scholarly journals The Negative Factors Influencing the Career Intention of General Practice Trainees in Eastern China: a Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Tang ◽  
Huan Yang ◽  
Zhuxin Mao ◽  
Quan Li ◽  
Shunping Li
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Training System ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Career Intention ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Negative Factors

Abstract Background: There is an acute shortage of general practitioners (GPs) in China, and most of those general practice trainees have low career intention. This study aimed to investigate negative factors influencing the career intention of GPs in eastern China from the perspective of trainees taking standardised residency training, as to identify the barriers for general practice trainees becoming registered GPs, and to provide a policy-making basis for GPs recruitment and retention.Methods: A qualitative design was carried out in two training bases of Jinan and Qingdao in eastern China. Face-to-face, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted, audiotaped, and transcribed using thematic analysis.Results: twenty-one trainees participated in this study. Thematic analysis generated five major themes: (1) low social recognition, (2) low professional identity, (3) low remuneration level, (4) imperfect training system and (5) influence of policy factors. Conclusion: Our results identified various negative factors influencing the career intentions of trainees. In order to eliminate these factors and increase attractiveness of general practice, it is recommended that the government and the public should create a supportive environment, which can be beneficial to the construction and development of general practice.

scholarly journals The Perception of Rural Medical Students Regarding the Future of General Medicine: A Thematic Analysis

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1256
Author(s):  
Kasumi Nishikawa ◽  
Ryuichi Ohta ◽  
Chiaki Sano
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Positive Impression ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Medicine Education

Although the demand for general physicians has increased in Japan because of its aging population, medical universities primarily provide organ-based education; thus, medical students do not receive sufficient general medical education. The number of residents focusing on general medicine remains low; therefore, to understand the present situation regarding general medicine education, we attempted to clarify the views of medical students and the factors influencing them. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted in 12 medical students at Shimane University, and the results were analyzed through thematic analysis. The results indicated the emergence of three themes and 14 concepts. The three overarching themes were as follows: hopes for the field of general medicine, gaps between ideal and reality of general medicine, and factors affecting students’ motivation for specialization in general medicine. Medical students had a positive impression of general medicine and believed that it has potential for further development; however, they felt a gap between their ideals and reality (i.e., unclear expertise). Factors creating this gap included poorly developed education and medical policies. We need to restructure general medicine education based on the participants’ perceptions by establishing collaborative curricula between universities and community hospitals and by increasing students’ exposure to general medicine.

scholarly journals Institutional Drivers of Internet Voting Adoption in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploratory Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Agbesi
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Internet Voting ◽  
Voting System ◽  
The Government

Internet voting system adoption in elections can bring enormous benefits to an electoral process. Though few countries have adopted it for their legally binding elections, others have discontinued its use because of perceived vulnerabilities. But it has been argued that the benefits the internet voting system provide outweigh the perceived vulnerabilities. The main purpose of this study is to examine the drivers of the internet voting system from the organizational context. The study is purely qualitative using semi-structured interviews. The interview participants were top management of EC staff, political parties’ executives and experts who were purposively selected, and thematic analysis was used to extract patterns from the data collected. The main themes that emerged from the thematic analysis include pressure from political parties, pressure from the government, legal framework, financial readiness of EC, EC top management support, convenience, accuracy, and increase voter turnouts. The discussion of the findings and the implication of the results were discussed in the study.

scholarly journals The Perils of Jirga and the Miserable Plight of Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Hamida Bibi ◽  
Surat Khan
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Verbal Abuse ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Suicidal Attempts ◽  
The Government ◽  
Forms Of Violence

This study was conducted to critique and asses the institution of Jirga and its practice of Swara. The data was collected through vis-à-vis semi-structured interviews from the Jirgees and Swaras, the two most proximate stakeholders of the institution of Jirga. For the analysis of data, the tool of Thematic Analysis, developed by Braun and Clarke (2015), was used. The findings of the study show that Jirga — besides being unconstitutional — is involved in multifarious inhumane practices and its members are mostly uneducated. Its decisions are completely void of the canon international law and human rights. Jirga is involved in the felonious practice of Swara. Swaras — women atoned by Jirga in reprisal for an offence — are living wretched lives facing multifarious forms of violence, discrimination, humiliation and other forms of inhumane behaviors. Besides, they are suffering from depression, inferiority complexes, suicidal attempts, malnutrition, verbal abuse, etc. The findings also imply that illiteracy, passivity and condonement of the judiciary and law enforcing agencies, and the higher rate of crimes in the area are the factors contributing to the practice of Swara. In the light of the findings, the researcher recommends that the practice of reprisal reiterated by Jirga should be completely extirpated. Education should be disseminated and the government and law enforcing agencies should work in proximity to mitigate the rate of crimes in the area. The government should frame inclusive economic policies in order to promote peace and prosperity in the area.

scholarly journals Acute pain management in patients with opiate maintenance treatment in primary care: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
morgane guillou landreat ◽  
Melia Baillot ◽  
Le Goff Delphine ◽  
Le Reste Jean Yves
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Acute Pain ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Opiate Use ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Opiate Use Disorder

Abstract Background: Opiate use disorders are a worldwide disease. In the last 30 years, opiate maintenance treatment prescription changed patients’ and also changed physicians’ practice. General practitioners (GPs) have to deal with patients on OMT who are in acute pain. Both clinically and pharmacologically, the treatment of acute pain in patients with an opiate use disorder and an OMT(opiate maintenance treatment) differs from that given to patients with other conditions. As this situation is complex, it was important to explore whether GPs recognised this problem and whether they managed it effectively.Objective: To investigate how GPs identify and manage situations of acute pain in patients with opiate use disorders and OMT. Methods: semi-structured interviews were used as a data collection technique with a purposive sample of practising GPs. Data collection continued until saturation was reached. Analysis was undertaken using a thematic analysis method. Two independent researchers, working blind and pooling data, carried out the analysis. Results: The maximal variation of the sample and saturation of data were reached with 11 GPs. The thematic analysis resulted in 4 main themes: (1) the importance and difficulties of professional links , (2) the specific clinical reasoning , (3) the importance of the doctor-patient relationship and (4) the particular characteristics of OMT patients. Conclusion: The complexity of pain and opioid dependence represents significant challenges for GPs. It is hard to achieve a balance between pain relief and opiate use disorder treatment. These questions are particularly important in general practice, where the practitioner may feel insufficiently trained, and isolated. Existing protocols do not seem to be in line with general practice. The number of patients on OMT has increased since it was first marketed; GPs will increasingly have to deal with these situations and will have to issue their own recommendations.

scholarly journals Unfolding the Impacts of a Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic on the Sustainability of Culinary Tourism: Some Insights from Micro and Small Street Food Vendors

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 497
Author(s):  
Vanessa Gaffar ◽  
Benny Tjahjono ◽  
Taufik Abdullah ◽  
Maya Sari ◽  
Rofi Rofaida
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Culinary Tourism ◽  
Dynamic Impacts ◽  
The Government

Our study reveals the impacts of various COVID-19-related restrictions on the culinary tourism industry by exploring how street food vendors deal with this unprecedented encounter. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews of 20 street food vendors and later analyzed using qualitative data analysis, focusing on the thematic analysis of coded interview transcripts, as a basis for generalization of our findings. This study unfolds the knock-on effects of the lock-down, social distancing, and movement restrictions imposed on the street food vendors and sheds light on how the culinary tourism industry can become more resilient and sustainable in facing a future or recurring pandemic. Understanding the dynamic impacts of the pandemic will offer insights for the culinary tourism industry and the government in the development of relevant policies to alleviate those impacts and protect the culinary tourism industry in the ‘new normal’ post-pandemic era.

Factors Influencing Speech-Language Pathologists’ Application of Terminology for Describing Pediatric Language Assessments

2020 ◽  
pp. 152574012091517
Author(s):  
Deborah Denman ◽  
Nathan J. Wilson ◽  
Natalie Munro ◽  
Jae-Hyun Kim ◽  
Renée Speyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Child Language ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Language Assessments ◽  
Insight Into

This study investigated speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) perceptions of factors that influence application of a new taxonomy with terminology for describing child language assessment and identified strategies that may facilitate use of taxonomy terminology to collect data on SLP assessment practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 SLPs and data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Three main themes were identified in relation to factors that may influence application including applying the taxonomy is arduous, contextual factors may influence application, and SLP experience and knowledge may influence application. Participants identified a number of strategies to facilitate use of taxonomy by SLPs. Findings from this study give insight into the factors that influence SLPs’ application of a taxonomy of assessment terms. These findings are important for all SLPs in the child language field to consider if the profession is to be effective in establishing greater consistency in use of professional terminology.

scholarly journals Toward Improved Triadic Functioning: Exploring the Interactions and Adaptations of Coaches, Parents and Athletes in Professional Academy Soccer Through the Adversity of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Maurice ◽  
Tracey J. Devonport ◽  
Camilla J. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Parent Education ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Relationship Development ◽  
Interpretive Description ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Optimal Functioning ◽  
Technological Skills ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Uk

On March 23rd, 2020, elite soccer academies in the UK closed in compliance with the government enforced lockdown intended to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. This forced parents, players, and coaches to reconsider how they interacted with, and supported, one another. The aims of the present study were (a) to explore the perceptions of players, parents, and coaches (i.e., the athletic triangle) regarding how they interacted and collaborated with one another during the COVID-19 pandemic to support wellbeing and performance, and; (b) to identify opportunities to enhance workings of those within the athletic triangle resulting from adaptions made following enforced lockdown. Using an interpretive description methodology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with five coaches, six players, and six parents from an English elite academy soccer club. Interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings highlighted (a) the importance of support and the different means of communication used between members of the athletic triangle to facilitate such support; (b) the increased understanding of each member of the athletic triangle, leading to enhanced relationships, and; (c) how members of the athletic triangle adapted practice to facilitate relationship development during the pandemic and beyond. The identification of these considerations has implications for coach and parent education initiatives to allow for optimal functioning of the athletic triangle as elite academy soccer clubs return from lockdown. These include (a) the importance of continued communication between coach, athlete and parent; (b) increasing understanding of each individual within the athletic triangle; and (c) utilizing key interpersonal and technological skills learnt during the lockdown to further facilitate engagement within the athletic triangle.

scholarly journals A conceptual framework for improving well-being in people with a diagnosis of psychosis

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Schrank ◽  
S. Riches ◽  
V. Bird ◽  
J. Murray ◽  
A. Tylee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Narrative Synthesis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Recent Systematic Review ◽  
Client Group ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Group A

Background.Well-being is important for people with severe mental illness, such as psychosis. So far, no clear concept of well-being exists for this client group. A recent systematic review and narrative synthesis developed a static framework of well-being components. The present study aims to validate the static framework and to illuminate the processes by which well-being is experienced by people with psychosis.Methods.Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 service users with psychosis exploring their experience of well-being. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data employing techniques taken from grounded theory to enhance the rigour of the analysis. Respondent validation was undertaken with 13 of the 23 participants.Results.Three superordinate categories of well-being were identified: current sense of self; transition to enhanced sense of self and enhanced sense of self. In the dynamic process of improving well-being the current sense of self undergoes a transition to an enhanced sense of self. The four factors influencing the transition are consistent with the static framework of well-being, hence validating the static framework. In addition, we identified three determinants of current sense of self and seven indicators of enhanced sense of self, which represent the achievement of improved well-being.Conclusions.This study provides an empirically defensible framework for understanding well-being in terms of determinants, influences and indicators. The influences are targets for interventions to improve well-being, and the indicators are outcome domains to assess the effectiveness of services in supporting well-being.

scholarly journals UNDERSTANDING THE ATTITUDES AND FACTORS INFLUENCING ORGAN DONATION DECISIONS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN PAKISTAN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Sonia Umair ◽  
Jo Ann Ho ◽  
Norazlyn Kamal Basha ◽  
Serene Siew-Imm Ng ◽  
Umair Waqas
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Moral Norms ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Posthumous Organ Donation

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to identify factors that were important in posthumous organ donation decisions in a developing country such as Pakistan. Methodology: A qualitative study was conducted with 50 semi-structured interviews among students of one public and one private university in Lahore (Pakistan) to understand their attitudes and factors influencing their decisions on posthumous organ donations. Purposive sampling technique was used in this study. The interview questions focused on the level of knowledge, motivation and overall attitude towards the posthumous organ donation decision of the respondents. Main Findings: There was a lack of general knowledge among university students in Pakistan. Most of the students had a positive attitude for posthumous organ donation yet moral norms are very influential in the decision-making process for organ donation after death. Those who were willing were reluctant because of the influence of family and friends. Religion was also another significant norm factor for prohibiting them to be an organ donor after death. Implications/Applications: The present study provided a way in the advancement of knowledge towards an understanding of the attitude, moral norms along with social and family influence for not only intention to donate but also signing the donor card. The findings of the study are useful for the government, policymakers and the organizations in Pakistan in their efforts to increase awareness and organ donation rates in the country. Novelty/Originality: The present research was exploratory and the intention for this research was to explore the underlying behavioral and normative beliefs which may inhibit or encourage organ donation among university students. Such qualitative studies are relatively uncommon in transplant literature.

‘Are we on the same wavelength?’ International nurses and the process of confronting and adjusting to clinical communication in Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonia Crawford ◽  
Peter Roger ◽  
Sally Candlin
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
The Other ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Clinical Communication ◽  
Professional Experiences

Effective communication skills are important in the health care setting in order to develop rapport and trust with patients, provide reassurance, assess patients effectively and provide education in a way that patients easily understand (Candlin and Candlin, 2003). However with many nurses from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds being recruited to fill the workforce shortfall in Australia, communication across cultures with the potential for miscommunication and ensuing risks to patient safety has gained increasing focus in recent years (Shakya and Horsefall, 2000; Chiang and Crickmore, 2009). This paper reports on the first phase of a study that examines intercultural nurse patient communication from the perspective of four Registered Nurses from CALD backgrounds working in Australia. Five interrelating themes that were derived from thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews are discussed. The central theme of ‘adjustment’ was identified as fundamental to the experiences of the RNs and this theme interrelated with each of the other themes that emerged: professional experiences with communication, ways of showing respect, displaying empathy, and vulnerability.

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