Graduate education and the role of the physical anthropologist in biomedical teaching and research

This study aimed to assess hand hygiene knowledge, perception, and practices of visitors to the Prophet’s Mosque in Al Madinah City, Saudi Arabia. Using a self-administered electronic questionnaire, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among domestic residents, who visited the mosque between 31 July and 3 August 2020. Participants’ demographic data, hand hygiene knowledge, perception, and practices were collected. Four hundred participants aged 18–65 (median 36) years completed the survey, of which 215 (53.8%) were female. The visitors’ mean knowledge score about hand hygiene was 6.4 (± standard deviation (SD) 1.35) of total 12. Most participants (392, 98%) were aware of the role of hand hygiene in preventing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); nevertheless, 384 (96%) said hand hygiene lowers body immunity and 316 (79%) thought <60% alcohol is sufficient for hand disinfection. Males had a higher knowledge score than females (6.46 (±1.41) vs. 6.14 (±1.27), p = 0.02) and, visitors who had no formal education scored higher than those with post-graduate education (6.88 (±1.45) vs 5.73 (±1.12), p = 0.01). Washing hands with soap and water was the predominant method practiced after a meal (365, 91.7%), after toilet visit (354, 88.5%), after touching a surface (262, 65.7%), after waste disposal (332, 83.2%), and when hands were visibly dirty (357, 89.5%). Al Madinah visitors had moderate knowledge about hand hygiene, but demonstrated some knowledge gaps and negligence in practice that are crucial to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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The Growing Accountability Agenda: Progress or Mixed Blessing?

International Higher Education ◽

10.6017/ihe.2008.50.8000 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jamil Salmi

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Teaching And Research ◽

The Past ◽

Public Resources ◽

The World ◽

Mixed Blessing ◽

University Leaders ◽

Accountability Practices

In the past decade, however, accountability has become a major concern in most parts of the world. Governments, parliaments, and society at large are increasingly asking universities to justify the use of public resources and account more thoroughly for their teaching and research results. The universal push for increased accountability has made the role of university leaders much more demanding. The successful evolution of higher education institutions will hinge on finding an appropriate balance between credible accountability practices and favorable autonomy conditions.

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Leading and Guiding Role of Supervisors in Graduate Education Administration

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering - Frontier and Future Development of Information Technology in Medicine and Education ◽

10.1007/978-94-007-7618-0_444 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 3425-3428

Author(s):

Huaqiang Zhang ◽

Xinsheng Wang ◽

Hannan Fang

Keyword(s):

Graduate Education ◽

Education Administration

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The role of diagnosis in medical practice and society

The Medical Model in Mental Health ◽

10.1093/med/9780198807254.003.0002 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 17-33

Author(s):

Ahmed Samei Huda

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Medical Practice ◽

Clinical Information ◽

Relevant Information ◽

Access To Healthcare ◽

Social Effects ◽

Health Statistics ◽

Social Functions ◽

Teaching And Research

Organization of knowledge is needed to help doctors learn and recall information in their clinical practice. Diagnostic constructs help, providing prototypes against which doctors can diagnose patient conditions. They then seek to confirm or disprove this diagnosis by searching for relevant information. Attached to these diagnostic constructs are information such as causes, prognosis, and treatment. Diagnostic constructs are provisional and should be changed if information suggests they are incorrect. They also aid communication between professionals for teaching and research, and have important social functions such as providing access to healthcare, determining eligibility for welfare, offering administrative and payment functions, and collecting health statistics. Some social effects of diagnostic constructs can be harmful, such as stigma. Diagnostic constructs are included in broad diagnostic formulations including relevant clinical information.

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Scholarly Families of Odessa Historians (XIX – First Third of XX Century): Typology, Periodization, Personnel, Peculiarities

Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography ◽

10.1163/22102388-01100005 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 91-133

Author(s):

Valerii Valer’evich Levchenko

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Teaching And Research ◽

Early Twentieth Century

This article analyzes the genesis and role of fifteen families of historians from the nineteenth- to the early twentieth century. It identifies these families, periodizes their appearance and advances a typology for their study; the article concludes by characterizing their scholarly activities, teaching and research in the century since their origins.

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The role of space science in graduate education

Transactions American Geophysical Union ◽

10.1029/tr049i003p00549 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 49 (3) ◽

pp. 549 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. J. Dessler

Keyword(s):

Graduate Education ◽

Space Science

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Mediating production, teaching, and research: the role of university-run design institutes in Chinese architectural practice

Architectural Research Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s1359135519000071 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 73-86

Author(s):

Guanghui Ding ◽

Charlie Q. L. Xue

Keyword(s):

Active Role ◽

Design Institute ◽

Teaching And Research ◽

Architectural Practice ◽

Young Professionals ◽

Unique Position ◽

Professional Network ◽

Architectural Knowledge ◽

Scholarly Inquiry

Almost every architecture school in China has its own university-run design institute, which functions as a platform for academics and students to engage with architectural practice.1 Design institutes play an active role in advancing, producing, and sharing architectural knowledge.2 Academic-architects, in the context of design institutes, tend to embed themselves within a complex academic-professional network, simultaneously engaging with scholarly inquiry, training young professionals and transforming cultural assets into capital in the market.3 It is the unique position of such educator-practitioners that has distinguished the work of university-run design institutes from that of numerous other state-backed design institutes.

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