuing medical education (CME) programmes are often insufficient in changing doctors performance, and there is a need to improve CME and shift toward a more comprehensive continuing professional development (CPD).The aim of this study was to develop and assess the effects of an educational intervention, based on a modified stages-of-change model, on general physicians stages of readiness to change, knowledge, attitudes and performance regarding management of depressive disorders in Iran. READ MORE