scholarly journals Soft Skill Development in Ophthalmology and its Importance to Aspiring Canadian Medical Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Carter William Lim ◽  
Cindy M.L. Hutnik

Soft skills are social and emotional intelligences that facilitate harmonious interpersonal interactions. Soft skills enable physicians to understand and build rapport with patients. Soft skills are increasingly considered crucial physician qualities within surgical specialties, including ophthalmology. Although avenues exist for general soft skill development, medical students may find challenges directing their development to ophthalmic settings due to medical curricula’s limited ophthalmology exposure. This perspective commentary discusses resources to aid ophthalmic soft skill development. Lectures provide foundational knowledge. Electives and volunteering provide opportunities to practice soft skills. Electives and mentorship direct soft skills towards desired disciplines. Studying and participating in research that utilizes patient-centred outcomes improves current and future care.

Author(s):  
Rismaja Putra

Companies looking for employees, the most important thing is not hard skills, but soft skills, this is because 80 percent of people are successful because of soft skills. In this case, students from the State Vocational School (SMK) in Banda Aceh need to develop good soft skills since grade X. Special attention and synergy between school principals as leaders, teachers and school officers as teachers and mentors need to be done properly. Implementation in a consistent and integrated manner in a sustainable manner will produce graduates and human resources who are superior and skilled, and graduates who are able to meet the needs of the business world and industry.


2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Nemira Macianskiene

The issue of transversal or soft skill development is an important challenge for educational institutions preparing prospective employees for successful integration in the modern global labour market. The implementation of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) provides ample opportunities for the development of soft skills, apart from in-depth learning of the subject and development of language competences. The study presents some insights gained during the in-service training courses for secondary school teachers, while implementing the European Social Fund supported project “Synergy of Content and Foreign Language” at the Institute of Foreign Languages of Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania, with regard to possibilities to better prepare graduates for social integration through efficient implementation of CLIL at school. Among other objectives, the project aimed at professional development of secondary school subject teachers by raising their awareness of CLIL methodology, including transversal skill development. The paper presents investigation into teacher perception of the importance of soft skills and their self-evaluation of practice of soft skill integration into their subject teaching. The issue of transversal skill development is discussed as an integral constituent of project activities, an added value and/or the synergic effect which may be achieved while implementing CLIL at school. The study concludes that CLIL implementation requires the whole school policy, new approach to subject and language teacher in-service training and presents some recommendations for educational policy developers.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Nugroho Juli Setiadi ◽  
Agung Hari Sasongko ◽  
Jajat Sudrajat ◽  
Meiryani Meiryani

The program to strengthen the concept of genetic intelligence as a concept to improve student soft skills was chosen as one of the concepts and methods to be used for student entrepreneurial development using the experiential learning model. Experiential learning approach is a learning approach where knowledge is constructed through experience transformation. In the concept of genetic intelligence or familiar with the term STIFIn Concept, there are 5 parts of the brain, namely Sensing, Thinking, Intuiting, Feeling and Instinct. The brain turns out to have different parts and chemistry. The results of the STIFIn Concept analysis are knowing the dominance of a person's right or left brain, so that it can be the basis for choosing the right field of entrepreneurship, business partners and business mentors according to their genetic intelligence.


Teknoin ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Wahyudhi Sutrisno

The university is one of the producers of prospective workers who have an important influence in determining the success of the workforce in pursuing their career path. The university is expected to be able to produce qualified workforce candidates, ready to use, and have hard skills and soft skills. This study aims to analyze the learning methods of the Student Soft Skill Development (S3D) program conducted at Faculty of Industrial Technology, Islamic University of Indonesia. S3D is one of the programs implemented with the aim of developing soft skills possessed by students. This study uses the literature review method where the researcher reads, understands, and compares literature from various sources with the object under study. The conclusion of this research is S3D learning method is in accordance with the theory and the results of other studies regarding soft skills education.


PARADIGMA ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 812-836
Author(s):  
Verónica Díaz Quezada ◽  
Cecilia Sanhueza Cartes

El propósito de esta investigación, es mostrar la elaboración y validación por contenido en base al juicio de expertos en el tema, de un instrumento evaluativo basado en competencias blandas o transversales que permitan monitorear la adquisición de estas habilidades en educadores de párvulos, las cuales son consideradas en la actualidad por la literatura tanto nacional como internacional, imprescindibles en su formación, por su complementación con las llamadas competencias duras o genéricas. Un buen educador no solo debe reunir requisitos de tipo intelectual, sino también sociales, emocionales y personales, lo que en el ámbito educativo tiene como consecuencia cambios de dirección y orientación hacia competencias más afectivas. En el caso del alumnado de edades más pequeñas, como son los de Educacion Parvularia o Primera Infancia, los futuros docentes tendrán un papel crucial en el desarrollo de estas habilidades blandas o transversales, como por ejemplo, en la autorregulación cognitiva y emocional. Además, esas competencias sociales y emocionales que se activen a esas edades tan tempranas, jugaran un papel fundamental en el posterior desarrollo del infante.Palabras clave: Competencias Blandas. Educación Parvularia. Instrumento Evaluativo. Educación Superior.Desenvolvimento a Validação de um Instrumento de Avaliação para Monitorar a Aquisição de Soft Skills em Estudantes de GraduaçãoResumoO objetivo desta pesquisa é mostrar a elaboração e validação por conteúdo com base na opinião de especialistas no assunto, de um instrumento de avaliação baseado em competências transversais ou flexíveis que permitam monitorar a aquisição dessas habilidades em educadores de infância, atualmente consideradas pela literatura nacional e internacional, essenciais em sua formação, para complementação com as chamadas habilidades duras ou genéricas.Um bom professor deve não apenas atender aos requisitos intelectuais, mas também sociais, emocionais e pessoais, o que no campo educacional resulta em mudanças de direção e orientação para habilidades mais afetivas. No caso de estudantes de idades menores, como os de Educação Infantil ou Primeira Infância, futuros professores terão um papel crucial no desenvolvimento dessas habilidades suaves ou transversais como, por exemplo, na auto-regulação cognitiva e emocional. Além disso, as competências sociais e emocionais ativadas nessas idades iniciais terão um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento subsequente desenvolvimento infantil.Palavras-chave: Soft Competencies. Educação Infantil. Instrumento Avaliativo. Educação Superior.Elaboration and Validation of an evaluation instrument to monitor the acquisition of soft skills in undergraduate studentsAbstractThe purpose of this research is to show the elaboration, and validation by content based on the judgment of experts in the topic of an evaluative instrument based on soft skill or transversal competences that allow monitoring the acquisition of the abilities in nursery education, which are currently considered by both national and international literature, essential for the complementation with the so-called hard or generic skills. A good teacher must not only meet intellectual, but also social, emotional and personal requirements, what in the educational field has as a consequence changes of direction and orientation towards more affective competences. In the case of students of smaller ages, such as those of nursery education o early childhood, future teachers will have a crucial role in the development of these soft or transversal skills, such as cognitive and emotional self-regulation. In addition, those social and emotional skills that are activated at these early ages, it will play a fundamental role in the further development of the infant.Keywords: Soft Skills. Nursery Education. Evaluation Instrumen. Higher Education.


PARADIGMA ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 812-836
Author(s):  
Verónica Díaz Quezada ◽  
Cecilia Sanhueza Cartes

El propósito de esta investigación, es mostrar la elaboración y validación por contenido en base al juicio de expertos en el tema, de un instrumento evaluativo basado en competencias blandas o transversales que permitan monitorear la adquisición de estas habilidades en educadores de párvulos, las cuales son consideradas en la actualidad por la literatura tanto nacional como internacional, imprescindibles en su formación, por su complementación con las llamadas competencias duras o genéricas. Un buen educador no solo debe reunir requisitos de tipo intelectual, sino también sociales, emocionales y personales, lo que en el ámbito educativo tiene como consecuencia cambios de dirección y orientación hacia competencias más afectivas. En el caso del alumnado de edades más pequeñas, como son los de Educacion Parvularia o Primera Infancia, los futuros docentes tendrán un papel crucial en el desarrollo de estas habilidades blandas o transversales, como por ejemplo, en la autorregulación cognitiva y emocional. Además, esas competencias sociales y emocionales que se activen a esas edades tan tempranas, jugaran un papel fundamental en el posterior desarrollo del infante.Palabras clave: Competencias Blandas. Educación Parvularia. Instrumento Evaluativo. Educación Superior.Desenvolvimento a Validação de um Instrumento de Avaliação para Monitorar a Aquisição de Soft Skills em Estudantes de GraduaçãoResumoO objetivo desta pesquisa é mostrar a elaboração e validação por conteúdo com base na opinião de especialistas no assunto, de um instrumento de avaliação baseado em competências transversais ou flexíveis que permitam monitorar a aquisição dessas habilidades em educadores de infância, atualmente consideradas pela literatura nacional e internacional, essenciais em sua formação, para complementação com as chamadas habilidades duras ou genéricas.Um bom professor deve não apenas atender aos requisitos intelectuais, mas também sociais, emocionais e pessoais, o que no campo educacional resulta em mudanças de direção e orientação para habilidades mais afetivas. No caso de estudantes de idades menores, como os de Educação Infantil ou Primeira Infância, futuros professores terão um papel crucial no desenvolvimento dessas habilidades suaves ou transversais como, por exemplo, na auto-regulação cognitiva e emocional. Além disso, as competências sociais e emocionais ativadas nessas idades iniciais terão um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento subsequente desenvolvimento infantil.Palavras-chave: Soft Competencies. Educação Infantil. Instrumento Avaliativo. Educação Superior.Elaboration and Validation of an evaluation instrument to monitor the acquisition of soft skills in undergraduate studentsAbstractThe purpose of this research is to show the elaboration, and validation by content based on the judgment of experts in the topic of an evaluative instrument based on soft skill or transversal competences that allow monitoring the acquisition of the abilities in nursery education, which are currently considered by both national and international literature, essential for the complementation with the so-called hard or generic skills. A good teacher must not only meet intellectual, but also social, emotional and personal requirements, what in the educational field has as a consequence changes of direction and orientation towards more affective competences. In the case of students of smaller ages, such as those of nursery education o early childhood, future teachers will have a crucial role in the development of these soft or transversal skills, such as cognitive and emotional self-regulation. In addition, those social and emotional skills that are activated at these early ages, it will play a fundamental role in the further development of the infant.Keywords: Soft Skills. Nursery Education. Evaluation Instrumen. Higher Education.


Author(s):  
Hilman Syarif

Introduction: Student Centered Learning (SCL) is an effective method to develop student's soft skills and hard skills which are very important to support their successful carrier later. This research was conducted to identify the differences of developed soft skills between students who learn with PBL method and lecturing method. Methods: Descriptive comparative method was used in this study. The samples consisted of 15 students who learned with PBL method and 15 students who learned with lecturing method. The sample for this research was selected by random sampling method. Results: The result showed that the average of student's soft skills score in PBL method was 122.63, while student's soft skills score in lecturing method was 116.27. Discussion & Conclusion: There was significant difference of student's soft skills in PBL method and lecturing method (p value = 0.038; α = 0.05). This study recommends nursing program management, faculty of medicine at the University of Syiah Kuala keeps PBL method running and develops other methods which facilitate hard skills and soft skills are development. Keywords: nursing students, soft skill, PBL


2012 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 507-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Kartom Kamaruddin ◽  
Noorhisham Tan Kofli ◽  
Manal Ismail ◽  
Abu Bakar Mohammad ◽  
Mohd Sobri Takriff
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2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Oluwafemi Ayodele ◽  
Oluseyi Joshua Adegoke ◽  
Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu ◽  
Olaitan Olaoye

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the soft skill gap of graduate employees, as well as the factors influencing the skill gaps of real estate graduates in the employment of real estate firms in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachPrimary data were employed for the study. Close-ended questionnaire served on real estate employers in the two major property markets of Nigeria: Lagos and Abuja. From a total of 343 questionnaires administered, 172 (59.7%) questionnaires were retrieved. While data from the graduate employees were obtained via a web-based survey sent out to a total of 558 graduates, 119 (21.33%) responses were received. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were employed in the data analysis.FindingsThe findings showed that employers had high expectations for soft skillsets relating to responsibility, administrative, listening and communication skills. These have respective mean scores of 6.38, 6.33, 6.31 and 6.31 on a seven point scale. However, the results revealed significant skill gaps with skills such as logical thinking, business negotiation, responsibility and marketing. Further, the analysis revealed that factors influencing the skill gap, in decreasing order of influence, are training/professional mentors/remuneration, personal preferences/industry characteristics and curriculum/faculties.Practical implicationsReal estate graduate soft skills are investigated to uncover areas of emphasis and skill gaps. These outcomes could serve as important feedbacks for stakeholders towards improving real estate teaching and curriculum. The findings could also assist real estate graduates to know employers areas of emphasis in relation to graduate employability skills.Originality/valueExtant studies have reiterated and evaluated the soft skills gaps based on the perceptions of employers, faculties and institutions of higher learning. However, there is the need to investigate the perception of graduate employees, being the recipient and major stakeholders in the training process.


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