scholarly journals Constructing an Online MCAT Preparation Program as an Alternative to On-Site Preparation for Medical School

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berengaria Navarre ◽  
Norma A. Perez ◽  
Sarah Toombs Smith
Keyword(s):  
Online Community ◽  
Hispanic Students ◽  
Summer Program ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Faculty Mentor ◽  
Program Administrator ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Individual Coaching ◽  
Didactic Material

Based on a successful five-week summer program, we constructed an online alternative to prepare Hispanic students to take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). We used input from student premed advisors, students, a faculty mentor, a Verbal Reasoning coach, and the program administrator. Online activities were provided to support the student commitment of 10-12 hours per week for 12 weeks. We included didactic material, an online community, individual coaching, daily announcements, and structured activities to maintain student interest throughout the 12-week program. This case study may provide guidelines on the elements necessary to a successful online program.

scholarly journals Building on Strategic eLearning Initiatives of Hybrid Graduate Education a Case Study Approach: MHEI-ME Erasmus+ Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7675
Author(s):  
Radovan Madleňák ◽  
Stephen P. D’Alessandro ◽  
Agostino Marengo ◽  
Jenny Pange ◽  
György Iván Neszmélyi
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Strategic Commitment ◽  
Self Learning

Online courses are gaining popularity because they provide extensive and varied course material, information, knowledge, and skills, whilst also creating an effective educational online community. This research adopts a case study approach to focus on the teaching method and the manner in which a strategic commitment to eLearning provides scope for the development and implementation of top quality educational online fully accredited programs. Entrepreneurship focuses on developing businesses that add value and create wealth and prosperity in our societies. Therefore, entrepreneurship is a key area of learning for graduate students seeking to set up and operate their own SME organizations. It can serve as a benchmark for the teaching of other graduate subjects that require a sound correlation for the correlation of concepts and theories to the challenging complexities of the real world. The program was developed on the basis of the implementation of a state-of-the-art eLearning platform that allowed for a combination of varied self-learning and collaborative learning elements and activities within a single platform. This enabled students to access the online content material efficiently and effectively. It allows for the development of a program based on the flipped classroom teaching methodology. The underlying concept of the flipped classroom methodology is that effective eLearning should comprise both synchronous and asynchronous learning activities. This combination of self-learning and collaborative learning calls for careful planning by the tutor to ensure that the learning objectives are clearly defined for each activity and that the relevant deliverables are monitored. The content material for each subject course module was designed, developed, produced, and presented by the different project partners in a holistic manner structured to motivate participants to learn. The results of our analysis have shown that students were able to learn, discuss their projects, and cooperate during an online course in an effective and participant-focused manner with their tutors. The feedback given highlights the importance of ongoing communications between students and the tutors who often need to act as mentors to retain student engagement.

scholarly journals Predictors of medical student interest in Indigenous health learning and clinical practice: a Canadian case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Yeung ◽  
Amy Bombay ◽  
Chad Walker ◽  
Jeff Denis ◽  
Debbie Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Student Interest

scholarly journals Measuring Job Performance of The Economic Creative Business upon Women Enterpreneurs Base (Case Study at Online Bunda Community Bogor Branch Using Balance Scorecard Approach)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Indar Khaerunnisa
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Balance Scorecard ◽  
The Past ◽  
Financial Perspective ◽  
Coverage Measurement

Balance scorecard has a privilege in terms of coverage measurement whichis a fairly comprehensive because while taking into consideration the financialperformance. Balance scorecard also consider the performance of non-financialperformance, namely customer, internal business processes, and learning and growth.Referring to the problems encountered by Member of Bunda Online Community, thisresearch examines: "Analysis of Company's Performance by Using BalancedScorecard Approach (A Case Study Economic Creative Entrepreneur at Bunda OnlineCommunity)." Because until now Bunda Online Community has not been using thebalanced scorecard to measure its job performance. The population of this study arepermanent employees and 100 samples are taken as respondents. As for thecustomer respondents specified by 52 respondents total reseller and costumer inBogor is only 52 reseller and costumer, however, it has obtained only 30 respondentswho participated. Data used in this study are primary and secondary data. Based onthe research and analysis, it can be concluded several things as the following: 1) Theperformance of the financial perspective on Economic Creative Entrepreneur in BundaOnline Community as a whole can be inferred or quite enough, in general financialratios increased except ROA and TATO. 2) The performance of the customerperspective on Economic Creative Entrepreneur in Bunda Online Community as awhole can be inferred bad, because of poor customer satisfaction in the company'sability to maintain customer retention is also bad while in the company's ability to docustomer acquisition is medium. 3) The performance of internal business processperspective on Economic Creative Entrepreneur in Bunda Online Community isenough, because innovation occurs only once during the past two years and there isnot declining operating activities due to consistent time on the production clothingprocess. 4) The performance of learning and growth perspective in the EconomicCreative Entrepreneur in Bunda Online Community may be concluded either onaspects of employee turnover or both criteria which decreasing employee productivity.Level of employee satisfaction is concluded less satisfied.

scholarly journals Researching online communities of inquiry through digital ethnography

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 01006
Author(s):  
Neil Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Digital Ethnography ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Communities Of Inquiry

Research into providing effective online education has suggested an important goal for instructors is the creation of an online community of inquiry (CoI) where social, cognitive, and teacher presence are all important aspects of successful online learning. With reference to a recent reflective practice case study, this paper describes ways that the research on online communities of inquiry may be enriched through the use of digital ethnography. In the target reflective case study, data analysis tasks were designed and presented in an online VoiceThread site, promoting dialogic and multimodal engagement with data from actual research studies that are central to the module theme in teacher education. Interaction around these tasks is coded using the CoI framework. Ethnographic data from the participants was collected and coded using qualitative research protocols to contextualise the interaction data and provide a clearer understanding of how participants had come together throughout the module. The ethnographic data revealed some interesting concerns with online learning, including the use of technology as a barrier to participation.

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT OF MADHUMEHA ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA – A CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 4278-4282
Author(s):  
Nitin Bhairavnath Bansode ◽  
Prashant Dhanaraj Chandekar ◽  
Nilesh Dnyaneshwar Dhumne
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Male Patient ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Classical Text ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Physical Findings ◽  
Present Case Study

Diabetes mellitus is the disease afflicting mankind since a very long time. Over 30 million people have been diagnosed with Diabetes in India and it is one among the cause for morbidity, which makes the life of individual miserable. In Ayurveda, Diabetes mellitus can be understood as Madhumeha which is one among the Vataja Prameha. Lakshana pertaining to Madhumeha as per the classical text are Prabhoota Mutra, Aavila mutra etc. In the present case study, a 45 years old male patient came to Smt. Vimladevi Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital OPD with complaints of pain in smaller joints and increased fre-quency of micturition. Through Physical findings and Investigations, the diagnosis leads to Madhumeha (Diabetes mellitus). The treatment plan opted was Shamana Aushadhi, Proper Diet and Change in Lifestyle would be an apt management in such case.

scholarly journals A study to assess valvular heart disease in a tertiary care hospital: a single centre finding

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 774
Author(s):  
Prakash R. Ghogale ◽  
Shishir K. Wanjari ◽  
Daneshwar Singh ◽  
Hanumanth N. ◽  
Harshal G. Mendhe
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Valvular Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Valves ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Dominant Form ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Cardiovascular Morbidity And Mortality

Background: Diseases of the heart valves constitute a major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide with an enormous burden on healthcare resources. The present study was undertaken to study incidence and demography of valvular heart disease, to assess echocardiography and colour doppler findings of patients with valvular heart disease and to find out complications in patients with valvular heart disease.Methods: A hospital based longitudinal case study was undertaken at medicine department of Dr. V.M. Government Medical College, Solapur, Maharashtra, India for a period of two years. One hundred and twenty-four (124) patients attending OPD participated in the study.Results: In the present study, out of 124 patients, mitral valve was most commonly involved, 105(84.67%) and the least common involved was tricuspid 1(0.81%). The most common aetiology was rheumatic origin 75(94.94%). In the present study the most common complication was pulmonary hypertension 69(55.65%), followed by congestive cardiac failure (33.87%), acute pulmonary edema (12.09%), infective endocarditis (4.84%), cerebrovascular accident (4.03%), left atrial thrombus (3.23%) and death (3.23%).Conclusions: Multiple valves were affected in more than a third of all cases, although recent research in India continue to demonstrate a declining trend in the prevalence of RHD, rheumatic involvement is still the dominant form of valvular heart disease in India.

scholarly journals Online Communities and Open Innovation

Economics ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 652-666
Author(s):  
Alberto Francesconi ◽  
Riccardo Bonazzi ◽  
Claudia Dossena
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Linear Process ◽  
Innovation Approach

Online communities are becoming an important way to support firms towards an open innovation approach. However, knowledge shared in an online community represents only a potential for firm's innovation aims. The effectiveness of exploration and exploitation of this knowledge depends on firm's absorptive capacity. In this work the authors focus on the time an idea, shared within an online community, takes to be transformed from a ‘potential' into a ‘realized' innovation by a firm. In particular, conceiving knowledge as a trajectory across pole of attraction rather than a linear process, the authors develop a model inspired by the solar system metaphor. Preliminary results from a case study are presented. They suggest firms may improve the effectiveness of absorptive capacity exploiting the mediation role of a software tool.

scholarly journals Teaching Ethics In The Financial Planning Curriculum: A Case Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosilyn H. Overton
Keyword(s):  
Financial Planning ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Teaching Ethics ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Planning Program ◽  
Engaging Student

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">A financial planning program should inform about ethical regulations and inspire students to internalize ethical standards so they become trustworthy. This case study discusses one teaching method for engaging student interest.</span></span></p>

When Digital Technologies Enable and Threaten Occupational Identity: The Delicate Balancing Act of Data Scientists

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 1087-1112
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Vaast ◽  
Alain Pinsonneault ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Community ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Critical Case ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Occupational Identity ◽  
Dialectical Process ◽  
Optimal Distinctiveness ◽  
Critical Case Study

Occupations are increasingly embedded with and affected by digital technologies. These technologies both enable and threaten occupational identity and create two important tensions: they make the persistence of an occupation possible while also potentially rendering it obsolete, and they magnify both the similarity and distinctiveness of occupations with regard to other occupations. Based on the critical case study of an online community dedicated to data science, we investigate longitudinally how data scientists address the two tensions of occupational identity associated with digital technologies and reach transient syntheses in terms of “optimal distinctiveness” and “persistent extinction.” We propose that identity work associated with digital technologies follows a composite life-cycle and dialectical process. We explain that people constantly need to adjust and redefine their occupational identity, i.e., how they define who they are and what they do. We contribute to scholarship on digital technologies and identity work by illuminating how people deal in an ongoing manner with digital technologies that simultaneously enable and threaten their occupational identity.

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