The quality of first-year dental students' cognitive structures and the factors that influence it.

Introduction: In health professions education, it is widely recognised that concept mapping helps students organise their knowledge. This study aimed to investigate the quality of first-year dental students' cognitive structures and the factors that influence it. Two approaches (qualitative and descriptive) to analysing student concept maps are described in this article.

Towards a patient-centred approach in therapeutic patient education. A qualitative study exploring health care professionals' practices and related representations.

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the practice-representation links among Health Care Professionals (HCP)s practising Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE). Understanding these links might actually help to address the challenges of TPE implementation, particularly the patient-centred dimension.

Methods: A qualitative study using individual interviews was conducted with HCPs practising in French-speaking Belgium or in France.

Links Between Perceptions and Practices in Patient Education: A Systematic Review.

. Two decades after "patient education" was defined by the World Health Organization, its integration in health care practices remains a challenge. Perceptions might shed light on these implementation difficulties.

The Delicate Balance to Adjustment: A Qualitative Approach of Student's Transition to the First Year at University.

First year experience in higher education has been extensively investigated in the literature. Yet, two limitations can be identified out of the literature. The majority of the studies focused on single factor analysis, restraining the multifactorial understanding of adjustment's determinants.

Bevacizumab: Is the lower the better for glioblastoma patients in progression?

Introduction: Based on the radiological responses obtained with a schedule of ten mg/kg every two weeks bevacizumab was approved by the FDA for recurrent glioblastomas. Due to the negative results concerning overall survival of patients receiving bevacizumab, the European application was rejected. Despite this, many centers apply an off-label prescription.