The Effectiveness of Distance Education in Allied Health Science Programs: A Meta-Analysis of Outcomes

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy L. Williams
2021 ◽  
pp. 875647932110186
Author(s):  
Kimberly Sorrentino

Objective: Continuous improvement is vital to ensuring quality in sonography education. The aim of this literature review was to compile and summarize the current literature on accreditation, credentialing, and quality improvement initiatives in sonography education. Materials & Methods: Four sonography-specific journals and six health science/academic databases were searched using the terms education, sonography, ultrasound, accreditation, credential, and quality. The search was limited to findings in the English language, from 2000 to 2020. Results: The search uncovered only 19 articles on this topic in sonography education. The vast majority of papers focused on quality improvement initiatives, while just a few concentrated on accreditation or credentialing. Conclusion: Much of the contemporary sonography educational literature focuses on clinical, lab, or didactic quality improvement initiatives. Overall, it is clear that more research is needed in the field of sonography education. This review provides examples of quality initiative research in other allied health fields that can be useful guides for future sonography educational research.


Author(s):  
Amanda Carroll-Barefield

As more emphasis is placed on offering education to the distance student and monies are spent to provide these services, institutions must ensure they reap the rewards of the investment. One avenue to ensure success in distance education is the implementation of strong student support services. This is a task that will take the teamwork of educators, administrators, instructional technologists/designers, and support personnel. For institutions transitioning to a distance format, measures must be taken to ensure that the learner, no matter what the method of delivery, has access to equivalent student support services. One approach to measuring this aspect is the determination of student satisfaction with the support services offered to distance students. A study was conducted at a public health sciences research university in the Southeast to determine whether the administrative student support services (library and technical) offered at the institution met the educational needs of allied health students enrolled in a distance education program. Results from student questionnaires were analyzed to determine the satisfaction level of distance students with administrative (library and technical) student support services. Overall responses showed that allied health students enrolled in a distance education program were satisfied with the existing student support services (library and technical) offered by the institution. Narrative responses from the participants reinforced a common theme that although the students were satisfied with the services, more emphasis needed to be placed on library and technical support services that are available to distance education students during the program orientation.


Author(s):  
M. Afsar Safrina ◽  
G. Rakesh Maiya ◽  
G. Waseem Akram ◽  
Timsi Jain

Background: Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women and the second most common cancer overall. There were over 2 million new cases in 2018 diagnosed worldwide. The Indian Council of Medical Research found that an estimated 1.5 lakh new cases of breast cancer were reported in 2016, making it the most common cancer among Indians.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted with the total sample size of 256 female participants which includes first year to interns. Pre-designed semi structured questionnaire was given to the students. The knowledge was assessed in terms of risk factors, symptoms, methods of diagnosis and self-breast examination. The statistical analysis used was MS Excel 2019.Results: Out of 256 female undergraduate Allied health science students, 142 (55.47%) had good knowledge while 114 (44.53%) had poor awareness and knowledge about breast cancer and its screening methods.Conclusions: As many of the students have low knowledge on breast cancer and its screening techniques. Hence some activities on breast cancer should be planned to improve the awareness among Allied health science students. 


Author(s):  
Cathia Papi ◽  
Gustavo Angulo Mendoza ◽  
Caroline Brassard ◽  
Jean-Luc Bédard ◽  
Christine Sarpentier

ABSTRACTDistance Education (DE) seems a way to meet the qualification requirements of contemporary societies, promoting lifelong learning anywhere. However, this mode of education often suffers from high dropout rates, notably caused by students’ isolation. The development of various communication tools offers spaces to interact and work together. To what extent do students take advantage of the proposed interaction devices to communicate and learn with others? Based on a systematic review of studies published over the last ten years addressing these types of devices established in Canada, our meta-analysis highlights that in general, students prefer to take advantage of the flexibility of DE and work alone. Thus, in most devices, there are not many students communicating. However, we will see that, when it is not only about socializing but also reflecting on a practice, interactions are much more frequent.RESUMENLa formación a distancia (FAD) parece una manera de responder a las exigencias de cualificación de las socie-dades modernas favoreciendo el aprendizaje en todo momento de la vida y en cualquier lugar. Sin embargo, este modo de formación sufre a menudo de importantes tasas de abandono causadas en parte por el aislamiento de los estudiantes. El desarrollo de diferentes herramientas de comunicación permite ofrecer a los estudiantes a distancia espacios para interactuar y trabajar juntos. ¿En qué medida los estudiantes aprovechan los dispositi-vos de interacción propuestos para comunicarse y aprender con los demás? Basado en una revisión sistemática de los estudios publicados durante los diez últimos años sobre estos tipos de dispositivos establecidos en Cana-dá, nuestro meta-análisis pone en relieve que, de manera general, los estudiantes prefieren aprovechar la flexi-bilidad de la FAD y trabajar solos. Así, en la mayoría de los dispositivos no son muchos los que comunican. Sin embargo, veremos que, cuando no se trata solamente de socializar sino también de reflexionar sobre una prácti-ca, las interacciones se multiplican. Podremos así cuestionar esos resultados a la luz de la teoría de investiga-ción.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. e0222663
Author(s):  
Jingjing Meng ◽  
Chang Gao ◽  
Chulei Tang ◽  
Honghong Wang ◽  
Zirong Tao

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 104-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kushalkumar H. Gohel ◽  
Prati B. Patel ◽  
Pushti M. Shah ◽  
Jay R. Patel ◽  
Niraj Pandit ◽  
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