scholarly journals Physiotherapy Students’ Use of Online Technology as part of their Learning Practices: A Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rowe ◽  
JM Frantz ◽  
V Bozalek
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Online Technology ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Physiotherapy Students

The relevance of non-technical skills have long been acknowledged asimportant components of clinical learning, and there is evidence that integrating technologycan facilitate their development by encouraging reflection, and by enhancing communicationand reasoning. However, effectively integrating technology into learning practices must takethe contextual needs of students into consideration. The aim of this study was to determinewhat online tools undergraduate physiotherapy students at one South African university arefamiliar with, and how they use them as part of their learning practices.The case study was conducted in a university physiotherapy department in the WesternCape during 2010. A cross-sectional, descriptive design used a survey to obtain quantitativeand qualitative data from participants, and a pilot study was conducted to test the reliability of the instrument. All ethicalconsiderations were adhered to.Seventy six percent of participants had access to the internet at home, and 93% of them belonged to a social network, althoughfewer than half used it for their studying. Few students reported using the internet for more than information retrieval but reportedwanting to use it for enhanced communication with lecturers. Almost all respondents believed that lectures were a useful way tolearn. However, 61% added that integrating online learning activities with lectures could have value.Integrating technology into healthcare education has the potential to develop non-technical skills that are relevant for clinicalpractice. However, this group of students currently lack the experience and insight to use technology effectively as part of theirlearning practices. Educators must take cognisance of the educational and contextual needs of students if they wish to integratetechnology into clinical teaching.

scholarly journals The Prevalence of Cyberbullying among Adolescents: A Case Study of Middle Schools in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
To Phuong Oanh
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
The Internet ◽  
School Students ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
Mobile Telephones ◽  
Almost All ◽  
State Schools

This paper aims to investigate the prevalence of cyberbullying among Vietnamese adolescents. Special emphasis was placed on gender differences regarding different forms of cyberbullying and victimization. In this study, 200 middle school students from four state schools in Vietnam were online surveyed to obtain information about the prevalence of cyberbullying and victimization. The results show that most of the students used the Internet daily and that almost all of them possess mobile telephones. On average, 7% of students reported that they have cyberbullied others online, whilst 14% of them were victims of cyberbullying. The most common types of victimization reported by students were harassment including “prank or silent phone calls” or “Insults on instant messaging and website”. There were not any significant gender differences in cyberbullying and being victimized by cyberbullies than females.

scholarly journals On(line) Being Relational: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Isaac ◽  
Arla Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Online Program ◽  
Online Technology ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Faculty Presence ◽  
On Line

This study describes a master’s program cohort in the Southeast transitioning from a traditional to an online paradigm. This study examined through narrative analysis the online dialogue of engagement between students and faculty through the lens of social constructivism, specifically focusing on barriers creating monologue and facilitators creating “online” dialogue (Gergen, 1999). Transformative dialogue was more difficult in the online transition because of technology structures and differing expectations. Results suggest that faculty and students must be prepared to use online technology in a pedagogical setting that requires greater responsibility for students to “manage their education.” The “boundedness” of an online environment requires faculty to encourage a shift from blame to responsibility. Although online dialogue was considered “stilted,” even by experienced participants, the convenience is evident for students as well as faculty. The results demonstrated the need for faculty presence through the use of online tools to make the online environment meaningful. Reviewing these narratives may help administrators prepare for a transition to an online program.

scholarly journals European money in the Romanian village. Case study

Moldoscopie ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Mazare ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Media ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Modern Technologies

The money from European funds opened new horizons for the inhabitants of Romanian villages. They began to look at the future with other eyes, got acquainted with modern technologies and made their work easier. The communal roads were paved, the houses became more beautiful, the living conditions of the villagers improved with the help of modern utilities – sewerage, natural gas, almost all agricultural plots are worked, the number of social workers decreased. The internet and the media have brought new information, many of which are useful and open to ideas. The number of advantages of accessing European funds far exceeds the number of disadvantages, including in Romanian village.

Democratization and Authoritarianism in the Information Age

2021 ◽  
pp. 223386592110260
Author(s):  
Elvis H Kim
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Information Age ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Societal Actors ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
The Arab Spring

The outbreak of the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa reignited the debate over the possibilities of democratization, with much attention paid to the roles of the internet. This paper attempts to answer the questions of whether the expansion of the internet leads to democratization and how calls for democratization during the Arab Spring produced contrasting results in Tunisia and China. The time-series cross-sectional analysis based on data of 166 countries suggests that the annual change of internet penetration is positively associated with a country’s Polity score and that the existing level of the penetration has a slightly negative effect on democratization, though the inclusion of the internet does not visibly improve the explanatory power of the models. The case study comparing Tunisia and China closely examines the multifaceted relationship between the internet and democratization and shows that the internet alone cannot determine the direction of political change. Rather, it is spatially and temporally situated state and societal actors who collectively determine the process and outcome of politics.

Implications for Website Trust and Credibility Assessment

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yahya M. Tashtoush ◽  
Aisha Zaidan ◽  
Izzat M. Alsmadi
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Stepwise Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Rank Metric ◽  
Is Security ◽  
Novice Users ◽  
Almost All ◽  
New Formula

With the expansion of the Internet services provided to users to cover almost all areas that were dominated by traditional face-to-face and location based businesses, one of the major challenges for such expansion is security and its related concerns. Customers or users need to trust the websites they visit in terms of the information or content. This research proposes a new formula for evaluating the credibility (called XD TRank) metric of websites. A case study of 40 selected websites in Jordan is used to assess the proposed credibibility metric. The metrics required to assess Websites and pages credibility are collected and evaluated based on 25 existing metrics and built a model using SPSS by applying stepwise linear regression analysis to predict the XD TRank. Results showed that there is a broad range of metrics that affect the credibility of a website or a webpage and their impact on credibility may vary on their significancy or impact on the trust rank metric. For e-business in particular, trust rank metrics can be used part of quality assurance and auditing processes. Those can be important assets for users to be able to distinguish known, popular and reliable e-commerce websites from spammers or websites which try to trick novice users. Trust rank can be also used like a logo in all Website pages to alert users if they were redirected to phishing pages.

scholarly journals Evaluation of One Minute Preceptor (OMP) as a Teaching Tool for Interns in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology - A Cross-Sectional Study in Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (23) ◽  
pp. 1970-1976
Author(s):  
Harwinder Kaur Cheema ◽  
Rajiv Arora ◽  
Rakesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Almost All

BACKGROUND In Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, one minute preceptor (OMP) is the 1st such teaching - learning tool, which has been used in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a busy out-patient set up for effective clinical teaching for interns. We wanted to assess the perception of interns for acceptability of one minute preceptor as a teaching tool in Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department. We also wanted to assess the feasibility & acceptability of one minute preceptor as a teaching tool for the faculty in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in PIMS. METHODS A prospective cross-sectional study was done in Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, with 30 interns posted on rotational duty in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 6 faculty members were sensitized along with interns for teaching one minute preceptor. 3 sessions were conducted with 3 different topics. Thereafter perception of interns & faculty was obtained through validated questionnaire. Data analysis was done by calculating percentage & frequency. Qualitative analysis was done by thematic analysis and word cloud. RESULTS Almost all learners agreed that one minute preceptor (OMP) is better than traditional teaching methods as it helps in building concepts of the subject. 83.3 % interns admitted that OMP brings out the strengths & weakness in them. All learners were of the view that OMP enhances clinical reasoning skills. All members of the faculty agreed that all domains of learning are assessed during OMP and felt that OMP can be used as a teaching tool in busy OPD. CONCLUSIONS One-minute preceptor has been proved to be an effective teaching tool in the busy OPD set up. It helps to teach essential skills to diagnose & manage common Obstetrical & Gynaecological problems in a short span of time. KEYWORDS One-Minute Preceptor (OMP), Obstetrics & Gynaecology (OBG), Teaching Tool, Internship, Out-Patient Department (OPD)

scholarly journals Experience with the use of a virtual social network on Facebook for Brazilian patients with gestational trophoblastic disease - a netnography study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Victória Diniz ◽  
Sue Yazaki Sun ◽  
Claudia Galindo Novoa ◽  
Maurício Guilherme Campos Viggiano ◽  
Roney Cesar Signorini Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Disease ◽  
Hormonal Contraception ◽  
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reference Center ◽  
Trophoblastic Disease ◽  
Almost All

BACKGROUND Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) encompasses complete and partial moles, uncommon pregnancies with the potential to evolve to a malignant disease, the gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). While highly curable, the pre-malignant nature of molar pregnancies worries patients, leading them to seek information on the internet. A Facebook page headed by Brazilian specialized physicians in GTD was created in 2013 to provide online support for GTD patients. OBJECTIVE To describe the netnography of Brazilian patients with gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) on Facebook® (FBGTD) and to evaluate whether experiences differed whether they received care in a Brazilian trophoblastic disease reference center (BRC) or elsewhere. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study using a survey of G Suit Google Platform and a netnographic analysis of interactions among patients with GTD members of FBGTD, invited to answer a survey from March 6th to October 5th, 2017. RESULTS The survey was answered by 356 Brazilian GTD patients: 176 reference center patients (RCP) treated at a BRC and 180 non-reference center patients (NRCP) treated elsewhere. Comparing the groups, RCP felt safer and more confident at the time of diagnosis of GTD (P = 0.001), and they utilized FBGTD through referral by health assistants (P < 0.001), whereas NRCP discovered FBGTD on search sites and pages (P < 0.001). NRCP had higher educational level (P = 0.009), were on FBGTD ≥ 6 months (P = 0.026), reported more frequently (P = 0.007) that what most negatively affected them at the time of diagnosis was the fact that doctors did not explain about GTD and had more doubts about GTD treatment (P = 0.013), and were unlikely to use hormonal contraception (P < 0.001). Most patients accessed the internet preferentially from home and using cell phones (89%). Almost all patients (98%) declared that they felt safe reading the guidelines posted by FBGTD physicians. CONCLUSIONS This netnographic analysis of GTD patients on FBGTD shows that an online doctor-patient relationship can supplement the care for women with GTD. This resource is particularly valuable for women being cared for outside of established reference centers.

scholarly journals Perceptions of Medical Students About Bedside Teaching in a Medical School

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (211) ◽  
pp. 640-645
Author(s):  
Ajaya Kumar Dhakal ◽  
Devendra Shrestha ◽  
Suraj Bajracharya ◽  
Amita Pradhan ◽  
Balman Singh Karki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Bedside Teaching ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Simulation Techniques ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Almost All

Introduction: Bedside teaching is an important and established learning tool in medical education. However there is a decline in bedside teachings over the years throughout the world including Nepal, due to advancement in medical technology, clinical skills labs and simulation techniques. This study aimed to find out the perception of Nepalese medical students towards different domains of bedside teaching. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. A questionnaire consisting of Likert scale, open ended and closed ended questions was developed on different aspect of bedside teaching and the filled questionnaires were included for analysis. Results: Three hundred and six questionnaires were included. Almost all of medical students responded that bedside teaching is a useful learning modality in clinical teaching 304 (99.3%) and provides active learning in real context 291 (95%). The majority of medical students 233 (76%) were satisfied with the steps of history taking, examination followed by management discussion employed at bedside teaching. The students 223 (73%) were satisfied, how to elicit signs following demonstration of clinical exam by teachers at bedside. However majority 196 (64%) felt lack of individual opportunity at bedside. According to students, focussing more on practically oriented clinical skills with proper supervision would improve learning while hindering factors were large number of students and patient’s uncooperativeness. Good communication was considered the best method of alleviating patient discomfort at bedside teaching in this study. Conclusions: The study concluded that medical students have positive response and learning attitudes towards different aspects of bedside teaching.

Case Study on Customer’s Ambidextrous Nature of Trust in Internet Banking

2014 ◽  
pp. 206-229
Author(s):  
Sujana Adapa ◽  
Fredy-Roberto Valenzuela
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Internet Banking ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Banking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Banking Service ◽  
Australian Context ◽  
Intercept Survey ◽  
Delivery Channel

This case study provides information related to the Australian retail-banking sector and specifically about the electronic banking service delivery channels. As a Western nation, Australia is classified as a developed country with well-developed infrastructure, gross domestic product, per capita income, and economic status. A cross-sectional mall intercept survey was conducted in order to explore the trust related perceptions of the Australian consumers’ towards the internet banking service delivery channel. Trust is an important variable because of its high relevance to the success and/or failure of many businesses, products, and service offerings. Although there exists several benefits attached to the internet banking transactions, the survey carried out, indicates that there are a significant number of customers in Australia, who do not perform internet banking transactions due to lack of trust in the bank (or bank personnel or internet service delivery channel etc.). Consequently, results also indicate that a majority of the customers preferred to use internet banking transactions due to the trust that they have in carrying out these electronic banking methods. Therefore, this study provides information related to the ambidextrous nature of the trust component and how the aforesaid affects the consumer’s perception levels towards the adoption/non-adoption of internet banking in the Australian context. Moreover, this study provides results obtained through a cross-sectional mall intercept survey carried out in the Australian context and verbatim quotes obtained from the respondents in the form of open-ended comments. Furthermore, the implications related to bank managers, government, and policy-makers are presented.

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