Assessment in health professions education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Steven M. Downing, Rachel Yudkowsky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454417003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2009
• ISBN: 1-135-59530-5; 1-282-08504-2; 9786612085048; 0-203-88013-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): DowningSteven M; YudkowskyRachel
• Disciplina: 610.71
• Soggetti: Medicine - Study and teaching; Educational tests and measurements; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; CHAPTER-SPECIFIC ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION TO ASSESSMENT IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS; 2 VALIDITY AND ITS THREATS; 3 RELIABILITY; 4 GENERALIZABILITY THEORY; 5 STATISTICS OF TESTING; 6 STANDARD SETTING; 7 WRITTEN TESTS: Constructed-Response and Selected-Response Formats; 8 OBSERVATIONAL ASSESSMENT; 9 PERFORMANCE TESTS; 10 SIMULATIONS IN ASSESSMENT; 11 ORAL EXAMINATIONS; 12 ASSESSMENT PORTFOLIOS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Assessment in Health Professions Education provides comprehensive guidance for persons engaged in the teaching and testing of the health professions - medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and allied fields. Part I of the book provides a user-friendly introduction to assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings; Part II describes specific assessment methods used in the health professions, with a focus on best practices, assessment challenges, and practical guidelines for the effective implementation of successful assessment ; programs. Key feature

Climate Change and Developing Countries [[electronic resource] /] / by N. H. Ravindranath, Jayant A. Sathaye

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463653303321
• Autore: Ravindranath N. H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2002
• ISBN: 0-306-47980-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Collana: Advances in Global Change Research, , 1574-0919 ; ; 11
• Disciplina: 363.73874
• Soggetti: Environment; Atmospheric sciences; Climatic changes; Environmental management; Climate Change; Atmospheric Sciences; Environmental Management; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Carbon Emissions — Historical Trends and Future Scenarios -- Climate Change: Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation -- Climate Change Mitigation -- Policies, Programs, and Measures -- Global Mechanisms for Addressing Climate Change -- Climate Change: Development, Equity and Sustainability -- Climate Change and Developing Countries.
• Sommario/riassunto: Among global environmental issues, climate change has received the largest attention of national and global policy makers, researchers, industry, multilateral banks and NGOs. Climate change is one of the most important global environmental problems with unique characteristics. It is global, long-term (up to several centuries) and involves complex interactions between climatic, environmental, economic, political, institutional and technological pressures. It is of ; great significance to developing countries as all the available knowledge suggests that they, and particularly their poorer inhabitants, are highly vulnerable to climate impacts. The projected warming of 1. 4 to 5. 8° C by 2100 and the related changes in rainfall pattern, rise in sea-level and increased frequency of extreme events (such as drought, hurricanes and storms) are likely to threaten food security, increase fresh water scarcity, lead to decline in biodiversity, increase occurrence of vector-borne diseases, cause flooding of coastal settlements, etc. Recognizing the potential threat of severe disruptions, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was organized in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to begin to address ways to reduce these impacts, which led to the formulation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This Convention and the subsequent Kyoto Protocol recognize “the common but differentiated responsibility” of developing and industrialized countries in addressing climate change. Developing countries thus have a unique role to play in formulating a sound, reasoned, and well informed response to the threat of climate change.

Analysing professional genres / / edited by Anna Trosborg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959794603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2000
• ISBN: 9786613174642; 9781283174640; 1283174642; 9789027283764; 9027283761
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 255 p. : ill
• Collana: Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., 74
• Classificazione: HF 120
• Altri autori (Persone): TrosborgAnna <1937->
• Disciplina: 808/.06665
• Soggetti: Business writing; Technical writing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ANALYSING PROFESSIONAL GENRES -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Notes -- References -- Genre, Terminology, and Corpus Studies -- Genre and Terminology -- Introduction -- Terminology and documentation -- Genre and electronic text corpora -- The relationship between terminology and genre -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Intralingual, Interlingual and Intercultural Studies of Genres -- Singular Utterances: Realizing Local Activities through Typified Formsin Typified Circumstances -- Genre and utterance -- Text, discourse, rhetoric and composition -- Regulation and uniqueness -- Generic ontologies and unique objects -- Translation -- Intertextuality -- Accountability -- Concepts and operations -- References -- Towards Classifying the Arguments in Research Genres -- Introduction -- Previous studies -- Design of this investigation -- Example of arguments -- Developing a surface-feature classification -- A classification of the surface features of minimal arguments -- Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Geological Setting/Cadre Géologique" in English and French Petrology Articles: Muted Indications of Explored Places -- Introduction -- Background -- Features of Geological Setting sections -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- Titles of English and German Research Papers in Medicine and Linguistics -- Introduction -- Linguistic research on titles -- Results -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- Genres and the Media -- That's not News: Persuasive and Expository Genres in the Press -- Introduction -- Texts and genres -- The leader page -- Leading articles -- Other non-news genres -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6a+6b -- Appendix 7a+7b.; The Inaugural Address President Clinton's 1993 address -- Communicative functions -- Rhetorical features -- The inaugural address as a genre -- Notes -- References -- Genres in Conflict -- Genres in Conflict -- Introductory -- Legal discourse in Hong Kong -- The Sino-British joint declaration -- The Basic Law -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Conflicts in Professional Discourse: Language, Law and Real Estate -- Case stories -- Conflicting interpretations -- Discourse, communication and culture -- The discourse of estate agents -- Conclusion -- References -- Genres and New Technology (Changing and emerging genres) -- Powerpoints: Technology, Lectures, and Changing Genres -- Introduction -- Changing genres: The old lecture -- The new lecture -- Changes in genres -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Rhetorical Clustering and Perceptual Cohesion in Technical (Online) Documentation -- Introduction -- Aims -- Text, typography and layout -- Perceptual cohesion -- Local cohesion -- Foregrounding -- Globalcohesion -- The technology of text -- Structure and texture in digital documents -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Applied Genre Analysis -- The Role of Genre for Translation -- Introduction -- Text type - genre - Textsorte -- Genres in translation studies -- Using genres in translation teaching -- References -- Broadening the Perspective -- Analysing LSP Genres (Text Types): From Perpetuation to Optimizationin Text(-type) Linguistics -- The present situation in LSP text linguistics -- Descriptive LSP text(-type) linguistics: the methodology of investigating current usage -- From perpetuation to optimization in LSP text(-type) linguistics -- Examples of requirements to be met by LSP texts -- Prospective LSP text(-type) linguistics: the methodology of investigating what is needed -- Notes -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: An understanding of genres in communication (written and spoken) is ; essential to professional success. This volume studies situationally appropriate responses in professional communication in face-to-face interaction and distance communication, from a socio-cognitive point of view. A traditional rhetorical approach does not give much insight in the ways in which genres are embedded in communicative activity or how actors draw upon genre knowledge to perform effectively. However, if genres are considered as embedded in social interaction "as typified forms of typified circumstances", the rich dynamic aspects of genre knowledge can be disclosed.The chapters deal with genre knowledge in various settings, illustrating the impact of time, place, medium, skills and purpose, and some chapters deal with genre analysis in a broader sense giving ideas for applied genre analysis. The book is of interest to professionals and scholars in communication studies, discourse analysis, and social and cognitive science.