Knowledge Of Legal Aspects Research Articles

Knowledge of Legal Aspects in Teledentistry among Dental Practitioners in Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia

Background: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused Indonesia to take several actions and strategies in controlling the spread of infection. Padang is one of the cities in West Sumatera, Indonesia that has the highest number of COVID-19 cases. The usage of technology as a tool to minimize contact with infection in dental health care has been proven effective. However, teledentistry as an implementation of this technology is often hampered by legal issues, especially in data security. Aim: The purpose of this study is to determine dental practitioners' understanding of legal elements of teledentistry in Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia. Methodology: An electronic questionnaire survey with 10 questions was developed by Google Forms, validated, and distributed electronically by zoom to 168 dental practitioners before and after the intervention. Statistical Analysis: Collected data were analyzed for statistical significance by using SPSS software (Version 16.0). . Result: There is a lack of prior knowledge of teledentistry in legal aspects among dental practitioners. A significant level of percentage of participants’ knowledge regarding the teledentistry legal aspects has increased after the intervention. Conclusion: The majority of the respondents in this survey lacked adequate information and understanding of the legal aspects of teledentistry. Seminars and training are needed to increase dental practitioners’ knowledge of the legal issue in teledentistry.

Knowledge, attitude and practice among dentists of Gujarat regarding medico-legal issues

Background: Law concerns with every field of human life and dentistry is no exception. Therefore, knowledge of legal aspects is as important as knowledge of medicine in life of health care professionals. The patient-dentist relationship had undergone a significant transition over the past few decades with upsurge anxiety in the community and increased lawsuits against dentists. Thus, a health care professional must know about medico-legal problems to protect oneself from legal issues. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire was pre-tested among the group of 10 professionals prior to the study. It was made available to dental practitioners residing in Ahmedabad city. It was mandatory to answer all the questions. Data was collected through online survey forms and were subjected to descriptive statistics. Results: The results showed that there was lack of knowledge in majority of dentists regarding medico-legal issues. Nearly half (53%) of the participants were unaware concerning consumer protection act and 81.33% of the candidates were not aware regarding minimum duration for the preservation of dental records. Around 56% were unaware about revised code of ethics and less than half know about negligence and non-negligence acts. Conclusions: The present study depicted that majority of the dentists lack knowledge concerning medico-legal issues. Therefore, seminars should be arranged to intensify their knowledge regarding legal facets or more information should be added in dental curriculum.

FEATURES OF STUDYING THEME «CORRUPTION AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON» IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TRAINING COURSE «JURISPRUDENCE» IN CHEMICAL UNIVERSITY

The article discusses the peculiarities of studying corruption by students of a technical university from the standpoint of the relevance of its research component. The acquisition of knowledge of a legal nature is substantiated from the point of view of importance not only from the standpoint of the humanitarian discipline «jurisprudence», but also the significant situation of knowledge of legal aspects in any sphere of life. The authors assign a special role in the materials of the article to the dynamic component in the study of the student audience with a view to increasing interest in the humanitarian disciplines, where «jurisprudence» comes to the fore among the disciplines of the humanitarian block. Problematic issues of a social plan, in particular, the negative manifestation of the phenomenal and modern criteria elements of corruption schemes in the current modernity. According to the results of the study, the peculiarities of the procedures of judicial proceedings in relation to criminal acts in general, in particular, in the field of education, arouse keen interest among students. The article presents the effective positions of the research on the subject of active discussion and analysis of situations of corruption in the educational environment. The materials of the study of the disciplines of the humanitarian cycle in higher education are given according to the priority ranking among students.

How the Bologna reform influenced learning outcomes: analysis of perceived qualifications and professional requirements of environmental sciences graduates

ABSTRACTIn the context of the Bologna reform, the Environmental Sciences programme at ETH Zurich was transformed from a Diploma to a Master's degree programme. In a comparative secondary analysis of graduate surveys of the last homogeneous cohort of Diploma graduates (N = 85) and two Master's cohorts after the reform (N = 108), this study investigated the qualifications required by graduates in their professional activities and matched them with the level of qualification acquired at university. It concluded that graduates’ general skills meet professional requirements better after the reform. However, for two out of five domain-specific skills (knowledge of legal aspects, interdisciplinary knowledge) ratings of skill acquisition declined significantly. Nonetheless, Master's graduates showed a slight or substantial knowledge and skills advantage for seven of the eight skills of the programme's qualification profile that were addressed in the survey. The basic quality of the sustainability oriented programme has thus been maintained.

Competences acquired during medical training and the opinions and attitudes about abortion

To analyze and compare the knowledge, attitudes and opinions of medical students about abortion in Brazil during the progression of the course. This was a cross-sectional study involving 174 medical students. A questionnaire was applied whose dependent variables were degree of information about abortion, including its legal aspects in Brazil, situations in which the students would agree with the expansion of permitted legal abortion, knowledge of someone undergoing abortion, and discomfort about performing the procedure legally. The independent variables were sociodemographic data, religion, and academic standing (first or second half of the course). For data analysis it was used χ2 and Fisher's exact tests, with the level of significance set at 5%. Among the interviewees, 59.8 % considered themselves well informed about the topic. Students demonstrated knowledge about the complications of abortion, with no differences with the progression of the course. Knowledge about the legal aspects of abortion in Brazil was shown by 48.9% of the sample, being significantly higher among students in the second half of the course (34.0 and 68.9%, respectively; p<0.001). Experiencing situations of clandestine abortion was significantly higher among students in the final half of the course (3.05 and 59.4%, respectively; p<0.001), the same being observed about knowing someone who underwent the procedure illegally (5.0 and 18.9%, respectively; p<0.001). The expansion of permissive legal abortion in Brazil was agreed about by 86.2% students, although 54.6% of the students reported that they felt uncomfortable about performing the procedure even legally, without statistical significance with the evolution of the course regarding the two situations. The experiences of abortion and the knowledge of legal aspects were significantly higher among students in the second half of the course, with no significant changes in attitudes or opinions about abortion being observed with the competences acquired during medical training.