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Widening Access to Virtual Educational Scenarios
Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,
Each area of professional competency faces its own challenges in providing relevant training before workplace practice. In public service and industry, too much is expected of students learning from their apprenticeship phase, compromising reliability or safety. Trainees lack opportunities to practise applying “inert” knowledge to a real task context, while in a risk-free environment. In response, ...
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Genomic and lifestyle predictors of foetal outcome relevant to diabetes and obesity and their relevance to prevention strategies in South Asian peoples (GIFTS)
Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2016,
Despite a strong genetic component to diabetes and obesity, the rapidly rising prevalence of these disorders is due to adaptation to a changing environment. The epicentre of the ‘diabetes epidemic’ is in South Asia and this is reflected in the migrant populations in Europe. Current prevention strategies are focused on adult life and target over-nutrition in high-risk adults. However, for many popu ...
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Use of virtual problems/virtual patients in veterinary basic sciences
Start date: Oct 1, 2012,
The aim of the project is to integrate practical and theoretical knowledge of veterinary medicine in order to raise the motivation of students and their insight in the complexity of veterinary sciences as well as to improve their cognitive skills. 30 interdisciplinary Virtual Patients (VPs) will be devised and prepared with the use of the casus programme. They will be evaluated with regard to thei ...
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