scholarly journals Transforming Rural Family Medicine Curriculum From Experiential to Virtual: A Response to COVID-19 Limitations

PRiMER ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Boulger ◽  
Emily Onello
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Rural Medicine ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Rural Family ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The University ◽  
Rural Physician

Cessation of all classroom and clinical activities in the spring of 2020 for first- and second-year medical students at the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth campus both forced and enabled revision of rural medicine instruction and experiences. Creatively utilizing rural family physicians and third-year rural physician associate medical students to interact with first-year students virtually in a number of areas and using electronic connectivity enabled the institution to continue to emphasize rural medical health issues with the students.

scholarly journals A study on awareness of health effects of tobacco consumption among medical students and impact of modular training

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 4077
Author(s):  
Sajjan Madappady ◽  
Hemant Kumar ◽  
S. Jayaram ◽  
Krutarth Brahmbhatt ◽  
Manjula Anil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Second Year

Background: Tobacco kills more than seven million people each year. In India tobacco kills nearly one million people each year and many of these deaths occur among people who are very young. Studies indicate that approximately 70% of all tobacco users would like to quit smoking and tobacco use.Methods: A non-randomized, cross sectional study was conducted in a Medical College in Mangaluru (Karnataka) which included medical students from first year to third year. A module developed by “Quit Tobacco International” was used for the purpose of training and counselling the selected medical students, focusing on the specific effects of tobacco, depicting simulated case scenarios.Results: A total of 404 medical students were included in the study. It was observed that 15.9% males and 5.3% females among first year students, 21.0% males and 5.3% females among second year students and 24.6% males and 9.2% females among third year students had smoked at some point in their life while the among current users, the prevalence of smoking was found to be much higher i.e. 8.7% and 2.6% among first year students, 9.9% and 3.5% among second year students; while it as highest among third year students i.e. 14% and 4.6%; among boys and girls respectively.Conclusions: The study brings out the need for inclusion of structured teaching and training of our medical students on harmful effects of tobacco use and its cessation techniques.

A Study of Math Anxiety/Math Avoidance in Preservice Elementary Teachers

1985 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 51-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
William P. Kelly ◽  
William K. Tomhave
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Math Anxiety ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Preservice Elementary Teachers ◽  
First Year ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
School Year ◽  
Mathematics Preparation ◽  
The University

In her 1972 study, Lucy Sells (1978) indicated that 92 percent of the female first-year students in the University of California had such inadequate mathematics preparation that they had effectively closed the door on 70 percent of the career choice available to them. Sell's conclusions and subsequent research on math avoidance were the bases for the resarch we conducted during the 1980-1981 school year at the University of Minnesota, Morris a liberal art college with an enrollment of 1700. This study was directed at documenting math avoidance among female students on the campus.

scholarly journals Relationship between Learning Motivation and Reflection in Undergraduate Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 97-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.S. Tikhomirova ◽  
N.V. Kochetkov
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

This article aims to study the relationship between personal reflection and the intensity of motivation for learning in a university.In order to achieve this goal, the following techniques were employed: A.V.Karpov and V.V.Ponomaryova’s technique for identifying the individual level of reflectivity, and T.I.Ilyina’s technique for assessing learning motivation in university students.The empirical study involved 143 subjects.The obtained data indicate that for the first-year students the meaning of the ‘mastering the profession’ motive is directly connected with their reflections on the present and future activities, while the meaning of the ‘getting a diploma’ motive is inversely correlated with the reflection of communication.In the second year, the intensity of the ‘gaining knowledge’ motive correlates with the reflection of communication, and the meaning of the ‘mastering the profession’ motive has an inverse relationship with the reflection of future activity.In the third year, the values of the motive for acquiring knowledge correlate with the integral indicator of reflection, whereas in the fourth year none of the reflection components are interconnected with the components of the motivation for learning in the university.

scholarly journals Importance of sociology of sport in education of future professors of physical education and coaches

Sociologija ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 670-690
Author(s):  
Sandra Radenovic ◽  
Branka Savovic
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Sociology Of Sport ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The University ◽  
Professional Studies

In the first part of the paper, the authoresses consider the importance of the sociology of sport as a special sociological discipline and general education subject for the education of future professors of physical education and coaches. In this part of the paper will be considered the thematic units that are being studied within the sociology of sport as an obligatory subject at the faculties in the Republic of Serbia and some countries of the region. Special attention will be paid to the sociology of sport that is being studied as an obligatory subject in the first year of basic academic studies and at the second year of professional studies at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education of the University of Belgrade. In the second part of the paper, the authorsesses expose the answers of the first year students of the basic academic studies and the second year students of professional studies at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education of the University of Belgrade regarding the perception of the importance of studying sociology of sport as a special sociological discipline and general education subject. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III 41004: Rare Diseases]

scholarly journals Medical students’ perceptions of nutrition in medical education and future practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peri Fenwick ◽  
Alyson Colborne ◽  
Olga Theou ◽  
Leah E Cahill
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Nutritional Counselling ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Future Practice

Keywords: medical education, nutrition, medical students, physicians, undergraduate, lifestyle medicineBackground: Physicians are relied upon as knowledgeable sources of nutrition information; however, many report low nutrition knowledge.Objective: The present study assessed first and second-year medical students’ perceptions of nutrition education within the medical curriculum, in terms of their attitudes, learned body of knowledge, and satisfaction.Methods: An online questionnaire was administered to Dalhousie University medical students completing their first or second year (N=125). Mann-Whitney U tests compared the responses of first-year to second-year students, as well as those with and without previous nutrition education.Results: 97.6% of respondents agreed that nutritional counselling can positively influence patient outcomes, with 91.2% agreeing that physicians play a key role in nutritional counselling. Compared to second-year students, first-year students had greater self-perceived knowledge of basic nutrition concepts (p<0.001) and nutrition in the treatment of disease (p=0.005), as did students with previous nutrition education compared to those without (p=0.019 and 0.018 respectively). Satisfaction was <30% agreement, with first-year students more satisfied with their nutrition education than second-year students (p<0.05).Conclusion: First and second-year medical students regard nutrition as an important component of medical practice that can positively impact patient outcomes. However, low satisfaction with their nutrition education suggests that additional nutrition curriculum would better prepare them for future practice.

scholarly journals Peer support for undergraduate children’s nursing students

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Fiona Cust ◽  
Keeley Guest
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Support Programme ◽  
Clinical Support ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Pastoral Support

Background and objective: The provision of appropriate ‘pastoral’ support for nursing students is acknowledged to be problematic for a variety of reasons, (time constraints, staffing levels, unmanageable workloads). The need to initiate and access more suitable support is imperative – particularly in the light of the increasing number of students suffering with mental health issues. This study examines the dynamics of a student peer support programme over a two-year period. Twenty-one first year students (child field) gave fully informed consent to being involved in a peer support study. Nineteen second year students (again, child field) consented to being peer supporters for the junior students.Methods: The team, consisting of two academics and two clinicians, explored the relatively simple option of second year nursing students ‘peer supporting’ first year students in various aspects of their training over a two-year period – from social support, academic support, pastoral support and clinical support. An evaluation of the initiative was through a questionnaire at four separate intervals over the two-year period.Results: The results were hugely positive, and encouraging. Both cohorts of student found the intervention accessible, supportive, and sustainable. Peer support may be a relatively straightforward, and simple concept to assist junior nursing students in their often very complex, and overwhelming, transition.

Effects of a Fall Reading Break on First Year Students' Course Performance in Programming

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Hulls ◽  
Chris Rennick ◽  
Mary Robinson ◽  
Samar Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Course Performance ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents a mixed methods study into the effects of a fall break on course performance in a first semester programming course in Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo.In 2016, the University of Waterloo instituted a two-day fall break immediately following Thanksgiving Monday, on a three-year pilot. The stated rationale for this break was to address student wellness and mental health issues, especially as this pertains to students transitioning from high school and their “looming midterms”. As of October 2017, there are now 20 institutions in Ontario with a fall break of between one five days in length after the Thanksgiving holiday.A linear regression model was calculated to examine the impact of the fall break on students. This model predicts students who regretted how they spent the fall break will earn 6% less in their first programming course. A logistic regression model was calculated which predicted inexperienced, struggling students have the highest odds of regretting how they spent the break.Three focus groups were conducted with students who experienced the fall break in fall of 2016 or 2017. These focus groups examined student perceptions of the fall break, how they recalled using their time during the break, and their reflections on the br

scholarly journals Development of laparoscopic skills in Medical students naive to surgical training

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Worens Luiz Pereira Cavalini ◽  
Christiano Marlo Paggi Claus ◽  
Daniellson Dimbarre ◽  
Antonio Moris Cury Filho ◽  
Eduardo Aimoré Bonin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Surgical Techniques ◽  
First Year ◽  
Laparoscopic Skills ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Score Improvement ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Improved Performance

Objective To assess the acquisition of basic laparoscopic skills of Medical students trained on a surgical simulator.Methods First- and second-year Medical students participated on a laparoscopic training program on simulators. None of the students had previous classes of surgical technique, exposure to surgical practice nor training prior to the enrollment in to the study. Students´ time were collected before and after the 150-minute training. Skill acquisition was measured comparing time and scores of students and senior instructors of laparoscopic surgeryResults Sixty-eight students participated of the study, with a mean age of 20.4 years, with a predominance of first-year students (62%). All students improved performance in score and time, after training (p<0,001). Score improvement in the exercises ranged from 294.1 to 823%. Univariate and multivariate analyses identified that second-year Medical students have achieved higher performance after training.Conclusions Medical students who had never been exposed to surgical techniques can acquire basic laparoscopic skills after training in simulators. Second-year undergraduates had better performance than first-year students.

Medical students’ perceptions of nutrition in medical education and future practice

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peri Fenwick ◽  
Alyson Colborne ◽  
Olga Theou ◽  
Leah Cahill
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
First Year ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Nutritional Counselling ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Future Practice

Abstract Background: Physicians are relied upon as knowledgeable sources of nutrition information; however, many report low nutrition knowledge.Objective: The present study assessed first and second-year medical students’ perceptions of nutrition education within the medical curriculum, in terms of their attitudes, learned body of knowledge, and satisfaction.Methods: An online questionnaire was administered to Dalhousie University medical students completing their first or second years (N=125). Mann-Whitney U tests compared the responses of first-year to second-year students and those with and without previous nutrition education.Results: 97.6% of respondents agreed that nutritional counselling can positively influence patient outcomes, with 91.2% agreeing that physicians play a key role in nutritional counselling. Compared to second-year students, first-year students had greater self-perceived knowledge of basic nutrition concepts (p<0.001) and nutrition in the treatment of disease (p=0.005), as did students with previous nutrition education compared to those without (p=0.019 and 0.018 respectively). Satisfaction was <30% agreement, with first-year students more satisfied with their nutrition education than second-year students (p<0.05).Conclusions: First and second-year medical students regard nutrition as an important component of medical practice that can positively impact patient outcomes. However, low satisfaction with their nutrition education suggests that additional nutrition curriculum would better prepare them for future practice.

scholarly journals Perceptions of the educational environment among undergraduate physical therapy students in a competency-based curriculum at the University of Chile

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Quiroga-Marabolí ◽  
Marcela Andrea Antúnez-Riveros ◽  
Marcela Aguirre-Jerez ◽  
Alvaro Besoain Saldaña ◽  
José Peralta-Camposano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Physical Therapy Students ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Therapy Program ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The University

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the educational environment (EE) among students in a physical therapy undergraduate program, to identify patterns in EE perceptions among the students by year, and to determine issues that should be addressed.Methods: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was used to explore the relationships among the total mean score, subscales, and items in a competency-based curriculum in the physical therapy program at the University of Chile. The DREEM questionnaire was filled out by 166 of 244 students (68.03%), of whom 56.6% were men and 43.4% were women, with 75.9% between 19 and 23 years of age.Results: The total mean score (120.9/200) indicated that the EE was perceived as ‘more positive than negative.’ There were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (113.41), who reported the lowest total mean score, and fourth-year students (126.60), who had the highest total mean score. Students rated their EE favorably on each subscale except social self-perceptions, which second-year students rated as ‘not too bad,’ and for which first-, third-, and fourth-year students gave a rating corresponding to ‘not a nice place.’ On the perceptions of teachers subscale, there were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (28.05/44) and fourth-year students (32.24/44) and between second-year students (28.72/44) and fourth-year students (32.24/44). On the academic self-perceptions subscale, there were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (18.12/32) and second-year (21.68/32), third-year (22.33/32), and fourth-year students (21.87/32).Conclusion: Physical therapy students at the University of Chile had positive perceptions of their EE. First-year students rated the largest number of items as problematic. Improvements are required across the program in the specific subscales mentioned above.

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