Managing pre-examination stress through remote counselling using a session script from a ‘sentinel subject’

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
L Lewis ◽  
A Walters ◽  
A Griffith
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Inexpensive Method ◽  
Stress Control ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Examination Stress ◽  
The Subject ◽  
High Level ◽  
Control Exercise

Twenty-five members of a class of 45 medical students preparing for final examinations were voluntary participants in a pre-examination stress-control exercise conducted four weeks before the start of examinations. The students completed short questionnaires before and after reading the typewritten script of a counselling session of a member of their class (the sentinel subject). In the pre-script questionnaires, 50% of the men and 35% of the women reported a high level of stress. On the post-script questionnaire, 68% identified with the subject being counselled. Only four persons (16%) reported a reduction in stress after reading the script and one person recorded an increase in stress. Seventy-two per cent of respondents (40% of students) indicated that they would use counselling services if they were available. The present study suggests that some form of counselling could be usefully included in distance education modules. The provision of counselling services before examinations may prevent failure. The remote approach by sentinel subject script is an inexpensive method of providing such a service.

A Quantitative Assessment of the Need for Offering Counselling Services to Medical Students attending University of Zambia, School of Medicine.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Gretchen Slover
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Fourth Year Medical Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Background: This research was birthed in 2017 during a trip to Lusaka, Zambia, with the purpose of offering fourth-year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine, lectures on psychology topics as part of their clinical studies.  Students were also offered brief therapy sessions where they could process thoughts and feelings causing them internal struggles.  The subject of offering counseling on a regular basis was randomly discussed with the students.  From these discussions the need for this research became evident, with the intent of becoming the launching pad to brainstorm the most effective ways of developing a plan to offer counseling services for all medical students attending the University of Zambia School of Medicine. Methods: An-experimental research design, consisting of completion of a 12-item questionnaire administered by paper and pen. The inclusion criteria were the fourth year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine. Results:  The student responses revealed that most of them had little to no experience with counseling services, but a strong desire for them. Discussion: The goal of this study was to simply establish a need for an on-campus counseling service, the need of which has been established by the very students who would benefit.  With the acceptance of this need, the future plan is to explore the different ways in which this need can be fulfilled with minimal costs to the Medical School Program. Conclusion:  This study is the first step towards identifying the needs of the medical students and sets the ground-work for further research into the specific areas of need and mental health challenges.  More specificity in the area of demographics of students will produce a more comprehensive picture of the areas of concentration for the therapists offering services.

Philosophical and Cultural Aspects of Medical Profession: Philosophical and Conceptual Peculiarities

Cultura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Iryna MELNYCHUK ◽  
Nadiya FEDCHYSHYN ◽  
Oleg PYLYPYSHYN ◽  
Anatolii VYKHRUSHCH
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Cultural Proximity ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ecological Culture ◽  
High Level

The article analyzes the philosophical and cultural view of “doctor’s professional culture” as a result of centuries-old practice of human relations, which is characterized by constancy and passed from generation to generation. Medicine is a complex system in which an important role is played by: philosophical outlook of a doctor, philosophical culture, ecological culture, moral culture, aesthetic culture, artistic culture. We have found that within the system “doctor-patient” the degree of cultural proximity becomes a factor that influences the health or life of a patient. Thus, the following factors are important here: 1) communication that suppresses a sick person; 2) the balance of cultural and intellectual levels; 3) the cultural environment of a patient which has much more powerful impact on a patient than the medical one.At the present stage, the interdependence of professional and humanitarian training of future specialists is predominant, as a highly skilled specialist can not but become a subject of philosophizing. We outlined the sphere where the doctors present a genre variety of philosophizing (philosophical novels, apologies, dialogues, diaries, aphorisms, confessions, essays, etc.). This tradition represents the original variations in the formation of future doctor’s communicative competences, which are formed in the process of medical students’ professional training.A survey conducted among medical students made it possible to establish their professional values, which are indicators of the formation of philosophical and culturological competence. It was found out that 92% of respondents believed that a doctor should demonstrate a high level of health culture (avoid drinking and smoking habits, etc.)99% of respondents favoured a high level of personal qualities of a doctor which would allow methods and forms of medical practice to assert higher human ideals of truth, goodness and beauty that are the subject area of cultural studies and philosophy.

scholarly journals Avaliação Social Construtivista de uma Experiência em EAD: o uso do COLLES enquanto instrumento de coleta de dados

EAD em FOCO ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Roda Cassundé ◽  
Edson Gomes Silva ◽  
Laís da Silva Santos ◽  
Adler Henrique Santos Souza ◽  
Graça Suely Gomes Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Subject ◽  
On Line Learning ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar as expectativas e experiências dos estudantes em relação à disciplina O Estado e os problemas contemporâneos, do Curso de Especialização em Gestão Pública da Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (Univasf). Para isso, foi realizada a aplicação do questionário de autoavaliação Colles (Constructivist Online Learning Environment Survey) verificando-se as possíveis mudanças na percepção e comparando-se os resultados do antes e do depois referente a seis dimensões: relevância, reflexão, interação, apoio dos tutores, apoio dos colegas e compreensão. Participaram da pesquisa 97 alunos, em dois momentos diferentes: no início das aulas, para conhecer as expectativas dos estudantes e no final delas, para se ter uma compreensão da realidade vivenciada. Os resultados revelaram que a análise da experiência sempre foi inferior quando comparada à análise da expectativa em todos os aspectos apresentados, evidenciando que alguns participantes sentenciaram não ter alcançado os objetivos pretendidos.Palavras-chave: Colles, Educação a distância, Avaliação, Pós-graduação, PNAP.  Social Constructivist Evaluation of an Experience in Distance Education: the use of Colles as Data Collection InstrumentAbstract This study aims to evaluate the students expectations and experiences regarding the subject "The State and the contemporary problems", in Public Management post-graduation from the Federal University of São Francisco Valley (UNIVASF). For this, the application carried out the self-assessment questionnaire COLLES (Constructivist On-line Learning Environment Survey) checking for possible changes in perception and comparing the results before and after referring to the six dimensions: relevance, reflection, interaction, support tutors, peer support and understanding. The participants were 97 students in two different times at the beginning of classes, to meet the expectations of students and at the end of these, to have an understanding of experienced reality. The results showed that the students' experience overcame the negative assessment in all aspects presented, showing that some participants sentenced not have achieved the intended objectives.Keywords: COLLES, Distance education, Evaluation, Postgraduate studies, PNAP. 

scholarly journals Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives: Learning Business Informatics at Higher Educational Level

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Suša
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Native Students ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Business Informatics ◽  
High Level

AbstractBackground: The term digital natives refer to those born since the 1980s and have been growing up surrounded by technology. On the other hand, digital immigrants are born before 1980s and learned how to use technology later in life. Objectives: Goal of the paper is to explore attitudes of digital native students on the course of Business Informatics at higher educational institutions (HEIs), and to compare them with attitudes of digital immigrants. Methods/Approach: The survey was conducted in 2014 using the sample of first-year Business Informatics students from the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb, Croatia. Results were compared with a research conducted in 1998. Results: In comparison to an earlier research, digital natives perceive their level of competency in the subject of Business Informatics before teaching practices much higher compared to digital immigrants. However, there is still an increase in digital native students’ level of competency in the subject before and after teaching practices. Conclusions: The research confirms a shift from digital immigrants to digital natives who show high level of interest for Business Informatics course topics and find its utility very high. However, constant improvement of delivering knowledge is needed in order to keep these high levels.

The impact of financial safety act and corporate governance on the level of financial disclosure

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 618-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Ahmadi ◽  
Abdelfettah Bouri
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Disclosure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Subject ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This research paper aims to identify and measure the contribution of the financial safety act (FSA) regulation in improving the level of financial disclosure of listed Tunisian firms. To answer the problems of the subject, the authors tried to hold accountable several determinants of the level of financial disclosure relating to the particular characteristics of the firm, and the adoption of the recommendations envisaged by the FSA, as likely to have an impact on the level of financial disclosure of Tunisian firms. Design/methodology/approach With a sample composed by 20 companies during the period from 2003 to 2010 (160 observations), the contribution of the FSA regulation in improving the level of financial disclosure of listed Tunisian firms was identified and measured. After that, the levels of financial disclosure before and after the FSA were compared. Findings The study results confirm the positive and significant effect of the FSA on the level of financial disclosure. This impact seems to appear through the improvement of the disclosure level during the years which follow the adoption of the new regulation. The results of this study also show that firms with a high level of financial disclosure are those which have an independent board of directors, auditor BIG and joint audit. Originality/value This paper is devoted to evaluate the impact of the FSA n°2005-96 and corporate governance on the level of financial disclosure. The empirical study relates to a sample of 20 firms listed on the Tunis Stock Exchange observed over the period 2003-2010.

scholarly journals Keefektifan Konseling Rational Emotive Behaviour Teknik Cognitive Disputation untuk Mengurangi Tingkat Fanatisme terhadap Idola pada Siswa Penggemar K-Pop

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-20
Author(s):  
Nandita Aprilias ◽  
Bambang Dibyo Wiyono
Keyword(s):  
Emotive Behavior ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Rational Emotive ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Rational Emotive Behavior ◽  
High Level ◽  
Result Analysis ◽  
Test Result

Behavior of K-Pop fans in grade  science 3 of  State Boarding Aliyah 2 Gresik, leads to behaviour of fanaical fans. The purpose of this research is to know the effectiveness of rational emotive behavior counseling with a pre-test post- test one group design. The instrument of this research is questionnaire of idol fanatiscm for K-Pop fans. The subject of this research is 3 K-Pop fans students from grade  science 3 who have a high level of fanatiscm, based on the pre-test result. Analysis technique that used in this research is paired sample t test. Based on calculation, obtained Asmp. Sig (2 tailed) = 0,015. According to the basic of decision,  accepted if Asmp. Sig (2 tailed) < 0,05. Because of Asmp. Sig 0, 015 < 0,05, the   accepted, and that means there is a difference between before and after of rational emotive behavior counseling implementation. So, it can be concluded that counseling rational emotive behavior with cognitive disputation technique is effective for reduce idol fanaticism of K-Pop fans students.

scholarly journals Impacts of Distance Education System on Teacher Competency of Remote Schools in Lower Northern Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Sakchai Petsuwan ◽  
Paitoon Pimdee ◽  
Phadungchai Pupat
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Education System ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Teacher Competency ◽  
Before And After ◽  
High Level ◽  
Dependent Samples ◽  
Distance Education System

Abstract This research aimed to study the impacts of Distance Education System on teacher Competency and compare teacher Competency before and after Distance Education System is applied. The sample was 28 teachers from four Remote Schools in lower Northern Thailand. Questionnaire was used as a data collection tool with reliability 0.99. Mean, Standard deviation and t-test for dependent samples were applied in data analysis process. The results showed that the Competency of teacher before Distance Education System had four competencies in moderate level including Working Achievement Motivation, Self- Development, Curriculum and Learning Management and Analysis & Synthesis & Classroom Research while other competencies were in high level. Distance Education System has positive impacts on teacher Competency as the every competency reaches high level after the system is applied with statistical significance at the level of 0.01.

scholarly journals Psychological changes occurred in teens during examinations

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Natavan Karamova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Control Level ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Sympathetic Tone ◽  
Comparative Analyses ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Examination Stress ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
High Level ◽  
Anxiety Index

The attempt has been made here to study the influence of examination stress psychophysiological changes which take place in children aged 14-16 years. Children’s psychological cognitive indexes were studied. The experiments were conducted on the children in three stages: in one of the usual school hours (control), and before and after the examination. The data analysis indicates that psychophysiological changes were more prominent at the high level of anxiety index, predominance of sympathetic tone, and weakness of cognitive indexes. After the examination all the above indexes were restored to their control level. The comparative analyses of the obtained data allowed us to put forward a proposal that examination stress causes psychoemotional conditions in children. Depending on their mental development, it can exert serious influence on their health.

How to engage medical students in chronobiology: an example on autorhythmometry

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 160-164
Author(s):  
M. A. Rol de Lama ◽  
J. P. Lozano ◽  
V. Ortiz ◽  
F. J. Sánchez-Vázquez ◽  
J. A. Madrid
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Forced Expiratory Flow ◽  
Normal Sleep ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Experimental Subjects ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
High Level

This contribution describes a new laboratory experience that improves medical students’ learning of chronobiology by introducing them to basic chronobiology concepts as well as to methods and statistical analysis tools specific for circadian rhythms. We designed an autorhythmometry laboratory session where students simultaneously played the role of researchers and experimental subjects. During this session, which lasted 24 h, students recorded their own arterial pressure, heart rate, oral temperature, forced expiratory flow, glucose tolerance, muscular strength, reaction time, and sensorimotor coordination at regular intervals and also took the Horne and Östberg test, after which they analyzed their own data. Furthermore, to gather information from subjects under normal sleep and eating schedules, some students acquired data at home. To guide and help students with their work, a dedicated web page was implemented with scientific references, cosinor analysis software, and other valuable information. All these “raw” data were combined into a single database that students could use to evaluate whatever aspect of the data they seemed fit. A number of suggestions were offered to them as guidance. Students were then instructed to write a scientific article on the subject they had chosen. The experience was highly rewarding for both instructors and students alike. In view of the high level of absenteeism in Spanish universities and the fact that 93% of the students attended the exam and 95% of these passed, the experience was considered a great success.

scholarly journals Effect of Examination stress on heart rate, blood pressure and white blood cells.

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Umair Ali Soomro ◽  
Shumail Saeed Siddiqui ◽  
Kashif Rasheed Shaikh ◽  
Shumaila Shaikh ◽  
Shagufta Memon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Systemic Blood Pressure ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Physiological Homeostasis ◽  
Examination Stress

Objectives: To analyze the effects of Examination stress on heart rate, blood pressure and white blood cells among medical college students. Study Design: Observational study. Setting: Department of Pathology, Indus Medical College, Tando Muhammad Khan Sindh. Period: September 2018 to April 2019. Material & Methods: 200 medical students were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Heart rate was measured manually. Systemic Blood pressure (BP) was recorded by Sphygmomanometer. Mean arterial BP was calculated as diastolic BP+1/3 of pulse pressure. Blood slides were stained with Leishman`s stain and white blood cells were counted using microscope.  Data was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (ver 22.0) for windows Microsoft. Results: Age of study subjects was noted as 20.23±1.23 years.  Body weight and Body mass index (BMI) were noted as 64.93±7.53 Kg (P=0.0001) and 27.5±5.3 (P=0.67). Of total 200, 109 (54.5%) were male and 91 (45.5%) were female (P=0.0001). Heart rate, Systolic, Diastolic and Mean arterial BP differed significantly before and after examination stress (P<0.05). White blood cells before examination were found as 7310.43±708.5 x103/µL compared to 8202.39±677.26 during examination stress (P=0.0001). Conclusion: Examination stress perturbs the physiological homeostasis as changes in heart rate, blood pressure and White blood cells are noted among medical students. Psychological and physical strategies for coping the stress should be considered for the young medical students.

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