Medical Student Values Inform Career Plans in Service & Surgery—A Qualitative Focus Group Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 256 ◽  
pp. 636-644
Author(s):  
Anna L. Carroll ◽  
Antonia Chan ◽  
Jecca R. Steinberg ◽  
Tyler S. Bryant ◽  
Paloma Marin-Nevarez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Career Plans ◽  
Student Values

Medical Student Perspectives of Active Learning: A Focus Group Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Walling ◽  
Kathryn Istas ◽  
Giulia A. Bonaminio ◽  
Anthony M. Paolo ◽  
Joseph D. Fontes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Student Perspectives ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Medical Student Perspectives

scholarly journals Online feminist publications as social enterprises: Diversifying revenue streams through corporate social responsibility

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Kamila Jambulatova
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Editorial Content ◽  
Social Good ◽  
The Social ◽  
Revenue Streams ◽  
Corporate Social

This qualitative study examined how feminist online publications can adopt social enterprise business models. The focus group analysis of the audiences of Refinery29, Bustle, HelloGiggles, and Jezebel first explored the audience's outlook on the commodification of feminism. The focus group also considered plausible ways of adopting social enterprise initiatives to diversify revenue streams of these publications, continue promoting gender equality, and to better establish the images of the publications. During four focus groups, twenty total participants shared a variety of feedback, including their opinions on the commodification of the feminist movement and the commodification of editorial content. They talked about how their purchasing decisions are affected by their desire to contribute to the social good. Other themes identified during the study were white feminism, the trivialization of feminist content, and the importance of companies' policies.

Putting It on the Table: Towards Better Cultivating Medical Student Values

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 533-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Gamble Blakey ◽  
N. Pickering
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Student Values

Teaching classics as moral and civic education

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-232
Author(s):  
Cheuk-Hang Leung ◽  
Hin Yan Chan
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
General Education ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Values Education ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Civic Literacy

Purpose In light of the concerns of declining value education in higher education and the debates on the role of general education in current university setting, the purpose of this paper is to discuss the relation between general education and moral and civic education by examining the effectiveness of a compulsory classics reading general education program in cultivating civic literacy in Asia-Pacific context. Design/methodology/approach Mixed-method approach in the form of survey assessment and focus group studies was employed to examine the degree of students’ development in abilities and virtues relevant to civic literacy in the course. Findings Data analyses reveal a promising development on students’ civic literacy in the classics reading general education course. Statistical analysis on surveys indicated students experienced a significant development on democratic skills and critical thinking, acquisition of civic knowledge and cultivation of democratic virtues after taking the course. Focus group analysis illustrated a relation between classics reading and students’ acquisition of knowledge of socio-political institutions, cultivation of open-mindedness and sense of tolerance for diversity and willingness of seeking reasonableness and engaging in social debates. Originality/value This paper discusses the successful experience of a newly formulated General Education program in Hong Kong. The program is the first attempt in East Asia to launch values education through the teaching and learning of classics in Asia-Pacific context. This could be an example of launching values education at the level of undergraduate education for other local universities.

Employer views of customized employment: A focus group analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Riesen ◽  
Robert L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Group Analysis

scholarly journals UK public library roles and value: A focus group analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Appleton ◽  
Hazel Hall ◽  
Alistair S. Duff ◽  
Robert Raeside
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Epistemic Role

Findings from a study of the advantages and disadvantages accrued by individuals from their public library use, and the impact of this on citizenship at individual and community levels, are presented. The analysis of longitudinal focus group data collected on two occasions at eight UK locations at a time of a so-called ‘public library crisis’ demonstrates a strong sense of the epistemic role of public libraries, and their conception as safe, welcoming, community-owned spaces. Links between public library use and the development of citizenship are less easily identified. However, the evidence shows that public library use facilitates participation in society, and provides resources to allow individuals and communities to fulfil their societal obligations.

Editorial

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. I
Author(s):  
H M Burrow ◽  
S G Coffey
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Sustainable Farming ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Farmer Knowledge

In Australia, the work being carried out on sustainability indicators has become an industry on its own. This paper firstly provides an introduction that reviews the literature on indicator development and use, particularly in relation to agricultural production systems. A number of reasons for the limited use of indicators by farmers are mentioned. Secondly, a focus group study involving farmers from two dryland cropping areas in Queensland to investigate sustainability indicators and sustainable farming systems is presented. The indicators the participants identified during focus groups included indicators that reflect (i)farming system components, (ii) the management of these components, (iii) the management of all components and their interrelationships at the systems level, and (iv) the external factors that influence and interact with this systems level. Focus group analysis also showed that the participants perceived sustainability as an on-going process and a sustainable farming system as dynamic and emergent in nature. The implications of these findings are discussed. Three key issues were raised (i) the value of farmer knowledge with respect to the development of indicators has often been ignored; (ii) there are links between indicators developed through traditional science and those being used by farmers; and (iii) off-farm indicators used by farmers may be very useful in policy development at a variety of levels (e.g. catchment, regional, national, global). The focus group method involving farmers provided a useful way to gain insights about farmer perceptions and for farmers to learn from each other during the research process.

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