Identifying Online Graduate Learners' Perceived Barriers to Their Academic Success

2017 ◽  
pp. 193-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Lee Banks
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Academic Goals ◽  
Advanced Degrees ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Learning Barriers ◽  
Personal Accounts

Online graduate students ages 25 and older have unique challenges toward achieving their academic goals as compared to younger learners, as they often already have families, careers, and other demands on their time. Pursuing advanced degrees is typically related to gaining a competitive edge or to completely changing careers. Learning barriers often include the lack of accommodations for these learners' unique needs and educational preferences. The purpose of this modified Delphi study was to identify these nontraditional online graduate learners' perceived barriers to their learning, along with relevant strategies to decrease those barriers. Sharing this study's results should facilitate these learners' success and increase retention in their respective universities as more non-traditional learners graduate. The study data obtained from the participants included these learners' personal accounts of their own learning needs and preferences, their perceived learning barriers, their anticipated real-world application for their education, and their expectations for program completion.

Education priorities for voluntary organisations supporting parents experiencing perinatal loss: a Delphi survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 156-166
Author(s):  
Stacey Power ◽  
Sarah Meaney ◽  
Riona Cotter ◽  
Keelin O'Donoghue
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Study ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Perinatal Loss ◽  
Delphi Survey ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Healthcare Education ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
Voluntary Organisations

Background: There is a reliance on voluntary organisations in healthcare. Education is necessary to keep up-to-date with best practice. The authors' aim was to identify education priorities of voluntary organisations that support parents who experience pregnancy/perinatal loss, to inform the development of an education day. Method: A modified Delphi study was undertaken to identify education needs. There were two Delphi rounds, inclusive of free text, where voluntary group experts reflected on responses in order to develop a consensus among the group. Results: There were 12 responses to Round One and seven responses to Round Two. From a list of 10 subjects, Round One identified 64 sub-topics, which were then determined as essential, desirable or not relevant in Round Two. The final 55 sub-topics were included in the education day. Conclusion: This study identified educational needs of voluntary organisations. A standardised approach was necessary to develop an education day that is responsive to their learning needs.

Perceptions of the Home Environments of Graduate Students Raised in Poverty

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline S. Turner ◽  
Joyce Juntune
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Advanced Degrees ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Telephone Interviews

Current literature has identified a growing achievement gap experienced by students raised in poverty. However, some students from poverty can defeat the odds and succeed academically with advanced degrees. Nine graduate students self-identified as being raised in poverty participated in this study. The home-related experiences that led to their academic success were explored. Basic qualitative inquiry and constructivist narrative analysis were used as a framework for this study. Data collection methods included face-to-face and telephone interviews. Data transcriptions were coded and analyzed using the constant comparative method. Findings suggest that graduate students raised in poverty need a broad support system inside and outside the home. They also indicated that activities and routines were critical to their continued academic success and how academic work often became an escape from the chaos around them. This study calls attention to the academic importance of a broader support network for students raised in poverty.

scholarly journals European List of Essential Medicines for Medical Education: a protocol for a modified Delphi study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e045635
Author(s):  
Erik Donker ◽  
David Brinkman ◽  
Milan Richir ◽  
Paraskevi Papaioannidou ◽  
Robert Likic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Ethical Review ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
Direct Supervision ◽  
Modified Delphi

IntroductionJunior doctors are responsible for a substantial number of prescribing errors, and final-year medical students lack sufficient prescribing knowledge and skills just before they graduate. Various national and international projects have been initiated to reform the teaching of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CP&T) during undergraduate medical training. However, there is as yet no list of commonly prescribed and available medicines that European doctors should be able to independently prescribe safely and effectively without direct supervision. Such a list could form the basis for a European Prescribing Exam and would harmonise European CP&T education. Therefore, the aim of this study is to reach consensus on a list of widely prescribed medicines, available in most European countries, that European junior doctors should be able to independently prescribe safely and effectively without direct supervision: the European List of Essential Medicines for Medical Education.Methods and analysisThis modified Delphi study will recruit European CP&T teachers (expert group). Two Delphi rounds will be carried out to enable a list to be drawn up of medicines that are available in ≥80% of European countries, which are considered standard prescribing practice, and which junior doctors should be able to prescribe safely and effectively without supervision.Ethics and disseminationThe study has been approved by the Medical Ethics Review Committee of VU University Medical Center (no. 2020.335) and by the Ethical Review Board of the Netherlands Association for Medical Education (approved project no. NVMO‐ERB 2020.4.8). The European List of Essential Medicines for Medical Education will be presented at national and international conferences and will be submitted to international peer-reviewed journals. It will also be used to develop and implement the European Prescribing Exam.

scholarly journals Expert Consensus on Clinical Application of Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Results From a Modified Delphi Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 219256822110126
Author(s):  
Yong Hai ◽  
Jingwei Liu ◽  
Yuzeng Liu ◽  
Tie Liu ◽  
Xinuo Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lumbar Spine ◽  
Delphi Method ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Interbody Fusion ◽  
Expert Consensus ◽  
Lumbar Spine Surgery ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Lumbar Interbody Fusion ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Chinese Study

Study Design: Modified Delphi study. Objective: The objective of this study was to establish expert consensus on the application of lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) by using the modified Delphi study. Methods: From June 2019 to March 2020, Members of the Chinese Study Group for Lateral Lumbar Spine Surgery were selected to collect expert feedback using the modified Delphi method where 65 spine surgeons from all over China agreed to participate. Four rounds were performed: 1 face-to-face meeting and 3 subsequent survey rounds. The consensus was achieved with ≥a 70.0% agreement for each question. The recommendation of grade A was defined as ≥90.0% of the agreement for each question. The recommendation of grade B was defined as 80.0-89.9% of the agreement for each question. The recommendation of grade C was defined as 70.0-79.9% of the agreement for each question. Results: A total of 65 experts formed a panelist group, and the number of questionnaires collected was 63, 59, and 62 in the 3 rounds. In total, 5 sections, 71 questions, and 382 items achieved consensus after the Delphi rounds including summary; preoperative evaluation; application at the lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spondylolisthesis, adult degenerative scoliosis, postoperative adjacent segmental degeneration, and revision surgery; complications; and postoperative follow-up evaluation of LLIF. Conclusion: The modified Delphi method was utilized to ascertain an expert consensus from the Chinese Study Group for Lateral Lumbar Spine Surgery to inform clinical decision-making in the application of LLIF. The salient grade A recommendations of the survey are enumerated.

scholarly journals A Modified Delphi Study to Prioritize Content for a Simulation‐based Pediatric Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residency Training Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-378
Author(s):  
Jennifer Mitzman ◽  
Ilana Bank ◽  
Rebekah A. Burns ◽  
Michael C. Nguyen ◽  
Pavan Zaveri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Modified Delphi ◽  
Simulation Based

Strategies and interventions for improving safety culture in Australian Emergency Departments: A modified Delphi study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahmed Alshyyab ◽  
Gerard FitzGerald ◽  
Rania Ali Albsoul ◽  
Joseph Ting ◽  
Frances B. Kinnear ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Safety Culture ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Modified Delphi

Primary Addiction Medicine Skills for Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physicians: A Modified Delphi Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac S. Chua ◽  
Ellie Fratt ◽  
J. Janet Ho ◽  
Claudia S. Roldan ◽  
Daniel A. Gundersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Study ◽  
Palliative Medicine ◽  
Addiction Medicine ◽  
Modified Delphi
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