With recognition of turnover as a financial issue increasing, companies are searching for strategies to confront the problem in ways that generate a good return on investment. Successfully managing turnover is a matter of understanding its costs, causes and cures. In service–oriented industries such as banking, people are considered among the most important assets of a firm. Forward–thinking banks are looking for ways to leverage people, along with processes and technology, to achieve their objectives. Employee expectations are changing, too, forcing organisations to place a greater emphasis on talent management strategies and practices. Employees rarely quit on the spot. Generally, an employee becomes dissatisfied and stays disengaged for quite a while before leaving. However, from the moment of disengagement, most employees are no longer as dedicated or productive as they once were. Nearly all the real reasons why employees quit, fall into four basic categories of human needs: the need for trust, the need for hope, the need to feel competent, and the need to feel valued and trustworthy (Branham, 2005). Thirteen possible reasons for resignations were identified within the banking sector, namely: desire to take on a new challenge, bad relationship with management, bad relationship with colleagues, lack of opportunity for advancement, lack of appreciation (perception of recognition), better compensation and benefits elsewhere, long working hours, lack of control over work or working environment, travelling distance to work, personal satiation at home, lack of training and support to reach potential, the department is conducive to black advancement, the bank embraces diversity for all. Most of the employees that resigned voluntary did so because of lack of opportunity for advancement, a desire to take on a new challenge and a lack of appreciation. The statistical analysis revealed that amongst position title, there is a statistical significance for the bank embraces diversity for all as a reason for resignation and that the effect between junior managers and team leaders has a large effect. Analysis by gender differences shows that there is a statistical significance for personal situation at home as a reason for resignation and that females feels stronger about this than males. When looked at the difference between ethnic group, there are two reasons that are statistical significant namely, better compensation elsewhere and long working hours. Africans, coloureds and white‘s size effect is large, meaning that Africans and coloureds feel stronger about leaving for better compensation elseware than whites. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:46:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SELCIO DE SOUZA SILVA.pdf: 6140283 bytes, checksum: a110c13fcac810bfbc31fb43930a7786 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-09 / Our purpose of study and corpus research is the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, a Pentecostal hustle, introduced in the Roman Catholic Christian religious institution. The objective in this work is to understand the action of the sacred in any miracle purpose, our goal is to analyze the concepts of miracle cure in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal presented by the faithful, from their narratives about how they its impacts on personal and social life of those who took part in the experience of the miraculous phenomena, that is, cancer cure. Charismatic Renewal, thus enabling an environment conducive to the pursuit of religious offering (occurrence of miracles) to the sacred, from feelings as belief and supernatural faith, but without leaving the conventional treatment. Reestablishing them physical, psychic and emotionally, giving them a purpose (nomia) to their existence. It will be developed through a field research, supported in the sociological discussion of religion that will enable us to identify each Catholic Charismatic Renewal, beyond the therapeutic function, element as convener (because of its paradoxical character), between Religion and Medicine, faith and science. In particular, it will be focused through this labor, to analyze and present the experience of the miracle with a group of 7 (seven) women Brazil. For this current analysis, it will be used, in our fieldwork, two investigative methods: participant observation and implementation of two research questionnaires (self-applicable). Therefore we realize that religion, mainly the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is a way to provide its followers to try religion or it may lead to the meeting cancer. In Catholic Charismatic Renewal, the miracle cure comes as a converging space between Religion and Medicine because these two realities in modern ages are prone to reconnect towards the solution of modern problems. This encounter provides changes in the psychological and social behavior, because they correspond, respectively, a change in the order of the conscious and unconscious and, hence a behavioral intrapersonal and interpersonal change. / O objeto de estudo deste trabalho é a Renovação Carismática Católica, movimento pentecostal, pertencente à instituição religiosa cristã católica romana. Buscar-se-á, nessa tese, compreender a ação do Sagrado nas eventuais curas milagrosas da RCC nos diversos exercícios espirituais praticados pelos seus adeptos. Para tal propósito, o objetivo é analisar as concepções da cura milagrosa na Renovação Carismática Católica apresentadas pelos seus fiéis, a partir de suas narrativas sobre como testem impactos na vida pessoal e social daqueles que participaram da experiência dos fenômenos milagrosos, isto é, a cura do câncer. A RCC, ao possibilitar um ambiente propício para a busca da oferta religiosa (ocorrência dos milagres) aos seus fiéis, faz com que alguns de seus adeptos experimentem a manifestação do Sagrado, a partir de sentimentos de crença e fé no sobrenatural, sem, todavia, abandonar o tratamento convencional. Restabelece-os, tanto física, psíquica e emocionalmente, dando-lhes sentido (nomia) à sua existência. Será desenvolvida uma pesquisa de campo, amparada na discussão sociológica da Religião que nos possibilitará identificar a RCC, além da função terapêutica, como elemento congregador (por conta de seu caráter paradoxal) entre religião e medicina, fé e ciência. De modo especial, buscar-se-á, neste trabalho, analisar e apresentar a experiência do milagre com um grupo de 07 (sete) mulheres que dizem terem sido curadas no Grupo de cidade de Goiânia, GO. Para análise, serão utilizados, neste trabalho de campo, dois métodos investigativos: observação participante e aplicação de dois questionários (auto-aplicáveis) de pesquisa. Percebe-se que a Religião, de modo específico, a RCC possibilita ao fiel a experiência religiosa ou o encontro do homo religiosus com o Sagrado dentro da trama humana da doença cancerígena. Na Renovação Carismática Católica, a cura milagrosa apresenta-se como um espaço convergente entre Religião e Medicina porque essas duas realidades na modernidade estão propensas a se re/aproximar em prol da solução dos problemas modernos. Esse encontro proporciona mudança nos comportamentos de ordem psicológica e sociológica porque corresponde, respectivamente, a uma mudança da ordem do consciente e do inconsciente e, consequentemente, a uma mudança comportamental intrapessoal e interpessoal.

ANTECEDENTES: La metodología docente es un campo de investigación poco explorado. En Medicina, es difícil diseñar métodos de evaluación capaces de medir y comparar los resultados de la enseñanza. En la Anestesiología en particular, no existe consenso sobre cuál es el método de enseñanza más eficaz. La clase magistral sigue siendo el método de enseñanza tradicional más extendido. El método aprendizaje basado en la discusión de casos/problema (ABDCP) es una modalidad de aprendizaje basado en problemas que puede superar sus limitaciones y se adapta bien a los programas de formación. Los métodos de evaluación han de definir con claridad las competencias que están midiendo, el nivel de resultados y el nivel de evaluación. La investigación docente en Anestesiología ha de basarse en criterios objetivos. OBJETIVO: Comparar la eficacia del ABDCP con la clase magistral en la enseñanza de Anestesiología en los tres programas de formación: Pregrado, Postgrado y Formación Médica Continuada.MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Tres artículos de la misma línea de investigación; cada artículo enmarcado en un nivel de formación. Diseño adaptado al programa docente. Hoja de instrucciones y consentimiento informado. Participación voluntaria, anónima y no puntuable. Tres estudios controlados, prospectivos y randomizados según el método docente: clase magistral (grupo clase magistral) o ABDCP (grupo caso/problema). Aprobación por Comisiones de Investigación y Docencia. Cálculo del tamaño muestral: riesgo &#61537;: 0,05, riesgo &#61538;: 0,2. La población de los estudios incluyó, 68 estudiantes de medicina, Pregrado, UB (artículo 1), 54 residentes de Anestesiología de primer año Postgrado, SCARTD (artículo 2) y 52 alumnos del curso 5 de Formación Continuada FEEA (artículo 3). Enseñanza: sesión única, objetivos docentes y tiempo de clase igual en los dos grupos. Participaron dos profesores expertos en el tema y en la metodología docente. Clase magistral: formato original; ABDCP: sin casos por adelantado. Los estudios incluyeron una evaluación antes de la enseñanza (pre) y otra inmediatamente después (post). Las evaluaciones se basaron en situaciones clínicas hipotéticas que cumplían los objetivos docentes. Se realizó una prueba piloto previa a cada estudio. Las variables de las evaluaciones fueron diferentes campos del conocimiento que medían habilidades cognitivas e integrativas. Cada campo incluía un número determinado de ítems sobre los que se contabilizó el número total de respuestas correctas. Las evaluaciones fueron puntuadas por dos evaluadores diferentes a los dos profesores, ciegos a la asignación de grupos. Analizamos el índice de concordancia kappa. Consideramos relevante que el porcentaje de alumnos que mejoraron sus puntuaciones en cada campo fuese superior al 50%. Definimos la significación estadística como P < 0,05.RESULTADOS: El índice kappa fue > 0.8 para todas las evaluaciones. Antes de la enseñanza, no encontramos diferencias significativas entre los grupos para sus características demográficas ni en las evaluaciones pre, excepto para uno de los campos en el artículo 2. Ambos métodos mejoraron de forma similar los campos del conocimiento analizados. La mayoría de los estudiantes no obtuvieron la máxima puntuación para ninguna de las evaluaciones post. No encontramos diferencias significativas entre los grupos después de la enseñanza en ninguno de los campos analizados. El análisis de los incrementos absolutos de puntuación y la ganancia de puntuación no mostró diferencias significativas entre los grupos. Tampoco encontramos diferencias entre los grupos en el porcentaje de estudiantes que mejoraron sus puntuaciones post. A mayor nivel de formación, disminuyó el número de campos y el porcentaje de alumnos que mejoraban su puntuación en ambos grupos.CONCLUSIONES: La eficacia de la clase magistral y el ABDCP fue similar para las habilidades cognitivas e integrativas analizadas. Las limitaciones del estudio impiden generalizar nuestros resultados. El diseño y metodología aplicados permitío una valoración objetiva de la enseñanza. Palabras clave: EDUCACIÓN, educación basada en la evidencia; DISEÑO DE INVESTIGACIÓN; ESTUDIOS PROSPECTIVOS; ENSAYOS RANDOMIZADOS CONTROLADOS; MÉTODOS; MEDIDAS EDUCATIVAS, conocimiento; COMPETENCIAS PROFESIONALES; ANESTESIA; EDUCACIÓN MÉDICA PREGRADO; RESIDENCIA; FORMACIÓN MÉDICA CONTINUADA; ENSEÑANZA, clases magistrales, aprendizaje basado en problemas; REANIMACIÓN CARDIOPULMONAR, soporte vital básico; CUIDADOS PREOPERATORIOS; EMBOLISMO AÉREO

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:47:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SELCIO DE SOUZA SILVA.pdf: 6140283 bytes, checksum: a110c13fcac810bfbc31fb43930a7786 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-09 / Our purpose of study and corpus research is the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, a Pentecostal hustle, introduced in the Roman Catholic Christian religious institution. The objective in this work is to understand the action of the sacred in any miracle purpose, our goal is to analyze the concepts of miracle cure in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal presented by the faithful, from their narratives about how they its impacts on personal and social life of those who took part in the experience of the miraculous phenomena, that is, cancer cure. Charismatic Renewal, thus enabling an environment conducive to the pursuit of religious offering (occurrence of miracles) to the sacred, from feelings as belief and supernatural faith, but without leaving the conventional treatment. Reestablishing them physical, psychic and emotionally, giving them a purpose (nomia) to their existence. It will be developed through a field research, supported in the sociological discussion of religion that will enable us to identify each Catholic Charismatic Renewal, beyond the therapeutic function, element as convener (because of its paradoxical character), between Religion and Medicine, faith and science. In particular, it will be focused through this labor, to analyze and present the experience of the miracle with a group of 7 (seven) women Brazil. For this current analysis, it will be used, in our fieldwork, two investigative methods: participant observation and implementation of two research questionnaires (self-applicable). Therefore we realize that religion, mainly the Catholic Charismatic Renewal is a way to provide its followers to try religion or it may lead to the meeting cancer. In Catholic Charismatic Renewal, the miracle cure comes as a converging space between Religion and Medicine because these two realities in modern ages are prone to reconnect towards the solution of modern problems. This encounter provides changes in the psychological and social behavior, because they correspond, respectively, a change in the order of the conscious and unconscious and, hence a behavioral intrapersonal and interpersonal change. / O objeto de estudo deste trabalho é a Renovação Carismática Católica, movimento pentecostal, pertencente à instituição religiosa cristã católica romana. Buscar-se-á, nessa tese, compreender a ação do Sagrado nas eventuais curas milagrosas da RCC nos diversos exercícios espirituais praticados pelos seus adeptos. Para tal propósito, o objetivo é analisar as concepções da cura milagrosa na Renovação Carismática Católica apresentadas pelos seus fiéis, a partir de suas narrativas sobre como testem impactos na vida pessoal e social daqueles que participaram da experiência dos fenômenos milagrosos, isto é, a cura do câncer. A RCC, ao possibilitar um ambiente propício para a busca da oferta religiosa (ocorrência dos milagres) aos seus fiéis, faz com que alguns de seus adeptos experimentem a manifestação do Sagrado, a partir de sentimentos de crença e fé no sobrenatural, sem, todavia, abandonar o tratamento convencional. Restabelece-os, tanto física, psíquica e emocionalmente, dando-lhes sentido (nomia) à sua existência. Será desenvolvida uma pesquisa de campo, amparada na discussão sociológica da Religião que nos possibilitará identificar a RCC, além da função terapêutica, como elemento congregador (por conta de seu caráter paradoxal) entre religião e medicina, fé e ciência. De modo especial, buscar-se-á, neste trabalho, analisar e apresentar a experiência do milagre com um grupo de 07 (sete) mulheres que dizem terem sido curadas no Grupo de cidade de Goiânia, GO. Para análise, serão utilizados, neste trabalho de campo, dois métodos investigativos: observação participante e aplicação de dois questionários (auto-aplicáveis) de pesquisa. Percebe-se que a Religião, de modo específico, a RCC possibilita ao fiel a experiência religiosa ou o encontro do homo religiosus com o Sagrado dentro da trama humana da doença cancerígena. Na Renovação Carismática Católica, a cura milagrosa apresenta-se como um espaço convergente entre Religião e Medicina porque essas duas realidades na modernidade estão propensas a se re/aproximar em prol da solução dos problemas modernos. Esse encontro proporciona mudança nos comportamentos de ordem psicológica e sociológica porque corresponde, respectivamente, a uma mudança da ordem do consciente e do inconsciente e, consequentemente, a uma mudança comportamental intrapessoal e interpessoal.

El conflicto ético es un problema que se produce al percibir que los valores y principios éticos asumidos por uno mismo están comprometidos por otros, siendo incapaz de tomar decisiones de carácter ético. Los profesionales de Enfermería son especialmente vulnerables a experimentar conflictos de carácter ético debido, fundamentalmente, a las responsabilidades propias asociadas al cuidado de las personas, cuestión que atribuye carácter ético a la profesión, y al hecho de trabajar en un contexto cada vez más tecnificado y complejo como es el ámbito sanitario actual. Las situaciones conflictivas se encuentran asociadas a las relaciones que se establecen con el paciente y su entorno familiar; con el equipo sanitario y la institución; y con determinados tratamientos y procedimientos. Aunque los conflictos éticos son intrínsecos de la profesión enfermera, algunos entornos clínicos se revelan especialmente sensibles a este fenómeno, como es el caso de la enfermería intensiva de las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos (UCIs). Con frecuencia, la investigación se ha centrado en el análisis del malestar ético o de la angustia moral experimentada por los profesionales, sin considerar otros tipos de conflicto definidos en la literatura sobre el tema. En este sentido, la exploración del fenómeno de la conflictividad ética debe considerar el conjunto de variables que intervienen en la génesis del conflicto. Partiendo de esta necesidad, con la idea de explorar el fenómeno en los profesionales de enfermería, la presente investigación tuvo por objetivos validar un modelo teórico para el análisis de la/conflictividad ética; elaborar un instrumento para explorar este fenómeno en profesionales enfermeros de las UCIs; y analizar la relación entre éste y variables socio demográficas, profesionales y del entorno clínico, con el fin de conocer el fenómeno y poder diseñar estrategias para prevenirlo y tratarlo. A partir del modelo conceptual formulado, se elaboró un cuestionario, nombrado Cuestionario de Conflictividad Ética para Enfermeras/os (CuCEE), y se administró a una muestra de 203 enfermeras/os de las UCIs de dos hospitales de tercer nivel de la provincia de Barcelona, durante los meses de octubre a diciembre de 2009. Posteriormente, se realizaron análisis descriptivos, métricos y bivariantes. Los resultados obtenidos fueron acordes con el modelo teórico, evidenciando que los tipos de conflicto ético seguían una estructura organizada según niveles de menor a mayor grado de exposición al conflicto. Se observó también que la indignación y la angustia morales fueron los tipos de conflictos éticos experimentados con mayor frecuencia por los profesionales enfermeros de las UCIs. Por otra parte, el CuCEE demostró ser un instrumento fiable (a = .882) para medir el fenómeno; con una varianza explicada del 33.414%. También se observó que los profesionales de las UCIs presentaban niveles moderados de exposición al conflicto y que las dos situaciones de cuidados que generaban grados elevados de conflictividad ética eran el hecho de "comprobar que el paciente sufría" y el de "administrar tratamientos asociados a la limitación del tratamiento de soporte vital (LTSV)". Entre otros resultados destacables, se observó que había una relación negativa estadísticamente significativa entre el grado de exposición al conflicto ético y a) la "percepción de los profesionales de estar en un entorno favorable para tratar las cuestiones de carácter ético" (F= 7.710; p= .001; E2 = .227); Y b) el hecho de "participar en las decisiones" (F= 3.851; p= .023; E2 = .161). Y una relación positiva estadísticamente significativa entre el grado de exposición al conflicto ético y el pensamiento de los profesionales de "querer cambiar de servicio por cuestiones de sobrecarga o estrés" (F=7.892; p= .001; E2 = .123). Los resultados permitieron concluir que el modelo planteado para el análisis de la conflictividad ética en enfermería era válido, mostrándose como un nuevo marco teórico al considerar diferentes tipos de conflictos éticos y el estado de bienestar moral como manifestaciones del fenómeno, así cómo su relación con el grado de exposición a las situaciones conflictivas desde una perspectiva ética. También se concluyó que el fenómeno estaba relacionado con las dinámicas de trabajo del equipo y las características del entorno de las UCIs. / Ethical conflict is a problem that occurs when you perceive that the values and ethical principles assumed by oneself are compromised by others, isn't able to make ethical decisions. Nursing professionals are particularly vulnerable to experiencing ethical conflicts, mainly due to the responsibilities associated with caring for people and the fact that they work in an increasingly technological and complex field, as health care is today. Conflict situations are associated with establishing relationships with patients and their families, with the healthcare team and the institution, and certain treatments and clinical procedures. Although ethical issues are inherent in the nursing profession, some clinical settings appear to be particularly sensitive to this phenomenon, such as nursing in intensive care units (ICUs). Often, research has focused on the analysis of ethical discomfort or moral distress experienced by professionals, without considering other types of conflict identified in the literature on the subject. In this sense, the exploration of the phenomenon of ethical conflict should consider all the variables involved in the genesis of the conflict. Based on this need, with the idea of exploring the phenomenon in nursing, the objectives of this research were to validate a theoretical model for analyzing ethical conflict, develop an instrument to explore the ethical conflicts in nurses that work in ICUs, and analyze the relationship between ethical conflict and variables in socio-demographic as well as professional and clinical settings, to explore the phenomenon and to design strategies to prevent and treat it. Along this theoretical model we developed the Conflict Ethics Questionnaire for Nurses (CEQN) and administered it to a sample of 203 nurses working in the ICU of two tertiary hospitals in the province Barcelona, from October to December 2009. Subsequently, we made statistical analysis (descriptive, metrical and bivariate). The results showed that the theoretical model proposed for the analysis of ethical conflict is revealed as a valid model, showing that the types of ethical conflict followed a structure organized according to levels of low to high degree of exposure to conflict. It was also noted that moral outrage and anguish were the types of ethical conflicts experienced more often by nurses of the ICUs. Moreover, the CEQN proved a reliable to measure (a =.882) of the phenomenon. It was also noted that practitioners in the ICUs had moderate levels of exposure to 3 conflict and that the two care situations that generated a high degree o[ethical conflict were the[act to check the patient suffered and manage treatments associated with the withholding and withdrawal life-sustaining treatments. Among other noteworthy results, it was observed that there was a significant negative relationship ~between the degree of exposure to ethical conflict and the professional perception of being in an environment, or addressing ethical issues (F =7.7101 p =.001; E2 =.227) and the act of participating in decisions (F =3.8511 P =.0231 E2 =.161). And a significant positive relationship between the degree of exposure to ethical conflict and the professionals thinking that they want to change department or reasons o[overload or stress (F =7.8921 P =.0011 E2 =.123). The results concluded that the proposed model was valid, showing it to be a new theoretical framework that can be used to consider different types of ethical conflicts as manifestations o[ the phenomenon o[ ethical conflicts in nursing and its relationship to a feeling o[ moral well-being. It was also concluded that the phenomenon was related to the dynamics o[team work and the environmental characteristics of ICUs.

The human trait of entitlement, although currently very topical, has only recently come under serious scrutiny by behavioural psychologists (Campbell, Bonacci, Shelton, Exline & Bushman 2004:30). This study examines the modifying effects of these psychological elements on the spiritual aspects of disease and healing. Other modifiers are the personal spiritual beliefs or dogmas of the clergy within the paradigm of a particular denomination, and the beliefs and expectations of the adherents. Two Christian denominations were chosen for the study: The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, in particular the home church of the writer, The Bedfordview Methodist Church, and Afmin, an organisation that trains and equips students, mainly African, for Christian ministry. Structured face to face interviews were conducted with pastors and church leaders, interviews with medical professionals were conducted and a wide ranging review of relevant literature undertaken. It was found that while the trait of entitlement was a constant in human nature, there were modifying factors. These included the personal beliefs of pastors and youth leaders, often founded on personal experience instead of denominational dogma. The influence of Pentecostal / Charismatic teaching was very evident. It was also found that the church, in a drive to become increasingly relevant to current norms and social trends, tended to have a rather confused understanding of biblical healing and the role of God in disease and suffering. While the inevitability of death, suffering and disease cannot be denied, the role of the church is complex and controversial. Unrealistic expectations, based on teaching that encourages a sense of entitlement can lead to great challenges regarding faith in both the clergy and adherents. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / D. Th. (Christian Spirituality)

The human trait of entitlement, although currently very topical, has only recently come under serious scrutiny by behavioural psychologists (Campbell, Bonacci, Shelton, Exline & Bushman 2004:30). This study examines the modifying effects of these psychological elements on the spiritual aspects of disease and healing. Other modifiers are the personal spiritual beliefs or dogmas of the clergy within the paradigm of a particular denomination, and the beliefs and expectations of the adherents. Two Christian denominations were chosen for the study: The Methodist Church of Southern Africa, in particular the home church of the writer, The Bedfordview Methodist Church, and Afmin, an organisation that trains and equips students, mainly African, for Christian ministry. Structured face to face interviews were conducted with pastors and church leaders, interviews with medical professionals were conducted and a wide ranging review of relevant literature undertaken. It was found that while the trait of entitlement was a constant in human nature, there were modifying factors. These included the personal beliefs of pastors and youth leaders, often founded on personal experience instead of denominational dogma. The influence of Pentecostal / Charismatic teaching was very evident. It was also found that the church, in a drive to become increasingly relevant to current norms and social trends, tended to have a rather confused understanding of biblical healing and the role of God in disease and suffering. While the inevitability of death, suffering and disease cannot be denied, the role of the church is complex and controversial. Unrealistic expectations, based on teaching that encourages a sense of entitlement can lead to great challenges regarding faith in both the clergy and adherents. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Christian Spirituality)

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<p>Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) have been described in a range of educational contexts. Although various learning objectives, termed anticipated learning outcomes (ALOs) in this project, have been proposed, processes for identifying them may not be rigorous or well-documented, which can lead to inappropriate assessment and speculation about what students actually learn from CUREs. Additionally, evaluation of CUREs has primarily relied on student and instructor perception data rather than more reliable measures of learning.This dissertation investigated a novel biochemistry laboratory curriculum for a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) known as the Biochemistry Authentic Scientific Inquiry Lab (BASIL). Students participating in this CURE use a combination of computational and biochemical wet-lab techniques to elucidate the function of proteins of known structure but unknown function. The goal of the project was to evaluate the efficacy of the BASIL CURE curriculum for developing students’ research abilities across implementations. Towards achieving this goal, we addressed the following four research questions (RQs): <b>RQ1</b>) How can ALOs be rigorously identified for the BASIL CURE; <b>RQ2</b>) How can the identified ALOs be used to develop a matrix that characterizes the BASIL CURE; <b>RQ3</b>) What are students’ perceptions of their knowledge, confidence and competence regarding their abilities to perform the top-rated ALOs for this CURE; <b>RQ4</b>) What are appropriate assessments for student achievement of the identified ALOs and what is the nature of student learning, and related difficulties, developed by students during the BASIL CURE? To address these RQs, this project focused on the development and use of qualitative and quantitative methods guided by constructivism and situated cognition theoretical frameworks. Data was collected using a range of instruments including, content analysis, Qualtrics surveys, open-ended questions and interviews, in order to identify ALOs and to determine student learning for the BASIL CURE. Analysis of the qualitative data was through inductive coding guided by the concept-reasoning-mode (CRM) model and the assessment triangle, while analysis of quantitative data was done by using standard statistical techniques (e.g. conducting a parried t-test and effect size). The results led to the development of a novel method for identifying ALOs, namely a process for identifying course-based undergraduate research abilities (PICURA; RQ1; Irby, Pelaez, & Anderson 2018b). Application of PICURA to the BASIL CURE resulted in the identification and rating by instructors of a wide range of ALOs, termed course-based undergraduate research abilities (CURAs), which were formulated into a matrix (RQs 2; Irby, Pelaez, & Anderson, 2018a,). The matrix was, in turn, used to characterize the BASIL CURE and to inform the design of student assessments aimed at evaluating student development of the identified CURAs (RQs 4; Irby, Pelaez, & Anderson, 2018a). Preliminary findings from implementation of the open-ended assessments in a small case study of students, revealed a range of student competencies for selected top-rated CURAs as well as evidence for student difficulties (RQ4). In this way we were able to confirm that students are developing some of the ALOs as actual learning outcomes which we term VLOs or verified learning outcomes. In addition, a participant perception indicator (PPI) survey was used to gauge students’ perceptions of their gains in knowledge, experience, and confidence during the BASIL CURE and, therefore, to inform which CURAs should be specifically targeted for assessment in specific BASIL implementations (RQ3;). These results indicate that, across implementations of the CURE, students perceived significant gains with large effect sizes in their knowledge, experience, and confidence for items on the PPI survey (RQ3;). In our view, the results of this dissertation will make important contributions to the CURE literature, as well as to the biochemistry education and assessment literature in general. More specifically, it will significantly improve understanding of the nature of student learning from CUREs and how to identify ALOs and design assessments that reveal what students actually learn from such CUREs - an area where there has been a dearth of available knowledge in the past. The outcomes of this dissertation could also help instructors and administrators identify and align assessments with the actual features of a CURE (or courses in general), use the identified CURAs to ensure the material fits departmental or university needs, and evaluate the benefits of students participating in these innovative curricula. Future research will focus on expanding the development and validation of assessments so that practitioners can better evaluate the efficacy of their CUREs for developing the research competencies of their undergraduate students and continue to render improvements to their curricula.</p>