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The role of narrative medicine program in promoting professional ethics: perceptions of Iranian medical students

Narrative medicine (NM) is an educational tool that can be used to promote the professional competencies of medical students. This study aimed to investigate Iranian medical students’ perceptions of the first NM program offered in 2019.The study was conducted on 69 medical interns who participated in the weekly NM program that was part of the professional ethics course for two months. We used a questionnaire to determine medical interns' perceptions and personal attitudes toward NM. Three experts confirmed the validity of the questionnaire in Persian, and its reliability was verified by internal consistency (α = 0.879). The independent t-test was used to compare the differences in the total scores of students' perceptions. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS 23 software (P < 0.05). The response rate to the questionnaire was 95.65%. The results showed overall students' perceptions of the program were found to be positive. Furthermore, the scores showed a significant difference in terms of gender (P = 0.014), but none in terms of marital status (P = 0.936). According to the results, NM was effective in improving students’ reflections and their empathy with patients. Therefore, it is recommended to include NM in professional ethics education.

A Study on the Application Model of Blended Teaching in English Language Teaching in Colleges and Universities under the Ecological and Internet Perspectives.

In order to better adapt to the relevant requirements of blended teaching in colleges and universities under the ecological environment and in the “Internet +” era, the “online + offline” blended teaching mode of college English in the Internet era is innovated to further highlight the subjectivity of students in the process of English learning status. First, this study deeply understands the current situation and problems of College English teaching from the perspective of the Internet by means of a questionnaire survey. On this basis, with the construction of the English teaching concept of “student-centered and teacher-led” as the core, this study puts forward and designs the “online and offline” mixed teaching mode of College English based on the support of mobile network technology. Through the teaching experiment, it is found that the total score of students in the mixed teaching mode is 6 points higher than that before, and the scores for English Cloze, writing, and reading are 2.75 points, 1.3 points, and 1.134 points, respectively. The feasibility and remarkable effect of the mixed teaching mode are verified.

Investigation of university students' attitudes toward web-based distance education in terms of theoretical and applied courses during the COVID-19 pandemic period

University students had to switch from face-to-face education to web-based distance education (WBDE) owing to new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. While theoretical courses can be provided properly with WBDE, it has been thought that applied courses cannot be sustained effectively by the same way. University students’ attitudes toward WBDE regarding theoretical and applied courses taught in physiotherapy and rehabilitation department has not been investigated yet, which was therefore aimed in current study. This cross-sectional study included university students (n=180, 20.14±1.57 years) who still maintain actively WBDE at Izmir Democracy University, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department. “Scale for Evaluating Students’ Attitudes/Opinions/Thoughts Regarding Applied and Theoretical Courses in Distance Education” was generated by the researchers and performed through online platform. Scale comprised 26 items. Each item is scored as from 5 (completely agree) to 1 (strongly disagree). Proper factor analyses were performed and repeated until the items were found to be significant. Factor loads of final 16-item ranged from 0.27 to 0.84. All fit indices (χ2/SD=1.42) were within acceptable limits. One-dimensional structure of scale was confirmed with 16 items. Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was found to be 0.916, and total correlations of the items varied between 0.422 and 0.772. This scale was found to be highly reliable. Internal consistency between items was high. Maximum score obtained from scale is 80. Total score of students (39.91±10.97) showed that attitudes/opinions/ideas regarding theoretical and applied courses through WBDE were negative. These negative attitudes of students were same according to gender (p&gt;0.05). Attitudes of university students studying at physiotherapy and rehabilitation department through WBDE regarding theoretical and applied courses were negative regardless of gender. This valid and reliable scale should be used to identify need of university students studying at applied sciences about WBDE. Advanced technology products should be urgently synchronized to WBDE.

Study on Mental Health Problems and Countermeasures of College Students under the Background of Epidemic Prevention and Control.

To explore the mental health problems and countermeasures of college students under the background of epidemic prevention and control. A total of 286 students in school were investigated with self-designed social demographic questionnaire, epidemic cognitive behavior, epidemic panic and anxiety questionnaire, depression symptom group scale, heart-filling scale and emotion regulation self-efficacy scale. College students have a certain understanding of COVID-19 transmission routes, preventive measures, etc., and can actively cooperate and understand the country's epidemic prevention measures. The average score of the College Student Anxiety Self-Rating Scale is (55.37±6.13) points. The total score of students' emotional regulation self-efficacy is 64.32±10.61, the total score of expressing positive emotions is 24.17±3.55, and the total score of managing negative emotions is 39.69±7.71. Under the epidemic situation, the degree of bad emotions such as panic, anxiety and depression is lower. The mental health status of college students is on the decline. According to the demographic characteristics and anxiety sources of different students, more social support and targeted and personalized intervention measures should be given to promote their positive mental state.

Vocational students’ HOTS and HOTSEP overview in developing ITA learning model

Practical learning activities carried out in remote situations during the COVID-19 pandemic triggered vocational students to take advantage of the surrounding environment as a learning resource. The process also determines how their HOTS and HOTSEP are. A learning model that can accommodate the skills is needed, such as ITA (Identify problems–Think and write–Analysis and argumentation) model. This learning model utilizes environmental issues intending to guide students to understand the environment through an online platform. This study aimed to analyze the HOTS and HOTSEP of vocational students, as the basis for developing a new learning model. The research sample consisted of 61 students with 29 male students and 32 female students. The sample was selected by simple random sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. The results showed that the total scores of students' HOTS (17.14) and HOTSEP (18.74) were suggested as very low categories. Thus, the students' skills need to improve actively with innovative learning models, such as the application of the ITA model.

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Epistemolojik İnançlarına Göre Bilimin Doğasına Yönelik Görüşlerinin İncelenmesi

This study aims to examine the scientific epistemological beliefs of university students and to analyze their views on the nature of science on the basis of these beliefs. A total of 161 university students from a public university participated voluntarily in the study. The Scientific Epistemological Beliefs Survey and The Nature of Science View Scale (NOSVS) were used as the data collection tools. The data analysis revealed that 88.2% of the students hold a traditional conception of science and 11.8% of them have a non-traditional conception of science. Also, the analysis of their nature of science views showed that 49.7% of them have a contemporary, while 50.3% have a transitional view of the nature of science. In addition, it was found that factor and total scores of students' nature of science views have a statically significant difference, depending on their traditional and non-traditional conception of science. This finding can be interpreted as a significant relationship between scientific epistemological beliefs and views about the nature of science.

THE USE OF BIG CUBE GAME AS THE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS? VOCABULARY MASTERY

The purpose of this research is to convey Big Cube Game is effective in teaching vocabulary mastery. This research conducted in SMPN 3 Tangerang Selatan. The population of this research is seventh grade students, and the sample is 8.5 consists of 40 students. The method of this research is quantitative method and using pre ? experimental design. To collect the data, the researcher used pre ? test and post ? test that given to the students. The result score of the data indicated that, the total score of students in pre ? test were 2425 with the mean score was 60,62. The lowest score of pre ? test were 45 and the highest score were 90. The total score of students in post ? test were 3150 with the average were 78,75. The lowest score of post ? test were 65 and the highest score were 100. There is significance different from the result of pre ? test and post ? test score. The results of the pre-test and post-test were calculated using the manual statistically. And by using the t-test the results of t0 (4,47) are higher than the t-table at the significance level (p) = 0.05 (1,684). Thus it can be concluded that the Big Cube game has a significant strategy on the vocabulary mastery of students in class 8.5 at SMPN 3 Tangerang Selatan.

The Effect of English Conversation Videos on Students’ Listening Skill

The purpose of this research was to prove that using an English conversation videos is effective in teaching listening skill. This research conducted in SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Wonosobo. The population of this research is eight-grade students, and the sample is 40 students. The method of this research is quantitative method and using pre-experimental design. To collect the data, the writer used a pre-test, and post-test that given to the students. The resulting score of the data indicated that, the total score of students in the pre-test was 2350 with the average were 58.75. The total student's post-test score is 3080 with an average of 77. The results of the pre-test and post-test were calculated using a t-test. The calculation of the data result indicates that the t-count was 2.26 with t-table is 1.69 at the 0.05-significance level. Therefore, this implies that the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted, and the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. The writer concluded that using English conversation videos on studies in teaching English was effective to improve students’ listening skills.

Adaptation and validation of the Berlin questionnaire of competence in evidence-based dentistry for dental students: a pilot study

BackgroundThe purpose of this pilot study was to create a valid and reliable set of assessment questions for examining Evidence-based Dentistry (EbD) knowledge. For this reason, we adapted and validated for dental students the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ), which assesses Evidence-based Medicine (EbM) abilities.MethodsThe Berlin Questionnaire was validated with medical residents. We adapted it for use in a dentistry setting. An expert panel reviewed the adapted BQ for content validity. A cross-sectional cohort representing four training levels (EbD-novice dental students, EbD-trained dental students, dentists, and EbM−/EbD-expert faculty) completed the questionnaire. A total of 140 participants comprised the validation set. Internal reliability, item difficulty and item discrimination were assessed. Construct validity was assessed by comparing the mean total scores of students to faculty and comparing proportions of students and faculty who passed each item.ResultsAmong the 133 participants (52 EbD-novice dental students, 53 EbD-trained dental students, 12 dentists, and 16 EbM-/ EbD-expert faculty), a statistically significant (p < 0.001) difference was evident in the total score corresponding to the training level. The total score reliability and psychometric properties of items modified for discipline-specific content were acceptable. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.648.ConclusionThe adapted Berlin Questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument to assess competence in Evidence-based Dentistry in dental students. Future research will focus on refining the instrument further.

Web-Based Music Study in Boosting Active Listening

The purpose of this research was to prove that using a web-based music study is effective in boosting active listening. This research conducted in Private Elementary School Khalifa IMS Tangerang Selatan. The population of this research is third-grade students, and the sample is P3C consists of 25 students. The method of this research is quantitative method and using pre-experimental design. To collect the data, the writer used a pre-test, and post-test that given to the students. The resulting score of the data indicated that, the total score of students in the pre-test was 1338 with the average were 53.52. The lowest score of the pre-test was 37 and the highest score was 60. The total score of students in the post-test was 2211 with the average were 88.44. The lowest score of the post-test was 80 and the highest score was 97. It is significantly different from the result of pre-test and post-test scores. The results of the pre-test and post-test were calculated by using manual statistically. The calculation indicated that t – observe were 4.79 with t – tables were 1.70 and the significance 0.05. Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. The writer concluded that using Web-based music studies in teaching English was effective to improve students’ listening skills.

Effect of Personal and Social Responsibility-Based Social-Emotional Learning Program on Emotional Intelligence

Programs for social-emotional learning implemented in schools are important in terms of improving students&amp;rsquo; emotional and social skills. In the study, a 16-week program was prepared using the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) model based on the Personal and Social Responsibility Model (TPSR). The program was implemented in three different school types and the effect of the TPSR-SEL program on the emotional intelligence levels of the students was examined according to the school types. The research group was composed of 162 students in total who study at Anatolian High School (n=55), Vocational Technical Anatolian High School (n=51) and Sports High School (n=56) in Afyon province. In research, pattern with experimental pre-test final-test control group was used. Experiment and control groups were formed in all three-school types. The 16-week TPSR-SEL program was applied to the students in the experimental groups and the current curriculum was applied to the students in the control groups. The Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEI-S) was used as a data tool. Standard deviation&amp;mdash;mean and Two-Way Covariance Analysis (Two-Way ANCOVA) was used for data analysis. As a result of the descriptive statistics, it was determined that there were significant differences between the SEI-S total scores of the experiment and control groups, that there was a significant increase in the final-test total scores of the students in experiment group in all three types of schools, and that the total scores of the control group students remained at the same level. In addition, it was found that the joint effects of participation in the TPSR-SEL program and school type on emotional intelligence scores were significant.

Attitudes of Children with Hearing Loss towards Public Inclusive Education

Background: This study raised the following problem: How reliable is the Inclusion for Children and Adolescents Questionnaire (ICAQ) when measuring the attitudes of students with hearing loss towards inclusive education (IE) in public schools in the Canary Islands? Methods: The sample consisted of 297 students from the province of Gran Canaria, and 137 students from the province of Tenerife, with an average age of 11 years old. An exploratory factor analysis determined the reliability and relevance of ICAQ. Results: The authors found four factors of students’ attitudes towards IE: Family involvement and use of technology, inclusion in the centre, communication with medical specialists, and assessment of the support technology. Conclusion: There were significant differences between the students with hearing loss in terms of the following factors: Inclusion in the centre and assessment of the support technology. The total score of students’ attitudes towards IE was high. This piece of research is very important for the governing body of any school administration, especially in relation to schools’ educational planning and IE.

The Communication Skills and Empathic Tendencies of Nursing and Midwifery Students to Reproductive Pattern Section of the Care Plan

The objective of this study is to determine the communication skills and empathic tendencies of nursing and midwifery students to sexuality/reproductive pattern section of the care plan. The sample of this descriptive cross-sectional study consists of 665 students studying in the midwifery and nursing department of a state university in Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey and agreeing to participate in the study as volunteers. Data of the study were collected using “Descriptive Characteristics Form for Students”, “Communication Skills Assessment Scale (CSAS)” and “Emphatic Tendency Scale”. Obtained data were assessed by using number, percent, mean and standard deviation as well as Mann–Whitney U Test, Kruskal–Wallis Test, t test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation test. The average age of students participating in the study was 20.81 ± 1.80 years, and 53.8% of them expressed that the society they lived in had a restrictive perspective on the concept of sexuality. A great majority of students think that cultural structure and religious beliefs are significant factors in the formation of sexual taboos. The study found out that 64% of the students could not ask the questions in the reproductive pattern section of the care plan, most of them did not want to be asked it themselves, and 70.5% of them were uncomfortable with asking these questions due to privacy. Approximately fifty-six percent (56.1%) of students thought that the concept of sexuality did not fall within a nurse’s responsibilities. Approximately fifty-six percent (56.1%) of them did not want to focus on the subject more during courses. Average total score of students on CSAS was 98.74 ± 13.05, average total score on the emphatic tendency scale was 67.31 ± 7.98 and a positive correlation was found between both scores. In this study, it was detected that students left the sexuality/reproductive pattern section in the care plan empty, therefore they did not/could not handle a patient’s potential problems related to sexuality/reproductive pattern.

Correlation between students' and trainers' evaluations while learning delegated surgical procedures: A prospective cohort study.

The delegation of procedures within the medical competence to the nurses can increase the effectiveness of the healthcare provided. The objectives of the study are (1) to assess the quality of training courses for delegated surgical procedures through implementation for graduate scrub nursing ("students") (2) and to evaluate the correlation between the evaluation of this training carried out by students and the self-assessment conducted by the faculty ("trainers"). We set up a 49-h training for five groups of 10 students from July 2016 to July 2017 in our tertiary academic hospital. The course consisted mostly in simulations based on the "Zwisch" model and focused on acquiring the control of the gesture as well as on the development of critical reasoning. An evaluation of the training by the students but also a self-assessment of trainers were prospectively collected using the SFDP26 questionnaire. 52 active scrub nursing students and 21 trainers were included. 96% of students and 86% of trainers evaluated the training from "good" to "very good". Progress was observed for 41 (79%) of the students and 18 (86%) of the trainers, and 98% of students felt able to put their new skills into clinical practice after training. There was no difference between the total scores of students and teachers (p = 0.153). A statistically significant difference between the evaluations produced by the students and the self-evaluations produced by the trainers was observed for 8 of the 26 items of assessment. In case of inadequacy, the trainers' scores were always lower than those of the students. Training in performing delegated surgical procedures by mixed cognitive and motor gestures learning, based on the development of critical thinking and simulations seems to be effective, with a significant improvement in students' knowledge and skills. Expectations of students and trainers are well correlated.

Knowledge of Some Issues Related to Preconception Health and Pregnancy among Faculty of Nursing Students, Assiut University

Background: Preconception health includes health of woman and man before pregnancy to reduce risks that woman may face during pregnancy and enhance fetal and maternal outcomes. This study aimed to: identify and increase knowledge of the undergraduate nursing students concerning preconception health and pregnancy. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design implemented on 320 nursing students at Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, tool divided into three parts; part one included students’ personal data, part two included eight ended questions directed to students to identify their knowledge regarding preconception health issues and part three designed to evaluate issues related to pregnancy and contained ten ended questions. Results: 38.4% and 31.6% of nursing students had good score of knowledge regarding preconception health and pregnancy respectively, there were statistical significant differences between preconception health and students’ gender, age, university grade and previous perceived obstetric course (P-values=0.013, 0.00, 0.00 and 0.00 respectively). Also, there was a relationship between score of students’ knowledge regarding pregnancy and their age, university grade and previous perceived obstetric course (P-values=0.00, 0.00 and 0.00 respectively). Conclusion: There were relationship between total score of students’ knowledge regarding preconception health and pregnancy with student’s age, university grade and previous perceived obstetric course. Recommendation: Further research should include all university students in practical versus theoretical faculties to identify how the knowledge and information gaps.

Investigation of Agrresion Levels of the University Ice Hockey Players According to Different Variables

This study was conducted in order to investigate aggression levels of the university ice hockey players in the academic year of 2017-2018 according to different variables. The universe of the research consisted of university students and the sample of the research consisted of 91 students, 49 of whom were male and 42 were female, who participated to UNİLİG Ice Hockey Championship organized in Erzurum, Turkey on 22 February to 2 March 2018. The Buss-Perry aggression scale, which was adapted to Turkish by Madran (2013), was used to determine aggression levels of the students’. In the analysis of the data, frequency distribution was used to determine the demographic characteristics, the Independent Samples T test was used to examine the differentiation status between two independent variables and aggression, and the One Way Anova analysis tests were conducted to examine the differentiation status between more than two variables and aggression. All these tests were analyzed in SPSS 21 package program and the significance was evaluated at p&lt;0,05 level. It was found that there was a significant difference between the students’ sub-dimensions of aggression and gender, age, weekly training time, and purpose of playing ice hockey.In sub-dimensions of anger, physical and verbal aggression, it was found that the total score of the male students were higher than the female students. In the sub-dimension of verbal aggression, the total scores of the students younger than 20 years old were lower than the students in 21-24 years old and the students more than 25 years old. In the sub-dimension of verbal aggression, the total scores of students doing 3-5 hours weekly training were lower than the students doing training more than 6 hours a week. In the sub-dimension of physical aggression, the total scores of the students doing sports with purpose of financial benefit were higher than the students doing sports with purpose of social activity and being healthy.In ice hockey, which is a sport where the aggression employs a lot of role and has a direct impact on success, players are advised to take various trainings such as anger control to prevent their aggressive behaviors.

The Importance of Leadership Education in University: Self-Leadership Example

Self-leadership is a form of leadership that has emerged in the last quarter of a century. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a difference in self-leadership strategies between students who choose leadership course and do not choose. The sample of this research consisted of 144 sports management students in 2018; 35 female (24.3%) and 109 male (75.7%). The average age of students is 22.38 (sd=2.88). While 30 students (20.8%) stated that they chose leadership course, 114 students (79.2%) stated that they did not choose leadership course. In this study, the Turkish version of Abbreviated Self-Leadership Questionnaire (ASLQ) was used as a data collection tool, but original ASLQ was developed by Houghton et al. (2012). The Turkish version of the scale was adopted by Şahin (2015). As a result of the reliability analysis, the Cronbach’s alpha value was found to be .74. There was a significant difference between ASLQ total scores of students who choose the leadership course and do not choose (yes/no). There was a significant difference between students who choose the leadership course and do not choose (yes/no) and the subscale scores; behavior awareness and volition, constructive cognition, and task motivation. According to the results obtained through the analysis, hypothesis 1 and 2 were accepted.

The Degree to which Private Education Students at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University have Access to Soft Skills from their Point of View and Educational Body

The study aimed at identifying the degree of ownership of special education students in the Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Princess Nourah University for soft skills from their point of view and the consideration of the educational body and its relation to some variables (level of study, specialization, teaching experience). The study consisted of (26) faculty members in the Department of Special Education, and the second consisted of (287) female students of the Department of Special Education at different levels and specializations, and the data using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences analysis (SPSS). The results of the statistical analysis of the study data indicated that the total score of students' possession of soft skills according to their point of view was low, except for some of the paragraphs in which the estimate was high. The degree of possession of soft skills from the point of view of faculty members was also low, and the results of the study also indicated that there were differences between the students due to specialization and the level of the school tend to favor the higher level of the study, while there were differences according to the view of the faculty for the higher experience, while the results did not indicate a difference attributed to R faculty members. The study recommended increasing the interest in soft skills for female students in particular, and for female students in general, by including these skills in the study courses and through the various student activities.

MORPHOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH READING COMPREHENSION OF EFL SAUDI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

In the past ten years, there has a research interest in morphological awareness, which refers to an individual’s ability to decode the morphemic structure of words and further analyze them. The current study is an attempt to investigate levels of awareness of EFL Saudi university students and also to discover any potential relationship between their morphological awareness and successful reading comprehension. To this end, the researcher administered a modified version of Morphological Awareness Test (McBride- Chang et al. 2008) to 35 undergraduate students at the Department of Foreign Languages at Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Al Baha University in the academic year 2016/2017. The test included the analytic and synthetic aspects of word formation rules. Instruments of the study also included an adopted version of Reading Comprehension Test for Smart Choice Learners (Oxford, 2007). Results of the study indicated that the average score of the Morpheme Identification section (the analytic aspect of morphological awareness) was the highest among the students (M= 27.11, SD= 6.20) in comparison to the synthetic aspect of morphological awareness (M= 14.66, SD= 11.91). The students noticeably scored better in the Morpheme Identification Test (88.57%) than they did in the Morphological Structure Test (57.6%). The overall mean score of the Morphological Awareness Test was 41.77 out of 68 with a considerable dispersion among the results (SD= 14.63) with overall percentage (65.71%) which indicated that the students had intermediate awareness of word formation rules. In addition, EFL students scored better in the Inflectional affixes in both the analysis section (63%, SD= 5.32) and the synthesis section (50%, SD=9.85) than they did with the Derivational affixes (59.15%, SD= 7.38 in the analysis section, 46.33%, SD=13.72 in the synthesis section). Furthermore, there is high positive correlation between total students' scores on analytical aspect section of the morphological awareness test and reading comprehension test (0.871) (0.009). There is positive correlation between students' scores on synthetic aspect section of the morphological test and reading comprehension (0.841) (0.005), but it is weaker than that of the first section of the test. The total scores of students on morphological test positively correlate with their total scores on reading comprehension test (0.869) (0.005). The present study ended up with a set of pedagogical implications and recommendations to include training on rules of word formation in EFL curriculum so as to increase their morphological awareness and to develop their successful reading comprehension endeavors. Future research themes were also recommended such as the role of morphological awareness in tracing semantic irregularities to enhance learners' understanding of different English words and to explore the relationship between morphological awareness and other language learning skills including listening and speaking. Article visualizations:

Academic Achievement of Adolescents In Relation To Parental Encouragement

The present aimed to investigate the academic achievement of adolescents in relation to parental encouragement. The respondents were secondary school students of district Baramulla of Kashmir. A sample of 200 secondary school students (N=100 boys and 100 girls) by employing simple random sampling. Descriptive survey method was employed; Parental Encouragement scale and Total scores of students in previous class were taken as measure of academic achievement of secondary school students, t-test and multiple correlation were employed to analyze the data. The study revealed that (a)there exists significant relationship between academic achievement and Parental Encouragement of students, (b) there is significant difference in Academic Achievement of Boys and Girls, (c) show that significant difference in Parental Encouragement of Boys and Girls students, (d) shows that the boys of urban areas achieve good Academic Achievement as compare to the boys of rural area, and(e) shows that the Girls of urban areas achieve good Academic Achievement as compare to the Academic Achievement of Girls of rural area.