scholarly journals Identifying the competencies of China’s paediatric residents: a modified Delphi method study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e041741
Author(s):  
Yujia Wang ◽  
Tianyou Wang ◽  
Aihua Wang ◽  
Shengyu Chen ◽  
Liping Jiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Index System ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Training System ◽  
Expert Consultation ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Professional Quality ◽  
Boundary Value Method ◽  
Hierarchy Process

PurposeStandardised Training of Paediatric Resident (STPR) plays an essential role in training qualified paediatricians. Until now, China had no paediatric resident competency index system to effectively guide and evaluate the competence of paediatric residents. This study aimed to establish a competency index system for paediatric residents in China to provide a reference for improving the training system and quality of STPR.Study design and settingThis study conducted two rounds of Delphi expert consultation survey among paediatric medical experts (n=16), followed by screening, revising and supplementing indicators using the boundary value method. Next, the analytic hierarchy process was used to determine the weight of indicators and finally establish a competency index system for paediatric residents.ResultsThe results of the statistical analysis revealed a positive coefficient of 100% for both rounds of expert consultation. The expert authority coefficient values were 0.82 and 0.83, and the expert coordination coefficient test was p<0.01. After referring to experts’ opinions, a competency index system for paediatric residents with 5 primary indicators, 14 secondary indicators and 73 tertiary indicators was finally formed and the weight of each indicator was calculated. The five primary indicators were professional quality (0.3187), knowledge and skills (0.2734), communication and cooperation (0.1986), lifelong learning (0.1302), and teaching ability (0.0791).ConclusionsIn this study, a competency index system for paediatric residents was constructed following the characteristics and quality requirements for paediatric residents in China and is expected to significantly improve the overall level of paediatricians’ medical service quality and supply.

scholarly journals Determination of Environmental Factors for the Implementation of the Exploitability Index in Industrial Aggregate Mining Using Multi-Criteria Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Julio Manuel de Luis-Ruiz ◽  
Benito Ramiro Salas-Menocal ◽  
Gema Fernández-Maroto ◽  
Rubén Pérez-Álvarez ◽  
Raúl Pereda-García
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Factor ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Made In

The quality of human life is linked to the exploitation of mining resources. The Exploitability Index (EI) assesses the actual possibilities to enable a mine according to several factors. The environment is one of the most constraining ones, but its analysis is made in a shallow way. This research is focused on its determination, according to a new preliminary methodology that sets the main components of the environmental impact related to the development of an exploitation of industrial minerals and its weighting according to the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). It is applied to the case of the ophitic outcrops in Cantabria (Spain). Twelve components are proposed and weighted with the AHP and an algorithm that allows for assigning a normalized value for the environmental factor to each deposit. Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are applied, allowing us to map a large number of components of the environmental factors. This provides a much more accurate estimation of the environmental factor, with respect to reality, and improves the traditional methodology in a substantial way. It can be established as a methodology for mining spaces planning, but it is suitable for other contexts, and it raises developing the environmental analysis before selecting the outcrop to be exploited.

Grassland resource evaluation based on improved bp network model and analytic hierarchy process

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Zhou Jiang ◽  
Zhenwu Wei
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Index System ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Bp Network ◽  
Resource Evaluation ◽  
Environmental Carrying Capacity ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Grassland resources are an important part of land resources. Moreover, it has the functions of regulating the climate, windproof and sand fixation, conserving water sources, maintaining water and soil, raising livestock, providing food, purifying the air, and beautifying the environment in terrestrial ecosystems. Grassland resource evaluation is of great significance to the sustainable development of grassland resources. Therefore, this paper improves the BP neural network, uses the comprehensive index method to calculate the weights in the analytic hierarchy process, and constructs a water resources carrying capacity research and analysis system based on the entropy weight extension decision theory. Meanwhile, this paper analyzes different levels of resource and environmental carrying capacity to achieve the purpose of comprehensive evaluation of resource and environmental carrying capacity. In addition, based on the theory of sustainable development, under the guidance of the principle of index system construction, this paper studies the actual situation of grassland resources and the availability and operability of data, and combines with the opinions given by experts to form an evaluation index system of grassland resources and environmental carrying capacity. Finally, through the actual case study analysis, it is concluded that the model constructed in this paper has a certain effect.

scholarly journals An Empirical Investigation into Physician Preferences in Drug Prescription: An Integrated Methodology of AHP and QFD

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Farzana Elahi ◽  
Shamsad Ahmed ◽  
Mahbubul Haque ◽  
Nazreen Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Drug Prescription ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relationship Matrix ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Expert Choice ◽  
Integrated Methodology ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
The Relationship

<p class="Default">In order to sustain in a competitive market like pharmaceutical in Bangladesh, it is important to get an insight into physicians’ preferences in prescribing the drugs. The aim of this work is to investigate and address the physician requirements through an integrated methodology of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Quality Function Deployment (QFD). In this research, an expert panel has been interviewed to recognize the criteria affecting physicians’ decisions. The results from AHP derived through Expert Choice software demonstrate that from the viewpoint of physicians, out of the five criteria, quality of product offering is ranked highest in prescribing the drugs followed by the reputation of the company, relationship enjoyed with the company, etc. As for the technical aspects, derived from the relationship matrix of AHP and QFD, out of the sixteen, brand image is ranked first followed by the quality of raw and packaging materials, skilled production personnel etc. The contribution of this research is expected to enable the managers in the pharmaceutical companies to recognize the factors that influence physicians in prescribing drugs for the patients and help them find out challenging items with preeminent alternatives. Few suggestions for future research are also put forward. <strong></strong></p>

Elementary Analysis on Construction of Assessment Index System of Cleaner Production of Cheese Dyeing Enterprises

2012 ◽  
Vol 268-270 ◽  
pp. 2031-2034
Author(s):  
Zheng Li ◽  
Ding Gui Luo
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Method ◽  
Index System ◽  
Cleaner Production ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Assessment Index ◽  
Elementary Analysis ◽  
Assessment Index System ◽  
Standard Value ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Different Levels

The concrete assessment index of cheese dyeing enterprises’ cleaner production is filtered out by the classic Delphi method (Delphi) of expert evaluation. According to the characteristic of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP),we have identified the different levels. Finally, assessment index system was established and the weight of each index and standard value were also determined. The cleaner production level can be evaluated eventually more intuitively. So it can provide the technical support and guidance for cleaner production assessment of Cheese Dyeing Enterprises and realize a sustainable development of this kind of enterprises.

A Method of the Comprehensive Evaluation of Surface Integrity in Micro- and Nano-Machining

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guicheng Wang ◽  
Chunyan Zhang ◽  
Hongjie Pei ◽  
Yunming Zhu ◽  
Chungen Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Integrity ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Metal Cutting ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Ultra Precision ◽  
Edge Quality ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The surface quality is always the crucial element of machined quality in precision ultra-precision metal cutting. A new concept that the surface integrity should include the edge quality of parts is put forward In this paper, the weight value of a series of characteristic parameters of surface integrity are calculated with using analytic hierarchy process, three basic methods of evaluating surface integrity are presented, and the comprehensive evaluation system has been formed which will theoretically play a great important role on rapid development in the precision machining.

scholarly journals Study on Evaluation Index System of Urban Traffic Improvement Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process

2021 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 04029
Author(s):  
Xiaolei Zheng ◽  
Yong Yin ◽  
Tao Yang
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Index System ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Evaluation Index ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The double development of urbanization and motorization has made the traffic demand of our country grow rapidly and diversified. the improvement of urban traffic has become an important condition for the sustainable development of the city. Based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), this paper establishes the evaluation index system of urban traffic improvement by comparing the importance of indexing by experts. It is found that improvement of road network, optimization of public traffic and improvement of intersection are the most important in urban traffic improvement. the intersection of the most important level of service. By using qualitative and quantitative methods, the Likert scale was used to classify the results and the four-quadrant method was used to analyze the urban traffic improvement evaluation index system.

scholarly journals Quality yarn index using AHP and Fuzzy method

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (05) ◽  
pp. 487-491
Author(s):  
MOHAMED BEN HASSEN ◽  
MOHAMED TAHER HALIM ◽  
EMAD ABUALSAUOD ◽  
ASEM OTHMAN
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Theory ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Yarn Quality ◽  
Multicriteria Problem ◽  
Global Quality ◽  
Matrix Coefficients ◽  
Mechanical And Physical Properties ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The yarn quality depends on many parameters: characteristics parameters, mechanical and physical properties. Making the hypothesis that the quality of the yarn is a multicriteria problem, in this paper, we propose a new method to determine the Quality Yarn Index QYI based on Analytic Hierarchy Process AHP and Fuzzy theory. A questionnaire was designed for experts of each field (weaving and knitting) to evaluate the relative importance for each property to determine coefficients of the AHP matrix. Results revealed that matrix coefficients changed with yarn application (weft or warp weaving and knitting) The QYI can be used in any application, where a rapid decision is needed, to evaluate the global quality of yarn and to make a comparison between different yarn qualities

scholarly journals Strategies for Improvement of Government Budget Absorption of Bogor City

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Gustawan Rachman ◽  
Ma’mun Sarma ◽  
Dwi Rachmina
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Government Budget ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Budget Planning ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
External Intervention ◽  
Budget Expenditure

This study aims to analyze for factors that cause delays in the absorption of the Bogor City Government's expenditure budget so that a strategy can be formulated to improve the performance of this budget absorption. Searching for variables forming the causal factors is done by direct observation and library data search. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is used to look for underlying factors extracted from the factors forming variables. The search for alternative strategies to improve performance of budget absorption was carried out using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The EFA analysis found five main factors causing delays in the absorption of budget expenditure, namely factor in budget planning activities, factor in government regulation and bureaucracy, factor of work conditions, factor influencing financial activities and disbursement of the Government budget, and human resources of the state civil apparatus (ASN). AHP analysis shows that of the five leading sectors of the Regional Apparatus that play a role as key leaders in improving the performance of budget absorption is Sekretariat Daerah. The main obstacle in improving budget absorption is internal and external intervention. The main strategy to correct delays in spending is to improve quality of budget planning and procurement of service goods.

A grey STA-GERT quality evaluation model for complex products based on manufacture-service dual-network

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiting Xu ◽  
Zhigeng Fang ◽  
Jinyu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complex Products ◽  
Reasonable Approach ◽  
Estimate Quality ◽  
Grey Number ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to find out a scientific method to evaluate quality of complex products, whose quality is different from general products. Design/methodology/approach – Based on interval grey number theory, reliability analysis method and stochastic network theory, authors have established grey success tree analysis-graph evaluation and review technique (GSTA-GERT) model in this paper. Findings – Comparing complex products and general products, authors have found that complex products have two characters, i.e. quality of manufacture and quality of service. Furthermore, this paper has proved the GSTA-GERT model is a scientific and reasonable approach to estimate quality of complex products from the sight of manufacture-service network. Originality/value – This paper has established GSTA-GERT model, which surmounts the defect of traditional estimation method, such as lacking logic analysis in the method of analytic hierarchy process.

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