Assessment of a novel ophthalmology tele-triage system during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a web-based tele-triage system was created to prioritize in-person clinic visits and ensure safety at the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences during a statewide shelter-in-place order. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the tele-triage system on urgent visit volume and explore the characteristics of acute visit requests at a tertiary referral eye center. Methods This retrospective study analyzed acute visit requests between April 6, 2020 and June 6, 2020. Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, ANOVA, and bivariate logistic regression were used to compare variables with a p-value of 0.05. Results Three hundred fifty-eight surveys were completed. Mean age was 49.7 ± 18.8 years (range 2–91). The majority of requests were determined as urgent (63.0%) or emergent (0.8%). Forty-nine patients had recent eye trauma (13.7%), and the most common reported symptoms were new onset eye pain (25.7%) and photophobia (22.9%). Most patients were self-referred (63.7%), though provider referral was more common in patients with symptoms of new onset lid swelling (p < 0.01), diplopia (p < 0.01), flashing lights (p = 0.02), or droopy eyelid (p < 0.01). Patients presenting with symptom onset within 48 h tended to be younger (45.8 years) versus those with symptom duration of 48 h to 1 week (49.6 years), or more than 1 week (52.6 years; p < 0.01). Conclusion This novel tele-triage system screened out one-third of acute visit requests as non-urgent, which limited in-person visits during the initial shelter-in-place period of the pandemic. Tele-triage systems should be implemented in eye care practices for future emergency preparedness.

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Assessing the impact of a cannabis course on pharmacy students’ understanding, beliefs and preparedness regarding medical and recreational cannabis

Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada ◽

10.1177/17151635211041041 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 171516352110410

Author(s):

Vikas Parihar ◽

Michael A. Beazely ◽

Laura Katz ◽

Rita Dhami ◽

Lisa Laureen Patterson

Keyword(s):

Primary Objective ◽

Pharmacy Students ◽

Continuous Variables ◽

Medical Cannabis ◽

Chi Square ◽

Web Based ◽

Medical Documents ◽

Mean Differences ◽

The University ◽

The Impact

Background: With the legalization of cannabis in Canada in 2018, pharmacists are increasingly likely to encounter patients using this substance. The primary objective of this pre-post questionnaire study was to evaluate the impact of an accredited cannabis course on the understanding, beliefs, perceptions and knowledge of undergraduate PharmD students. Methods: A 38-question, web-based survey generated in REDCap was administered to third-year PharmD students at the University of Waterloo, prior to and right after taking an accredited cannabis course. The pre- and postsurvey data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. Pearson chi-square tests were performed on questions in which answers consisted of qualitative categorical data. Two-sided t tests were performed to test the significance of mean differences of questions measuring continuous variables. Results: In a class of 120 students, 110 completed the presurvey and 79 students completed the postsurvey. After the course, students were more likely to report being knowledgeable and prepared for patient encounters dealing with medical and recreational cannabis, understanding that medical cannabis should be prescribed for select (vs all) medical conditions, rating the quality of evidence as poor to moderate for medical use of cannabis, understanding that medical documents should be more prescriptive and understanding that cannabis should not be sold in pharmacies ( p < 0.05). Interpretation: With cannabis education a part of their curriculum, pharmacy students felt more prepared to engage patients using cannabis both medically and recreationally. Furthermore, students were more cautious regarding the potential use of cannabis therapeutically and indicated that more oversight should be in place. Can Pharm J (Ott) 2021;154:xx-xx.

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The Impact of Watching Television Sports Channels in Promotion of Sports Activities among the Students of University of Sargodha

Global Mass Communication Review ◽

10.31703/gmcr.2019(iv-i).07 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol IV (I) ◽

pp. 95-107

Author(s):

Sajjad Ali ◽

Muhammad Saqib Ilmas ◽

Shajee Hassan

Keyword(s):

Statistical Tests ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Chi Square ◽

Uses And Gratification ◽

Uses And Gratification Theory ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Set Up ◽

The University ◽

The Impact ◽

Sports Activities

This study analyzes the impact of watching television sports channels on the promotion of sports activities among the students of the University of Sargodha. The aim of the study is to explore the impact of sports channels on students. Previous researches are used to set up the concepts of the present study. In this research, a survey technique is used to collect the data. The population of the study consists of male and female students of the University of Sargodha. In this research, the Stratified and Purposive sampling technique is used, through which specification characteristics of the respondent's demographics. The study explores the impact of sports channels in the view of Uses and Gratification Theory. The data for this study is collected through the use of a well-designed questionnaire. Chi-square test and other statistical tests like ANOVA and t-Test are applied to test the hypothesis. The finding shows that more the exposure to TV sports channels more the information level of students of the University of Sargodha.

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Wiring Watkins University

Knowledge Management and Higher Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-509-2.ch012 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 242-263

Author(s):

Andy Borchers

Keyword(s):

Erp Implementation ◽

Web Based ◽

Budget Planning ◽

Laptop Program ◽

Midwestern University ◽

Education Market ◽

Card System ◽

Higher Education Market ◽

The University ◽

The Impact

This case describes the “wiring” of Watkins University (a fictional name for a real Midwestern university) between 1997 and 2003 as the university responded to competitive pressures in the higher education market. After describing the University and the competitive challenges it faced, the case takes the student into a strategy session between the organization’s CFO, CTO and Provost as they review progress on four key initiatives: Web based teaching, student laptop program, a Web based ERP implementation and a proposed “one card” system. Questions are raised as to acceptance of the technology, the impact of these initiatives on the organization’s strategic posture and competitiveness, IT budget planning, and future steps for the organization to take.

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Infrastructural Facility and the Students’ Academic Performance - A Critique

Indonesian Journal of Geography ◽

10.22146/ijg.12437 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 11 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Adejompo Stephen Fagbohunka

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Statistical Technique ◽

Systematic Sampling ◽

The Internet ◽

Chi Square ◽

Transportation Sector ◽

The Government ◽

The University ◽

The Impact

Abstract: The paper underscores the infrastructural facility and the student’s academic performance in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Thirty questionnaires were administered through a systematic sampling technique in each of the six faculties making a total of 180 questionnaires. The paper has found out a positive relationship between the student’s academic performance, power supply and health facilities. However, the internet facilities and transportation facilities were not adequate, whereas water supply was adequate. A test of the impact of infrastructural facility on the student’s academic performance, using a Chi Square statistical technique revealed a significant value of 177.1 at 0.05 % level. The paper recommends that the existing facilities should be upgraded and significantly improved by the government; urgent attention should be given to the development of the internet facilities and transportation sector of the University. Also, private partnership should be encouraged in the infrastructural development of the University.

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Medical Students’ Commitment during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Preparedness, Motivation, and Impact on Students’ Skills

10.21203/rs.3.rs-37069/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Lukas Müller ◽

Markus Heymanns ◽

Laura Harder ◽

Julia Winter ◽

Stephan Gehring ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Students ◽

Medical School ◽

Medical Curriculum ◽

Medical Center ◽

Care Staff ◽

Health Care Staff ◽

Web Based ◽

The University ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many authors have suggested a commitment of medical students to support overworked health care staff. However, whether the students are prepared for such an occupation remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate medical students’ preparedness for a commitment in the pandemic and to assess the impact on their skills and attitudes.Methods: In April 2020, the CoronaPreventMainz (CPM) study was initiated to test 3300 employees with direct patient contact at the University Medical Center Mainz. To accomplish the huge logistic effort, medical students were recruited as support staff.Using a web-based questionnaire, the participating students were asked 27 questions covering six different topics.Results: Of the 75 recruited students, 63 (84.0%) participated in this survey. The median age was 24 years, and 66.6% (n = 42) were female. The vast majority agreed that students should be used as voluntary helpers during this crisis (87.3%) and had the feeling of contributing in the fight against the pandemic (90.5%). Most of the students (80.6%) even reported an improvement in their practical skills. Fear of self-infection was low (7.9%), and overextending situations occurred for just 3.2%. However, less than one-fifth (19.4%) of the students felt prepared for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by medical school, and two-thirds (67.7%) demanded special preparation. Conclusion: Through their commitment, the medical students felt that they were taking part in the fight against the pandemic. However, only a few felt well-prepared by medical school and the students’ need for special preparation courses is huge. Therefore, single-center initiatives can only be the beginning. Dedicated courses on how to support health care staff in natural disasters should be integrated into the medical curriculum to better prepare medical students for the next crisis.

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Does Who You Know Affect How You Act? The Impact of Relationships on Bystander Intervention in Interpersonal Violence Situations

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260516628292 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (17) ◽

pp. 2623-2642 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Jane E. Palmer ◽

Sarah C. Nicksa ◽

Sarah McMahon

Keyword(s):

Interpersonal Violence ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Private University ◽

Chi Square ◽

Web Based ◽

Campus Sexual Assault ◽

Relational Distance ◽

Crime Types ◽

Context Specific ◽

The Impact

This study utilized an experimental design to determine how bystanders would intervene in campus sexual assault (SA) or intimate partner violence (IPV) situations. Specifically, it examines whether the type of intervention (direct, indirect, or delegation) is associated with relational distance, the nature of the crime, or the sex of the bystander. A random sample of college students completed a web-based survey at a private university in the Midwest. Survey participants were randomly assigned two vignettes—an SA scenario ( n = 371) and an IPV scenario ( n = 350)—with one of three conditions: knew the victim, knew the perpetrator, or knew neither. Chi-square tests, binary logistic regressions, and predicted probabilities were conducted to test three hypotheses. Results indicate that relational distance affects how a bystander will intervene. In the SA vignette, students who knew the victim or perpetrator chose direct intervention. In the IPV vignette, students who knew the victim or perpetrator chose direct or indirect interventions. Students who knew neither the victim nor the perpetrator tended to choose to delegate the intervention to someone else for both crime types. Although there were differences by sex, the larger differences were between whether they knew someone or not. Still, men had the highest probability of directly intervening in the SA scenario, whereas women had the highest probability of indirectly intervening in the IPV scenario. The results of this study suggest that campus violence prevention programs should consider context-specific issues in their trainings such as relational distance and type of crime.

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A proposed architecture of big educational data using hadoop at the University of Kufa

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) ◽

10.11591/ijece.v9i6.pp4970-4978 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 4970

Author(s):

Ahmed Yaseen Mjhool ◽

Ahmed Hazim Alhilali ◽

Salam Al-augby

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Data Science ◽

Big Data Analytics ◽

Data Repository ◽

Web Based ◽

E Learning ◽

Data Policy ◽

Windows Applications ◽

The University ◽

The Impact

<span>Nowadays, educational data have been increased rapidly because of the online services provided for both students and staff. University of Kufa (UoK) generates a massive amount of data annually due to the use of e-learning web-based systems, network servers, Windows applications, and Students Information System (SIS). This data is wasted as traditional management software are not capable to analysis it. As a result, the Big Educational Data concept rises to help education sectors by providing new e-learning methods, allowing to meet individual demands and reach the learners' goals, and supporting the students and teacher’s interaction. This paper focuses on designing Big Data analysis architecture, based on the Hadoop in the UoK and the same case for other Iraqi universities. The impact of this work, help the students learn, emphasizing the need of academic researchers and data science specialist for learning and practicing Big Data analytics and support the analysis of the e-learning management system and set the first step toward developing data repository and data policy in UoK.</span>

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The Impact of Writing Area Forecast Discussions on Student Forecaster Performance

Weather and Forecasting ◽

10.1175/waf905.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 104-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Patrick S. Market

Keyword(s):

Student Performance ◽

Weather Forecast ◽

Chi Square ◽

University Of Missouri ◽

Forecast Performance ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

The University ◽

The Impact ◽

Local Weather

Abstract A brief study is provided on the forecast performance of students who write a mock area forecast discussion (AFD) on a weekly basis. Student performance was tracked for one semester (11 weeks) during the University of Missouri—Columbia's local weather forecast game. The hypothesis posed is that student performance is no better on days when they compose an AFD. A nonparametric Mann–Whitney test cannot reject that hypothesis. However, the same test employed on precipitation forecasts (for days when precipitation actually fell) shows that there is a statistically significant difference (p = 0.02) between the scores of those students writing an AFD and those who do not. Similar results are found with a chi-square test. Thus, AFD writers improve their precipitation score on days when significant weather occurred. Forecaster confidence is also enhanced by AFD composition.

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Design and Validation of a Questionnaire on Influence of the University Classroom on Motivation and Sociability

Education Sciences ◽

10.3390/educsci11040183 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 183

Author(s):

Mariana-Daniela González-Zamar ◽

Luis Ortiz Jiménez ◽

Adoración Sánchez Ayala

Keyword(s):

Content Validity ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Measurement Instrument ◽

Classroom Design ◽

Educational Tool ◽

Goodness Of Fit Test ◽

Chi Square ◽

Learning Space ◽

The University ◽

The Impact

In recent years, the changes experienced in the educational and social field have been reflected in the growing interest in defining how the attributes of the learning space affect students. This study seeks to determine the influence exerted by the design and organization of the university classroom on motivation and social interaction. The objective was to develop and validate a measurement instrument to evaluate the impact of the university classroom design on the student, considering their physical, environmental, perceptual, and motivational attributes. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of 402 students from the University of Almeria (Spain). The reliability and content validity of the construct were analyzed. Reliability was demonstrated by a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.938 for the dimensions with quantitative cut items, being highly satisfactory. The Chi-square goodness of fit test analyzed the qualitative items. Content validity was subject to expert judgment. It is concluded that the presented instrument meets the required technical attributes, to be considered a reliable and valid educational tool for measurement.

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The Impact of the University in Increasing the Book Reading on Students: Case Study Soran University

SIASAT ◽

10.33258/siasat.v5i4.70 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 51-58

Author(s):

Şakir İşleyen ◽

Amir Khaleel Hassoo

Keyword(s):

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Book Reading ◽

Age Group ◽

Chi Square ◽

Good Communication ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

The University ◽

The Impact

Reading is perusing through texts to understand concepts. In the event that you battle to centre, reading can improve your attention span. Books with better structures encourage us to think in sequence the more we read, the more our brains are able to link cause and effect. The main aim of this study is to investigate the effective factors that the role of the university in reading books. The sample of the study includes all the students at Soran University. The focused on populace size for the investigation is 400 understudies who chose haphazardly. The acquired information were broke down with the SPSS program by using methods containing descriptive statistics, Chi-square test. The results indicated some factors such as good communication between reading a book and students, offering university and professional development courses with a variety of skills for students, The research includes “Individual Reasons”, “age group”, “Perusing material during recreation time”, “Department”, play a significant role in reading book students in the university.

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