Personal Time Management Research Articles

Maximise your day, every day: a two part productivity boost for aesthetic nurses

In part one of this two-part series, Marcus Haycock explains why there is no better time to invest in improving your personal time management, goal setting and planning skills as an aesthetic nurse or clinic owner

Exploring Work-Life Balance: Challenges and Strategies for Women in the Modern Professional Landscape

The current professional landscape poses distinct difficulties and possibilities for women seeking work-life balance. This research investigates the many hurdles that women experience while managing job expectations with personal life duties, as well as successful techniques for overcoming these obstacles. Gender prejudices, uneven family obligations, and the impact of distant work on personal time are among the most significant difficulties. This study identifies strategies for improving work-life balance for women through a comprehensive literature review and qualitative analysis of women's experiences across various industries. These strategies include flexible working arrangements, organizational support, and personal time management techniques. The findings emphasize the necessity of policy changes, workplace culture adjustments, and individual resilience in creating an egalitarian professional environment. By addressing these issues, the research hopes to add to the ongoing discussion on gender equality and work-life integration, providing practical insights for employers, legislators, and female professionals. KEYWORD: Flexible Working Arrangement, Women professionals, Gender equality, Professional landscape, Gender biases, Career and family balance

An Investigation of the Professional Resilience Strategies Used by Experienced Occupational Therapists.

There is a paucity of research into the strategies occupational therapists use to maintain career longevity professional resilience. The objective of the study was to identify the strategies used by occupational therapists to maintain their professional resilience. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data from a cross-sectional survey that investigated the professional resilience strategies used by experienced occupational therapists. Valid responses were received from 489 occupational therapists from 29 countries. The most used professional resilience strategies were maintaining a belief in the value of occupational therapy, taking time for reflection on positive outcomes, using personal time management strategies, and engagement in informal and formal professional support networks. A range of professional resilience strategies are used by experienced occupational therapists in health and social care settings. The findings can be used by managers and workplace organizations to support their occupational therapy workforce.

Blending Personal Health, Family Matters and Personal Time Management for the Best Work-life Balance

This paper aims to develop a theoretical perspective to better understand hospitality workers’ behaviours in blending family life and work for the best work-life balance. The perspective is guided by social exchange theory. It examines hospitality workers’ behaviour that has high levels of positive valence to be most influential for their work-life balance due to profitable relationships. We describe these theoretical principles and sub-principles concerning hospitality workers to build a research agenda to encourage future research. A response rate of 28% from food and beverage companies participated in the online survey via the web-based questionnaire design. The results indicate that family matters, time management, and personal health bring 60% of predictions for F&B workers’ work-life balance. Three predictors were positive and significantly affected the work-life balance, with personal health being the biggest influence, followed by family matters, and time management. Implications, limitations, and recommendations are also discussed at the end of this paper.

Academic Stress: Coping Strategies by Nursing Students

Students across a wide range of industries and educational levels frequently feel academic stress. It is defined as the body's and mind's reaction to the demands and strains of education, such as homework, projects, exams, and clinical training. Particularly when it comes to juggling the demands of their education and their clinical training and practicum, nursing students confront special stresses. To uncover practical coping mechanisms that assist nursing students in their academic endeavors, this study examines the coping mechanisms used by these students to deal with academic stress. Data were gathered from 196 nursing students at St. Michael's College of varying academic levels using a descriptive-correlational study approach. The study looks at how respondents' characteristics, academic stress, and the coping mechanisms they use—such as problem-, emotional-, and avoidant-focused coping mechanisms—relate significantly. The results add to the understanding of how nursing students cope with academic stress by highlighting the importance of including stress management programs into the nursing curriculum to teach a variety of student-specific coping mechanisms. A preliminary investigation including thirty-two nursing students yielded significant information for improving the research questionnaire. Results revealed that there exist notable differences in the academic pressures experienced by the respondents when classified based on their profile. The stresses related to personal time management do not significantly differ according to age, sex, parental marital status, or family rank, except for year level, where fourth-year students exhibit greater stress levels. However, there are notable differences in the stresses associated with academic burden according to age and year level. Participants who are 20 years of age or younger report feeling less stressed than older participants, while first-year students report feeling more stressed than second- and third-year students. In conclusion, the results show that year level and age have a major impact on the stress that academic overload causes for the respondents. To lessen academic stress and improve students' general well-being, recommendations include encouraging peer-to-peer connection to create a friendly environment in educational institutions and advocating for self-care techniques. Important insights from nursing students helped to improve the research technique. One suggestion is to create a welcoming atmosphere in educational institutions by encouraging self-care behaviors and peer-to-peer engagement lessen the burden of school and improve the general wellbeing of children. These suggestions are pertinent to nursing educators and educational establishments that aim to provide nursing students with all-encompassing assistance in efficiently handling academic stress, therefore enhancing their general welfare and scholastic achievement.

Membangun Kemandirian Santri: Peran Wali Asuh di Pondok Pesantren Darussa’adah Lirboyo

The aim of this research is to understand the role of foster carers in providing education and guidance that can increase the independence of students at the Darussa'adah Lirboyo Islamic boarding school in social, emotional and religious aspects. In addition, it identifies environmental factors, parents and foster carers that can influence the level of independence of students, so that necessary corrective steps can be identified. This research uses a qualitative research method with a case study approach. The data taken involved foster carers, students, and the administrator of the Darussa'adah Lirboyo Islamic boarding school as primary data sources. Data collection will be carried out through in-depth interviews, observation and documentation studies. The research results show that the role of foster carers in educating and fostering the independence of students at the Darussa'adah Lirboyo Islamic boarding school is very significant. Foster guardians have an important role in accompanying and guiding every aspect of the students' daily lives, including religious practices, study activities and extracurricular activities. They act as substitute parental figures in Islamic boarding schools and provide good examples through positive behavior and advice. In education and fostering independence, foster carers train students to be independent in terms of personal hygiene, time management and responsibility. They also provide encouragement, motivation and enthusiasm to students in facing various challenges, thereby increasing students' self-confidence and enthusiasm for learning.

ANALYSING THE TIME MANAGEMENT THOUGHTS OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS PREPARING FOR KPSS IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES

<p>The aim of this study is to reveal the level of time management thoughts of pre-service teachers preparing for KPSS. For this purpose, the thoughts of the pre-service teachers about time management were analysed in terms of different variables. In the study, survey method from quantitative research was used to determine the situation. In 2019, pre-service teachers in Isparta and Burdur constituted the study group of the research. Voluntary 408 pre-service teachers participated and expressed their opinions. In the scales applied, 60 scales were not included in the evaluation due to the fact that not all of the sections in the personal information section were not filled in, there were items that were not marked in the second section, and there were double markings in the items. As a result, the study group consisted of 348 pre-service teachers. In this study, Personal Information Form and Time Management Scale were used as data collection tools. In the form, questions about the pre-service teachers' gender, age, department, employment status, marital status, and the duration of preparation for the exam were included. The Time Management Scale used in the study was taken from İşcan's (2008) study and adapted to pre-service teachers preparing for KPSS. İşcan translated and adapted the scale developed by Britton and Tesser (1991) into Turkish. In the analysis of the data, frequency and percentage values were found from descriptive statistics. Since the data were normally distributed, Independent Sample t-test was used to analyse the variables consisting of two categories from parametric tests, and One-Way Analysis of Variance was used when there were more than two groups. The significance level was taken as .05. The following results were obtained in the research: pre-service teachers' thoughts about time management were found to be at "medium" level. While there was a significant difference in the pre-service teachers' thoughts about time management according to gender, marital status, duration of preparation for the exam; there was no significant difference according to age, the department they studied, and employment status.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0089/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Experiences of online occupational therapy education during the COVID-19 pandemic at a South African university

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a worldwide shift of academic programmes towards a predominantly online forum. There was therefore a need to explore how students experienced these shifts to ensure optimal learning. This study describes students' experiences of online teaching, learning and assessment and perception of their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study was employed using a four-part self-administered online survey. Following a pilot study with 11 community service occupational therapists, the survey was sent to all eligible participants (N=118) with a response rate of 85% (n=91). Data were collected from second to fourth year registered occupational therapy students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2021. Data were analysed descriptively using R Studio Suite RESULTS: Over 50% of the students reported a positive online experience. Adequate access to infrastructure enabled optimal online learning. However, students experienced difficulty with structuring self-study time, theoretical application and time allocated for online tests. Additional challenges included stress and time management and managing the increased requirements for self-directed learning. Coping was enhanced by the availability and access to student support services CONCLUSION: The key issues identified in the study need to be addressed to enhance online delivery of the curriculum IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Online teaching, learning, and assessment in occupational therapy curriculum requires review and adaptation to facilitate optimal student learning On an online platform, or with digital learning, students require support with aspects such as structuring of their self-directed learning time, personal time and stress management An understanding of the online experiences of students may assist in the development and revision of curricula that are responsive to students' needs and which may aid in optimal learning outcomes.

Acmeological technology of forecasting individual professional-oriented trajectories of students’ personality development

Introduction. In the conditions of deep transformations of modern society and labour market, the problem of revising qualification requirements for the content and level of training of professional personnel is being actualised. The main task of university education is to modernise curricula in order to form an independent subject of the educational process. The formation of such a specialist is possible through the use of individual scenarios for the educational and professional development of the student’s personality, both in basic and additional, including distance education throughout his/herprofessional biography. Only, in this case, the graduate will be ready to meet with the social and professional innovations of the future. Aim. The aim of the study is to theoretically substantiate, develop and test the acmeological technology of forecasting the individual professional-oriented trajectory of student personality development in the educational process of the university. Methodology and research methods. At the theoretical level, the article substantiates the concept of “individual professional-oriented trajectory of personality development”, develops the authors’ acmeological technology for predicting individual scenarios of educational and professional development of a student’s personality. The following tools and methods were applied: analysis, comparison, generalisation, authors’ interpretation of psychological and pedagogical literary sources in the field of individualisation and personalisation of education, construction of individual trajectories of educational and professional development of the student’s personality, and technological approach in education. The method of structural and functional modelling of acmeological technology was applied. The essence of the abovementioned method is to identify and describe the fundamental structural components and stages of technology that ensure the achievement of the desired result, identify the relationships between them and establish their functional characteristics. The experimental work included the initial diagnosis of a total sample of 180 first-year students of the Faculty of Psychology. The initial diagnosis was conducted before the implementation of the elective programme. As diagnostic tools for studying individual educational and professional trajectories, the following were used: the authors’ questionnaire “Individual Trajectories of Educational and ProfessionalDevelopment of Students” by E. F. Zeer, L. N. Stepanova; “Modified Questionnaire for the Diagnosis of Self-Actualisation of Personality” by A. V. Lazukin in the adaptation of N. F. Kalin; methodology “Investigation the Motivation of Studying at a University” by T. I. Ilyina; methodology “Meaning-Life Orientations” by D. A. Leontiev. To diagnose soft skills of students, a set of techniques was employed: “Coping Behaviour in Stressful Situations CISS” by S. Norman in adaptation by T. L. Kryukova; the test “Ability to Predict” by L. A. Regush; the methodology “Research of the Attitude of Personality to Innovation” by N. M. Lebedeva, A. N. Tatarenko; test “My Information Culture” by N. I. Gendin; self-test “Readiness for Self-Development” by V. V. Pavlov, T. A. Ratanova, N. F. Flakhta. Statistical data processing was carried out using the standardised IBM SPSS Statistics 17.0 software package. Results and scientific novelty. The concept of “individual professional-oriented trajectory of student’s personality development” is clarified; its structural components are highlighted: value-motivational cognitive, operational-activity and reflexive. The logical-evolutionary, system-dynamic, project-based and personal approaches of individual scenarios forecasting of educational and professional development of students developed by E. F. Zeer are presented. The following principles of forecasting the academic and professional development of the individual are substantiated: the principle of personal co-development, education and professional development; the principle of interaction of individual, personal and professional development; the principle of socio-professional mobility; the principle of alternative and multivariate forecasting of the professional future. The intrapersonal and environmental predictors of forecasting the individual educational and professional trajectory of student development during the period of professional training are determined, among which special importance is given to the educational environment of the university and its characteristics such as intensity, psychological comfort, democracy and openness. The acmeological technology of individual scenarios forecasting of educational and professional development of students has been scientifically substantiated, developed and tested. The results of testing confirm its effectiveness and the possibility of use in secondary and higher educational institutions. At the same time, the presented technology can be considered as a tool for improving students’ soft skills: innovative potential of the individual, willingness to solve problems and self-development, meaningfulness of life, development of a personal goal-setting system and time management. The obtained results expand the ideas existing in psychological science about the ways of individualisation of educational and professional personality development. Practical significance. The research results can be used in educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education by psychologists, tutors, teachers who provide psychological and pedagogical support to students. Forecasting individual scenarios of educational and professional development promotes conscious entry into the profession and awareness of the personal meanings of the education received, which is of particular value as a prevention of negative scenarios of professional development of the individual in the future.

A LIFE FULL OF BILLABLE HOURS: HOW TO BECOME S.M.A.R.T. AND MORE RESILIENT BY AUDITING YOUR TIME LIKE AN ADVERTISING AGENCY

ABSTRACT This paper presents a series of activities that operationalizes the key marketing concepts of mission statements and objectives at the individual, rather than organizational level. The result is a high-impact, low resource-intensive innovation that deepens learning outcomes related to these foundational practices while equipping students with personal time-management and mindfulness skills that allow them to feel more empowered over their stress and anxiety.

ТАЙМ-МЕНЕДЖМЕНТ ЯК ОСНОВНА СКЛАДОВА ЕФЕКТИВНОЇ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ПІДПРИЄМСТВА В СУЧАСНИХ УМОВАХ ГОСПОДАРЮВАННЯ

The work systematizes approaches to defining the concept of time management. Approaches to defining the essence of time management are summarized. It is considered that proper implementation of methods and principles set of time management will make efficient-manner time usage possible due to correct goal setting, planning and control over one's life both in the personal and professional sphere.
 Goal setting, planning, decision-making, implementation and organization, control, information and communication are the main functions of time management. These functions could serve many functions to work more productively and efficiently and gain traction in current economic conditions. It is noted that time management at the enterprise should be divided into personal and corporate. Personal time management is aimed at personal development through self-improvement and self-management. Corporate one is aimed at optimizing the interaction processes of all enterprise employees. On the other hand, corporate time management could be divided into corporate time management of the enterprise, corporate time management of individual divisions and personal time management of leading specialists. 
 The main pros of the principles and methods of time management applied for an enterprise in current business conditions. The significant advantages of time management principles implementation are as follows: planning process improvement, practical problem solving, effective use of working time, increasing the productivity of holding meetings, reducing the time to search for necessary documents, setting priorities in the implementation tasks, increasing work productivity, etc. 
 The structural-logical model was proposed for improving time management at the enterprise. The daily work efficiency of the staff, expressed in the increasing productivity and the improvement of the whole enterprise work, might be the main point of time management implemented at the enterprise level.

Managing Family and Work: The Search for the Ideal Work-life Balance

Employers in the food and beverage (F&B) industry require many high-skilled and well-trained professionals but workers are often exploited in the industry. Aiming to answer if personal health, personal time management, and family matters affect the work-life balance (WLB) of F&B employees, which family matters played a mediator role. The data of 108 responses was analysed through the PROCESS analysis and Sobel's Test. The regression analysis shows that family matters are a mediator of the relationship between personal health and personal time management and WLB indicating that the variable is vital in ensuring a healthy WLB among F&B’s employees. Keywords: Family matters; Personal health; Personal time management; Quality of life eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i20.3477

Mental Health and Wellbeing of Secondary School Teachers in Malaysia

The teaching profession has been consistently ranked as the most stressful job in the world today. Teachers who experience prolonged exposure to high levels of work-related stress can find there to be a detrimental effect on their physical health, mental health, social life, and work performance. This study aims to characterise the mental health and wellbeing of secondary school teachers in Malaysia according to gender and age group. We examined burnout levels among 776 secondary school teachers who were measured across three dimensions (i.e., depersonalisation, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment), as well as their sources of stress, manifestations of stress, and psychological symptoms. The quantitative data analysis revealed that most of the teachers had experienced burnout in terms of their personal accomplishments, work-related stressors, and time management, and that it mostly manifested as fatigue. Overall, the sample of secondary school teachers in Malaysia indicates a risk of poor mental health. Further psychological interventions and self-care programs are suggested to help secondary school teachers cope with the early signs of burnout.

Time paradoxes of neoliberalism: How time management applications change the way we live

Time management applications aim to coordinate and tame the rhythms of social reality. It transpires, however, that in many cases, they somewhat complicate and impede this process, leading to time paradoxes. Using various theoretical tools developed in the critical studies of time and the critique of neoliberalism, I identify three time paradoxes produced by the applications: remembering to remember, planning to plan, and accelerating acceleration. These three paradoxes were brought up and thoroughly discussed in in-depth interviews with self-selected individuals who constantly face challenges related to personal time management. I highlight how managing time using various applications shapes the experience and meaning of time, makes individuals reorganize their social practices, redefines their memory, and influences their emotions. In conclusion, I reflect on how the tension between linear time and multi-temporality is intertwined with the discussed paradoxes and counter-productivity of time management applications.

Factors of academic stress: Do they impact English academic performance?

<span>This study investigated the college students’ level of academic performance and determined the impact of academic stress on their English academic performance. This employed a descriptive-exploratory research design with Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and correlation analysis (Pearson r) as main analyses using statistical software. The result suggested that the students (N=250) have a moderate level of stress. Likewise, seven factors were generated through EFA but were reduced to four factors using parallel analysis, the factors are perceived personal stress, classroom stress, performance stress, and time management stress. In the correlation analysis, it was found out that perceived personal stress, classroom stress, and performance stress are significantly correlated except for time management stress. Moreover, these factors were found to have no significant relationship with the English grades of the students. With this result, it is concluded that despite having a moderate level of academic stress, students were able to manage them by using a plethora of coping mechanisms available. The institutions should offer prevention and intervention services that directly address the academic stress of the students to ensure academic success.</span>

PERSONAL ETHICS AND TIME MANAGEMENT ON STUDENTS' LEARNING HABITS IAIN LANGSA

This paper aims to analyze personal ethics and time management on the study habits of students of the Islamic Religious Education Study Program (PAI), the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training (FTIK) of the Langsa State Islamic Institute (IAIN). This study uses a qualitative approach with phenomenological methods. The data collection was done by using interviews, observation, and documentation studies. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using data reduction techniques, narrative data presentation, conclusion drawing and data verification. The results of this study indicate that (1) students understand and practice learning ethics well in accordance with the ethical guidelines of students at IAIN Langsa, (2) students' time management in learning is divided into two, namely students who actively make daily activity schedule, plans and targets they want to achieve. achieved, while there are students who are in the inactive category in managing study time, and (3) the study habits of PAI FTIK IAIN Langsa students are classified into 2, namely 73% are active and enjoy learning alone and 27% are active and enjoy participating in group learning.

Éducation thérapeutique des Accueillants Familiaux Thérapeutiques : identifier leurs difficultés pour mieux les aider à accompagner les patients

Therapeutic Foster Homes represent a form of hospitalization in France for adults with mental disorders. It combines, “care” in a foster family (carer) and treatment by a mental health team. The institution has a Patient Therapeutic Education program for patients with schizophrenia. We questioned the relevance of developing a therapeutic education module specific to carers. Do they face difficulties in their daily practice? Can Therapeutic Education help them and can it be integrated into the program? We chose to explore this issue using a qualitative method with semi-directive interviews. They were conducted in the “life stor” mode by guiding the interview around the description of their daily activity and highlighting the problem/situations encountered. After transcribing the recordings, a thematic analysis of each interview content was carried out by two different professionals. Thematization was driven in a sequenced manner. A first list of themes was obtained from the first interview, then this list was reused for subsequent interviews and adjusted as the interviews progressed. The themes and sub-themes were also weighted by their presence in the interviews in order to prioritize them. After analysis of the verbatims of two clusters of six families, we highlighted 15 themes and 46 sub-themes for their “difficulties in carrying out their profession”. These cover 45 different tasks, grouped into ten types of tasks. These difficulties are mainly related to “relations with the professionals of the system” for 24%, “patient profile” for 18%, “daily management” for 11%, “risks incurred by the foster family”; and “incomplete training”; for 8%, “permanent involvement of private and professional life”; for 6%. Despite the training provided by the establishment since 1993, carers still feel helpless on a daily basis. The study also attempted to link the difficulties to the tasks of the work: 28% of therapeutic foster carer encounter difficulties in adapting to different situations, 17% in “teamwork”, 16% in “organization of privacy and professional life”, 12% in “giving a framework to the patient”, 11% in the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Therapeutic education could complement the training provided by addressing needs in more targeted fields and thus better adapt to the field needs of family foster. In line with the Patient's Therapeutic Education programs, three lines of intervention could be offered: an educational axis, a psychological axis and a behavioral axis. Educational activities could include providing knowledge about their profession, psychiatric pathology and its treatments, preparing for the difficulties of the profession (stress management, repetition and failure management, professional and personal time management, risk of overemotional involvement…) and providing tools to adopt the right attitudes according to the situations (communication techniques, problem solving techniques). We can draw on the programs developed for natural families and adapt them to their problems. It would also be interesting to exploit the tools already used for patients in the Therapeutic Education program for the benefit of carers; this could be done in the Drugs and Schizophrenia workshop and/or in some cognitive remediation programs (ex: Integrated Psychologic Treatment). The presence of “old”; and “new” Family Hoster Carer in the field would be relevant, in a dynamic of sharing experiences. This approach could be accompanied by an immersion of a few days in host families. Alone, confronted with the psychotic patient, without any recognized training, the carer verbalizes a need to provide knowledge and skills. Therapeutic Education, integrated into the existing Patient's Therapeutic Education program, can help them develop their psychosocial skills, inform them about psychiatric pathology, addictions, the particularities of the new patients and provide them with keys to cope on a daily basis. This work is consistent with the institution's psychosocial rehabilitation vocation.

Effect of Time Management Training program on Daily Time Wasters for Nurses

AbstractBackground: Time management training program concerned with giving insight into time wasters, changing time spending, and increasing the efficiency of workday for staff by learning them planning their work by prioritize activities, and manage emergency and unexpected tasks. Study aims to evaluate the effect of designed program of time management on daily time waters for nurses'. The subjects: No. = (118) staff nurses. Setting; Sohag & Qena Universities Hospitals. Tools; consists of 1) Time management questionnaire include personal characteristics and Time management scale; 2) Time waster Questionnaire. Results: mean score of total time managements at pre intervention (55.95±8.41), post (59.95±7.6), and follow up (63.67±9.8). Mean score of total time wasters at pre intervention (41.34±9.46), post (32.32±7.86), and follow up (24.93±5.98). Conclusion; there were high negative correlation between time management and time waster scores. There were high significant differences between studied nurses at pre, post and follow up intervention related goal setting, managing interruptions, procrastination time management, and time waster domains (internal and external). Recommendations: Training programs on time management should be provided for nursing staff at their various levels, policies, rules and regulations must be clarified for employees to preserve time, and records must be organized and coordinated to save time.

Розробка структури інформаційної технології організації особистого тайм-менеджменту

The articles propose the structure of information technology of the organization of the secret management personality on the basis of sociological descriptions. The work is seen as a startup idea. Four stages are demonstrated by means of which the startup from idea turns into the stable company: Identification of consumers, Verification of consumers, Attraction of consumers, Creation of the company. To achieve the success of the project, an analysis of the market and possible risks was conducted. The main focus is on description as one of the most accurate methods of operational market analysis. A review of 2 main relevant descriptions for time management: How we organize our working day and and Time management in the organization of educational activities of students of higher education. The results of researches when the best productivity of introduction of days is shown are shown; as well as on which days of the week the best responsible work is planned. Based on the description, the problematic aspects of the topic were identified: orderliness, purposefulness, persistence, fixation on goals, self-organization, focus on the present. Based on the selected problem aspects and new ideas, the actual description is carried out, which confirms the hypotheses created before the description, emphasizes the ideas and further allows to highlight new knowledge, which is included in the basis of functional parts of the service - modules. There has been conducted a study of the target audience of the development system. A stylistic description of each component is given and the relationship between them is shown. The main blocks are the following: authorization, menu, event planning, focus, forecasting, psychology, motivation, integration, communication, free platform. It is demonstrated that the connecting component is the Menu block. The module is integrated into the general structure of information technology of personal time management based on the star topology.

Easiness, usefulness and intention to use a MOOC in nursing

BackgroundThe growing ageing population and the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases call for innovation and healthcare mastered professional skills. Emerging digital learning contents envisioning to complement education, lifelong learning and in-service training. The use of digital platforms allows nurses to access contents in several formats, enabling the required pedagogical autonomy and personal time management. This allows nurses to enrol in education wherever accessible, reducing personal and professional costs and ensuring high-quality standards. ObjectivesTo assess students and nurses' easiness, usefulness and intention to use a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) as an educational resource to enhance self-management intervention skills in COPD patients. MethodsAn exploratory, descriptive and transversal study was conducted. Participants were nursing students, registered nurses and rehabilitation nurses. A questionnaire supported by Davis Technology Acceptance Model and on the determinants of the ease-of-use perception of Venkatesh was applied. An EFA was performed and two dimensions were obtained (perceived easiness and global quality of the course and perceived usefulness and intention to use the MOOC) and groups were compared in these dimensions. ResultsFrom the total participants (n = 93), 65.6% were nursing students, 15.1% were Portuguese nurses and 19.4% were Portuguese rehabilitation nurses. The perceived easiness and global quality score of the course were 4.70 (SD = 0.314) and the perceived usefulness and intention to use the MOOC was 4.73 (SD = 0.346). Rehabilitation nurses, who are older, scored higher than nurses and students (χ2(2, n = 93) = 8.43, p = .015, ε2 = 0.092). The dropout rate was 25%. ConclusionsThe MOOC showed usefulness and nurses' intention to use this educational resource in future education and yielded high average rates of perceived easiness and global quality.These massive courses unlock new opportunities for nursing education and to lifelong learning in nursing, enhancing safety and quality of the healthcare services in supporting patients to achieve a better quality of life.