Students' perceived value of physiology course activities in a Sudanese medical faculty

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lamis Kaddam ◽  
Mustafa Khidir Mustafa Elnimeiri
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Medical Faculty ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teacher Involvement ◽  
Academic Activity ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Important Activity

The physiology course in our department consists of lectures, laboratory sessions, and tutorials, all of which are teacher centered, as well as student-led seminars. The overall aim of this project was to investigate student perceptions of the value of varying academic activities on their learning of physiology. A faculty-based descriptive study was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Alneelain University (Khartoum, Sudan). Questionnaires (150 total) were distributed to students from the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Physiotherapy; 127 questionnaires were completed and returned. The results showed that 108 students (85%) believed that their absence from different academic activities could affect their performance. Students perceived lectures as the most valuable academic activity (90.7%), whereas seminars presented by students were perceived as the least important activity (18.5%). There was a significant correlation between lectures attendance and their performance in examinations ( P = 0.008). Ninety percent of the students thought that teacher involvement in tutorials was essential and that lectures were useful to understand certain topics. These results showed that in our course, students perceived teacher involvement as a key component of the educational process.

scholarly journals DYNAMICS OF STUDENTS’ PEDAGOGICAL DIAGNOSTICS PROCEDURE SUBJECTIVE ASSECCEMENT THROUGHOUT UNIVERSITY ADAPTATION PROCESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
L.V SNEGIREVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Adaptation Period ◽  
Adaptation Process ◽  
Academic Activity ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Diagnostics System ◽  
University Adaptation

The author has studied medical students’ anxiety level throughout university adaptation process. The anxiety level assessment of students with different academic activities in pedagogical diagnostics system was done. The author considers students' contentment dynamics with their own results of knowledge control throughout adaptation process. It is shown that adaptation process causes students' emotional discomfort in pedagogical diagnostics procedure. High academic activity students get more likely increased anxiety level. On the contrary, low academic activity examinees with low motivation are more confident in pedagogical diagnostics system. After adaptation period students' anxiety level decreases significantly. High academic activity examinees become more confident in pedagogical diagnostics system. On the contrary, low academic activity students get more emotional discomfort in knowledge control system, because of self-organization skills lack and inadequacy of school knowledge base. The author suggests to take into account the obtained data to organize the educational process.

Kharkiv University and the Shumlyansky brothers

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2b) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
I.V. Belozоrov ◽  
◽  
B.A. Rogozhin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Medical Faculty ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Higher Medical Education

A comparative study of the biography of outstanding doctors and scientists brothers Alexander and Pavel Shumlyansky is presented. It is shown that they made a significant contribution to the development and improvement of higher medical education in the Russian Empire at the turn of the XVIII — XIX centuries. Their activities contributed to the transition from the training of doctors in hospital schools to the academic educational process, which created the basis for the formation of university schools. Oleksandr Shumlyansky developed, and Pavel took part in the implementation of the system of university higher medical education, becoming the first dean of the medical faculty of Kharkiv University.

scholarly journals Objective structured clinical examination in physiotherapy teaching: a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Moreira Ribeiro ◽  
Alcindo Antônio Ferla ◽  
Juleimar Soares Coelho de Amorim
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Objective Structured Clinical Examination ◽  
Methodologic Quality

Abstract Introduction: Problems related to the clinical abilities of physiotherapy students are not always identified throughout the educational process and might only be observed when these future professionals have to treat patients. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) includes a problematization approach and can be used in Health Sciences teaching to help this identification before internship practices. However, there are few studies on its use in Physiotherapy. Objective: To gather evidence of the OSCE use to evaluate clinical abilities in Physiotherapy teaching. Method: Articles published from 2000 to 2016 were surveyed in the Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) (Virtual Health Library), Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informação em Ciências da Saúde (BIREME) (Latin-American and Caribbean Health Sciences Information Center), PubMed, Scielo and Web of Science, using the descriptors “educational assessment”, “assessment methods”, “objective structured clinical examination”, “clinical competence”, “professional competence”, “clinical skills”, “student competence”, “student skills”, “physiotherapy” and the Booleans “OR” and “AND”. Results: The initial number of identified publications was 3,242. From these, seven were included in this review. Two studies were developed in Brazil, four in Australia and one in Canada. The studies were scored 7 to 12 regarding methodologic quality, and 1B and 2B regarding scientific evidence. Conclusion: Students’ clinical abilities were grouped into three classes: cognitive, psychomotor and affective, and four studies described their use. There is very little evidence of the use of OSCE, but the instrument can be applied to evaluate skills and competences in Physiotherapy teaching.

scholarly journals Characteristics of the ultimate meanings and students’ life-purpose orientations depending on the gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
Sergei B. Perevozkin ◽  
◽  
Yulia M. Perevozkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Life Purpose ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Academic Activity ◽  
Pearson Criterion

The relevance of the study is conditioned by rapid transition to digital forms of education, which is associated with the pandemic. Students have changed the way they interact with teachers and with each other, which constantly leads to transformation of personal meanings, values, rethinking of their purpose and role in the educational process. The purpose of the study, presented in the article, is to investigate unusual characteristics of the semantic sphere regarding male and female students’ academic activity. Hypothesis: semantic content of academic activity differs in male and female students. Participants are first-year full-time students, studying at the Faculty of Psychology, Faculty of Engineering and Economics and Faculty of Human Resources Management (N = 102, aged from 18 to 22 years, 52 participants are female students and 50 participants are male students). The participants were tested using Life-Purpose Orientations Test (D. A. Leontiev) and the Ultimate Meanings Technique (D. A. Leontiev). Based on the latter methodology, the entire sample was divided into five groups depending on the presence of a certain meaning. The conjugation of ultimate meanings and gender was determined using φ-Pearson criterion, while MANOVA criterion helped to investigate differences in life-purpose orientations depending on gender and ultimate meanings. We established differentiation within ultimate meanings in education depending on gender of a student: men are focused on respect and safety, while women are focused on getting pleasure and gaining confidence. We found that women connect getting pleasure and gaining confidence while learning with monitoring their lives, whereas male students connect it with the ultimate meanings of security and respect, satisfaction with their own lives and the feeling of being able to influence their life. The obtained results can help to draw the following conclusion: development of the individual system of life-purpose orientations and its functioning in the educational situation are interconnected with gender as one of the most essential biosocial characteristics of an individual.

The Effect of Diversity Climate on Institutional Affiliation/Pride and Intentions to Stay and Graduate: A Comparison of Latinx and Non-Latinx White Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-111
Author(s):  
Monica C. Gavino ◽  
Ekundayo Akinlade
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
White Students ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Climate Factors ◽  
Diversity Climate ◽  
Institutional Affiliation ◽  
Interracial Interactions ◽  
Hispanic Serving Institution ◽  
Faculty And Staff ◽  
Hispanic Serving

This study analyzed student perceptions of diversity climate factors in a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). The climate of respect, perceived value of diversity on campus, and interracial interactions with faculty and staff were explored to determine their effects on institutional affiliation/pride and intentions to remain and graduate. Results indicated that the three factors of diversity climate affect institutional affiliation/pride and intentions to stay and graduate for Latinx students.

Medical Student Perceptions of Self-Paced, Web-Based Electives: A Descriptive Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 212-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa May ◽  
Kimberly D. Acquaviva ◽  
Annette Dorfman ◽  
Laurie Posey
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Web Based

scholarly journals Class blogs as a teaching tool to promote writing and student interaction

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Sullivan ◽  
Nancy Longnecker
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Whole Class ◽  
Class Interaction

<p>Blogs are a useful teaching tool for improving student writing and increasing class interaction. However, most studies have looked at individual blogs rather than blogs maintained by a whole class. We introduced assignments involving participation in class blogs to four science communication classes with enrolments of between 15 and 36 students. We administered paper-based surveys to obtain student perceptions of the value of the blogging assignment. Based on feedback in semester one, we increased commenting requirements and spent more time integrating the blog with coursework in semester two. In semester two, students had significantly improved perceptions of the blog assignments. The most commonly cited benefit by students in both semesters was that the blog helped to improve their writing. Most enjoyed the opportunity to have increased intellectual exchange with other students and the majority agreed that knowing other students read the blog motivated them to write better. Students disliked being forced to comment and they felt that they benefited just from reading other students’ posts. However, we recommend that weekly commenting should be mandatory, as this increased involvement and perceived value of the assignment.</p><p> </p>

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