Professional Graduate Students Research Articles

Identifying the Needs of a Diverse Cohort and Engagement Opportunities That Foster a Sense of Belonging at a Hispanic-Serving Doctoral Program

ABSTRACT This mixed method study assessed the perceptions of health professional graduate students on a sense of belonging and evaluated the engagement experiences valued most in a graduate program across three domains of belonging, academics and diversity, equity and inclusion. Hispanic students valued building professional relationships with faculty and mentors more than non-Hispanic students while non-Hispanic students valued opportunities to discuss race relations outside the classroom. Belonging at the graduate level in health professional programs is distinct from undergraduate programs because of new expectations of developing into entry level clinicians. This study showed that Hispanic students significantly valued building connections with mentors, faculty and staff, identifying a need of continued supportive mentoring relationships within this population at the graduate level. Implications of these findings across the available literature are discussed.

Stress, anxiety, and depression in professional graduate students during COVID 19 pandemic

ABSTRACT Background The mental health of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT), and Doctorate of Occupation Therapy (OTD) students was impacted by the COVID- 19 pandemic. The investigators explored the impact of the pandemic on the students’ mental health. Methods The study included 90 students from the DPT, MOT, and OTD programs. The data was collected using a survey including demographics and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21. Results The prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depression increased two-fold in all three disciplines of students. Out of the 90 students, 60% reported stress, 52.2% anxiety, and 53.3% depression. No significant difference was observed between genders, marital status, and the different disciplines. Conclusion This study shows that graduate DPT, MOT, and OTD students experienced a significant degree of mental health disorder during the pandemic. Adequate measures need to be adopted to support the well-being of the students and for a successful academic career. KEY POINTS What is already known about this topic: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a change in graduate education such as methods of teaching, practical learning strategies, and evaluation techniques. Changes in education methods resulted in a higher prevalence of mental health issues including stress, anxiety, and depression in students and the general population. DASS-21 is a reliable and valid scale to measure stress, anxiety, and depression. What this topic adds: (1) This study explored mental health issues in physical therapy and occupational therapy profession graduate students in the United States. (2) It recognized a two-fold increase in stress, anxiety, and depression in graduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. (3) This study documented no difference in perceived stress, anxiety, and depression between the Flex program and residential program as well as DPT, MOT, and OTD students.

Occupational Disruptions Among Health Professional Graduate Students During COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic created a global lockdown and restricted people from leaving their homes. The current study aimed to explore the impact of the pandemic on occupational engagement among health professional graduate students. A web-based survey consisting of quantitative and qualitative responses was sent out to graduate students enrolled in health professional programs at a private university in the Northeast and received 86 responses. The results revealed that social participation and education were the most impacted occupations. The least affected occupations among the graduate students in health professional programs was ADLs. The participants reported the pandemic did not negatively affect their grades or grade point average. Four themes emerged from the qualitative data: sedentary lifestyle, engaging in leisure activities, seeking support from friends and family, and interrupted clinical experience. The findings offer some insights into the needed support and resources universities and health professional programs can prepare and provide to students during the pandemic or future crises.

Investigation and Research on the Entrance Examination for Graduate Students Majoring in "Subject Teaching (Biology)"—Based on the Statistics of Normal Universities Directly under the Ministry of Education in the Past 5 Years

The "Subject Teaching (Biology)" major is to cultivate higher level specialized educational talents for the field of biology education and teaching in middle schools, and its nature is professional education master. This study by looking at six normal universities directly under the Ministry of Education "Subject Teaching (Biology)" professional graduate student recruit students 2016-2020 and professional directory, from the enrolment, first try subjects, second-round exam scores, second-round exam requirements analysis, summarizes the six affiliated colleges "Subject Teaching (Biology)" professional postgraduate entrance examination requirements change. Hope to provide reference for the postgraduate entrance examination students and related education researchers.

Urban Resources Initiative: A University Model for Clinical Urban Forestry Education

As urban land cover increases around the globe, it is increasingly important to train competent urban forestry professionals for the future. Urban Resources Initiative (URI), a program of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and an affiliated New Haven-based nonprofit, has provided field experience and learning opportunities for professional graduate students in urban and community forestry for over 25 years. URI’s clinical training programs are uniquely designed to equip students with both technical skills and social competencies. They do this by working with local residents, municipal staff, and community leaders to promote community-based land and tree stewardship, restore neglected open spaces, and build social cohesion in urban neighborhoods. We used a mixed-method approach, which included semi-structured interviews with current and past URI interns as well as an online survey, to determine long-term impacts and learning outcomes from URI’s clinical training programs. We also evaluated archival program documents to examine key programmatic features and confirm interview and survey trends. Survey and interview responses revealed that in addition to having gained key technical field skills, interns also obtained skill sets associated with the social dimensions of urban forestry. One-third of survey respondents identified effective “strategies for community engagement” as the most significant learning outcome from their internship experience. URI’s program can serve as a unique and effective model for clinical training in urban forestry higher education, particularly for universities and nongovernment organizations interested in integrating a stronger social or community engagement component to their programs and curricula.

Stress and Burnout Among Graduate Students: Moderation by Sleep Duration and Quality.

There are high levels of stress among graduate students, and stress is associated with multiple negative outcomes among student populations, including academic burnout. Sleep could play an important role in explaining the association between stress and burnout, but these relationships have not been explored among the graduate student population. The current study assessed whether or not sleep duration and quality moderated the relationship between stress and burnout (i.e., exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy) among graduate students. A sample of 2683 master's, doctoral, and professional graduate students from two large, public universities completed an online survey. Linear regression models with interaction terms were developed to evaluate the relationships between stress and burnout while examining moderation by sleep duration and quality. Participants slept an average of 6.4h per night, with 62% indicating good sleep quality. Stress had significant, positive relationships with exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. The relationship between stress and exhaustion lessened as sleep duration increased, and the relationship between stress and exhaustion was weaker among students with good sleep quality when compared with those with poor sleep quality. Neither sleep duration nor sleep quality moderated the relationships between stress and cynicism or stress and inefficacy. Improving sleep habits has the potential to lessen the negative association between stress and graduate student functioning. Future research utilizing longitudinal designs is needed to understand the temporality of these associations and the influence of possible co-factors like individual propensity for mental health problems and social support.

Компетентностный подход в контексте формирования профессиональной культуры аспиранта

Компетентностный подход в контексте формирования профессиональной культуры аспиранта

Book Reviews

Christophre Georges of the Department of Economics, Hamilton College reviews “Handbook of Computational Economics. Volume 4. Heterogeneous Agent Modeling,” edited by Cars Hommes and Blake LeBaron. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Fourteen papers, comprising a handbook for professional researchers and advanced graduate students, survey behavioral heterogeneity as a critical part of the modeling framework and empirical work.”

Student Perceptions of Diversity in Technical and Professional Communication Academic Programs

ABSTRACTThis article reports the results of a survey of technical and professional communication (TPC) undergraduate and graduate students regarding their perceptions of diversity in TPC academic programs. The responses of the total group of respondents and a subset of respondents identifying as a person of color (POC) are compared. Results show that both the overall group and the group of students identifying as persons of color see their TPC programs as both diverse and supportive of diversity. Respondents identifying as a person of color also reported that they were not worried about fitting in when enrolling in their TPC programs. However, the survey also shows that TPC students who identify as persons of color note a lack of students and faculty of color in TPC academic programs and departments. Possible reasons for respondents’ perceptions of having diverse and supportive departments while also observing the lack of POC within the department are discussed.

Reform and reflection on the cultivation of postgraduates in neurosurgery in "5+3" training plan

At present, the standardized training of neurosurgery resident is in the primary stage in our country, and the master's degree postgraduates of Neurosurgery major are the main part of the students of neurosurgery planning training in our department. At present, a systematic and sound training system and teaching mechanism hasn’t been formed in the standardized training of postgraduates in Neurosurgery. It is imperative to explore the training mode of postgraduates majoring in neurosurgery to keep pace with the times and meet the needs of the society. Based on the problems in the current training mode of neurosurgery in the First Affiliated Hospital of Heavy Medicine and combined with the existing problems, this paper focuses on the cultivation of professional basic theoretical knowledge, clinical practice ability, clinical thinking and innovative ability and aims to establish professional assessment team, so as to boost the education development of postgraduates with neurosurgery degree and improve the quality of standardized training. Key words: Neurosurgery; Professional degree graduate student; Standardized training of residents; Reform

Going Professional: Writing Centers� Challenges and Possibilities in Working with Emerging Online Professional Graduate Student Programs

Going Professional: Writing Centers� Challenges and Possibilities in Working with Emerging Online Professional Graduate Student Programs

Study of different teaching methods in directing graduated students in the department of hepatobiliary surgery

Objective To investigate the feasibility and realistic significance of different teaching methods in professional and scientific degree graduate students. Methods Twenty six graduate students (scientific 12, professional 14) were randomly selected as research object from Sep. 2014 to Apr. 2017, and the relationship between clinical or research outcome and type of degree, clinical or experiment time were analyzed. Results The experiment time of scientific degree graduate students was significantly longer than that of professional degree graduate students [(21.0±1.6) vs. (11.0±3.5) months], and professional degree graduate students paid more attention to clinical work, there was statistic difference between the two groups [(20.0±2.1) vs. (12.0±2.4) months, both P<0.05]. The qualification rate of basic clinical manipulation in the professional group was higher than that in the scientific group (85.7% vs. 75.0%, P<0.05). Conclusion Different type of teaching methods based on the type of student degree were feasible and proper for graduate students in surgery, and the terminal object of our teaching should be focus on the resolution of clinical problems. Key words: Surgery; Hepatobiliary surgery; Graduate student; Teaching method

Analysis on the cognitive status and teaching requirements of data processing and chart making of scientific research papers of medical graduate students

Objective In order to learn about the cognitive condition of data processing and diagram designing in medical postgraduates, and provide data for improving the teaching mode and content. Methods A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a total of 150 medicine graduate students in three grades by cluster sampling to understand the cognitive situation and teaching requirements of data processing and chart making in scientific research papers by postgraduates of different levels and different categories. EpiData software was used for data entry and sorting, and SPSS 22.0 was used for descriptive analysis and chi square test. Results 64.08% (110) of the students used statistical software, but only 32.39% (32) could use it expertly, in which graduate students were less proficient in doctoral students (P<0.05), and academic graduate students were less proficient in professional graduate students (P<0.05); in addition, 90.14% (128) of the students thought that the scientific research data processing and charting related courses were very important, while 82.39% (117) supported the opening of related courses. Conclusion Graduate students' scientific research ability directly affects the level of scientific research. According to postgraduates' demand for data processing and chart making of research papers, it is of great significance to enhance teaching reform and improve teaching quality of higher medical education. Key words: Scientific research paper; Data processing; Diagram designing; Medical education

Research on the reform of curriculum system of health service management

Objective To understand the needs to reform curriculum for the graduate students in health management, and to provide evidence for the reform of the curriculum system. Methods From Jan-uary 2015 to May from China's colleges and universities carrying out health management professional post-graduate education, graduate students and supervisors from 3 universities were selected, and self-designed questionnaires were used to investigate their views on training objectives, abilities and curriculum settings, as well as the needs and suggestions for curriculum reform. The questionnaire survey data were collected and analyzed by SPSS 17.0. Results 120 questionnaires were issued and 100 were recovered in the study, with a recovery rate of 83.3%. 84.0% of the graduate students did not manage relevant work experience before entering the school. The graduate students thought that we should focus on the research and teaching ability training related to the management of health services, and then the cultivation of management ability. There were 60 questionnaires for instructors, and 51 were recovered, with a recovery rate of 85.0%. With regard to the demand for ability training, teachers and graduate students tended to agree on the goal and focus of the training. 100.0% instructors believed that learning was an important course, only 11.2% of the students thought that the course of study was not important, but to the current status of health manage-ment professional postgraduate courses, 79.3% instructors believed that the current curriculum was reason-able, and only 53.5% of the students thought it reasonable. Conclusion The emphasis should be given to optimizing the course setting, adding practical and innovative courses, and strengthening the training of scientific research, etc., which is the only way to improve the quality of health management postgraduate education and meet the needs of health development. Key words: Health service management; Graduate student; Curriculum; Questionnaire survey

Current situation of the medicine graduate students' scientific research and their its competence

Objective Through investigating the current situation of scientific research in medicine graduate students, we can provide scientific basis for training postgraduates effectively and reference for graduate education reform. Methods A total of 243 medicine graduate students in Drum Tower Hospital were surveyed and asked to complete the designed questionnaires which included general situation, the objective to study, the situation of participation projects, the management of student, and achievements. Results 33.74% (82) of students' purpose was confusion, 51.44% of (125) graduate students engaged in clinical and basic research, the scientific research graduate students and doctoral students participated in the tutor research project more than the professional type graduate students and Postgraduate student (P<0.05). There were significant differences in the number of SCI related papers published by the postgraduates who differ in their ways of training and in different degrees (P<0.05). Conclusion Graduate students are an important part of high-level talents in China. They are the successors of future scientific research. The effectiveness of training postgraduates' scientific research ability will directly affect the future scientific research level of the country. So we should strengthen the cultivation of graduate students' scientific research accomplishment, construct a scientific training model, set up scientific training mode and supervision mech-anism, in order to promote the research level of medical graduate students. Key words: Medicine graduate student; Scientific research; Current condition investigation

Managing “Vocal Dose” and the acting voice: how much is too much?

Maintaining vocal health can be challenging for actors and students of acting, given the unique vocal demands placed on the performer’s voice including the use of heightened speech, character voices, prolonged speaking at loud volumes, and stage screaming. Vocal fatigue is related to the amount, type, and duration of voice use, and over time, can lead to acute or chronic vocal injury. This article discusses a measurement technique, called vocal dosimetry, which can quantify in real time the vocal fold tissue stresses related to the frequency, intensity, and accumulated duration of vocal fold vibrations. The unique vocal challenges of three different actors (undergraduate student, professional graduate student, and professor of acting) are reviewed in order to examine ways to effectively manage vocal load and optimize vocal health. Ways to monitor, prevent, and recover from vocal fatigue are presented. The actor should adopt the mindset of a vocal athlete, being intentional about training, exercise, self-care, and injury prevention and recovery. Even without access to a vocal dosimeter, actors can benefit from creating and adhering to a plan for managing vocal demands at any stage of a career, and successfully avoid a “vocal overdose.”

Research on the Cultivation Mode of Graduate Students of Architecture and Civil Engineering Based on Team Guidance

With the accelerating process of economic globalization, the graduate student in architecture and civil engineering has become more and more important in the process of building an innovation oriented country, which has a solid theoretical basis and in line with the actual needs of the industry. However, at present, the definition of the cultivation mode of professional graduate students and academic graduate students is vague, and it is difficult to achieve the desired effect of the establishment of the professional graduate students. Based on this, this paper puts forward the Mode of Cultivation by Tutor Teams, and elaborates it from the following three aspects: the necessity of the cultivation by the tutor team, the composition of the tutor team and the auxiliary measures implemented by the tutor team cultivation mode. The cultivation model can achieve the overall improvement of the theoretical knowledge and professional skills of professional graduate students by fully integrating the multi-resources, and for the cultivation of application-oriented talents to add ways.

Survey and analyses on the satisfaction degree of the postgraduate in professional degree in "The Joining Together of Double-Track" education model

Objective To survey the satisfaction degree of the postgraduates in professional degree with Together of Double-Track education model in the current stage of professional degree graduate education and standardized training of residents in China. Methods According to various factors, such as the current situation of postgraduates in medical universities, we sought the opinions of relevant experts to design questionnaire. Meanwhile, to enhance the reliability of the questionnaire and the survey, we chose the postgraduates of Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University first to do the pre-survey, and according to the feedback, we adjusted part of the aspects, thus formed a formal questionnaire, which included the satisfaction with training of clinical practice ability, training of research ability, and tutors' assessment etc. Finally, the Chinese New Youth Forum online released the questionnaires, selecting the postgraduates in professional degree who were participating in, or had participated in the completion of the standardized training as the participants, which took place between March 2016 and May 2016. SPSS 16.0 was used for statistical analysis. The evaluation results of different majors were tested by Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test. Results According to the results of the survey, the aspects in the clinical resident standard-ized training that the 1 000 postgraduates were more satisfied with were as follows: training time [42.8% (n=428)], training center [41.8% (n=418)], training of clinical practice ability [41.6% (n=416)], tutors [40.2% (n=402)], economic income [38.8% (n=388)], department arrangements [38.4% (n=384)], training of research ability [37.5% (n=375)]. There is a significant difference in the satisfaction degree of different pro-fessional graduate students in the Joining Together of Double-Track education model (P<0.05). Conclusion The Together of Double-Track education model should be compatible with the training objectives of postgraduates in professional degree. Much more attention should be paid to the postgraduates, satisfac-tion degree with the clinical resident standardized training, as well as the requirements during the training period, improve the evaluation of graduate students' ability of scientific research, economic income and so on, so as to improve the training system for the postgraduates. Key words: Postgraduates in professional degree; Clinical resident standardized training; The Together of Double-Track education model; Questionnaire survey

Study on the Cultivation of Comprehensive Ability and System Knowledge of the Design Professional Graduate Student

Study on the Cultivation of Comprehensive Ability and System Knowledge of the Design Professional Graduate Student

Space, Land, Territory, and the Study of the Bible

This essay, written for professional biblical scholars and graduate students being trained in biblical studies, introduces the reader to the interdisciplinary study of space and its related concepts, including land, place, and territory. It offers a synopsis of eight important approaches to the study of space: sacred, legal, political, economic, ecological, visual, social, and urban. It highlights some of the work being done by biblical scholars in conversation with spatial studies. And it reads the biblical story of Naboth’s vineyard, 1 Kgs 21:1–16, in light of the legal approach to space.