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Peer E-Mentoring Podcasts in a Self-Paced Course
(Academic Exchange Quarterly, 2011)
This article describes how podcasts from senior students were used as brief peer mentoring tools in an asynchronous, self-paced, text-based, introductory online nursing course. An increasing number of distance educators ...
Seasonal Affective Disorder: An Overview of Assessment and Treatment Approaches
(Depression Research and Treatment, 2015-11)
Seasonal affective disorder or SAD is a recurrent major depressive disorder with a seasonal pattern usually beginning in fall and
continuing into winter months. A subsyndromal type of SAD, or S-SAD, is commonly known as ...
Recognizing and Responding to Depression in Dementia
(SM Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2017)
One-third of people living with dementia also experience depression. Treating symptoms of depression may
be a protective factor and reduce cognitive decline in dementia. People suffering from depression experience
sad ...
Mentoring non-traditional students in clinical practicums: Building on strengths
(Sciedu Press, 2018-03)
Background: As nurse educators respond to increasing numbers of adult learners attending practicum experiences, clinical
instructors are one of our richest resources. And yet, the everyday strategies they implement to ...
Research Ethics Review Processes: Potential Teaching Tools for Health Professions Students
(Scientific Open Access Journals, 2017-10)
This article highlights how research ethics review processes have
the potential to be used as teaching tools. Health professions students at
the graduate level often conduct research involving human participants
as part ...
Late life depression: nursing actions that can help
(Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2018)
Purpose: This article explains the symptoms of late life depression (LLD) and discusses evidence‐informed actions that nurses can implement to provide older adults with the help they need.
Conclusions: Recognizing and ...
Persistent Depressive Disorder or Dysthymia: An Overview of Assessment and Treatment Approaches
(Open Journal of Depression, 2017-01-23)
Persistent depressive disorder or dysthymia is a recurrent depressive disorder with no clearly demarcated episodes. Onset is insidious and can occur in adolescence or adulthood. Dysthymia frequently remains unrecognized ...
Graduate students' experiences with research ethics in conducting health research
(Research Ethircs, 2016)
Graduate students typically first experience research ethics when they submit their masters or doctoral research projects for ethics approval. Research ethics boards in Canada review and grant ethical approval for student ...
Pass/Fail and Discretionary Grading: A Snapshot of Their Influences on Learning
(2017-02-16)
This article provides a snapshot of pass/fail and discretionary grading approaches,
highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each. Normreferenced
and criterion-referenced grading practices and their associations
with ...
Balancing Reflection and Validity in Health Profession Students‘ Self-Assessment
(International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 2017-08)
Students and practitioners in self-regulating health professions are expected to engage in reflective, valid self-assessment activities. However, self-assessment processes can be flawed. People may have a limited understanding ...