0 a college or university course that introduces students to a subject and prepares them for studying it at a higher level --
They followed a two-year foundation course and then moved to year two of their degree.
The foundation course gets a discretionary grant, the degree course a mandatory grant by the local education authority.
The foundation course for probationer constables seeks to establish a general awareness and understanding of the mental and physical condition of people they encounter.
This can be supplemented by attending a foundation course on electrophysiology, or by taking part in the non-invasive and invasive electrophysiologic evaluation of patients with arrhythmias.
Another approach would be to attend a foundation course in these techniques, and then to be involved regularly in the imaging of patients known to the trainee.
I was a little disappointed by the book personally but it might provide a useful introductory background reading book for a science foundation course given its coverage.
It is advisable to attend a foundation course.
The first year consists of three trimesters covering foundation courses of different business functions.