scholarly journals Interprofessional Education: Are we ready for it?

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Rabbia Qadeer Mian
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Memorial Hospital ◽  
Training Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Interprofessional Learning ◽  
And Training ◽  
Parametric And Nonparametric Statistics

Interprofessional education arose as a solution to the increasing healthcare challenges occurring worldwide, however, its practice is mostly lacking in developing countries like Pakistan where the concept of IPE has yet to be formally established. The objective of this study was to assess the readiness of dental and medical postgraduates for interprofessional education and explore whether there is a difference in readiness with respect to discipline, gender, and training level. It was a cross-sectional survey was conducted at Fatima Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine and Dentistry, from August 2019 to September 2019, using the ‘readiness for interprofessional learning scale (RIPLS) which was to be scored on a 5 point Likert scale. Participants included all 178 postgraduate trainees enrolled in different FCPS programs at the institute. Data were interpreted using descriptive, parametric, and nonparametric statistics.  

scholarly journals Translating Research into Practice in Low-Resource Countries: Progress in Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV in Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Ogbolu ◽  
E. N. Iwu ◽  
S. Zhu ◽  
J. V. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Models ◽  
Infant Feeding Practices ◽  
Child Transmission ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
And Training ◽  
Research And Policy

Background.Research related to prevention of maternal to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is dynamic and rapidly changing and has provided evidence-based interventions and policies for practitioners. However, it is uncertain that research and policy guidelines are adequately being disseminated and implemented in resource-constrained countries with the largest burden PMTCT. This study examined current PMTCT practices in 27 public health facilities in Nigeria.Methods.A cross-sectional survey of 231 practicing nurses was conducted. Current PMTCT care practices were evaluated and compared to WHO and national PMTCT policy guidelines. Linear mixed models evaluated the association between PMTCT care practices and training in PMTCT.Results.Most nurses (80%) applied practices involving newborn prophylaxis; yet significant gaps in maternal intrapartum treatment and infant feeding practices were identified. PMTCT training explained 25% of the variance in the application of PMTCT care practices.Conclusion.Key PMTCT practices are not being adequately translated from research into practice. Researchers, policymakers, and clinicians could apply the study findings to address significant knowledge translation gaps in PMTCT. Strategies derived from an implementation science perspective are suggested as a means to improve the translation of PMTCT research into practice in Sub-Saharan African medical facilities.

scholarly journals The Perceived Demands of Ice Hockey Goaltending Movements on the Hip and Groin Region: An Elite Coach and Player Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 232596712110556
Author(s):  
Tobias Wörner ◽  
Ryan J. Frayne ◽  
Thomas Magnusson ◽  
Frida Eek
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Hip Joints ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test

Background: Many ice hockey goaltending techniques force hip joints and groin muscles into extreme ranges of motion, which may increase the risk of hip and groin problems. Purpose: To explore how elite goaltenders and goaltending coaches perceive the demands of common goaltending techniques on the hip and groin region. We further explored differences in perception between goaltenders and their coaches as well as between junior (age <20 years) and senior (age ≥20 years) goaltenders. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: We developed a model to categorize common ice hockey goaltending techniques into quantifiable units and invited elite goaltenders and coaches in Sweden to complete an online survey. Participants were asked to rate the perceived demands of each technique on the hip and groin using a Likert scale (not at all, slightly, somewhat, very, or extremely demanding). Using the chi-square test, the proportion of participants perceiving each technique as very or extremely demanding were compared between goaltenders and coaches as well as between senior and junior goaltenders. Results: We received responses from 132 goaltenders and 43 coaches. The stances most frequently perceived as very or extremely demanding were the reverse vertical horizontal post-play (40%) and the butterfly save (25%). Among transitions, movements into the post were most frequently rated as very or extremely demanding (11%–40%). Several techniques were perceived as demanding by a larger share of coaches than goaltenders (difference, 13%–46%; P < .001–.028) and a larger share of senior versus junior goaltenders (difference, 12%–20%; P = .13–.18). Conclusion: The post-play and the butterfly were the goaltending techniques most frequently perceived as demanding, and more coaches than goaltenders percieved these techniques demanding. The results of this study may inform injury prevention efforts for ice hockey goaltending.

scholarly journals Do Thai Medical Students Understand What Does ‘AEC’ Mean? A Cross-sectional Survey.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Jathurong Kittrakulrat ◽  
Ravipol Jurjai ◽  
Witthawin Jongjatuporn ◽  
Nicha Jarupanich ◽  
Annabel Bhamani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Difficulty Level ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Final Questionnaire ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
Initial List

Background: Thai medical students are inevitably involved in the regional collaborative movement of 10 countries toward the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), this study explored how well they understand the term. Methods: Twelve students proposed an abbreviation list, which was then rated for their difficulty level by another 55 students using a 5-point Likert scale. Three easy, three medium and three difficult abbreviations were randomly chosen and randomly listed in the final questionnaire, along with ‘AEC’. Another randomly selected 60 students were asked to write the full term of the 10 abbreviations. Results: Of 34 abbreviations in the initial list, the selected terms were: CMCTSD, SRL, LSC, SOS, AM, LOL, WHO, USA, UK. They were correctly answered in 0, 0, 0, 6.67, 13.33, 46.67, 81.67, 96.67, and 98.33 percent, respectively. AEC was deemed moderately difficult, as 30% correctly expanded the abbreviation. Conclusion: Majority of medical students lacked an understanding of the current AEC movement.

A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey on Public Attitude Towards Nursing Profession in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 510-514
Author(s):  
Mohanasundari SK ◽  
Joyce Joseph ◽  
Raghu VA ◽  
Padmaja A
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Public Attitude ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face

Introduction: There has been a tremendous growth in the nursing profession over the past 100 years and the attitude of the society towards it has transformed significantly. The general public attitude can be viewed as positive or negative. Though, in India, this field is not receiving its required respect, which can be determined by various factors like its low reputation in the society, no specific job description, no syllabus or subjects for different administrative fractions in nursing, no fruition of higher degrees for influential post, the governance of doctors, nor the sovereignty to the field, unattractive salary packages for nurses and so on. This study was aimed to assess the attitude of general public towards nursing profession. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional survey on 391 samples collected all over India through snow ball sampling technique. The tool contains 10 demographic variables and the 5 point Likert scale to assess the attitude of general public. Likert scale contains 10 items with maximum score of 50. The internal consistency of the tool was 0.731 and acceptable range was 0.65 to 0.75. The data was collected by face to face contact and through mobile app (watts app and survey monkey app). The data was collected from Jan to Feb 2019. The recorded responses were coded in excel sheet and computed in SPSS-16. Result: It showed that the general public attitude was favorable towards nursing profession (Mean =38.5 ±4.844). Geographical area and member in the family is a nurse has significant association with level of attitude towards nursing profession. Conclusion: In spite of favorable attitude, still public have undesirable attitude in certain point towards this profession. People are still uncertain about gender orientation of nursing profession, duty schedule and marital life of nurses. People still believes that nursing is a female oriented profession and only female can practice nursing, and shift duty in nursing puts female nurses at risk, as well as doing nursing duty will affect marriage life. So general public need more awareness about nature, benefit, value and scope of nursing profession in order to have transparent, pure and coherent attitude towards nursing profession.

scholarly journals Health Literacy is Associated with Health Behaviors in Students from Vocational Education and Training Schools: A Danish Population-Based Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Demant Klinker ◽  
Anna Aaby ◽  
Lene Winther Ringgaard ◽  
Anneke Vang Hjort ◽  
Melanie Hawkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
And Training

Health literacy has been identified as an important and changeable intermediary determinant of health equity. Vocational education and training (VET) schools are a relevant setting for health behavior interventions seeking to diminish health inequities because many VET students come from low socio-economic status backgrounds. This study examines VET students’ health literacy and its association with health behavior based on a cross-sectional survey among 6119 students from 58 VET schools in Denmark in 2019. Two scales from the Health Literacy Questionnaire was used to assess domains of health literacy. Data were analyzed using Anova and logistic regression. The study population consisted of 43.4% female, and mean age was 24.2 years (range 15.8–64.0). The health literacy domain ‘Actively managing my health’ mean was 2.51, SD 0.66, and ‘Appraisal of health information’ mean was 2.37, SD 0.65. For both domains, being female, older age, attending the VET educational program Care-health-pedagogy, and higher self-rated health were associated with higher scale scores. In the adjusted analyses, lower scale scores were associated with less frequent breakfast, daily smoking, high-risk alcohol behavior and moderate-to-low physical activity. Our results show that low health literacy is associated with unhealthy behaviors in this population. Our results support and inform health literacy research and practice in educational institutions and services.

Personal Health Practices and Perceptions of Lifestyle Counseling and Preventive Services Among Residents

2020 ◽  
pp. 155982761989630
Author(s):  
Jenny Sunghyun Lee ◽  
April Wilson ◽  
Oluwatimilehin Okunowo ◽  
Jennifer Trinh ◽  
Jon Sivoravong
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Preventive Services ◽  
Medical Residents ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Training Level ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lifestyle Counseling ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
And Training

Background. Primary care residents are expected to provide lifestyle counseling and preventive services for patients with chronic diseases; also, physicians’ personal lifestyle practice impacts patient care. The purpose of this article is to assess healthy lifestyle behaviors and attitudes to engage in lifestyle counseling and preventive services among residents and fellows in different training levels and specialty. Methods. A cross-sectional pilot study was conducted on medical residents and fellows (n = 57). Surveys collected information on lifestyle behaviors and perceptions of lifestyle counseling and preventive services. Comparisons of study measures were made across residents’ specialty and training levels. Fisher’s exact and analysis of variance tests were used for statistical analysis. Results. There were several significant differences in perceptions of counseling and screening by specialty and training level. There were no significant differences in personal lifestyle behaviors between all resident specialties and training levels. Conclusion. Our findings suggest that there are opportunities to improve healthy lifestyle behaviors and perceptions of lifestyle counseling and preventive services among residents in different specialties and training levels. This knowledge can inform development of training programs in lifestyle and preventive medicine practice during residency and fellowship.

Factors Influencing Physicians' Acceptance of e-Health in Developing Country

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Rakibul Hoque ◽  
Adnan Albar ◽  
Jahangir Alam
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Personal Innovativeness

E-Health is one of the solutions to provide better access for patients and physician to healthcare facilities. In developing countries, e-Health is particularly important due to a shortage of physician and medical workers. Although most physicians in developing countries like Bangladesh acknowledge the benefits of e-Health, low adoption is not uncommon. The objective of this study is to identify the critical factors affecting e-Health adoption among physicians in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional survey questionnaire method was used for this study. The structural equation modeling (SEM) with the partial least square (PLS) approach was used to analyze the data. The study found that Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence and Personal Innovativeness had a significant impact on the behavioral intention to use e-Health, while Facilitating Conditions had no significant effect. The findings of this study will facilitate the degree of more acceptance of new technology by the physicians for their own betterment.

scholarly journals Integrative Medicine in General Practice in Australia: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Education Pathways and Training Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 216495612110375
Author(s):  
Carolyn Ee ◽  
Kate Templeman ◽  
Amy Forth ◽  
Vicki Kotsirilos ◽  
Gillian Singleton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Integrative Medicine ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Training ◽  
Advanced Skills

Background Globally, a substantial proportion of general practitioners (GPs) incorporate integrative medicine (IM) into their clinical practice. Objective This study aimed to map the IM education and training pathways and needs of a cohort of Australian GPs who are members of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ IM Specific Interest Network, which is a group of GPs with interest in IM. Methods We conducted a mixed-methods study comprising of an online, cross-sectional survey supplemented with in-depth semi-structured interviews. Data from the survey and interviews were initially analysed separately and then combined. Results Eighty-three (83) of 505 eligible GPs/GPs in training (16.4%) participated in the survey, and 15 GPs were interviewed. Results from the two datasets either converged or were complementary. Almost half (47%) of survey respondents had undertaken formal undergraduate or postgraduate IM education, a short course (63%), informal education (71%) or self-education (54%), in at least one of 20 IM modalities listed. Interviewees affirmed there was no single education pathway in IM. Survey respondents who identified as practicing IM were significantly more likely to have IM education, positive attitudes towards IM, particularly natural products, and higher self-rated IM knowledge and competencies. However, knowledge gaps were identified in professional skills domains of population health and context, and organisational and legal dimensions of applied IM practice. Interviewees also highlighted a range of professional and systemic barriers to the practice of IM, education, and training. There was broad support for recognition of IM as a sub-specialty through formalised post-graduate training and accreditation. Most survey respondents (62%) expressed interest in post-fellowship recognition of GPs with advanced skills in IM. Conclusion Our findings demonstrate that it is important to define best practice in IM for GPs in Australia and provide a standardised pathway towards recognition of advanced skills in IM.

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