Resident Students Research Articles

Development and implementation of FRESH--a post-secondary nutrition education program incorporating population strategies, experiential learning and intersectoral partnerships.

The FRESH (Food Resources and Education for Student Health) peer nutrition education program engages undergraduate and graduate students in experiential learning to improve the campus food and nutrition environment and promote healthy behaviours among university students. University students in general, and graduate and undergraduate food and nutrition students as program designers and peer educators, respectively. Large university campus in southwestern Ontario. A peer nutrition education program, utilizing multiple population strategies and intersectoral partnerships, was created by and for university students with faculty and food service personnel as mentors. The population health strategies employed were building awareness and program branding; developing personal skills through peer nutrition education and hands-on cooking demonstrations; and creating supportive environments through incentive programs for fruit and dairy as well as point-of-purchase menu labelling. The program has reached students, staff and faculty through over 60 interactive FRESH displays and education sessions. Website and social media have also had a significant reach with over 4,000 website visits and 277 Facebook "likes". FRESH has also improved the food environment for over 5,000 students in residence, e.g., 1,931 FRESH Fruit/Dairy Cards have been returned for free fruit/milk cartons. Graduate students in Foods and Nutrition continue to participate every year (cumulative n=60) in ongoing program development. Peer educators have developed enhanced leadership, public speaking and group facilitation skills, and the ability to creatively apply what they have learned in the classroom to new contexts. Increased nutrition knowledge and an improved food environment could, over the long term, support improved university student health.

Otoacoustic emissions and biomarkers of oxidative stress in students of a tobacco-producing region.

To verify the association between the amplitude of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) and biomarkers of oxidative stress (OS) in resident students of the tobacco-producing region. Participated in the study group (SG) 21 normal-hearing students from the tobacco-producing region, and in the control group (CG) 25 normal-hearing students who did not live in the countryside. The auditory system was assessed by DPOAE and the following biomarkers: dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA) and micronucleus test (MN). Both groups showed DPOAE present in both ears. Significant difference was detected between groups--in the right ear in the frequency of 4.000 Hz and in the left ear in the frequency of 2.000 Hz--with the mean amplitude of the DPOAE of the SG lower than the one found in the CG. Considering both ears, the SG presented lower mean across all frequencies and it was found a significant difference in the frequencies of 2.000 and 4.000 Hz. The overall mean of DPOAE, by ear, no significant differences were observed. In relation to the rate of production of free radicals, the mean of the SG was significantly higher than that of the mean of the CG. For the frequency of abnormal cells in the MN test, the mean of the SG was also considerate significantly higher than the mean of the CG. The SG showed a lower response level of DPOAE at all frequencies and high levels of biomarkers of EO, however there was no association between assessments.

Parent-adolescent interaction and risk of adolescent internet addiction: a population-based study in Shanghai.

BackgroundFamily-based intervention is essential for adolescents with behavioral problems. However, limited data are available on the relationship between family-based factors and adolescent internet addiction (AIA). We aimed to examine this relationship using a representative sample of Shanghai adolescents.MethodsIn October 2007, a total of 5122 adolescents were investigated from 16 high schools via stratified-random sampling in Shanghai. Self-reported and anonymous questionnaires were used to assess parent-adolescent interaction and family environments. AIA was assessed by DRM-52 Scale, developed from Young’s Internet-addiction Scale, using seven subscales to evaluate psychological symptoms of AIA.ResultsAdjusting for adolescents’ ages, genders, socio-economic status, school performances and levels of the consumption expenditure, strong parental disapproval of internet-use was associated with AIA (vs. parental approval, OR = 2.20, 95% CI: 1.24-3.91). Worse mother-adolescent relationships were more significantly associated with AIA (OR = 3.79, 95% CI: 2.22-6.48) than worse father-adolescent relationships (OR = 1.76, 95% CI: 1.10-2.80). Marital status of “married-but-separated” and family structure of “left-behind adolescents” were associated with symptoms of some subscales. When having high monthly allowance, resident students tended to develop AIA but commuter students did not. Family social-economic status was not associated with the development of AIA.ConclusionsThe quality of parent-adolescent relationship/communication was closely associated with the development of AIA, and maternal factors were more significantly associated with development of AIA than paternal factors. Family social-economic status moderated adolescent internet-use levels but not the development of AIA.

The relationship between cultural intelligence and social compatibility in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences dormitories resident students.

Introduction:Cultural intelligence and social compatibility are two acquired processes that their education and reinforcement between dormitory's students who have inter cultural interactions with each other can conclude with results that tension diminution, inter cultural contrast and conflict, social divisions and consequently healthy and peaceful relationships and governance and finally mental peace, and health are of its most important. Hence, the research has been occurring in order to the determination of cultural intelligence relationship with the social compatibility of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences dormitories resident students in 2012.Materials and Methods:The research method is descriptive-correlation, and its population is composed of all Isfahan University of Medical Sciences dormitories resident students in 2012 that were totally 2500 persons. The two steps sampling method have been used, group sampling and random sampling has been occurring at first and second steps and totally 447 persons were selected. Research data were collected via Earley and Ang cultural intelligence questionnaire with 0.76 Cronbach's alpha Coefficient and California social compatibility standard questionnaire with higher than 0.70 Cronbach's alpha factor. Questionnaire data have been analyzed with the SPSS software and results have been presented in the shape of descriptions and statistics.Findings:Results showed that there is a direct significant relationship (P < 0.001) between cultural intelligence and the social adjustment in students living in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences dormitories and also there is a direct significant relationship in the level of (P < 0.05) between cognitive and motivational dimensions of cultural intelligence; however, there is no significant relationship between cognitive and behavioral dimensions of cultural intelligence and social adjustment (P > 0.05).Conclusion:Cultural intelligence and cognitive and motivational addition in dimensions of students living in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences dormitories increase their social integration, therefore, cultural intelligence and social adjustment of students can be increased through planning and we can try for their mental health by this way.

Improving Medical Student Recruitment into Neurological Surgery: A Single Institution's Experience

Neurological surgery is historically among one of the most competitive residency matches, but data suggest a downward trend in neurosurgical residency applicants in the United States. In 2002, our department, in conjunction with our institution, began an initiative to increase exposure to and interest in neurological surgery, targeting both undergraduate and medical students. This study outlines and assesses the factors used by our institution to successfully prepare and recruit medical students for residency in the field of neurological surgery. This initiative has been divided into four phases to date. In phase one, a 2-week neurosurgical experience was incorporated into the existing Neurology/Psychiatry third-year clerkship, and a chapter to the Student Interest Group in Neurology was created. In phase two, the neurological surgery department increased efforts recruiting undergraduate students and preclinical medical students for research projects through a summer research program. During phase three, new neurosurgical course electives were added for third- and fourth-year medical students, as well as allowing earlier completion of a fourth-year acting internship. In phase four, a neurosurgical interest group was created. Since the implementation of all four phases, the number of medical students matching successfully to neurological surgery at our institution has increased drastically. An earlier, organized involvement of theneurosurgical department in medical student education can result in an improved understanding of the role of neurosurgeons among other practitioners as well as a greater number of well-qualified residency applicants into neurological surgery.

Does Trainee Involvement Affect Anticipatory Guidance in Well-Child Care?

Studies demonstrate gaps in anticipatory guidance during well-child visits, but none consider academic teaching hospitals where physician trainees also provide counseling. We prospectively assessed parental perception of anticipatory guidance at the outpatient clinic of an academic teaching hospital. Parents of patients newborn to <60 months old completed questionnaires regarding providers seen and anticipatory guidance preferences. Of 204 parents, 40% saw the child's primary attending alone. There was no association between providers seen and the number of topics covered. Seeing the child's primary attending alone increased the odds that parents' priority topics were covered compared with another attending (odds ratio [OR] = 0.31; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.11-0.90) or the addition of a resident (OR = 0.35; 95% CI = 0.16-0.77) or medical student (OR = 0.33; 95% CI = 0.12-0.90). Priority anticipatory guidance is covered only one third as often when the well-child visit is not conducted by the primary attending. When involving trainees, continuity of care and parental concerns must be emphasized.

A aplicação de um guia de medidas preventivas por médicos de família em um centro de saúde de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

In this study, we adapted a protocol for preventive measures containing primary and secondary prevention, comprising screening, counseling, vaccination and chemoprophylaxis with levels A and B of recommendation. This study was conducted in a Family Healthcare Unit where Family and Community Medicine residents are trained. Medical resident students were trained on the importance and use of prevention material (protocol and reminders) and their adherence was assessed by the completion of booklet reminders. During the one-year study period, 3995 consultations were held with 1596 patients. However, the record of at least one preventive measure was found in only 397 booklet reminders, which represents 25% of the population seen. The preventive measures found were screening (99%), counseling (90%), chemoprophylaxis (55%), and vaccination (45%). This protocol provides professionals with a set of preventive measures to be offered; however, other actions are needed so that preventive measures can be provided more effectively.

The level of organisational identification amongst students at a post-merged South African university

Orientation: Organisational identification (OI) refers to individuals perceiving that they belong to and are one with their organisation. Limited research has been conducted on university students’ levels of OI within the South African context.Research purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the level of OI amongst students at a post-merged university in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.Motivation for the study: Levels of OI amongst students at a post-merged university could be low, as a result of students not yet adopting the values of the merged university. Yet, no such study has been undertaken at this university since the merger.Research design, approach and method: Mixed methods were used in this study, consisting of qualitative research (N = 16) for which focus group discussions were used, as well as quantitative research (N = 603) for which an online questionnaire was sent to the student sample.Main findings: The level of OI amongst the students was found to be high. Furthermore, students’ race, campus, university tenure and residence have a significant influence on students’ levels of OI. Black students identified more with the university than other races and students who studied longer at this university had lower levels of OI. Residence students had a greater level of OI than those who stayed off-campus.Practical/managerial implications: Students should be encouraged to adopt the core values of this university to ensure that OI levels increase. In order to improve OI, university management should implement action plans for those student segments who have exhibited low levels of OI.Contribution/value-add: This research contributes to the current body of knowledge concerning OI which is under-researched within a post-merged university context.

The Effect of Florida’s Bright Futures Program on College Enrollment and Degree Production: An Aggregated-Level Analysis

In this study, we investigate the impact of the Bright Futures Scholarship Program on college enrollment and degree production in Florida by using IPEDS enrollment, migration, and completion data. Results suggest large and significant enrollment effects at Florida’s public 4- and 2-year institutions, for both full-time and part-time enrollment. This large growth is at least in part due to reduced out-migration of Florida’s resident students attending out-of-state institutions. Thus the net effect is lower than the enrollment growth in Florida. Finally, our results indicate that the effect of Bright Futures on degree production is lower than that on enrollment. This aggregated-level analysis provides an important baseline for our future research on the effect of Bright Futures on students’ college attendance, choice, financial aid renewal, persistence, and graduation by using detailed individual-level data.

Teaching graduate level acoustics courses to a blended enrollment of resident and distance education students

The Graduate Program in Acoustics offers courses leading to the M.Eng. in Acoustics online through Penn State’s World Campus. The current method of course content delivery is to live-stream (with digital video archive) lectures to a blended student audience consisting of about 10-15 resident students physically present in the classroom and another 15-20 students at a distance who may be watching the class live, or who may be viewing the archived recording afterward. This paper will explore several issues involving the engagement of this blended audience of students. How does one encourage and enable students with a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and physical locations to engage with the topic material? How does one foster collaboration and interaction between distance students and the teacher and between resident and distance students? How does one manage office hours, help sessions, group projects, experiments, and student presentations for a blended student audience? Current practice and personal experiences from our faculty will be shared, and ideas from the audience will be welcomed.

A survery on clustering outbreak of influenza b in a rural primary school in Gaozhou

Objective To analyze the causes and infection sources of a clustering outbreak of influenza b in a rural primary school in Gaozhou in 2012,and to provide scientific support for the prevention and control of this flu.Methods Epidemiological analysis was conducted by using flu case questionnaires,findings of laboratory test,and hygiene data.Results The clustering outbreak began in February 18,2012,with unknown infection sources for first cases,and the last case occurred in February 21.Of 263 people with exposure to infection,9 developed flu,with a attack rate of 3.4％,no death occurred.The age distributed in the age group of 13 to 14,without gender differences.Because the first patient was resident student,the attack rate for the resident students was much higher than that for non-resident students.6 of 9 patients were positive for nucleic acid detection in flu virus.Conclusions It was a clustering outbreak of hepatitis b influenza and the transmission way was airborne.Early detection,reports,isolation,and vaccination of flu vaccine are the key measures to control influenza outbreak. Key words: Influenza b; Clustering; Investigation and analysis

Avaliação da percepção ambiental de alunos do ensino fundamental residentes na bacia hidrográfica do córrego São Pedro – Juiz de Fora/MG

The following work had the objective to evaluate the environmental perception of the resident students in the Hydrographic Basin of Sao Pedro Stream, situated at the urban area of city of Juiz de Fora/MG. It was given to the students there some questionnaires with the purpose of evaluate the relative knowledge to the hydrographic basin concept and to the social-environment issues presents in the area and evaluate its identification capacity of the involved agents at the process and to point out solutions to minimize the environmental degradation state of the hydrographic basin. It’s expected that this work can offer subsidies to the elaboration of a study proposal of the area that get to the systemic vision and implicit integrator at the hydrographic basin spatial unit and that has as last objective the environmental citizenship construction of the involved students.

Resource Use Patterns in a Distance Doctor of Ministry Population

Online and distance learning are delivery modes in theological education that prompt questions about a library's ability to serve non-resident or occasionally resident students. This bibliometric study of 23 Doctor of Ministry theses completed at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary between 2006 and 2010 includes data about the kind of resources that are being used by distance students. The data is analyzed longitudinally and also by overall sample. Percentages of items cited that are in the library holdings either in hard or e-versions are also provided. Preliminary recommendations are made about how the library might adapt to serve the research needs of distance students.

Teaching practice of general medical resident standardization training students in the composition of problem-based learning cases

Problem-based learning (PBL) was carried out in general practice residency training program.Interview was used to evaluate the teaching performance.A total of 22 teachers and 198 students participated in evaluations.Among the teachers,17 (77％) were quite satisfied and 5 (23％) relatively satisfied.The overall satisfaction rates of teachers,problems and problem solutions were 87％,75％ and 91％ respectively. PBL stimulated the interests of students and was conducive for the combination of theoretical and practical knowledge.And it might improve the thinking ability of students and would be a good teaching method in general medicine residency training. Key words: Problem based learning; General practitioner

Comparative effectiveness of two self-collected sample kit distribution systems for chlamydia screening on a university campus

ObjectivesChlamydia trachomatis (CT) rates and incidence continue to increase, and university students are known to engage in high-risk activities, but studies of CT prevalence in this population are limited by...

Cohort crowding and nonresident college enrollment

This study uses a fixed effects panel data framework to examine the effects of cohort crowding and other variables on nonresident enrollment at four-year public colleges and universities. The results suggest that larger cohorts of resident students crowd out nonresident students at flagship universities, but there is inconsistent evidence of crowd out at non-flagship schools. Additionally, larger cohorts of resident students result in increased nonresident tuition at flagship universities but not at non-flagship schools. When faced with larger cohorts of resident students, flagship universities lower the numbers of nonresident students enrolled and raise the price for nonresidents.

Evaluación integral de residentes de psiquiatría: un complemento del proceso de admisión al programa

The training of medical specialists is a long and complex process. Its purpose is to guarantee the society that they are the right professionals to meet the health needs of the population. The first step to ensure this objective is the admission process. In psychiatry this process, monitoring resident students and the criteria for each one are different in each country. Admission in Colombia is a heterogeneous process, not standardized, which varies greatly from one university to another, even between private and public universities. At the National University of Colombia, the admissions process is handled by the Admissions Office and includes: a written test for which you must obtain a minimum score, a resume rating and an interview. The Teaching Committee and the Department of Psychiatry considered the admission procedure in general to be good, but in need of refinement. Due to the experience of some teachers and given the current rules, a “comprehensive assessment” for master and doctoral students was required and in 1996 it was decided that this method of assessment for admission to a specialization in Psychiatry would serve to complement the admission process. The article describes the experience of the process and its outcomes, strengths and weaknesses.

Assessing the Impact of Supplemental Instruction on the Retention of Undergraduate Students after Controlling for Motivation

The University of Ottawa (UofO) in Ottawa, Canada offers a formal supplemental instruction program, called the residence study group program (RSGP), to residence students registered in first year courses that are associated with a high degree of failure or attrition. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of this program by comparing a sample of first year residence students who participated in the RSGP with a sample who did not participate. The study compared final grades of students in these courses after controlling for personal motivation and found that while those who participated in the RSGP did not receive higher final grades than non-participants, they were more likely to persist in their studies. It appears that the RSGP contributes in many important ways to the academic and social integration of first year students and these are critical to persistence beyond the first year.

대전지역 대학생의 식품안전 및 HACCP 관심도

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitude toward food safety and the HACCP of college students in Daejeon. 51.9% of respondents had experienced food poisoning. The main symptoms of food poisoning were diarrhea(73.4%), stomachache(57.3%), and vomiting(24.7%). Most students answered that food hygiene was important and more students in private residences recognized the importance of food hygiene than in non-private residences (p

The computer science club

Growing a community of students in a commuter college is a difficult task. Students at commuter schools are disadvantaged with respect to resident students in many ways. Many resident colleges have...