The use of Learning Media Assessments with Students who are Deaf-Blind

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (10) ◽  
pp. 587-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy R. McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Decision Making Process

This study investigated the decision-making process used by teachers of students with visual impairments in determining the literacy media of students who are deaf-blind. Data were collected using an online survey. The findings included the sporadic use of learning media assessments.

Selecting and Purchasing Clothing: The Experience of Visually Impaired People in Hong Kong

2000 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ng Sau Fun Frency ◽  
Hui Chi Leung Patrick ◽  
Choy Lin Foong May
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People

This study analyzes the decision-making process for selecting and purchasing clothing of 81 people in Hong Kong who are visually impaired. Data were collected through personal interviews. The results show that problems such as unsatisfactory sales services and insufficient clothing information still exist for people with visual impairments (both the group with blindness and the group with low vision), and also reveals that people who are visually impaired have different views on the relative importance of selection criteria for purchasing clothing than do their sighted peers.

scholarly journals The Relative Influence of Available Resources During the Residency Match: A National Survey of Canadian Medical Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Blissett ◽  
Christine Law ◽  
Dante Morra ◽  
Shiphra Ginsburg
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Medical Residency ◽  
Career Information ◽  
Residency Selection ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Many medical students find choosing a residency challenging. There are several steps involved, including determining one's own priorities, arranging electives, choosing a training program and site, and preparing an in-depth application and a rank order list. Many resources are available to assist students, including the Canadian Resident Matching Service website, program websites, career counselors, career information sessions, mentors, peers, family/friends, and the Canadian Medical Residency Guide. Our study explored the relative impact of these resources on the career decision-making process. Method We invited medical students in their final year at 12 Canadian medical schools to complete an online survey. Questions included identifying the relative utility of resources in the context of each component of the decision-making process. Responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results The response rate was 71% (1076 of 1518). Overall, mentors, family/friends, and peers had the most impact on students' decision making. Career counselors, websites, and the Canadian Medical Residency Guide had much less impact. Family/friends were most frequently cited as essential to the process; however, family/friends and peers were equal in having some impact. Conclusions Our findings suggest that students are most influenced by family, friends, and peers, who are not involved in the formal residency selection effort. Appreciating the impact of these influences on students' decision making is important to understanding how they decide on their future careers. The study supports continuation of mentorship programs. Future work could focus on qualitative research to further characterize resource use.

"In Peers We Trust": The Substance of Customer-to-Customer Interactions to Customer Decision-Making Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-101
Author(s):  
Kartina Sury ◽  
Mts Arief ◽  
Nur Fadjrih Asyik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Marketing Communications ◽  
Customer Engagement ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Customer Acquisition ◽  
Life Insurers ◽  
The Impact

The current marketplace is defined as the Age of Customer, an age that marks the shifting power from marketers to customers. Customers are enabled by technology and have the ability to access real time information while extending their network of friends and communities. The purpose of this research is to explore the impact of customer-to-customer interactions to customer decision-making process in life insurance in the context the online-offline marketing communications effort of marketers. Customer engagement is adopted to discuss the engagement of life insurers to customers and the drivers to the interaction of customers. This research focuses on customer decision-making process concerning customer acquisition path in the context of Indonesia's life insurance business. The questionnaire were distributed to respondents through online survey platform, targeting those non-individual life insurance policyholders as potential prospective users. Results concluded customers gathered a range of information on life insurance and conducted interactions with other peers, however offline marketing communications continued to be dominant aligned with the poor financial literacy and inclusion rate. Customer decision-making process was also determined by the results of customer-to-customer interactions and brand options as well selections were part of this journey. This research offers a proposed direction of cohesive online-offline marketing communications effort to facilitate the engagement and interactions of life insurers and customers given the empowered customer-to-customer interactions. Keywords: Customer Acquisition, Customer Decision-Making, Customer-to-Customer Interactions, Life Insurance, Digital insurance

scholarly journals OP0261-PARE BIOSIMILAR SWITCHING PROCESS - UK PATIENTS’ EXPERIENCE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 164.1-164
Author(s):  
C. Jacklin ◽  
A. Bosworth
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Shared Decision Making ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Patient Organisations ◽  
Advisory Boards ◽  
The Individual

Background:The introduction of 4 adalimumab biosimilars was challenging for the health service and patients alike. A group of patient organisations representing rheumatology, dermatology and gastroenterology patients worked with NHS England in producing materials for disseminating information to prescribers and patients to ensure smooth and appropriate transition to biosimilar products from the originator product as appropriate. These patient groups wanted to know how the ‘switch’ process was implemented and if shared decision making was practiced.Objectives:To gather patient feedback on biosimilar switch process and report findings back to NHS England as well as provide the patient organisations information to develop any future resources to help improve patient and physician shared decision making.Methods:A working group of the 4 organisations collaborated on designing an online survey asking questions around how the individual was communicated with regarding their treatment being switched to a biosimilar; was there any choice or perceived input into the decision making process; how queries or issues were handled and overall satisfaction on how the individual felt their personal preferences/needs were met.Results:899 useable responses were gathered representing 52% Rheumatology patients; 42% Gastroenterology patients and 5% Dermatology patients with remaining 1% more complex specialties. More than half of patients were not asked for their consent before their treatment was switched to a biosimilar of adalimumab with only 40% giving consent 7% couldn’t remember or were unsure if consent was given. 75% were not at all satisfied or not satisfied with the ability to decline being switched with only 12% feeling that they had been given an option to decline being switched.Conclusion:Shared Decision Making (SDM) needs to be put into action not just words. There is a clear majority that are dissatisfied with the communication they had prior to the switch and are very dissatisfied with the lack of patient engagement in the decision-making process. NRAS, NASS, Crohn’s & Colitis UK and the Psoriasis Association will continue to collaborate with NHS England and other stakeholders as appropriate to make Shared Decision Making a reality not just rhetoric.Acknowledgments:National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society UK; Crohns’ & Colitis UK;Psorarsis Association, UK; National Rheumatoid Arthritis SocietyDisclosure of Interests:Clare Jacklin Grant/research support from: NRAS has received grants from pharmaceutical companies to carry out a number of projects, Consultant of: I have been paid a speakers fee to participate in advisory boards, in house training of staff and health professional training opportunities, Speakers bureau: Various pharma companies, Ailsa Bosworth Speakers bureau: a number of pharmaceutical companies for reasons of inhouse training, advisory boards etc.

Multi-response roles in emergency response personnel

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Linsdell ◽  
Colin Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Social Preferences ◽  
Fire Service ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Depth Analysis

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the decision-making process of multi-role emergency response volunteers and their preferences for which agency they would choose to volunteer for in an emergency, utilizing the New South Wales Rural Fire Service as an example. Design/methodology/approach – Large-scale online survey data collection method, which enabled in depth analysis of responses. Findings – There are a large number of individuals who hold multiple volunteer roles and their decisions as to which service they would prefer to volunteer for is influenced by many complex factors. Research limitations/implications – Research in this topic is rare and future research should be undertaken on a wider scale involving both quantitative and qualitative methods. Practical implications – Findings will help policy makers and those responsible for providing emergency services with an understanding of the decision-making process of volunteers. Social implications – The results may help to promote understanding of a volunteers social preferences when engaged in work for emergency services. Originality/value – This is an area that has had little research undertaken in and is therefore quite an original piece of work that will have resonance for emergency services across the globe.

scholarly journals Understanding the Decision-Making Process Between Presenteeism and Absenteeism

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Lohaus ◽  
Wolfgang Habermann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Sickness Absenteeism ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
The Individual

Due to their impact on various stakeholder groups, research on the global phenomena of sickness presenteeism (working despite illness) and sickness absenteeism (absence due to illness) is constantly growing. Most studies focus on identifying factors associated with the attendance behaviors. In contrast, there have been few theoretical approaches to explain the individual decision-making process for or against working while ill. Moreover, their empirical verification is still pending. In the present study, we refer to expectancy theory to theoretically explain how the decision is made. To empirically test the model predictions we applied experimental vignette methodology in an online survey with working adults. The hypotheses were confirmed in that the calculated and predicted decisions significantly matched the intentionally chosen decisions. The results contribute to a better theoretical understanding of the decision-making process and provide starting points for interventions to manage attendance behavior in organizations.

scholarly journals Role of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for COVID-19 in Cruise Tourists’ Decision-Making Process: An Extended Model of Goal-Directed Behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5552
Author(s):  
Wenjie Xu ◽  
Hyo-Jin Youn ◽  
Choong-Ki Lee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Extended Model ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Goal Directed Behavior ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Pharmaceutical Interventions

This study developed an extended model of goal-direct behavior (EMGB) to investigate the role of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in predicting latent cruise travelers’ decision-making process in the COVID-19 pandemic context to foster the growth of a sustainable cruise business. An online survey was conducted for Korean respondents with experience of being on a cruise, and a total of 288 valid data were collected. The proposed model was examined using SmartPLS 3.0. Results show that in general, antecedents of MGB affected the desire, which in turn influenced cruise travelers’ behavioral intentions. Desire was also found to affect NPIs, which influenced behavioral intentions. Results reveal that the perception of COVID-19 affected NPIs and behavioral intention during COVID-19. Findings provide academia with theoretical implications and cruise managers with practical implications.

A virtual tumor board platform: A way to enhance decision-making for complex malignancies.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (28_suppl) ◽  
pp. 316-316
Author(s):  
Steven Hopkins ◽  
Roberto J Vidri ◽  
Maureen Hill ◽  
Namrata Vijayvergia ◽  
Jeffrey M. Farma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Interrupted Time Series ◽  
Tumor Board ◽  
Optimal Decision ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Interrupted Time Series Analysis ◽  
Tumor Boards ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Attending Physicians

316 Background: Multidisciplinary tumor boards (TBs) are crucial for optimal decision making and management of patients diagnosed with complex malignancies. The social distancing conditions imposed by COVID-19 presented an opportunity to assess the value of conducting virtual TBs compared to traditional in-person TBs. Methods: A retrospective analysis of multi-specialty attendance data from a NCI designated cancer center’s Gastrointestinal TB participants from September 2019 to October 2020 was performed. An online survey, containing 21 questions, assessing the virtual TB experience was sent to participants of all TBs across multiple specialties. Interrupted time series analysis was performed to evaluate the transition from in-person to virtual TBs. Results: The overall mean attendance for Gastrointestinal TB was 30 participants; this value increased from 23 to 34 attendees after instituting virtual TBs (p < 0.001). Increased attendance was observed among all participant categories: attending physicians (11 to 15 attendees, p < 0.001), fellows and residents (8 to 11, p < 0.001), supporting staff (3 to 6, p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the mean number of cases discussed between TB formats. The majority of the 141 survey respondents were attending physicians with > 20-year experience. Of all respondents, most supported a permanent virtual or hybrid TB format, 72.5% found this format to be more time efficient and just as productive, 85.8% found it easier to attend, and 56.7% believe it does not lead to greater distractions; most would not support a “cameras on” policy (65.2%). The majority (89.9%) also stated that confidence in the decision-making process was not affected by virtual interactions. Conclusions: A virtual platform for multi-specialty TBs allows for greater attendance without sacrificing the decision-making process. This survey supports continuing this virtual format, which may subsequently improve care and facilitate access to multidisciplinary discussions for patients.

scholarly journals CATTLE FARMERS’ DECISION-MAKING PROCESS REGARDING HERBICIDE FOR GRAZING IN BRAZIL

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-63
Author(s):  
Carolline De Andréa Picolli ◽  
Eduardo Eugênio Spers ◽  
Luciana Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Heuristics And Biases ◽  
Economic Approach ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Decision Making Model

This article aims to characterize cattle farmers’ decision-making towards herbicide for grazing in Brazil. The study is based on three fundaments: attributes through the utility function that have an economic approach with emphasis on the country-of-origin attribute; heuristics and biases that have a psychological approach; and values that are predominant in cattle farmers, also with a psychological approach (HOMER; KAHLE, 1988; GUTMAN, 1982). The methodology consists of two stages. The first one has a qualitative approach using three methods: Products Image Configuration (PICT), Laddering and Conjoint Analysis, and the second stage is through an online survey with 75 cattle farmers. Finally, based on the results, cattle farmers’ decision-making model regarding herbicide for grazing in Brazil is proposed including: values; heuristics and biases prevalent; attributes that make up the image of the herbicide; set of preferred attributes and their corresponding levels; resulting factors of decision-making; and segments of cattle farmers.

scholarly journals Evidence-Based Decision Aid for Patients With Parkinson Disease: Protocol for Interview Study, Online Survey, and Two Randomized Controlled Trials (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Bientzle ◽  
Joachim Kimmerle ◽  
Marie Eggeling ◽  
Idil Cebi ◽  
Daniel Weiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Parkinson Disease ◽  
Decision Aid ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Decision Aids ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Idiopathic Parkinson Disease

BACKGROUND Shared decision making is particularly important in situations with different treatment alternatives. For the treatment of idiopathic Parkinson disease, both pharmacological and surgical approaches can be applied. OBJECTIVE In this research project, a series of studies will be conducted to investigate how decision aids for patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease should be designed in order to support the decision-making process. METHODS In Study 1a, qualitative interviews will be conducted to determine which needs frequently occur for patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease. In Study 1b, the identified needs will then be rated for personal relevance by an independent group of patients in an online survey. In Study 2, a randomized controlled trial will be used to pretest different decision aids in a sample group of people who do not have a medical background and who do not have Parkinson disease. In Study 3, a randomized controlled trial will be used to investigate the effect of the decision aids that had been evaluated as positive in Study 2 with patients who have idiopathic Parkinson disease. RESULTS This series of studies received ethical approval in January 2020. As of June 2020, data collection for Study 1a has started, and it is estimated that Studies 1a, 1b, 2, and 3 will take approximately 4, 4, 6, and 6 months to complete, respectively. It is planned to present the results and analyses at international conferences and to submit the results to peer-reviewed journals for publication, once the studies have been completed. The findings will also be shared with clinicians and patients through presentations at information events. CONCLUSIONS This series of studies is intended to result in an evidence-based decision aid for patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease in order to support the informed and reflected shared decision-making process. We further intend to contribute to a deeper understanding of the individual preferences of patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease and the impact of those preferences on treatment decisions. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT PRR1-10.2196/17482

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