scholarly journals Volunteering and social engagement of medical students in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-444
Author(s):  
Yong-Hoon Lee ◽  
Jane Ha ◽  
Hyunmi Park
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Engagement

scholarly journals Fireside Chats: A Novel Wellness Initiative for Medical Students in the COVID-19 Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 000313482110030
Author(s):  
Sean J Lee ◽  
Abdul Kader Natour ◽  
Sunil K Geevarghese
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Present Survey ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Depression Era

To supplement preexisting wellness programming for the surgery clerkship, a faculty surgeon at Vanderbilt initiated Fireside Chats (FC) in 2015. Inspired by Franklin Roosevelt’s Depression-era radio broadcasts, FC features small group sizes, off-campus excursions, and a reimagining of the mentor–mentee relationship that eschews hierarchy in favor of deep, mutualistic connections in both personal and professional domains. Here we describe the rationale and implementation of FC and present survey data that demonstrate the warm reception of FC and its efficacy in stewarding the mental health of medical students. Moreover, unlike large group activities such as “learning communities,” FC continues to meet in-person during COVID-19 and preserves social engagement opportunities that may alleviate pandemic-induced isolation and distress.

Impact of the nursing home scale on residents’ social engagement in South Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 1965-1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju Young Yoon ◽  
Hongsoo Kim ◽  
Young-Il Jung ◽  
Jung-Hwa Ha
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Large Individual ◽  
P Value

ABSTRACTBackground:This study aimed to describe the levels of social engagement and to examine the relationship between the nursing home scale groups and social engagement in nursing homes in South Korea.Methods:A total of 314 residents were randomly selected from rosters provided by 10 nursing homes located in three metropolitan areas in South Korea. The outcome variable was social engagement measured by the Revised Index of Social Engagement (RISE), and the key independent variable was the nursing home scale (small, medium, and large). Individual factors (age, gender, activities of daily living and cognitive function, and depressive symptoms) and organizational factors (location, ownership, and staffing levels) were controlled in the model as covariates. Multilevel logistic regression was used in this study.Results:About half of the residents (46%) in this study were not socially engaged in the nursing home (RISE=0) where they resided. Controlling for individual- and organizational-level factors, the nursing home facility size was a significant factor to predict the likelihood of residents’ social engagement, with that the residents in large-scale nursing homes being less likely to be socially engaged than those in medium-scale nursing homes (odds ratio = 0.457; p-value = 0.005).Conclusion:This study supports evidence from previous studies that smaller-scale nursing homes are likely to provide more person-centered care compared to larger-scale nursing homes. Subsequent quality studies are needed to examine how the mechanisms for how smaller-scale nursing homes can enhance residents’ social engagement in terms of care delivery processes.

scholarly journals Attitudes Toward Transgender People Among Medical Students in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 100278
Author(s):  
Sa Ra Lee ◽  
Min-A Kim ◽  
Mun Nyeong Choi ◽  
Suyeon Park ◽  
Jaehyun Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Transgender People

scholarly journals The Prevalence of Alcohol and Substance Use Among Medical Students at The Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Jarurin Pitanupong ◽  
Ornpailin Ratanapinsiri
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Common Reason ◽  
Prince Of Songkla University ◽  
High Risk Drinking ◽  
Significant Factors

Objective: To study the prevalence of alcohol and substance use among medical students.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study surveyed Prince of Songkla University medical students in 2016. Questionnaires for demographic data, the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), experience with alcohol and substance abuse, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Thai version (PHQ-9) were used. We analyzed the data in order to describe the behavior of subjects by descriptive statistics. The factors associated with alcohol used were analyzed by chi-square test and logistic regression.Results: Seven hundred thirty-nine (70.1%) of medical students completed the questionnaires. Participants, 56.0% were female and 44.0% were male. Mean age was 21.2 years old; 53.3% have drunk alcohol; the gender proportion of drinkers was 60.0% of males and 48.1% of females. By AUDIT, 23.1% of medical students were high-risk drinkers. The most common reason for alcohol consumption was social engagement (91.9%) and the most common reason for not drinking was having knowledge about the harmful health effects of alcohol (51.2%). Of the medical students, 7.6% had experience with substance use. The drugs most commonly used were cigarettes (5.3%) and baraku (4.6%). According to the PHQ-9, 11.2% of all medical students, 12.6% in males and 10.1% in females had depression. However, these high levels of depression did not associate with a high-risk of alcohol consumption. The significant factors that associated with high-risk drinking were gender [odd ratio (OR)=1.9 (1.1-3.4)] and experience with substance use [OR=3.8 (2.0-7.3)].Conclusion: Half of medical students drank alcohol and approximate 1 in 10 had experience with substance use. Gender and experience with substance use were the significant factors that correlated with high-risk drinking.

Culture-Laden Social Engagement

2014 ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Sejung Marina Choi ◽  
Shu-Chuan Chu ◽  
Yoojung Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Cultural Orientations ◽  
The Us

In today's online environment, social networking sites (SNSs) flourish across the globe as an effective venue for social engagement. The objective of this chapter is to conceptually discuss and empirically demonstrate how social interactions within SNSs are still culturally bound and mirror the users' prevailing cultural orientations. After discussing a conceptual framework for illustrating cultural forces in social relationships within SNSs, the authors present findings from an online survey of SNS users from three cultures: the US, China, and South Korea.

scholarly journals The Prevalence of Alcohol and Substance Use Among Medical Students at The Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Jarurin Pitanupong ◽  
Ornpailin Ratanapinsiri
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Common Reason ◽  
Prince Of Songkla University ◽  
High Risk Drinking ◽  
Significant Factors

Objective: To study the prevalence of alcohol and substance use among medical students.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study surveyed Prince of Songkla University medical students in 2016. Questionnaires for demographic data, the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), experience with alcohol and substance abuse, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Thai version (PHQ-9) were used. We analyzed the data in order to describe the behavior of subjects by descriptive statistics. The factors associated with alcohol used were analyzed by chi-square test and logistic regression.Results: Seven hundred thirty-nine (70.1%) of medical students completed the questionnaires. Participants, 56.0% were female and 44.0% were male. Mean age was 21.2 years old; 53.3% have drunk alcohol; the gender proportion of drinkers was 60.0% of males and 48.1% of females. By AUDIT, 23.1% of medical students were high-risk drinkers. The most common reason for alcohol consumption was social engagement (91.9%) and the most common reason for not drinking was having knowledge about the harmful health effects of alcohol (51.2%). Of the medical students, 7.6% had experience with substance use. The drugs most commonly used were cigarettes (5.3%) and baraku (4.6%). According to the PHQ-9, 11.2% of all medical students, 12.6% in males and 10.1% in females had depression. However, these high levels of depression did not associate with a high-risk of alcohol consumption. The significant factors that associated with high-risk drinking were gender [odd ratio (OR)=1.9 (1.1-3.4)] and experience with substance use [OR=3.8 (2.0-7.3)].Conclusion: Half of medical students drank alcohol and approximate 1 in 10 had experience with substance use. Gender and experience with substance use were the significant factors that correlated with high-risk drinking.

Reforming South Korean Higher Education for Female Marriage Migrants

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Yeon O. Jo ◽  
Minseung Jung
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Current Status ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Marriage Migrants ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Female Marriage

South Korea has experienced a surge of foreign immigration since 1990, and one of the major migrant groups is female marriage migrants. Although the South Korean government has implemented a variety of policies to reform its education system in order to accommodate the growing multicultural population, it has been mainly focused on K–12 education for children of migrants. In addition, the issues of access to and quality of higher education for female marriage migrants in South Korea are seldom discussed in academic and public spheres. Although female marriage migrants have a great degree of motivation to pursue higher education, they face multilayered hurdles before, during, and after receiving their higher education in South Korea. Narratives of female marriage migrants in higher education not only challenge the common stereotype of “global hypergamy” and gender stereotypes related to female marriage migrants but also provide chances to reexamine the current status of higher education in South Korea and the notion of global citizenship. Their stories highlight the changes in self-perception, familial relationships, and social engagement and underscore female marriage migrants’ process of embracing global citizenship. Their narratives articulate how gender, migration, and higher education intersect in their daily lives, how their lives are connected to the globalizing world, and how these reveal two essential components of the sense of global citizenship—dignity and compassion.

Culture-Laden Social Engagement

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Sejung Marina Choi ◽  
Shu-Chuan Chu ◽  
Yoojung Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Cultural Orientations ◽  
The Us

In today’s online environment, social networking sites (SNSs) flourish across the globe as an effective venue for social engagement. The objective of this chapter is to conceptually discuss and empirically demonstrate how social interactions within SNSs are still culturally bound and mirror the users’ prevailing cultural orientations. After discussing a conceptual framework for illustrating cultural forces in social relationships within SNSs, the authors present findings from an online survey of SNS users from three cultures: the US, China, and South Korea.

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