Barriers When Advocating or Providing Information Literacy Instruction in Medical Institutions of Pakistan

This study aims to identify the factors which hinder the implementation of IL instructions programmes or prevent their systematic development in Pakistani medical institutions. This study adopted a two-phase, sequential mixed method research design. In first phase, head librarians of all (114) academic medical institutions in Pakistan were surveyed. Response rate was 61.5 %. In second phase, 20 purposively selected head librarians were interviewed. There was a consensus between the head librarians employed at public and private sector medical institutions that out of 12 barriers identified in this study, "lack of training opportunities for IL instruction for librarians" and "lack of policy regarding IL instruction in the medical institutions" were the two most significant barriers to IL instruction programmes in medical institutions. These findings suggest future direction for pre- and in-service education of librarians to prepare themselves to provide IL instruction. A clearly stipulated IL policy may be formulated and implemented in all medical institutions. The findings of this study are expected to enable medical librarians to be more aware of the barriers while planning and providing IL instruction in medical institutions.

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Perceptions of Medical Librarians Towards the Importance of Information Literacy Skills

Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries ◽

10.47657/201516724 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 01-07

Author(s):

Midrar Ullah ◽

Kanwal Ameen

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Information Literacy ◽

Information Sources ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

Public And Private ◽

Medical Institutions ◽

Library Users ◽

Information Competencies ◽

Information Literacy Skills ◽

Public And Private Sector

The purpose of this study was to find out medical librarians' perceptions towards the importance of information literacy (IL) skills. A structured questionnaire, consisting of eight IL skills, was administered to the head librarians of all academic medical institutions in Pakistan. The respondents were asked to rate the importance of IL skills for their users on a 5-point Likert scale (1- Least important to 5-Most important). A total of 69 (60.5 %) usable questionnaires were returned out of 114 disseminated to the respondents. The IL skills about “accessing the needed information effectively and efficiently”, “identifying relevant, authoritative and reliable information sources”, “recognizing the need for information”, "verifying the relevance and quality of information sources” and “using information ethically and legally” got mean scores exceeding four from head librarians of both public and private sector medical institutions. However, IL skill "evaluating the information critically” received mean score less than four i.e., 3.94 from public sector medical librarians and IL skills "organizing information collected or generated in a logical way" and "using the selected information effectively to accomplish a specific task" although considered important but got lower mean scores (3.97 each) from private sector medical librarians. Respondents from both public and private sector medical institutions had considered all the eight IL skills important for their library users, meaning that library users must be adequately equipped with information competencies.

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Evaluating the user perceived usefulness of Enterprise Social Networking

10.26686/wgtn.17009156 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Naveen Vaseegaran

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Philosophical Approach ◽

Public And Private ◽

User Adoption ◽

Social Nature ◽

Private And Public ◽

Future Direction ◽

Public And Private Sector

This paper aims to identify user perceived usefulness of enterprise social networking within the public and private sector of Wellington NZ. It aims at determining the specific factors that appeal to enterprise social networking users. This paper first outlines the global trend towards enterprise social networking based on academia and IT industry papers. It draws parallels between ESN and KM to better understand the unique attributes of ESN. In particular it brings to focus the social nature of ESN and the use of modern technologies that facilitate ease of use. It also highlights the community nature of ESN and its importance in managing knowledge security, quality, trust and sense of sharing. These dimensions help form the basis on which the interview questions are based. Anti- positivism philosophical approach is used to peer into user perceptions and make sense of the research findings. Qualitative data shall be gathered through interviews. 7 participants will be involved in the interviews. Participants will be a mixture of MIM students and IT professionals employed within the private and public sector. The outcome of this study is to better understand contemporary views on the topic and shape future direction in better dissemination of enterprise social networking in the local industry. The focus on what the user perceived usefulness of social networking within wellington will give insights into user adoption strategies for enterprise social networking.

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Evaluating the user perceived usefulness of Enterprise Social Networking

10.26686/wgtn.17009156.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Naveen Vaseegaran

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Philosophical Approach ◽

Public And Private ◽

User Adoption ◽

Social Nature ◽

Private And Public ◽

Future Direction ◽

Public And Private Sector

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Scale to Measure the Determining Factors for Reporting Wrongdoings in the Public Sector Universities

sjesr ◽

10.36902/sjesr-vol4-iss1-2021(44-52) ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 44-52

Author(s):

Nargis Abbas ◽

Uzma Ashiq ◽

Maria Yaqoob

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Second Phase ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Two Phase ◽

Whistle Blowing ◽

The Public ◽

Determining Factors

Reporting wrongdoing is significant to the effectiveness of the organization, however, is a challenging task. The objective of this study was to contribute to the research by identifying the determining factors that influence the decision of a faculty member to report unethical behavior in the public sector universities. Further, to develop the validated scales to measure such factors. To achieve these objectives, this research study adopted a two-phase, exploratory sequential mixed method research design. A multistage sampling technique was used and a sample of 300 faculty members from four public sector universities of the Punjab were selected. The first part of the study was a qualitative phase to explore the dimensions by using semi-structured interviews and a focused group discussion method in which five dimensions were explored. With a 42-item Whistle-blowing Procedure Questionnaire was created. In the second phase, in the quantitative phase, six factors connected to the theoretical constructs of decision of reporting wrongdoings/whistle-blowing were explored in the scale construction and validation process by using exploratory factor analysis.

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Medical Specialist Training: Views from Stakeholders

IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia ◽

10.31436/imjm.v14i1.458 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Md Tahir MA ◽

Noor Hazilah AM ◽

Azura O

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Human Resource ◽

Medical Specialty ◽

Specialty Training ◽

Specialist Training ◽

Medical Specialist ◽

Public And Private ◽

Medical Specialists ◽

Medical Institutions ◽

Public And Private Sector

Introduction: In Malaysia, medical specialisation training is mainly carried out by the public universities. Methods: A survey was carried out to explore the views of medical specialists in the country on issues such as structure of medical specialty training, availability of human resource, public/private sector competition, competency and apprenticeship, and its impact on assurance and quality of medical specialty training. Results: Altogether 238 medical specialists from 30 hospitals and medical institutions in the country participated in the survey. Conclusion: Among the findings, competition for human resource between public and private sector and lack of uniformity on medical specialty training across universities in the country are among the issues found to be of concern. There is also a need to address governance issue which necessitates to clearly delineating what constitutes medical specialty and what constitutes a subspecialty so that an agreed uniformed nomenclature is exercised across all stakeholders. The respondents also strongly agreed on the need to ensure competence in medical specialist training.

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Smart Technology for Sustainable Curriculum: Using Drone to Support Young Students’ Learning

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103819 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3819 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Pao-Nan Chou

Keyword(s):

Spatial Visualization ◽

After School ◽

Research Approach ◽

Second Phase ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Smart Technology ◽

Two Phase ◽

Programming Patterns ◽

Post Test ◽

Quasi Experimental

The study developed a sustainable curriculum in which one smart technology (drone) was employed to inspire student learning. The study investigated the effect of using drones on the development of students’ spatial visualization and sequencing skills and examined related instructional tasks for drone use in the classroom. An after-school drone-flying program was developed at a public elementary school in Taiwan, with 10 third-grade students voluntarily participating in a six-week educational experiment. During drone programming training, young children used a visual block programming language on tablet computers to code lightweight drones. A two-phase research model was adopted to collect the necessary information. In the first phase of the model, a design-based research methodology facilitated the overall instruction preparation process for the four-week workshops. The second phase of the model emphasized a mixed-method research approach, employing a quasi-experimental pretest and post-test design to analyze the effect of drone use and a qualitative method to observe students’ learning behavior and programming work. The results showed that drone programming significantly improved students’ learning of spatial visualization and sequencing skills. Gender, as a potential variable, only influenced students’ programming patterns. Specific programming styles, learning behaviors, and instructional design issues were identified for further discussion.

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Engaging African Americans in Research: The Recruiter’s Perspective

Ethnicity & Disease ◽

10.18865/ed.27.4.453 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 453 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Nadine J. Barrett ◽

Kearston L. Ingraham ◽

Tracey Vann Hawkins ◽

Patricia G. Moorman

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

African Americans ◽

Research Participation ◽

Epidemiologic Studies ◽

Motivating Factors ◽

Research Teams ◽

Medical Institutions ◽

Academic Medical ◽

Study Participants ◽

Training Opportunities

Purpose: To examine barriers recruiters encounter when enrolling African American study participants, identify motivating factors to increase research participation, and provide recommendations to facilitate successful minority recruitment. Background: Recruiters are often the first point of contact between the research study and potential African American participants. While challenges in enrolling African Americans into clinical and epidemiologic research has been reported in numerous studies the non-physician recruiter’s role as a determinant of overall participation rates has received minimal attention. Methods: We conducted four 90-minute teleconference focus groups with 18 recruiters experienced in enrolling African Americans for clinical and epidemiologic studies at five academic/medical institutions. Participants represented diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and were asked to reflect on barriers preventing African Americans from participating in research studies, factors that motivated participation, and recommendations to increase participation of African Americans in research. Multi-coder and thematic data analysis was implemented using the Braun and Clarke method. Results: Prominent concerns in recruitment of African Americans in research include fear and mistrust and inflexible research protocols. The participants suggest that improved recruitment could be achieved through cross-cultural and skillset building training opportunities for recruiters, greater community engagement among researchers, and better engagement with clinic staff and research teams.Ethn Dis. 2017;27(4):453- 462; doi:10.18865/ed.27.4.453.

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Moral Judgment Test (MJT) in Urdu: Translation and Validation

ETHICS IN PROGRESS ◽

10.14746/eip.2011.2.3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Abdul Wahab Liaquat

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Private Sector ◽

Moral Judgment ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Second Phase ◽

Public And Private ◽

Religious Institutes ◽

Preference Hierarchy ◽

Two Phases ◽

Public And Private Sector

The present study was conducted as part of a larger study that aimed to compare moral judgment competence and moral preferences among Pakistani students of public and private sector educational institutes and religious institutes and also to measure the pattern of development of moral judgment competence of students within these institutes. The validation study completed in two phases, during the 1st phase data were collected from the students of grade 8 to 16 from public sector schools and colleges of Rawalpindi city. Very low mean c-score was observed (M = 13.60, SD = 9.05), the test came out to be valid on preference hierarchy criterion but its validity on the cognitive-affective parallelism and Quasi- simplex structure criteria could not be established due to low c-scores of the sample. In the second phase an additional sample from one private sector and two public sector universities was collected. The analysis of the combined sample (N = 246) showed no significant improvement of c-scores (M = 13.94, SD = 9.53). The test meets well the preference hierarchy criterion but on the other two criteria results remain inconclusive due to low variance in the sample. The low c-scores are explained on the basis of three assumptions; (1) poor quality of education, (2) dogmatic religiosity, and (3) weak and instable political structure of Pakistani society.

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Public/Private BIM

International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling ◽

10.4018/ij3dim.2014010102 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 16-28

Author(s):

John Deeney ◽

Alan Hore ◽

Barry McAuley

Keyword(s):

Business Case ◽

Public And Private ◽

Cultural Elements ◽

Software Applications ◽

Left Behind ◽

Building Information ◽

Research Findings ◽

Private Sector Organizations ◽

Public And Private Sector ◽

Training Opportunities

The current economic difficulties have affected most practitioners within the industry and, as a result, many firms and contractors are bidding for fewer projects, resulting in below-cost tenders. It is clear that, many firms and contractors are now operating on thin margins; which makes it increasingly difficult for them to commit to the introduction of new software applications and system upgrades. The transition to Building Information Modelling (BIM) from traditional 2D CAD by Irish firms and contractors has been a relatively slow process compared with the international colleagues. There are many reasons for this, including lack of resources, lack of awareness, ignorance, misunderstanding and adversity. The lack of BIM promotion and BIM training opportunities within the industry has meant that very few people possess the basic requirement to successfully embrace BIM at a level which would be considered efficient. BIM is the new way of operating and it is gaining momentum; the industry simply cannot turn a blind eye to the technology or it will be left behind. The industry must therefore adapt and change current working practices in order to compete with other established and recognized BIM nations. This paper will evaluate BIM in the international context and, investigate if these methodologies can be transferred to the Irish construction industry. This paper will also aim to identify obstacles and drivers for Irish firms, contractors and Government Departments with regard to BIM adoption, as well as the behavioral and cultural elements which are preventing BIM adoption in Ireland. It is hoped that the research findings will demonstrate a business case for the implementation of BIM, for both public and private sector organizations.

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A Comparison of Tem and Apfim to the Interpretation of Modulated Microstructures

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s042482010011742x ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

pp. 70-71

Author(s):

M.G. Burke ◽

M.K. Miller

Keyword(s):

Low Temperature ◽

Microstructural Characterization ◽

Superlattice Reflection ◽

High Volume ◽

Atom Probe ◽

Dark Field ◽

Miscibility Gap ◽

Second Phase ◽

Two Phase ◽

Probe Field

Interpretation of fine-scale microstructures containing high volume fractions of second phase is complex. In particular, microstructures developed through decomposition within low temperature miscibility gaps may be extremely fine. This paper compares the morphological interpretations of such complex microstructures by the high-resolution techniques of TEM and atom probe field-ion microscopy (APFIM).The Fe-25 at% Be alloy selected for this study was aged within the low temperature miscibility gap to form a <100> aligned two-phase microstructure. This triaxially modulated microstructure is composed of an Fe-rich ferrite phase and a B2-ordered Be-enriched phase. The microstructural characterization through conventional bright-field TEM is inadequate because of the many contributions to image contrast. The ordering reaction which accompanies spinodal decomposition in this alloy permits simplification of the image by the use of the centered dark field technique to image just one phase. A CDF image formed with a B2 superlattice reflection is shown in fig. 1. In this CDF micrograph, the the B2-ordered Be-enriched phase appears as bright regions in the darkly-imaging ferrite. By examining the specimen in a [001] orientation, the <100> nature of the modulations is evident.

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