Assessing Students' E-Learning Readiness at the University of Papua New Guinea Open College

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
KipliJoan Minol ◽  
Yoshifumi Chisaki ◽  
Tsuyoshi Usagawa
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Learning Readiness ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

History of non-physician anaesthesia providers in Papua New Guinea: from heil tultuls to Anaesthetic Scientific Officers

2021 ◽  
pp. 0310057X2110278
Author(s):  
Terence E Loughnan ◽  
Michael G Cooper ◽  
Pauline B Wake ◽  
Harry Aigeeleng
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Medical Assistants ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

The most recent estimates, published in 2016, have indicated that around 70% of anaesthesia providers in Papua New Guinea are non-physician anaesthetic providers and that they administer over 90% of anaesthetics, with a significant number unsupervised by a physician anaesthetist. Papua New Guinea has a physician anaesthetist ratio estimated to be 0.25 per 100,000 population, while Australia and New Zealand have a ratio of 19 physician anaesthetists per 100,000, which is 75 times that of Papua New Guinea. To reach a ratio of seven per 100,000, recommended as the minimum acceptable by the Lancet Commission in 2016, there will need to be over 35 practitioners trained per annum until 2030, at a time when the average annual numbers of recent years are less than three physicians and less than five non-physician anaesthetic providers. We review the development of anaesthesia administered by non-physician indigenous staff and the stages of development from heil tultuls, dokta bois, liklik doktas, native medical assistants, aid post orderlies, and Anaesthetic Technical Officers up to the current Anaesthetic Scientific Officers having attained the Diploma in Anaesthetic Science from the University of Papua New Guinea.

‘Taim Bilong Uni’: Ken Inglis at the University of Papua New Guinea

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-560
Author(s):  
Ian Maddocks ◽  
Seumas Spark
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The University

scholarly journals 'I couldn't stop crying'

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-128
Author(s):  
Wanita Wakus
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Special Edition ◽  
Adjustment Policies ◽  
The University

It was dubbed Black Tuesday - the night four people were shot dead during protests against World Bank structural adjustment policies in Papua New Guinea. The University of PNG journalism newspaper Uni Tavur published a special edition on 30 July 2001 with several students' accounts of their experience. Here are the stories of two young women.

scholarly journals Crunch-time for the University of Papua New Guinea

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott MacWilliam
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The South ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
International Support ◽  
National Media ◽  
Major Reform ◽  
Journalism Students ◽  
The University

After a promising start as the place where many of the country’s future leaders were educated, the University of Papua New Guinea is now a shadow of its former self. With minimal international support and destructive government policies ranking tertiary education of little importance for development, UPNG now operates on a budget totally inadequate to run a contemporary university. The minimal coverage of UPNG’s decline in the national media is reflected in a poorly run journalism programme which has had a stop-start history. By comparison, the University of the South Pacific thrives and its management set targets to raise the proportion of people from member countries who attend tertiary education. International support, financial as well as supervisory, continues to make a major contribution to USP’s operations. During major crises in Fiji, where USP’s main campus is located, journalism students at the university have performed exemplary roles. Even the controversies which repeatedly surface about the programme indicate its continuing importance at USP.  This essay argues that only the formation of a substantial consortium, with international donors joining a PNG government committed to a dramatic reversal of policy, can rescue what began as the country’s premier tertiary institution. The demand for skilled and managerial labour in the South Pacific’s second largest country, by population, requires a revitalised UPNG which could in turn lead a major reform of tertiary education and indeed all education.

scholarly journals Nancy Millis

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Sarah Rood ◽  
Katherine Sheedy
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Research Scholarship ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

Born in Melbourne in 1922, Nancy Fannie Millis studied agriculture at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Master of Agricultural Science in 1946. She spent a year studying agricultural methods in Papua New Guinea before travelling to the University of Bristol on a Boots Research Scholarship. It was here that Millis was introduced to fermentation, gaining her PhD in 1951.

scholarly journals Investigative journalism in Melanesia: Is it needed?

1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
Walter Nalangu
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Investigative Journalism ◽  
The University

Some argue there is no place for investigative journalism in Melanesia, particularly in Papua New Guinea. Such critics believe that for investigations to be effective then politicians must make changes. A media panel at a UNESCO-funded seminar at the University of PNG debates these issues.

scholarly journals Standoff in Papua New Guinea: Students take issue over corruption

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Emily Matasororo
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
News Media ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Tertiary Student ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Port Moresby

Commentary: A widespread student national boycott of classes and protests against the government of Peter O’Neill in Papua New Guinea during May and June 2016, supported by many civil society groups and activists. The epicentre of these protests was the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) in the nation's capital, Port Moresby. Demonstrations stirred by allegations of corruption against Prime Minister O'Neill grew in intensity until police opened fire on peaceful protesters on June 8. The protests were largely organised by the elected UPNG Student Representative Council, which entered into alliances with other tertiary student bodies, especially at the University of Technology in Lae, and civil society groups such as UPNG Focus and the Community Coalition Against Corruption. The essential argument of the students was that instead of thwarting investigations into allegations that $30 million of fraudulent legal bills were paid to the legal firm Paraka Lawyers, O’Neill should resign from office and present himself to the police investigators for questioning as they had demanded. This article focuses on the student leadership’s role and critiques the coverage of two major national press outlets, the PNG Post-Courier and The National, leading to the temporary shutdown of the university. It argues that there were issues of ethics and integrity at stake with both students and the news media.

Restoration of 50+ year old pathology museum specimens from the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG)

Pathology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. S131-S132
Author(s):  
R. Cooke ◽  
T. Aceret ◽  
M. Ata'o ◽  
A. Hoogland ◽  
P. Morrison-Conway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
The University
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