Proper Time Management Research Articles

Optimism, But Not Locus of Control, Moderates Burnout in Professional Master's Athletic Training Students

Context Burnout is a common concern in the field of athletic training that may affect athletic training students. They may experience burnout because of stressors related to their clinical education responsibilities and course load. Various buffers have been suggested to reduce burnout in other health care settings; however, there is a limited body of research examining the effect of locus of control and optimism as buffers against burnout in athletic training populations. Objective To investigate whether a perceived internal locus of control and/or optimism can provide a buffer against burnout in athletic training students. Design and Setting A cross-sectional observational research design via Qualtrics survey. Patients or Other Participants A total of 48 professional master's athletic training students enrolled in Commission on Accrediting Athletic Training Education–accredited programs. Data Collection and Analysis Participants were sent a survey link that included demographic questions, the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, Life Orientation Test–Revised, and the Rotter Internal/External Locus of Control Scale. Three multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationships of personal burnout, work-related burnout, and client-related burnout with optimism and locus of control. A Pearson correlation was conducted on the significant findings to determine the strength of relationship among variables. Main Outcome Measure(s) Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, Life Orientation Test–Revised, Rotter Internal/External Locus of Control Scale. Results Significant relationships were identified between optimism and personal burnout (t = −3.30, P = .002) and between optimism and work-related burnout. (t = −2.48, P = .02). No significant relationships were identified between locus of control and any of the burnout-related variables (P > .05). Conclusion Optimism could be an effective buffer against student burnout in professional master's athletic training programs. Athletic training programs should implement various strategies to promote student optimism including proper social support strategies, time management, and stress management to help reduce the onset of burnout in students.

Co-writing the Lives of Registered Nurses Employed under the Nurse Deployment Program of the Department of Health

Community Health Nursing is one of the major areas in the nursing profession, yet it is not given many highlights in some circumstances. This condition puts new emphasis on the need for more research about this field of nursing. Consequently, this research study explored the lived experiences of registered nurses employed under the Nurse Deployment Program of the DOH. Furthermore, it involved seven qualified participants from the Rural Health Unit of Nagcarlan, Laguna. The researcher used descriptive, cross-sectional qualitative research, particularly a phenomenological approach by Husserl.The process includes four steps: bracketing, intuiting, analyzing and describing. The researcher facilitated a face-to-face, semi-structured interview in which the process was audio recorded to garner subjective data accurately. Thus, the researcher prepared a written topic guide, which is a list of open-ended questions to be answered by the participants, also known as procedural questions. The statements of participants were transcribed into text and then categorized into different themes. On the validation of the study, the researcher used triangulation Several themes were identified and fit into two factors: first are the intrinsic factors which include proper time and stress management, and career advancement and personal growth; while the others are the extrinsic factors which include fair workload and compensation, and resolution of issues related to working experiences. Based on the findings, the researcher developed a thematic framework that shows that extrinsic and intrinsic factors contributed to the satisfaction of the participants with their job, and made them stay in their chosen field. Hence, this calls for another research study using a mixed-method that approaches specifically the sequential exploratory design.

Determination of Traffic Noise on the Selected Area of the City of Zabrze

Abstract The article is a substantive summary of research conducted by the Institute of Production Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Zabrze, covering the determination of ways to reduce traffic noise in the selected area of the city of Zabrze using measurement and simulation methods. The analysis was conducted within the Project Based Learning (PBL) project which aimed at teaching a selected group of students teamwork, synthesizing information from various sources, making decisions and taking responsibility for them, planning and organizing work and proper time management.

Perceived academic concerns of under graduate medical students: a study of student’s perspective

Background: With the drastic increase in the number of under graduate medical seats in India, the quality of medical education is facing challenges. To address these issues, curricular reforms have been advocated. Medical students are one of the stakeholders and their perceptions regarding medical education system hold a lot of importance.Methods: This study was conducted by the department of community medicine of a premier medical institute of Delhi and involved analysis of 457 feedback forms filled by medical students about their academic concerns and their perceptions about ways to address these concerns. The responses were kept anonymous. They were read several times and were grouped to deduce meaningful information in order to reach an overall understanding.Results: The medical students were concerned about the lengthy curriculum, long duration of lectures, language barrier and inappropriate assessment methods used. Lack of proper time management and recreational facilities were also pointed out. To address these concerns, they suggested some modifications in teaching and assessment methods like shorter and more interactive lectures, more focus on small group interactive teaching, healthier and friendlier teacher-student relationship and less frequent and skill-based assessment.Conclusions: The concerns and suggestions made by students are important and valid. Most of these issues have already been taken up in latest modifications in medical education by Medical Council of India. The competency based medical education program which has been implemented recently has called for major reforms, which are also the felt needs of medical students.

Efficacy of Condom Balloon Tamponade in Management of Primary Postpartum Hemorrhage

Background: Primary postpartum hemorrhage has a significant effect on maternal morbidity and mortality. Proper treatment andin time management of the patient have showed to decrease this morbidity and mortality a lot.Objective: The objective of our study is to find out the efficacy of balloon tamponade in the management of primarypostpartum hemorrhage.Material and Method: This study was conducted in Saidu group of teaching hospital, swat from 1st august 2018 to 31st July2019. All the patient with Primary postpartum hemorrhage were included in the study. All patients were first managed bymedical therapy and when the medial therapy failed then balloon catheter tamponade were introduced and patients werenoticed for stoppage of bleeding within few minutes.Result: Mean age was 27.04±5.42 years. 72 patients failed from medical therapy which was managed by condom tamponade.The response rate of condom tamponade in these 72 patient was 69 (95.83%) while 3 (4.17%) did not respond. There was nosignificant effect of age, gravida on the response rate of Balloon tamponade.Conclusion: The response rate to Balloon Catheter tamponade is high in patient with Primary postpartum hemorrhage due touterine atony. It should be tried before preceding to other Surgical management like Be-lynch, uterine artery ligation orhysterectomy in cases of medical therapy failure.Key Words: primary postpartum hemorrhage, Medical Management, Condom catheter, Response rate.

Efficacy of Condom Balloon Tamponade in Management of Primary Postpartum Hemorrhage

Background: Primary postpartum hemorrhage has a significant effect on maternal morbidity and mortality. Proper treatment andin time management of the patient have showed to decrease this morbidity and mortality a lot.Objective: The objective of our study is to find out the efficacy of balloon tamponade in the management of primarypostpartum hemorrhage.Material and Method: This study was conducted in Saidu group of teaching hospital, swat from 1st august 2018 to 31st July2019. All the patient with Primary postpartum hemorrhage were included in the study. All patients were first managed bymedical therapy and when the medial therapy failed then balloon catheter tamponade were introduced and patients werenoticed for stoppage of bleeding within few minutes.Result: Mean age was 27.04±5.42 years. 72 patients failed from medical therapy which was managed by condom tamponade.The response rate of condom tamponade in these 72 patient was 69 (95.83%) while 3 (4.17%) did not respond. There was nosignificant effect of age, gravida on the response rate of Balloon tamponade.Conclusion: The response rate to Balloon Catheter tamponade is high in patient with Primary postpartum hemorrhage due touterine atony. It should be tried before preceding to other Surgical management like Be-lynch, uterine artery ligation orhysterectomy in cases of medical therapy failure.Key Words: primary postpartum hemorrhage, Medical Management, Condom catheter, Response rate.

ACQUISITION: PROCESS, STRATEGY, PROBLEM IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

This paper explained the pattern of overcoming difficulties of foreign language learning, identifying based one previous study in learning English as a foreign language. Yet, it also shows general strategies that are useful to overcome the difficulties of acquiring a foreign language based on processability theory. Then, it examines that for learning a foreign language, as the learners need proper time and good management; however, the concept reveals need to focus that teacher’s role, learning methods, and strategies are advised. As the previous study shows of authentic material motivated leaners to improve their focus study in a foreign language as a subject.Keywords: process language learning, language Acquisition, language skill, proccessability theory.

Investigation and Thinking About the First Grade Postgraduate Student Time Management

Time utilization and time management have always been important magic weapons for students to learn and live better. It is no exception for postgraduates. Reasonably arranging schedules, making full use of time, and carrying out proper time management is a great advantage for postgraduates. The research is a one-month observation record of a first grade pedagogical postgraduate student from four aspects of study, work, life, and entertainment. Through the analysis of time management records, it found some problems, including: unreasonable allocation of study time; unreasonable allocation of scientific research time; unhealthy entertainment methods and other issues. Obviously, first grade postgraduate students are also a group that needs to be focused on, guiding them to include physical and psychological transitions, and helping first grade postgraduate students in time management, so as to make better use of time and adapt to the role of postgraduate students better and faster. The study puts forward the following three targeted suggestions: one is to change the role of psychological counseling as soon as possible; the other is to carry out research work in scientific research counseling; the third is to carry out lectures to impart time management experience. At the same time, schools and individuals should pay attention to the cultivation of time management ability. Hope this article can bring a little reference value.

Communications on Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss with Local Populations: Exploring Best-practices and Postcolonial Moments in Eight Case Studies from across the Globe

Climate change and biodiversity loss trigger policies worldwide, many of which target or impact local communities. Although research, international development, and policy implementation (and, thus, success in fighting both threats) require thoughtful consideration and communication of the underlying concepts, field work encounters a cascade of tangible barriers. Technoscientific representations of quantifiable causes and effects often remain alien to local perspectives, and failure to involve communities constantly and genuinely creates gaps that may ultimately prevent research and policy success. Therefore, in this article, we present the results of a collective self-assessment exercise for a panel of eight case studies (covering four continents) of communications between project teams and local communities within the context of climate change or biodiversity loss. Our analysis develops eight indicators of good stakeholder communication, which we construct from the literature, in addition to Verran (2002) 's concept of postcolonial moments as a communicative utopia. Our study contributes to the (analytical) understanding of such communications, while also providing tangible insights for field work and policy recommendations. We demonstrate that applying our indicators can foster a more successful communication, although we find an apparent divergence between timing, complexity, and (introspective) effort of the project teams. While three case studies qualify for postcolonial moments, our findings show that especially the scrutiny of power relations and genuine knowledge co-production are still rare. We verify the potency of various instruments for deconstructing science; however, we also show that their sophistication cannot substitute other crucial factors. Instead, simple deconstruction efforts may suffice, while trust-building, proper time management, and an advanced awareness of the scientists are crucial. Lastly, we consider that reforming rigid and inadequate funding policies will help overcome significant barriers and improve the work in and with local communities.

Modern telecommunication systems and messengers as the alternative didactic platforms after Covid-19 pandemic lockdown

Objectives: The article aims to discuss educational problems during the period of 2019-nCoV (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic lockdown in Russia and examines the peculiarities of innovative educational technologies within the modern educational paradigm in the context of teaching under a lockdown pressure. Special attention is paid to analyses of positive and negative aspects of lockdown distance learning, representing the concept of innovative pedagogy as a combined pedagogical approach that offers an alternative to existing teaching methods. The authors consider a lockdown educational experience to be a first step to a new era of educational technologies based on a principle of health safety and proper time management that could be achieved by application of online teaching methods. The authors describe the alternative didactic platforms such as Zoom and WhatsApp; define the term “distance learning” and the phenomenon designated by it. Special attention is paid to the consideration of a number of factors that hinder the introduction of innovative educational technologies and the reform of the educational system as a whole in the context of a lockdown. Methodology: In our research we applied several methods that suit the objectives of the work: Statistical Data collection; Observation; Analysis.

A study on the lifestyle types of Koreans through time use

AbstractBackgroundIn this study, the purpose of the research is to utilize data obtained through the survey of national life hours conducted on a national basis in 2014 as basic data in the study of future life style types for the purpose of the study to identify lifestyle types based on age and region of Koreans.MethodThe life balance triangle model is an approach to find out how the use of time is balanced between each area, after dividing living time largely into essential, compulsory, and free time. In this study, we looked at living hours in three main categories: Required maintenance time, mandatory time, and free time.ResultPeople in their teens, 20s and 50s took up the rational life seeking type, those in their 30s and 40s took the achievement seeking type, and those in their 60s, 70s and 80s took the passive reality seeking type. Required maintenance time took up the most time in Jeollabuk‐do, mandatory time took up the most time in Ulsan, and free time took the most time in Gangwon Province. It was found that the higher the age group, the lower the satisfaction level of life. Daejeon had the highest level of satisfaction with life in each region, and Ulsan ranked the lowest in terms of satisfaction with life. Satisfaction with life was high in the order of rational life seeking type, achievement seeking type and passive reality seeking type.ConclusionBecause the role of old age in life cycle is not established compared to other age groups, the transition to old age is difficult, so identifying their time‐use patterns is the basis for understanding the role of old people. Because time is based on how people structure their daily lives, the use of time is linked to work. Time‐use patterns provide the nature and level of participation and are useful for assessing health and well‐being. Therefore, it is necessary to provide systematic education and information to participate in balanced daily life through proper time management.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Overall Diagnostic and Therapeutic Process for Patients of Emergency Department and Those with Acute Cerebrovascular Disease.

(1) Background: During a pandemic, patients and processes in the emergency department (ED) change. These circumstances affect the length of stay (LOS) or degree of crowding in the ED. The processes for patients with acute critical illness, such as cerebrovascular disease (CVD), can be also delayed. Using the process mining (PM) method, this study aimed to evaluate LOS, ED processes for CVD, and delayed processes during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. (2) Methods: Data were collected from the Clinical Data Warehouse of a medical center. Phase 1 included patients who visited the ED before the COVID-19 outbreak. In Phase 2, post-COVID-19 ED patients were divided into the COVID-19 tested group (CTG) and COVID-19 not tested group (CNTG) according to whether polymerase chain reaction test was performed. We analyzed patients’ ED processes before and after COVID-19 using the PM method. We analyzed patients with acute CVD separately to determine whether the process and LOS of patients with acute critical illness were changed or delayed. (3) Results: After the COVID-19 outbreak, the overall LOS was delayed and all processes in CTG patients were delayed. Registration to triage and triage were delayed in both CTG and CNTG patients. The brain imaging process for CTG patients with acute CVD was also delayed. (4) Conclusion: After a pandemic, some processes were changed, new processes were developed, and processes for patients with acute CVD who needed proper time management were not exempted.

An Overview of factors affecting on cotton production

Cotton is well prominent as “white gold” an important cash and precious crop in overall cotton growing development counties. The yield of this crop is depending upon the environment in which it is grown and management practices of the cropping system. It is noted after review of various publications of scientists that several factors are responsible which affecting cotton production, selection of cultivar should be according to environment in which it is grown, soil preparation, seed rate, plant spacing, sowing/planting dates and timely irrigation are the important factors which effect on yield. Whereas, nutrients management and crop protections are the key factors which directly affecting the plant growth and development ultimately directly responsible for decreasing yield. Along with these factors modern technology and farmer’s education play a vital role for producing quality cotton production and management of farms. Therefore, suggested that farmers should apply better management practices and follow proper time management as per practices and apply timely appropriate inputs for crop growth and development and crop protection measures for sustainable cotton production.

Compositional data analysis of 24-hour movement behaviors and mental health in workers.

This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between 24-hour movement behaviors and mental health among Japanese workers, accounting for the co-dependence of time spent in different behaviors during a single day. This research is part of a prospective cohort study called the Meiji Yasuda LifeStyle study. Participants were 1095 workers in Tokyo, Japan, who underwent annual health check-ups between 2017 and 2018. Time use during workdays and non-workdays was separately evaluated. Behaviors included sleep (self-reported duration), sedentary behavior (SB), light-intensity physical activity (LPA), and moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (assessed with a tri-axial accelerometer). We used the six-item Kessler Psychological Distress scale to evaluate psychological distress and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale to assess work engagement as indicators for negative and positive mental health, respectively. We performed compositional logistic regression and compositional isotemporal substitution to examine associations between 24-hour movement behaviors and mental health. After controlling for potential confounders, time spent in workdays was significantly associated with higher psychological distress and lower work engagement (p<0.05), respectively. Time spent sleeping was positively correlated with both mental health indicators, whereas time spent in SB or LPA was negatively correlated (p<0.05). During workdays, higher psychological distress and lower work engagement were predicted to be 11.4-26.6% lower when 60min/day of time spent sleeping were reallocated to SB or LPA. Reallocating time spent on SB or LPA to sleep during workdays may minimize psychological distress and optimize work engagement. Thus, proper time management focused on encouraging sleep may help improve workers' mental health.

MAIN SOURCE OF TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY IN INDONESIAN TUTORIAL CENTRE’S TEACHERS: UNDERSTANDING PUPILS’ NEEDS

This study is a preliminary research study on enhancing tutorial center teachers' self-efficacy through lesson study, which aims to identify sources of teachers' self-efficacy in facilitating engagement for students, implementing instructional practices, and managing the classroom, and their impacts on teaching and learning. The study used a qualitative content analysis method, and data were analyzed by hand. Data collection is from an online focus group and individual interviews with five tutorial center teachers with a small group learning method in Indonesia with eleven self-efficacy questions. The participants consisted of three female teachers of 22, 32, and 33 years old and two male teachers of 18 and 24. All teachers teach high school levels with various teaching experiences from six months to fourteen years. Their teaching subjects are consistent with their educational background; four teachers taught more than one subject, and one teacher taught only one subject. The finding shows tutorial center teachers' self-efficacy in facilitating student engagement, instructional practices, and classroom management, and understanding pupils' needs as the primary source of teachers' self-efficacy. Mastery experience is the other source of self-efficacy for tutorial center teachers. Teachers' self-efficacy affected their teaching performance and ability to promote proper time management and good communication skills.

The Role of Self-Management Practices, Competency, and Time Management Practices of the University Undergraduates on Their Success: A Conceptual Model Development

Most of the university undergraduate students are having very good academic results at their secondary school education. However, when they enter to the university, very little amount of students pay more attention compared with their previous studies, very limited number of students continue their studies as previously. Majority of the students pay less attention compared with their Advance level. In addition, the most serious issue is there are some students who does not pay considerable level of attention for their university studies and them very unsuccessful at the university level. Some of they cannot get at least general pass at the desired time. Another important factor is majority of them do not have clear life plan. Hence, the major outcome of this study is to develop a conceptual model to test the importance of having proper self-management practices and time management practices. In addition, this study has identified the importance of identify the methods of how to disseminate the knowledge of self-management and time management practices. And this study suggest for future researchers to conduct research studies on how to disseminate the knowledge and enhancing the selfmanagement competency, initially at the university level and ultimately at the national level.

Eating behavior: The influence of age, nutrition knowledge, and Mediterranean diet

Student life during the university period is characterized by many changes in eating behaviors and dietary patterns due to adaptation to a new environment, study stress, lack of proper time management, and busy class schedules. These unhealthy actions may be detrimental to cognitive processing and influence academic performance, which is related to professional success. To assess different eating patterns in Portuguese university students and relate them to several sociodemographic variables. Cross-sectional information about eating behavior was assessed using the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire in 169 students between 18 and 50 years of age, from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias and from different academic courses, some related to health sciences. Mediterranean diet adherence was also assessed using a validated 14-item questionnaire. According to the analyses of the 169 participants included in the sample, 33 presented restrained eating behavior, with 73 presenting external and 63 emotional. In the same line of thought, 62.10% of nutrition sciences students presented emotional eating behavior and overall it was observed that these students were more likely to have emotional eating behavior. Otherwise, presenting restrained eating behavior was statistically associated with being older and having higher Mediterranean diet adherence. Studying nutrition sciences was associated with having emotional eating behavior. Older students and those who adhere more closely to the Mediterranean diet were associated with having restrained eating behavior.

Factors Hindering Class Attendance: Views of University Accounting Students

This paper examines the factors that hinder University accounting students from attending classes on a regular basis. A survey instrument comprising of factors that impede class attendance - adopted from prior studies and modified- was administered to the second, third and the fourth year students doing accounting courses. Descriptive statistics were computed and Independent sample T-tests were performed to measure how statistically significant different the views of students from different years of study were. The results of the study suggest that studying for other tests, uploading of lecture materials to ICT platforms, failure to do the necessary reading in advance of class, working on the project which is due on the same day of a class, lack of proper time management and failure to properly allocate time to school activities are among the ten key factors responsible for class non-attendance. Other hindrances to class attendance include having many lecturers to attend in a day, transport problems to school, lack of personal motivation and a long time lag between classes. In addition, the results reveal that majority of respondents assess their class attendance to be satisfactory; and there is no evidence to indicate that type of course, gender and accommodation status are among the causes of differences in class attendance. Also the results suggest that the higher the levels of study the more the number of factors are considered hindrances to class attendance. These results have implications to students, lecturers, tertiary institutions and sponsors who in one way or the other can devise means to mitigate the problem of class absenteeism.

Factors Hindering Class Attendance: Views of University Accounting Students

This paper examines the factors that hinder University accounting students from attending classes on a regular basis. A survey instrument comprising of factors that impede class attendance - adopted from prior studies and modified- was administered to second, third and fourth year students doing accounting courses. Descriptive statistics were computed and Independent sample T-tests were performed to measure how statistically significant different the views of students from different years of study were. The results of the study suggest that studying for other tests, uploading of lecture materials to ICT platforms, failure to do the necessary reading in advance of class, working on the project which is due on the same day of a class, lack of proper time management and failure to properly allocate time to school activities are among the ten key factors responsible for class non-attendance. Other hindrances to class attendance include having many lecturers to attend in a day, transport problems to school, lack of personal motivation and a long time lag between classes. In addition, the results reveal that majority of respondents assess their class attendance to be satisfactory; and there is no evidence to indicate that type of course, gender and accommodation status are among the causes of differences in class attendance. Also the results suggest that the higher the levels of study the more the number of factors are considered hindrances to class attendance. These results have implications to students, lecturers, tertiary institutions and sponsors who in one way or the other can devise means to mitigate the problem of class absenteeism.

How to make an impact in surgical research: a consensus summary from the #SoMe4Surgery community.

Understanding and interpreting medical literature through critical thinking and applying this knowledge to evidence-based practice is an integral part of surgical training. Participating in research accelerates this process; however, young doctors' involvement in research may be suboptimal. Our aim was to provide young surgeons with recommendations on how to properly engage in surgical research. An online twitter conversation focused on recommendations about how a young physician can succeed in research was undertaken. Twitter activity for that conversation and hashtags was analyzed. A consensus based on the recommendations extracted from the discussion is summarized. Key opinion leaders were engaged to promote the conversation. Discussion was opened to all participants related to surgery or surgical research, including surgeons, medical students, nurses, patients, and healthcare workers. A total of 244 participants engaged in the Twitter conversation. The highest tweeted hashtags were #SoMe4Surgery and #SurgicalResearch with 855 and 847 tweets, respectively. Themes that came out of the conversation included 'Mentorship', which was the most essential recommendation. 'International collaboratives' and 'foreign research fellowship' were also deemed important factors for a successful path in research. Additionally, routine read of online journals, use of social media for scientific purposes, often engagement in manuscript drafting and proper time management were also recommended. Research is demanding and time consuming but an essential part of surgical education. We believe that any young surgeon can have greater chances to succeed in surgical research by following our recommendations and by academically using social media platforms.