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1. Objectives: To give students the opportunity to participate in methods scientific analysis To promote deeper understanding about attitudes To help the students to develop skills In enables that student to gain experience Introduction: The seminar offers a form of conversation between students and faculty members. It is usually reserved for graduate students or those who have acquired considerable background information about the subject. Meaning: A meeting for training or discussion A small group of students meeting together to discuss topic with teacher A group of supervised students doing research or advanced study It is an instructional technique involves generating a situation Definition: Seminar is a group of members come together to exchange views of current problems of to share with others their own experience, experiments, discoveries etc. Seminar is a small discussion group that provides an opportunity for knowledge integration at high level Seminar is an advanced type of socialized techniques; each individual in the seminar group either takes part in carrying out of separate individual investigation or assume a share of a large project Purposes: Help the student to study the subject matters It requires a background of knowledge skills in library work Helps in problem solving skills Helps the student to participate in methods of scientific analysis Areas involved in seminar: Seminar format is useful in Teaching professional development Administrative abilities Ethical and legal issues Steps involved in preparation and presenting of seminar: Participants preparation 1. participants role in seminar 2. leadership role in seminar 3. educators qualities 4. examples of educator evaluation question

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Preparation of contents 1. qualities of content of presentation 2. audio-visual aids used 3. qualities of presentation Preparation for environment for presentation Presentation of seminar Evaluation and grading of seminar

Group discussion: In the seminar ,each member completes assigned reading before the meeting, allowing an active discussion Uses: It is more commonly used in upper division courses than with beginning students Types: Mini seminar Main seminar National seminar International seminar Qualities of a speaker: Through knowledge of subject matter excellent speech neatness and poise good voice quality should deliver the message clearly Techniques to conduct seminar: Seminar is an advanced type of socialized technique; each individual in seminar group either takes parts in caring out of separate individual investigations or assumes a share of large project Seminar format: For discussing about disease condition contents are: Introduction Definition related anatomy and physiology etiology and risk factors incidence and occurrence pathophysiology diagnostic evaluation clinical manifestation management complications summary bibliography

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Criteria for good seminar: seminar group preferably is limited to 10 to 15 students with a maximum of 25 duration of meeting leader of discussion is the teacher students also function as chairman effective use of seminar method members must come prepare with materials for presentation the effectiveness of the seminar depends on the selection and preparation of the topic Advantages of seminar: Seminar helps the students to increase their responsibilities It gives opportunity to participate in methods of scientific analysis It helps to do through study on subject It helps to improve leadership qualities It is an effective method of problem solving It will help to improve curriculum there by the profession Disadvantages: It is useful only upper division students as it needs high skills for performing library work It needs preliminary planning Proper planning is needed to arrange a seminar Seminar technique: Organizers make necessary arrangements for the seminar and distribute study material to the participants one or two hours before the seminar Organizers make necessary arrangements for the seminar and distribute study material to the participants one or two hours before the seminar Role of members in seminar: Student 1. expected to do library work 2. collect the appropriate relevant contents 3. contents should be clear Teacher 1. help the students to select appropriate topic 2. guide the students to select the contents 3. suggest available source of information Co- ordination 1. select problem is solved ,analyzed critically evaluate and conducted by coordinator 2. the coordinator has to organize the seminar Conclusion: Most commonly used in discussions aimed at determining ways of managing problems related to care, communication, collaboration and co-ordination functions of the nurse in clinical areas

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