EEG education in Brazil: a national survey of adult neurology residents

ABSTRACT Background: In light of the established challenges of resident EEG education worldwide, we sought to better understand the current state of neurology resident EEG education in Brazil. Objective: To define Brazilian EEG practices including in-residency requirements for EEG training and competency. Methods: We assessed the perspectives of adult residents (PGY1-3) on EEG education and their level of confidence interpreting EEG with a 24-question online survey. Results: We analyzed 102 responses from 52 Brazilian neurology residency programs distributed in 14 states. There were 18 PGY1s, 45 PGY2s, and 39 PGY3s. Ninety-six percent of participants reported that learning how to read EEG during residency was very or extremely important. The most commonly reported barriers to EEG education were insufficient EEG exposure (70%) and ineffective didactics (46%). Residents believed that standard EEG lectures were the most efficient EEG teaching method followed by interpreting EEG with attendings’ supervision. Roughly half of residents (45%) reported not being able to read EEG even with supervision, and approximately 70% of all participants did not feel confident writing an EEG report independently. Conclusion: Despite the well-established residency EEG education requirements recommended by the Brazilian Academy of Neurology (ABN), there seems to be a significant lack of comfort interpreting EEG among Brazilian adult neurology residents. We encourage Brazilian neurology residency leadership to re-evaluate the current EEG education system in order to ensure that residency programs are following EEG education requirements and to assess whether EEG benchmarks require modifications.

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Supplementary Educational Models in Canadian Neurosurgery Residency Programs

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques ◽

10.1017/cjn.2016.315 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 177-183 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Won Hyung A. Ryu ◽

Sonny Chan ◽

Garnette R. Sutherland

Keyword(s):

Surgical Education ◽

Online Survey ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Program Directors ◽

Educational Models ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Educational Methods ◽

Current Implementation ◽

Neurosurgical Society ◽

Work Hour

AbstractBackground: The proposed implementation of work hour restrictions has presented a significant challenge of maintaining the quality of resident education and ensuring adequate hands-on experience that is essential for novice surgeons. To maintain the level of resident surgical competency, revision of the apprentice model of surgical education to include supplementary educational methods, such as laboratory and virtual reality (VR) simulations, have become frequent topics of discussion. We aimed to better understand the role of supplementary educational methods in Canadian neurosurgery residency training. Methods: An online survey was sent to program directors of all 14 Canadian neurosurgical residency programs and active resident members of the Canadian Neurosurgical Society (N=85). We asked 16 questions focusing on topics of surgeon perception, current implementation and barriers to supplementary educational models. Results: Of the 99 surveys sent, 8 out of 14 (57%) program directors and 37 out of 85 (44%) residents completed the survey. Of the 14 neurosurgery residency programs across Canada, 7 reported utilizing laboratory-based teaching within their educational plan, while only 3 programs reported using VR simulation as a supplementary teaching method. The biggest barriers to implementing supplementary educational methods were resident availability, lack of resources, and cost. Conclusions: Work-hour restrictions threaten to compromise the traditional apprentice model of surgical training. The potential value of supplementary educational methods for surgical education is evident, as reported by both program directors and residents across Canada. However, availability and utilization of laboratory and VR simulations are limited by numerous factors such as time constrains and lack of resources.

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Genre/Form Access in Library Catalogs: A Survey on the Current State of LCGFT Usage

Library Resources and Technical Services ◽

10.5860/lrts.64n2.44 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 44

Author(s):

Colin Bitter ◽

Yuji Tosaka

Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

Controlled Vocabulary ◽

General Sense ◽

Current State ◽

Library Users ◽

Different Types ◽

Accepted Part ◽

Survey Results ◽

Research Questions ◽

Form Information

This study provides analysis of a large online survey that was distributed to the cataloging community in 2018. The survey aimed to answer a number of important research questions to gain a general sense of the current state of Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT) usage. Findings include an overall broad acceptance of LCGFT, suggesting that the LCGFT project has been successfully embraced as a new controlled vocabulary; however, the adoption of the vocabulary remains uneven, especially between different types of institutions and different areas of the LCGFT vocabulary. Additionally, training points to a much-needed area for improvement as the survey found that the vast majority of non-users of LCGFT had never received vocabulary training. Survey results also suggest that retrospective LCGFT application, particularly using automated means, presents forthcoming challenges for librarians and library IT staff. Despite these limitations and challenges, survey results make it clear that LCGFT has become a widely accepted part of the bibliographic universe that helps to make genre and form information explicitly accessible to library users.

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Attitudes and Beliefs of Pathology Residents Regarding the Subspecialty of Clinical Chemistry: Results of a Survey

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine ◽

10.5858/arpa.2015-0547-oa ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 141 (2) ◽

pp. 203-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mehran Haidari ◽

Marwan Yared ◽

Juan P. Olano ◽

C. Bruce Alexander ◽

Suzanne Z. Powell

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Online Survey ◽

Clinical Chemistry ◽

The United States ◽

Survey Analysis ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Anatomic Pathology ◽

Survey Results ◽

Time To Learn ◽

Supportive Learning Environment

Context.—Previous studies suggest that training in pathology residency programs does not adequately prepare pathology residents to become competent in clinical chemistry. Objectives.—To define the beliefs of pathology residents in the United States regarding their preparation for practicing clinical chemistry in their career, their attitude toward the discipline, and the attractiveness of clinical chemistry as a career. Design.—The residents of all pathology residency programs in the United States were given the opportunity to participate in an online survey. Results.—Three hundred thirty-six pathology residents responded to the survey. Analysis of the survey results indicates that pathology residents are more likely to believe that their income may be lower if they select a career that has a clinical chemistry focus and that their faculty do not value clinical chemistry as much as the anatomic pathology part of the residency. Residents also report that clinical chemistry is not as enjoyable as anatomic pathology rotations during residency or preferable as a sole career path. A large proportion of residents also believe that they will be slightly prepared or not prepared to practice clinical chemistry by the end of their residency and that they do not have enough background and/or time to learn clinical chemistry during their residency programs to be able to practice this specialty effectively post graduation. Conclusions.—Our survey results suggest that many pathology residents do not have a positive attitude toward clinical chemistry and do not experience a supportive learning environment with an expectation that they will become competent in clinical chemistry with a residency alone.

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The CoViBE: An Innovating Self-Paced Elearning to Teach Virtually Bench-Top Practice

Higher Education Studies ◽

10.5539/hes.v10n3p101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 101

Author(s):

Aya Abou Hammoud ◽

Nestor Pallares-lupon ◽

Anthony Bouter ◽

Corinne Faucheux

Keyword(s):

Education System ◽

Online Survey ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Practical Work ◽

Innovative Teaching ◽

Positive Feedbacks ◽

Hybrid Education ◽

Work Session ◽

Set Up ◽

Distance Work

COVID-19 pandemic is a disaster and prolonged crisis that has disrupted the education of millions of students with the closure of schools and universities in world-wide. This hard situation rises the necessity to develop a new teaching method to solve the problem of the massive disruption specially to practice work access. The goal of this paper is to set-up an innovative teaching approach for practical work. The comic as a new self-paced e-learning product to teach bench-top practice: the “CoViBE’’ which means Comic Virtual Bench-top Elearning. For using comics to transform practical work sessions by distance you should at first list all the steps that you need to perform your experiment. Then, you choose the actors and material images. For the third step, you have to decide how many frames you need to your comic trip to develop the following instructions: How to do, What to do, What not to do and What to ask. Moreover, you need to provide flashbacks to remind students what kind of knowledges they need to carry on their experiment; the final step is to include humor. Using online survey, positive feedbacks of 179 students on the CoViBE impact about their learning of practical work allowed us to determine around 80% of satisfaction. Finally, during any other situations for the training period, the CoViBE concept could be used in the future to complete practical work session for revisions, for the internationalization of this education system through distance work and for a hybrid education system.

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National survey of mentorship in Canadian general surgery residency programs: Where are we and what do we need?

Canadian Medical Education Journal ◽

10.36834/cmej.42101 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. e42-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Megan Delisle ◽

Justin Rivard ◽

Pamela Hebbard ◽

Brendan McCarthy ◽

Debrah Wirtzfeld

Keyword(s):

National Survey ◽

General Surgery ◽

Equal Opportunities ◽

Mentorship Program ◽

Residency Programs ◽

General Surgery Residency ◽

Electronic Survey ◽

Telephone Interviews ◽

Current State ◽

Demographic Subgroups

Background: The benefits of mentorship on residents are well established. The current state of mentorship in General Surgery (GS) residency programs in Canada is unknown. The objectives of this study were to obtain GS residents’ and program directors’ (PD) perspectives on resident mentorship.Study Design: An electronic survey was developed and distributed to all 601 GS residents in Canada. All 17 PDs were invited for telephone interviews.Results: A total of 179 of the 601 residents responded. Ninety-seven percent (n=173) felt mentorship was important. Only 67% (n=116) identified a mentor and only 53% (n=62) reported a mentorship program. Most who identified a mentor (n=87/110, 79%) were satisfied with the mentorship received. Significant variations in mentorship existed between demographic subgroups and mentorship program types. Overall, residents (n=121, 74%) favoured having a required mentorship program.A total of 11 out of 17 PDs participated in the telephone interviews. The majority of PDs (n=9, 82%) were satisfied with current resident mentorship but most acknowledged that barriers exist (n=8, 73%).Conclusion: GS programs in Canada should ensure they are providing equal opportunities for mentorship across demographic subgroups. Programs are encouraged to examine both their program’s and their residents’ needs as well as local barriers to improve mentorship.

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052 The Current State of Surgical Training in Transgender Care – A National Survey of Urology and Plastic Surgery Residency Programs

Journal of Sexual Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.12.066 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. e26-e27

Author(s):

G. Dy ◽

S. Morrison ◽

H. Chong ◽

S. Holt ◽

N. Vedder ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Plastic Surgery ◽

Surgical Training ◽

National Survey ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Current State

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PEMIKIRAN PENDIDIKAN SPIRITUAL SYAIKH 'ABD AL-QADIR AL-JILANIY

ALQALAM ◽

10.32678/alqalam.v32i1.1387 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 196

Author(s):

Badrudin Badrudin

Keyword(s):

Moral Education ◽

Education System ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Moral Values ◽

Islamic Education ◽

Religious Leaders ◽

Spiritual Education ◽

Educational Materials ◽

Educational Thought ◽

The Core

The Principles of Islam requirehuman to maintain and improve their moral values BuT in fact, many Moslems face problems of moral deteriora tion, crisis of beliefs, and moral decadence that happenin all aspects of life. This moral deterioration is often associated by the experts of education with the failure of educat ion. The failure of education relates to the education system that has various components that affect each other. The elements needed in the education system are the goal of education , educators, students, tool s, and natural surroundings. The results of this study indicate that the essence of spiritual learning obligations according to Syaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilaniy is araising the total of truth towards Allah SWT's path. The aims of the learning areto implement knowledge and clean the heart (tazkiyyah al-nafs) from worldly characters and the lust of dirtiness to ma'rifatullah. Spiritual educators are those who practice the law of Allah, clean the heart and guide students to the safety of life in the Hereafter . Learners constantly face Allah and obey Him, do not meet the call besides Allah, listen to the call of Allah and implement everything stated in the Qur ·an and the Prophet tradition. Teaching method used is the method of mau'izhah, sima', ahwal , and muhasabah fial-nafs (introspection). Educational materials are based on the basics of spiritual education in the Qur'an, the Prothet tradition. and the opinion of Muslim religious leaders who have noble characters and integrate science. Moral education is the core of Islamic education. The implications of the spiritual educational thought of Syaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilaniy toward the reality of Islamic education in Indonesia is the emphasis of moral education that leads to a balance relationship between the exoteric and esoteric aspects of the learning process.

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Examining User Perception and Usage of Voice Search

Data and Information Management ◽

10.2478/dim-2020-0046 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 40-47

Author(s):

Ning Sa ◽

Xiaojun (Jenny) Yuan

Keyword(s):

Success Rate ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Online Survey ◽

Search Behavior ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

User Perception ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Survey Results ◽

Search Systems

AbstractWith the development of mobile technologies, voice search is becoming increasingly important in our daily lives. By investigating the general usage of voice search and user perception about voice search systems, this research aims to understand users’ voice search behavior. We are particularly interested in how users perform voice search, their topics of interest, and their preference toward voice search. We elicit users’ opinions by asking them to fill out an online survey. Results indicated that participants liked voice search because it was convenient. However, voice search was used much less frequently than keyboard search. The success rate of voice search was low, and the participants usually gave up voice search or switched to keyboard search. They tended to perform voice search when they were driving or walking. Moreover, the participants mainly used voice search for simple tasks on mobile devices. The main reasons why participants disliked voice search are attributed to the system mistakes and the fact that they were unable to modify the queries.

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Advancing Women in Local Government: The Case of Illinois

Public Voices ◽

10.22140/pv.117 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

Rachel Lange ◽

Kimberly Nelson

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Positive Solution ◽

Gender Gap ◽

Family Life ◽

Online Survey ◽

Work Life ◽

Time Commitment ◽

Survey Results ◽

Local Government Management ◽

Professional Fields

Despite gains by women in many professional fields, the top level of local government management ranks continues to be populated primarily by man. The percentage of females serving as local government chief administrators has not increased since the 1980s. Little empirical research exists that attempts to uncover the reason for the gender gap. The purpose of this research is to identify some of the obstacles and barriers that affect a woman’s decision to advance her career in local government. Utilizing an online survey, the authors surveyed female chief administrative officers (CAOs), assistant CAOs, assistant to the CAOs, and deputy CAOs in Illinois. The survey results show that barriers such as a male dominated culture and time commitment to work life and family life are preventing females from achieving higher authority. Mentoring proves to be a positive solution to many of the barriers facing women in local government.

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