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Education in Family Medicine : What has been achieved?
Full text linkContents: Education... historical landmarks - Pierre Mallia; The Malta College of Family Doctors and the Royal College of General Practitioners - John V. Howard; The MRCGP [INT] Qualification and Programme - Adrian Freeman; Malta from the view of an External
Development Advisor - Jeremy Stupple; The Specialist Training Programme in Family Medicine - Malta - Mario R. Sammut and Gunther Abela; Psychometrics – MCFD/MRCGP[INT] summative examination - Dominic Agius; Continued professional development - Philip Sciortino; The Diploma in Family Practice in retrospect - Pierre Mallia; Report on MCFD Assessment Course - Renzo De GabrieleThe mission of the Journal of the Malta College of Family Doctors
(JMCFD) is to deliver accurate, relevant and inspiring research, continued
medical education and debate in family medicine with the aim of
encouraging improved patient care through academic development of
the discipline. As the main official publication of the Malta College of
Family Doctors, the JMCFD strives to achieve its role to disseminate
information on the objectives and activities of the College.peer-reviewe
It’s time we made smoking history! Tobacco control in Malta : the present and the future
Full text linkTobacco products have no safe level of consumption. They are the only legal consumer products that cause ill health and premature death when used exactly as the manufacturer intends. Unless concerted action is taken quickly, 250 million of today’s children will die prematurely from an avoidable cause -tobacco use. The above declarations are not the author’s, but statements of the World Health Organisation (WHO). This article is a brief overview of tobacco control in Malta regarding the present situation and plans for the future, and is based on the following WHO Ten-Point Programme for Successful Tobacco Control.peer-reviewe
Baseline marine benthic surveys in the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)
Full text linkExtract from: MEDCOAST 97 : Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, Qawra, Malta / E. Ozhan (editor), (1997)During the period 1991 to 1997, extensive baseline studies of the submarine
geomorphology, infralittoral habitats, macrobenthic assemblages, and demersal fish
fauna, were carried out in 14 different sites around the Maltese Islands, using
conventional SCUBA diving techniques. These were made as part of assessments of the
environmental impact of existing or proposed projects, or in order to produce an inventory
of coastal resources. In total, these surveys covered a sea-bed area of ca. 7.55Km² and
a coastline length of ca 24 km, and represent the most extensive biological surveys
of the marine environment carried out to date in the Maltese Islands. The results of these
surveys have been presented as maps showing the type, location, and spatial extent of
these physical and biological features. The Peres & Picard (1964) scheme, as adapted
by Pen~s (1967; 1982) was used to classify and characterize the benthic assemblages
recorded during the surveys.
Our results show that, in tenus of spatial extent, the most important
macrobenthic assemblages are the communities of photophilic 'algae on hard substrata,
meadows of the sea-grass Posidonia oceanica and communities of bare well-sorted
sand. For all these, many subtypes and facies exist, depending on the light intensity,
hydrodynamic conditions, microtopography, sediment granulometry and other edaphic
factors, and anthropic influences, including pollution.
Other assemblages with a limited spatial distribution include meadows of the
sea-grass (vmodocea nodosa and of the Lessepsian immigrant Halophila stipu/acea on
sandy bottoms, the assemblages of boulder fields which are complexes of photophilic
and sciaphilic communities, and those of marine caves. Our maps are supplemented by
descriptions of the different habitats and macrobenthjc assemblages, species lists, and
semi-quantitative data on percentage cover for the dominant macroalgae, shoot density
counts for sea-grass meadows, and population density counts for the main macrofaunal
species.
These maps and data-sets are intended to be used (i) for assessing the status of
habitats, species assemblages, and individual species, around the Maltese Islands in
order to recommend appropriate measures for their conservation, including inclusion in
red data lists; (ii) for designation of marine protected areas; and (iii) as baselines against
which future monitoring studies and surveys can be compared.peer-reviewe
Adult education in Malta : challenges and prospects
Full text linkLifelong learning has long been a topic of discussion in Malta but, as this article shows, barriers to participation continue to exist. This article outlines the historical and economic changes that have led Malta to its present situation where adult education largely focuses on employment skills. Although available through a variety of channels, challenges still need to be met to ensure the participation of groups such as women, older people and immigrants. This article advocates a national strategy for adult education within which a balance is struck between learning for employment and learning as a public good.peer-reviewe
Social democracy in a postcolonial island state : Dom Mintoff’s impact
Full text linkThis paper pays homage to former Maltese premier and postcolonial Maltese leader, Dom Mintoff soon after his death in August 20 2012. The pragmatic socialist politics of Dom Mintoff is exposed and the contradictions revealed. His ability as a negotiator, orator and architect of a democratic socialist politics marked by the building of a welfare state is underscored. Pugilistic and irascible, Mintoff is presented warts and all as a statesman and a political figure of international acclaim.peer-reviewe
Young children's appropriation of mathematical discourse: Learning subtraction in a plurilingual classroom
No full textInternational audienceI describe a teaching experience I carried out in Malta with a class of 5-year-old children of different language groups. The language of instruction was English and the topic subtraction. I explicitly taught mathematical expressions and sentence frames and planned class and paired activities wherein the children themselves would use the language to express the concepts at hand. The theoretical framework underlying my interpretation of the children's efforts is learning-as-participation. More specifically, I used Krummheuer's empirical model designed for interpreting classroom interaction in terms of producers and recipients. My teaching experience illustrates that with careful attention to both mathematics and language objectives, young learners in plurilingual Maltese classrooms can appropriate and use mathematics discourse within structured activities. However, more research is needed with regard to how students might use this language to author novel contributions
The impact of global environmental change on transport in Malta
Full text linkThis study addresses the impact of global
environmental change, speci fically on transport in the
Maltese Islands, with special attention to the economic
implications of changes on: (i) employment, (ii) product
or service growth/decline, (iii) capital investment, (iv)
competitiveness and (v) skills/educational development
and upgrade. Geographic and economic data from secondary sources are used to support the study. The paper addresses the concerns of environmental change on
the islands of Malta and attempts to map the extent
of potential damage to the islands' transport system,
namely the impact of sea level rise and extreme weather
events. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used
to build a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the islands
and simulate the eff ects on the road network, maritime
installations and air transport infrastructures that are
critical for Malta's economy and sustainability. The
paper also describes the implications of such impacts.
Results show that a
significant share of the islands' infrastructure could be heavily damaged and the trans-
port systems easily disrupted from predicted impacts of
global environment change. The paper concludes with a
call for the adoption of sustainable transport measures
which address not only mitigation but also adaptation
to global environmental change.peer-reviewe
Adult education in Malta
Full text linkThis book provides a historical overview and critical analysis of adult education provision in Malta and Gozo till 2006. It should b of interest to students of education and specifically the history, philosophy and sociology of education and adult education in particular. It analyses contemporary issues and provides a comprehensive list of references on adult education in Malta and Gozo till 2006. It concludes with a chronology of significant events and landmarks in adult education and a list of agencies in the field.peer-reviewe
JMCFD
Full text linkContents: Accreditation by the Royal College
of General Practitioners - Pierre Mallia; MCFD Education secretariat - Doreen CassarThe mission of the Journal of the Malta College of Family Doctors
(JMCFD) is to deliver accurate, relevant and inspiring research, continued
medical education and debate in family medicine with the aim of
encouraging improved patient care through academic development of
the discipline. The JMCFD strives to achieve its role to disseminate
information on the objectives and activities of the College.peer-reviewe
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