scholarly journals The prevalence of vision impairment and refractive error in 3654 first year students at Tianjin Medical University

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Error ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Medical University

UNDERGRADUATE HEALTHCARE STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TO E-LEARNING AT MEDICAL UNIVERSITY - PLOVDIV

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 855-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yordanka Tsokova ◽  
Tanya Taneva ◽  
Biyanka Tornyova ◽  
Todor Cherkezov
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Content Management ◽  
University Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Traditional Classroom Teaching ◽  
Medical University

E-learning is seen as a possible solution to the problem of modernization of the university education in response to the changing needs of the society. In undergraduate healthcare training, e-learning is implemented predominantly as blended learning in addition to the traditional classroom teaching. A major factor in the success of e-learning are learners’ attitudes, beliefs and concerns. The aim of the present study was to investigate undergraduate healthcare students’ attitude to e-learning at Medical University – Plovdiv. In this case, e-learning is considered to be electronic educational resources organized as an interactive e-learning unit or course, provided through a learning content management system. The survey was carried out in 2016 through a self-reported questionnaire among 270 first year students from ten healthcare specialties. Participants were asked to express a degree of agreement with nine statements on a five point Likert scale. The influence of gender, age, specialty and previous e-learning experience on the opinion of students was investigated. The results showed that students’ attitudes towards e-learning were positive, but learners were not enthusiastic about it. Genders have different views about e-learning implementation – women are more likely to accept it. The experience first year students had did not allow them to judge if e-learning supports better time-management or life-long learning skills. Students agreed that implementation of e-learning depends on the subjects and there are disciplines that can be provided as distant courses within the learning management system.

scholarly journals Euthanasia in opinions of the first year Polish students of medicine

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanisław Lachowski ◽  
Jarogniew Luszczki ◽  
Bogusława Lachowska ◽  
Magdalena Florek-Łuszczki
Keyword(s):  
Religious Involvement ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Medical Study ◽  
Anonymous Questionnaire ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
The Right ◽  
Medical University

Abstract Background : The aim of this work is to present opinions of medical students about euthanasia. Study design: The anonymous questionnaire was conducted among first-year students of medicine at the Medical University of Lublin (Poland). Methods: The anonymous questionnaire consisted of 35 questions that concerned three components of euthanasia attitude: knowledge, evaluation, and declaration to conduct euthanasia. The study was attended by 281 students of medicine (77.6% of all first-year students). Results: Although euthanasia in Poland is legally prohibited, almost one fifth of students of medicine expressed a positive attitude towards euthanasia, and over a quarter of students opted for its legalization. Only two independent variables, i.e., family size (number of children) and religious involvement of the respondents, differentiate both the overall assessment of euthanasia and the level of acceptance for its legalization. Non-religious respondents frequently expressed their positive evaluation of euthanasia (43.3%) than those, who were religiously involved (6.4%). Conclusions: The attitudes of students towards euthanasia are often inconsistent. There is a need to evaluate medical study programs in the context of creating the right attitudes of future doctors towards euthanasia.

scholarly journals Anxiety growth rate among first year students studying through the distance learning in Rostov State Medical University due to the new coronavirus infection

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Narine A. Grigoryan ◽  
Tatyana S. Kolmakova ◽  
Lusine K. Galustyan
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Self ◽  
First Year ◽  
Negative Feeling ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Situational Anxiety ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Medical University

Anxiety is defined as a strong negative feeling of worry and expectation of ill-being from others. Situational anxiety is triggered by specific situations and is gone when the situation is solved. The article presents the results of studying the degree of anxiety growth among first-year students of all faculties of Rostov State Medical University due to the self-isolation and the transition to distance learning, within the framework of the threat of the new coronavirus infection spreading. 400 young people aged 18–20 took part in the survey.

scholarly journals Adaptation Dynamics of the First-Year Students to the Educational Environment of the Medical University

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1039-1049
Author(s):  
M. B. Chizhkova
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
First Year ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Medical University ◽  
Dependent Samples

The paper features the changes that take place in the process of adaptation of first-year students to the educational environment of the medical university during the first year of study. The methods research included diagnostic tools and methods of data processing, e.g. T.D. Dubowitzka and A. V. Krylova's technique "Adaptation of students at the university", questionnaire "Student Anxiety" in J. Taylor’s modification, φ-Fisher conversion multifunctional criterion and t-Student parametric criterion for dependent samples. A statistical analysis made it possible to make certain conclusions about the ambiguous nature of the dynamics of adaptation of freshmen to the educational environment of the medical university. The identified reliable differences in the indicators of adaptation to learning activity make significant additions to the scientific perception on the leading role of the given adaptation type, which has an open, pronounced, but fleeting positive character. The absence of significant differences in anxiety rates at the beginning and end of the school year indicates a fairly stable emotional background, with a predominance of average and elevated levels. On the other hand, certain aspects in the educational environment of the university cause persistent negative experience. The emotional state of the respondents by the end of the first year revealed a new aspect of anxiety, i. e. interpersonal relationships within the grouр. The authors believe this is due to the change of orientation in the adaptation process. The change reflects the formation of a community of freshmen with actively flowing processes of status differentiation and the transformation of a diffuse group into a prosocial association. This transformation suggests a different kind of adaptation dynamics to student grouр. This longer and more latent kind of adaptation is determined by intragroup processes.

scholarly journals CURRICULUM OF MASTERS OF MEDICINE: CHANGES IN THE DESIGN OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

2019 ◽  
pp. 220-239
Author(s):  
Olena Stechenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
General Structure ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Simultaneous Reduction ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
Medical University

Pedagogical design of the educational process is the main lever of improvement of specialist`s training in higher education. Special attention in this aspect should be paid to the curriculum of specialty, which defines the main vectors of the educational trajectory for education applicants, and provides opportunities for the implementation of the educational program`s competency-building tasks. The main differences between the curriculum of masters of medicine and the previous version - curriculum of specialists training in “General Medicine” are analyzed in the article. The main features of the structure of curricula for the physicians’ training in Poland are based on the example of the Warsaw Medical University and Collegium Medicum of the Jagiellonian University. On the basis of comparison and analysis conducted, the following changes in the design of masters of medicine curriculum in higher educational institutions (HEI) of Ukraine are predicted in accordance with the main trends in the European Higher Education Area. Increase of the classroom learning load in the general structure of credits up to 55% due to its growth at 2-5 courses is possible with the further design of curricula for physicians’ training. An increase in the number of class hours of production practice in the curriculum for the 4th year of studying – up to 82, for the 5th year – up to 102 hours without making changes in the number of credits is expedient. The volume of the lecture load is optimal to allocate from the largest one on the 1st year to the smallest – on 4th-5th years, with the simultaneous reduction of its quota in the structure of classroom hours. Taking into account the introduction of a united state qualification exam (USQE), increase in the number of credits for natural sciences up to 30% and simultaneous reduction in the number of credits for humanities (up to 2-3%) and to some degree – credits for professionally oriented disciplines (to 65-67%) can provide additional benefits to the design of curricula. The requirements of the higher education standard should be taken into account for adapting to the training of first-year students and improving of their training for both stages of external evaluation in the form of USQE, provided that a student-centered environment with better conditions is created.

scholarly journals Social and psychological adaptation of foreign students in a Russian university

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
O. S. Belova ◽  
A. G. Soloviev ◽  
A. V. Parnyakov
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
First Year ◽  
International Faculty ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level ◽  
Medical University

Getting medical education in Russia is becoming more and more popular among foreign students every year. The need to study foreign students’ social and psychological adaptation in medical universities is caused by the increased need to train high-qualified doctors not only in our country, but also in the world community.The goal was to identify the features of social and psychological adaptation of foreign first-year students of the medical University.Methods. The study involved 131 first-year students, including 56 Indian students studying at the international faculty of General medicine of the Northern state medical University (31 boys and 25 girls); and 75 Russian students of the pediatric and medical faculties (25 boys and 50 girls). The diagnostic approach in the interethnic and gender aspects based on the methodology of socio-psychological adaptation of K.Rogers-R. Diamond, modified by A. K. OsnitskyMain results. The parameters of social and psychological adaptation of foreign first-year students corresponded to the average normative indicators, Russian students were at high level of adaptation. Foreign students, in General, had a positive attitude to themselves and others, including opportunities to contact colleagues and patients, experience average emotional comfort in interpersonal relationships and were quite active in activities. The results of the assessment of Russian students indicated a high degree of acceptance of themselves and other people, as well as emotional comfort, responsibility and high activity.Conclusions the applied aspect of the problem can be implemented in the development of programs for psychological and pedagogical support of foreign students at the initial stage of study at the Medical University.

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