Education Diploma Research Articles

Urinary paraben concentrations and their implications for human exposure in Iranian pregnant women.

Parabens are widely used as preservatives in cosmetics, medicines, and foods due to its antimicrobial properties. Concerns have been raised regarding the estrogenic activity and potential endocrine disruption effects of parabens. Studies on monitoring of paraben exposure in the Iranian population are very scarce. This study was carried out to measure urinary concentrations of parabens, to estimate their daily intake, and to identify some of the sociodemographic factors affecting exposure to these compounds. The concentrations of methylparaben (MP), ethylparaben (EP), propylparaben (PP), and butylparaben (BP) were measured in urine samples collected from 95 Iranian pregnant women by gas chromatography mass spectrometry. The highest median concentration was 87.0μg/L for MP, followed by PP, EP, and BP with median concentrations of 15.6, 9.64, and 8.57μg/L, respectively. Except BP, the urinary concentrations of other parabens were comparable to those in other countries. Also, the highest daily intake was related to MP (median = 16.5μg/kg-BW/day), which is less than the acceptable daily intake (ADI). A significant positive correlation was observed between the measured parabens. Significant negative associations were observed between age and BP, BMI and EP as well as parity and PP. On the other hand, income and smoking were significantly positively associated with MP, BP and EP, BP, respectively. The urinary MP and BP concentrations were higher among the subjects with diploma education (P = 0.003 and P = 0.006, respectively), and during the spring, urinary MP concentration was higher than other seasons. The results showed that Iranian pregnant women are more prone to parabens and their urinary paraben concentrations are associated with sociodemographic factors. This result could serve as a basis for evaluating the rate of exposure of the Iranian population to parabens in future studies.

Факторы, влияющие на вклад удовлетворенности работой в удовлетворенность жизнью в России

Работа — одна из важнейших сфер жизнедеятельности человека и, следовательно, одна из основных компонент удовлетворенности жизнью. В статье рассматриваются факторы, влияющие на роль удовлетворенности работой в удовлетворенности жизнью. Базой данных исследования служит региональный репрезентативный опрос, проведенный в 2019 г. в 38 российских регионах. Исследование показало, что вклад удовлетворенности работой в удовлетворенность жизнью зависит от региона. Удовлетворенность работой вносит больший вклад в удовлетворенность жизнью у лиц с высшим образованием и у лиц, проживающих в городах, не являющихся столицами области. Роль удовлетворенности работой в удовлетворенности жизнью усиливает наличие внутренней трудовой мотивации. При этом индивиды с более благополучным материальным положением сильнее ассоциируют удовлетворенность работой и удовлетворенность жизнью друг с другом. Наличие партнера уменьшает роль работы в жизни человека. При этом, вопреки ожиданиям, мужчины и женщины не различаются по этому показателю, хотя изначально предполагалось, что данная взаимосвязь должна быть сильнее у мужчин. Тем не менее отдельный анализ по регионам показал, что по вкладу гендерной принадлежности регионы значительно различаются. Таким образом, вклад работы в удовлетворенность жизнью неоднороден для разных социально-демографических групп, хотя практически во всех группах наблюдается сильная взаимосвязь.
 Благодарность. Исследование выполнено за счет гранта Российского научного фонда: грант No. 18­18­00341 «Ценностная трансформация и субъективное качество жизни: региональная перспектива».

Education and employment outcomes in clients of the Nurse-Family Partnership.

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is an evidence-based home visitation program designed for low-income, first-time mothers to support pregnancy, child development, and maternal self-sufficiency. This study examined educational and employment outcomes among NFP clients compared to a reference sample. Entropy balancing and a difference-in-difference design were used to compare the two samples of women from 2007 to 2016. There were 127,427 women in the NFP sample, and 787 women in the reference cohort. Educational outcomes included high school completion and employment outcomes consisted of employment status. Across a one-year interval, NFP mothers with less than a high school diploma or general education diploma (GED) at baseline showed a 9.5 percentage point increase in diploma or GED attainment compared to the reference mothers [95% CI: 0.015-0.180]. Similarly, mothers enrolled in NFP who were not employed at baseline showed a 7.8 percentage point increase in employment compared to the reference mothers [95% CI: 0.003-0.150]. The findings in this study show positive results for NFP mothers attaining high school completion and employment compared to mothers in the reference group. Such findings are of importance with regard to progression toward economic self-sufficiency and corresponding reduction of health disparities.

Pelatihan Clinical Instructure (Ci) RSI PKU Muhammadiyah Tegal

The function of the hospital as a place to organize medical services, administration, and management, medical support, can also be empowered to place education and training, development and quality control of nursing through the development of nursing practice land accompanied by the development of nursing professional community to gain experience in learning in the field correctly for students (MOH RI, 2006). In this case, a clinical instrument is a very necessary means to carry out professional attitudes and skills for nurses. One of the absolute means is the existence of nurses who are professional as clinical instructors who will guide students so that professional development can develop for nurses in the future. However, there is one problem which is the availability of competent human resources or nurses. This includes many clinical instructors with diploma education and minimal experience in guiding. The aim of community service is that clinical instruction (CI) can carry out the process of mentoring and mentoring to students practicing in hospitals so that the expected learning objectives can be achieved. The target activity is nurses PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital, amounting to 30 people. The results of this activity are during the process of participant listening, discussion and being able to practice clinical infrastructure in the room so that the expected learning objectives can be achieved.

Student Teachers’ Perception on Blended Learning in an In-Service Teacher Training Programme: A Case Study at Teacher Education Institute Batu Lintang Campus

The study aimed to reveal how blended learning was perceived by a group of student teachers enrolled an in-service teacher training course. A survey using google forms was used to collect data for the study. The research instrument, included nine components of blended learning. A total of 179 student teachers, who were pursuing their Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PDPP), took part in the study. The findings of the study revealed that among the nine components of blended learning, the role of the teacher/lecturer and face to face lessons were the two most important components perceived by student teachers. The third component was role of students in participating in online discussions. Student teachers also revealed they needed to interact with other students, both online and face to face. Any LMS could be accepted in blended learning programmes but ease of use features were perceived to be important to enable them to participate in online discussions and to receive feedback. However, their participation online must be considered as part of their overall course assessment. Attractiveness of the online materials and online sharing of unrelated course materials were perceived as insignificant. Based on the findings, implications and recommendations for future research were also included in the report.

Gross National Happiness Education in the Colleges of Education, Bhutan: Perception, Culture, Impact and Challenges

This study was situated in the two teacher education colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan. It examined whether the teacher education system and policies are in congruence with the Gross National Happiness (GNH) education. It is envisaged that education embodied with GNH values will not only act as an agent of change but also ensure that the country’s education system embodies and reflects GNH values and principles. The study employed mixed method approach. The participants for the survey consisted of 62 lecturers from the two colleges of education namely Samtse College of Education [SCE] and Paro College of Education [PCE] (SCE-32 & PCE-30). The sample was representative of the population (n=120) and so was other variables such as teaching subjects, age, experience and qualification as more than 50% of the population responded to the survey. To garner qualitative data thirteen lecturers (PCE-7 & 6-SCE) were interviewed and lessons of eight lecturers (SCE-5 & PCE-3) teaching Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) and Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PgDE) students were observed. Results revealed that lecturers in general have a positive perception of GNH education in the colleges of education as it aids the colleges in inculcating moral and cultural values and care for the environment in the future teachers (heart), the modules both professional and core modules including pedagogy and assessment offered at the colleges of education are laden with GNH values (Head), and GNH education is also built into co-curricular activities (Hand). However, the lecturers have mixed reactions on whether GNH education should be made compulsory programme in the colleges of education.

The features of changes in orientations to employment among bachelor’s graduates

Introduction. Today, there is a whole range of problems related to youth employment. These problems are caused by social, economic, technological, migration reasons, rapid transformation of the labour market structure and all spheres of life of a modern man. The value-motivational attitudes of young people in solving the issue of their employment become different. The aim of the research is to identify the dynamics and qualitative changes in values, which determine the choice of the future workplace by university graduates, as well as the degree of compliance of the claims of young specialists with the requirements imposed by employers.Methodology and research methods. The methodology of the present research is based on the theory of determination of human activity, which reveals the relationship of socio-economic, sociocultural factors, needs, goals, value orientations, personality attitudes in determining the content of the desired job and place of employment. The main research method was a questionnaire survey of bachelor’s students in their final year of studies, who receive technical, economic, humanitarian and pedagogical education in universities of Ekaterinburg – a large Russian industrial and cultural centre. The survey was conducted in 2016 and 2018 according to a single method. At the first stage (2016) the quota sample was 1905 people, at the second stage (2018) – 2420 people. The opinions of the heads of enterprises and organisations of the Ural region on the quality of young specialists’ training, their desire and ability to actively participate in innovation processes were revealed through the method of in-depth interviews.Results and scientific novelty. The results of a comparative study showed the preservation of the graduates’ value orientations to high salaries and opportunities for rapid professional and career growth. At the same time, very significant changes in the direction and content of young people’s orientations to the forthcoming employment were revealed: perceptions of the importance of early search for the profession demanded in labour market and the work in the acquired specialty; values of social status of a specialist with higher education; self-realisation in activities corresponding to personal inclinations and potential. The share of students who do not have clear plans for employment by the time they graduate decreased by half, and the share of technical departments graduates without such plans decreased fourfold. The share of students seeking to raise their social status by receiving a higher education diploma doubled. The number of students focused on obtaining a specialty corresponding to their personal abilities decreased by a quarter. The variation was found in accordance with the specifics of the direction of training of bachelor’s degree students’ determination to continue further studies in master’s degree programmes and their value attitudes for work, including in related specialties. The representatives of enterprises, where students undergo practical training, began to actively help them in finding a job corresponding to their specialty. However, the heads of manufacturing sectors and management staff of various organisations note the inadequacy of ambitions of a large part of applicants for prestigious positions due to the low level of the formation of necessary universal, general professional and professional competencies. According to the employers, there are no noticeable positive changes in the level of readiness of young professionals to actively engage in self-education and continuous professional development, mastering technological innovations.Practical significance. Since the success of graduate employment is an important indicator of university efficiency, the results of the present research can be applied by education management specialists dealing with the issues of the quality of education, career guidance, employment of population and youth policy.

Pre-service teacher’s perspectives on the Programme for International Student Assessment for Development (PISA-D): A case of Samtse College of Education

The paper explores pre-service teacher’sawareness, interest, perception, attitudes and the level of knowledge on the Programme for International Student Assessment for development (PISA-D). A mixed method of quantitative research and qualitative research was used in this study. The study was conducted among final year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) and Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) students at Samtse College of Education, Bhutan. Instruments such as survey questionnaire and interview were used to collect the data. The survey questionnaire was analyzed using Excel Add-in Analysis Tool Pak and Interview data were analyzed by identifying themes. The results revealed that 72.6% of pre-service teachers were aware of Programme for International Student Assessment for Development (PISA -D). Among them nearly 40% expressed their opinion that PISA has impact on curriculum and quality of education in the country as a whole. However, 60%had limited knowledge of purpose and importance of participating in PISA-D. The findings also revealed that 50% of them were interested to know more about PISA.

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf): A survey among butchers community in Kerman city

This study aims to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of butchers about Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Kerman city. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2018 to March 2019 in Kerman city, southeast of Iran. A total of 127 butchers took part in interview. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS version 22. Totally, 127 butchers were interviewed in Kerman, that all participants in the study were man. The mean of age and professional work experience of participants in the study were 38.88 ± 10.47 and 18.14 ± 11.45, respectively. The results showed that 47% of the participants in this study had less than diploma education and 53% had diploma. Most participants (76.4%) knew about the CCHF. In generally the results of this study showed that, the butchers in Kerman have good knowledge, attitude and practice regarding CCHF. Given that Kerman city is on the way of livestock imported from the eastern borders of the country, and is one of the most high risk areas. For CCHF, it is suggested that more studies conducted on other risk groups such as farmers, health personnel, and people living in this area also other endemic areas.

Simulation of Educational Practices in the System of Higher Education

The simulation of educational practices in the higher education is analysed taking into account the interviews with lecturers and students of Moscow universities (October 2018 to May 2019). Taking into account the analysis of conditions for simulating educational practices the author comes to following conclusion: the growth rate of simulating educational practices is a result of modernising content and structure of higher education in Russia, establishing its model, which includes state and market regulation. Higher education without sufficient financial, material, technical, human and other resources leads to simulating educational practices. Such imitation of educational practices by lecturers under current conditions implies, first, streamlining activities, and, second, reacting to their heavy workload. At the same time, it has been revealed that lecturers sabotage the policy of retaining students. The sabotage implies accurate execution of professional responsibilities and avoiding formalism. Simulating educational practices by students includes, first, rationalisation of educational sphere and, second, more or less regular confirming their social status and reaching their aim, i.e. diploma of higher education. The perception of simulating practices by lecturers is contradictory, as they admit the fact of imitation and define its forms, but deny the deviant or delinquent nature of the notion. Students generally admit simulating educational practices and understand its deviant or delinquent nature.

МИХАЙЛО ТАРНОВСЬКИЙ — ПЕРШИЙ ДОСЛІДНИК ІСТОРІЇ РОДИНИ ТАРНОВСЬКИХ

The article hightlights Mykhailo Tarnovskyi (1865–1943) biography and science activity in the spheres of genealogy, biographic, historical, Shevchenko studies, ethnography. He belonged to the old noble Tarnovskyi family, was born in 1865 in the Kachanivka estate — the famous Ukrainian historical culture centre. His uncle, the Kachanivka estate owner — Volodymyr Tarnovskyi, was the founder of the Museum of Ukrainian Antiquity and well-known philanthropist. Mykhailo Tarnovskyi graduated Kyiv Real School in 1884, he was awarded a diploma in higher education in Switzerland. At the beginning of the 20th century he was a governmental official in Kyiv. In the Soviet Ukraine he worked as a photographer. For many years he researched genealogy and history of the Tarnovskyi family. He was the author of the first article about the Kachanivka estate in 1915 and described the Tarnovskyi family tree. He searched for the materials about members of the Tarnovskyi family and Taras Shevchenko in the Ukrainian museums and archives, recorded the memoirs of his relatives. He wrote the researches down, but his manuscripts were printed by his daughter Iryna Tarnovska only in 1997. We should admit, that it happened to be important publication in use for modern historians. There are still unpublished Mykhailo Tarnovskyi’s manuscripts and photographic works. The author is going to conduct investigation of Mykhailo Tarnovskyi life and science heritage.

Students’ Perceptions of Career Choices

This article explores college students’ perceptions of career choices using the data obtained in the cross-regional sociological monitoring study Contradictions and Paradoxes of Student Socialization in the Context of Transitivity of the Modern Russian Society (2016) and comparing its findings with those of similar studies conducted in 2006 and 2011. Perception of career as a means of personal development has been found to be the strongest career motivation for modern students, which improves their learning outcomes. However, students have little idea of the labor market situation and sector-specific demand, which results in job-education mismatch, oversupply in high-profile careers, shortages in other economic sectors, and graduate employment issues. Significant differences are revealed in perceived motivations for career choices between students and professors. Professional educators tend to underestimate the role of students’ interest in their prospective career and overestimate the role of external factors (parental influence, desire to obtain a diploma of higher education in no matter which field, etc.). Modern students, unlike their counterparts in the 1990s, seem to realize the correlation between their learning outcomes and their career success.

Partograph training: knowledge and attitude to implementation

One of the efforts to accelerate the reduction of MMR in the operation of antenatal services, by increasing the coverage of pregnant and childbirth services, one of which is the help of childbirth by using partographs. Partograph training aims to help birth attendants such as midwives can determine the attitude in the event of a long delivery so there is no delay in deciding to refer. This study aims to determine the effect of training treatment on midwives' knowledge and attitudes to implementation of partographs for women giving. The research in this study used Quasi Experiment Research. This research was conducted on a total sample of 48 midwives who worked in PHC in Kupang City that have Basic Emergency Neonatal Obstetric Services in 2019. Data analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test. Most of the respondents are >30 years old (69.7%), have a Diploma in Midwifery education (75.8%), and have received partograph training (75.8%). There was a significant influence of partograph training to knowledge (Mean -35.625; 95% CI -38.674-(-32.576); p-value 0.000)and attitude (Mean -10.521; 95% CI -12.025-(-9.025); p-value 0.000). Partograph training has a great influence on the knowledge and attitudes of midwives in the implementation of partographs in childbirth mothers.

Nurse’s Perception of Barriers to Research Utilization in Hospitals; Comparative Descriptive Study

Background: Although the number of studies on research utilization is steadily growing, but still there is a strong need to identify the main causes that inhibit the use of research findings in the clinical setting. Aim of the Study: To assess nurse’s perception of barriers to research utilization in Saudi Arabia and Palestine Hospitals. This study focuses on medical and surgical nurses in private hospitals. Method: A convenient sample of 156 medical nurses, from 6 general private hospitals, 3 from north Palestine and 3 from Riyadh City (KSA). Results: Out of 180 nurses employed from private hospitals, a total of 156 questionnaires were returned (response rate 86.67%). Results in a final sample size for analysis of 156. The demographic characteristics, age, gender, hospital, role on health care team, clinical experience, marital status, education degree, and current certified in a special area of respondents are shown in Table 1. Their mean age was 29.41, about half of them below 6-year clinical experience 77 (49.4%). Although around 90 (57.7%) of the participants from Palestine hospitals and 66 (42.3%) from Saudi Arabia hospitals, almost half of them their education (diploma) 85 (54.5%). In addition, 114 (73.1%) were female, 85 (54.5%) have current certified in a special area, and 140 (89.7%) respondents worked as staff nurses. Regarding perceptions of barriers to research utilization, the results of the barriers show in the total scale a mean of 3.15 out of 5 f (SD = 0.55; 95% CI 3.05 to 3.23). The subscales of setting and research were the highest one (mean = 3.22, SD = (0.63), and the lowest one is “nurse” (mean = 2.95, SD = 0.75). Conclusions: The main barriers of research utilization in practice for nurse are nurses themselves, the setting in the hospitals and research in its process and findings.

Specialists in Modern Russia: Socio-Demographic Composition and Key Problems

The goal of the article is to identify the main trends in the socio-demographic composition of highly qualified specialists and to determine the issues for the development of Russian society that arise from these trends. The empirical foundation for the study is a representative sample of the 27th wave of RLMS – HSE. The article shows that the group of highly qualified Russian specialists is characterized by such socio-demographic specifics of its composition as gender asymmetry with the group’s increasing feminization, escalating dominance of relatively young ages (up to 40 years), and concentration of its representatives mainly in the regional capitals. Among the other features of this group are its high heterogeneity in terms of the professional training level of its members and the enormous gaps in their income level, especially in large cities. It is demonstrated that behind all of these features is the complex intertwining of different types of inequalities, as well as an increasingly widening imbalance between the number of people with higher education and the number of workplaces for them in the economy. As a result, although the number of employment opportunities for specialists in Russia is now almost 1.5 times lower than the number of people with higher education, more than one in five of those who occupy these jobs do not have a higher education diploma. At the same time, a rapid increase in the proportion of people with higher education among the unemployed is occurring. A conclusion is drawn that structural imbalances which are demonstrated by the overproduction of people with higher education and unreasonably deep gaps in the income of specialists, as well as in the mismatch of their specializations in universities with the availability of corresponding jobs that are attractive to them, have created a “qualification pit” in relation to them, leading to deepened intergroup differentiation among specialists. This situation not only directly affects the prospects for the successful development of the Russian economy, but also requires adjustments in state social policy.

The Recognition of Higher Education Diplomas and Qualifications

The Recognition of Higher Education Diplomas and Qualifications

David Meiring Kriel (5/11/1930 – 12/3/2019): A Versatile Classicist

David Meiring Kriel (5/11/1930 – 12/3/2019):A Versatile Classicist Deon van Zyl Click for larger view View full resolution DAVID MEIRING KRIEL (5/11/1930 – 12/3/2019) It was with great sadness that the Classical world in South Africa learnt of the death of a dearly loved friend and colleague, David Meiring (Dawie) Kriel, on 12 March 2019 at the age of eighty-eight. When the editor of Acta Classica requested me to write an obituary in memory of this esteemed and versatile Classical scholar and true friend to so many over the years, I was particularly happy to do so. I realised, of course, that there are any number of his past students, colleagues, and good friends who would have been far more capable than I to assume this responsibility, but the special relationship Dawie and I had developed over many years, probably commencing in 1977, when his extremely successful Latyn vir die Regstudent was published by Lex Patria, prompted me to do so. Dawie presented me with a copy of this book, which I still have and use. Prior to my commencing to prepare an obituary for Dawie I was happy and honoured to join his family and a number of close friends in celebrating his life and honouring his memory at a memorial held by his four daughters, Annabie, Mala, Tertia, and Suzelle, in Cape Town on 16 March 2019. It was extremely sad that his late wife, Zella, whom we all remember with great respect and affection, was no longer with us to record her thoughts on their lives together. Needless to say we had no doubt that Dawie was smiling down upon us at an event which he had requested should be small rather than large. [End Page 1] In preparing this obituary I was ably assisted by Annabie and Suzelle, who let me have particularly helpful notes on Dawie's life and versatility which prompted my description of him as 'a versatile Classicist'. In this regard I was likewise given great assistance by colleagues in the world of Classics, including Christoff Zietsman from the University of the Free State, Koos Kritzinger from the University of Pretoria and Jo-Marie Claassen from the University of Stellenbosch. Although Dawie and I were not classmates (he was thirteen years my senior), we both had the pleasure of studying Latin under Professor Henri Louis Gonin at the University of Pretoria. It was in fact Dawie who edited Pro Munere Grates: Studies Presented to H. L. Gonin by former students and colleagues (1971), one of which was my contribution on mala fide negotiorum gestio in Roman Law, an excerpt from my doctoral thesis submitted in Leiden, Netherlands, in 1970. Dawie also wrote a truly enlightening and inspiring obituary for Professor Gonin, when this giant in the field of Classics passed away on 10 April 1997, leaving a number of publications which are still in use today for Latin teaching at the secondary and tertiary levels.2 Dawie was born on 5 November 1930 in Pretoria and matriculated in 1947 at the Helpmekaar Hoër Seunskool in Johannesburg. After completing a BA degree at the University of Pretoria in 1950, followed by a Higher Education Diploma in 1952, Dawie began a high-school teaching career. He initially served as senior Latin master at the Benoni High School in 1953 and thereafter, from 1955 to 1956, in similar capacity at the Hoërskool Florida. Dawie then turned to a long and fruitful university career. From 1957 to 1965 he served as a lecturer and subsequently, after completing his MA in Latin at the University of Pretoria in 1961, as a senior lecturer in Classical Languages at the University of South Africa (UNISA), where he worked under the guidance of Professor Gerrit Viljoen, then the Head of the Department of Classical Languages at UNISA. The role Professor Viljoen played in his life is brilliantly illustrated in Dawie's obituary dedicated to him after his passing in 2009.3 During his period of service at UNISA, Dawie also did research, from 1963 to 1964, at the University of Urbino in Central Italy, under guidance of Professor Scaevola Mariotti, with...

Analysis of the necessity and efficiency of the HEI diploma holder professional retraining needs in Adjara Autonomous Republic

At the present stage, in the context of global economic and political problems, the educational space in countries with a small open economy is of particular importance, since it is recognized as one of the key elements of ensuring public welfare. In addition to the costs directly allocated to education in Georgia, the government finances various retraining courses, the need for which is due to the higher education programs which seem to be incompatible with the labour market. The purpose of this article is to determine the cost efficiency of retraining incurred by the state, and the reasons for these additional costs as well as the aspects of retraining (profession / qualification) provided to higher education diploma holders. This last group is of particular interest to us to determine what causes the need for services provided by the employment agency in the case of people with higher education which, possibly, leads us to gaps in study programs, which, in turn, can be caused by a) higher education programs, which cannot give graduates the proper skills; or/and b) the institution of higher education has not studied the required number of graduates/skills needed in the market (and determines the number of students according to its academic staff) and/or graduates with low academic performance (which are supported by the institution of higher education so as not to lose a voucher) need retraining.

Factors associated with patient safety implementation based on safety attitudes questionnaire in accredited hospital Jambi City Indonesia

Abstract
 Background: The Nursing service are influenced by the behavior nurses in implementation of patient safety the Contributes to adverse event or incident patient safety in accredited public hospital. This study aims to analyses most dominant determinant factors associated with patient safety implementation based on safety attitudes questionnaire (SAQ) in accredited hospital.
 Methods: This study is a cross sectional study with quantitative method conducted on nurses who work in accredited hospital. Samples of 190 nurses were included in this study by using proportional random sampling technique. The data were analyzed by using multiple logistic regression with backward LR method.
 Results: Total 190 participant were (22.1%) males and 148 (77.9%) females. Most participant had completed Diploma of vocational education 157 (82.6%). The most dominan factors associated with implementation of patient safety base on Safety Attitude Questionnaire is the work environment factor (p 0.001; OR 3.187).
 Conclusion: It is proven that a good work environment factor will improve the behavior of nurses in implementing patient safety. This research recommends to develop policy toward evaluation effort of implementation patient safety, as well as evaluation of all nursing procedures in terms of patient safety consideration to external or internal work environment.
 Key Word: Accredited Hospital; Patient Safety; Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ), Work Environment

Sixty years of teacher education in Ghana: Successes, challenges and the way forward

This paper was a presentation made at the launching of the 60th Anniversary Celebration and the Annual Graduation Ceremony of Peki College of Education, on Friday, 13th June 2014. The paper examined the history of the development of initial teacher training institutions in Ghana since 1835 when the first (i.e. Presbyterian Training College [PTC]) was established by the Basel Mission at Akropong in the Eastern Region. It explains that currently there are 38 public and 3 private colleges of education in the country producing teachers for basic schools. It argues that even though the 41 colleges of education have been elevated to tertiary status to offer programmes leading to diploma in basic education, they are still being run like the old missionary teacher training schools. These and several other factors had led to concerns about the quality of the products of the colleges in terms of the generic and subject-specific competences as well as the capacities of the institutions to meet the increasing demand for basic school teachers. It is therefore suggested that the boarding system in the Colleges of Education be scrapped, and instead, few (about 10) of the colleges selected for development and upgrading into Teacher Education Universities. It is further suggested that special incentives are introduced to attract the top candidates to the colleges of education and also the institutions should review their programmes and study modules to ensure pre-service teachers develop practical skills in teaching the core competencies in basic education.