In 2017, the Human Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which provides program funds for Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) nationwide, specified that all AHECs must implement a new ...program called AHEC Scholars. AHEC Scholars is to be a statewide interprofessional health education program which recruits students and faculty from numerous public and private colleges, for extracurricular didactic and clinical learning with an emphasis on rural and underserved populations.
This retrospective correlational study aimed to clarify the relationship between student engagement in organising extracurricular activities (ECAs) and academic achievement among pre-clerkship ...students. Data were from pre-clerkship students who enrolled during the 2012-2016 academic years at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. Each cohort was followed for three consecutive years from the first to the third year of their 6-year program. The dependent variable was academic achievement, measured by grade point average (GPA). The independent variable was the level of involvement in organising ECAs, divided into breadth and intensity for each type of involvement. The results revealed that academic achievement had a linear correlation with the frequency of organising educational activities (r1463 = 0.10; p < 0.001) and the frequency of organising community development and volunteering activities (r1463 = −0.057; p = 0.030). Additionally, academic achievement had a curvilinear relationship with the frequency of organising recreational and miscellaneous activities, with a point of diminishing return at 1 activity per 3 following years. In summary, there were three relationships - positive linear, negative linear, and curvilinear - between academic achievement and student engagement in ECAs, based on the type of activity. Each should be supported in different ways to improve academic achievement.
Cyberloafing can be defined as using technological devices for extracurricular activities during the lesson. The misuse of technological tools and facilities in educational environments causes many ...learning problems. One of the most important behaviors that cause this problem is cyberloafing. The explorative and main aim of the current study is to examine the reasons behind the cyberloafing behaviors of those who learn Turkish as a foreign language in terms of various variables and explore the phenomenological point of view of participants. The research was carried out in accordance with the convergent parallel mixed method design. The “Cyberloafing Behaviors Scale” was employed to collect quantitative data from a total of 207 students learning Turkish in 5 different TÖMER (Teaching Turkish Center); in the process of qualitative data collection, open-ended questions formed by the researcher were used. For examining mean differences in terms of categorical variables t-test and separate ANOVAs were run. In ANOVAs, in order to minimize the possibility of error that may occur in the ANOVA test, type I error was controlled with Bonferroni correction. To determine predictors of cyberloafing behaviors of the study group multiple regression analysis was utilized. According to the findings of the current study, there was no significant difference between gender and time spent on social media and cyberloafing behavior; in the real-time updating dimension, it was determined that there was a significant difference between the B1 level and B2 and C1 levels. Having devices such as laptops stands out as the variable that predicts cyberloafing the most. It was also observed that cyberloafing behavior decreased as speaking skill increased. When the qualitative data was examined, the students stated that they were cyberloafing due to reasons such as messaging, sharing photos and videos because of boring lessons.
BACKGROUND In recent decades there has been growing interest in the concept of intensive parenting. However, the literature is mostly qualitative and based on Anglo-Saxon countries. This raises the ...question of how best to operationalise the concept in a wider cross-national setting. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to operationalise the theoretical concept of intensive parenting in a cross-national perspective. METHODS The data for this study come from the CROss-National Online Survey panel CRONOS, conducted in Estonia, Great Britain, and Slovenia in 2017. The analysis is based on 18 items on norms related to raising children. Exploratory factor analyses were carried out to identify dimensions of intensive parenting. Variation by respondents' sociodemographics for the different dimensions was also analysed. RESULTS The results reveal four main dimensions regarding contemporary norms of parenting: a child-centred approach, a focus on stimulating children's development, personal responsibility to do one's best for one's children, and pressure to follow experts' advice. These four dimensions were found in all three countries. CONCLUSIONS The results partly confirm the conception of intensive parenting originally suggested by Hays (1986). They also reveal that the phenomenon is not restricted to Anglo-Saxon countries but can be operationalised in a similar way in other countries. The findings also reveal some variation by sociodemographic characteristics, but not in a systematic way. CONTRIBUTION This is the first study to use random probability population-based samples to operationalise the concept of intensive parenting in a cross-national perspective.
Introduction
Participation in extracurricular activities (ECAs) during high school is likely to be associated with higher intrinsic motivation, as well as lower externalizing problems and depressive ...symptoms, particularly for students in schools located in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. However, few studies have explored the processes underlying these positive associations. In this study, we examined whether peer relatedness and school belonging mediated the links between participation in these activities and adolescent academic and psychosocial adjustment and whether another indicator of poverty, namely material deprivation, moderated these links.
Methods
Canadian students (n = 638; 59% girls) at disadvantaged high schools were surveyed at two‐time points.
Results and Conclusions
Results show that peer relatedness can explain the associations between extracurricular activity participation and (a) school intrinsic motivation and (b) depressive symptoms. Results also revealed that the indirect effect involving the number of activities, peer relatedness, and depressive symptoms was only significant among students living in highly deprived areas. These results highlight the contribution of peer relatedness as a potential mediator of the positive association connecting extracurricular activity participation to adjustment among disadvantaged students.
The purpose of this article is to present the Knights of Distinction, a co-curricular program that encourages undergraduate students to plan, connect, and reflect in the pursuit of their academic and ...professional goals. Knights of Distinction is a program within the Office of Experiential Learning at the University of Central Florida. Its purpose is to help students make connections between theory and practice and that they possess valuable skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, time-management, and communication that employers and graduate schools prize. This program is intended to help students connect with resources through high-impact practices that support student learning and academic success. The program encourages metacognition, reflection, and integrative learning through the creation of an e-Portfolio which showcases their skills and goals as well as their relevant academic and extracurricular experiences. Most current data show that students positively articulate the benefits of the program as they advance in their professional careers.
6 Moreover, it cultivates dexterity, tissue awareness, and muscle memory, critical for proficient surgical performance by providing an interactive, three-dimensional educational experience that ...clarifies intricate anatomical relationships that is otherwise unattainable J7 Thus, this study intends to evaluate the role of wet laboratory training for residents of Ophthalmology, with the objectives of providing a simulated environment to the residents for the surgical steps of small incision cataract surgery (SICS) without the risk of failure or complications, to shorten the learning curve for acquiring surgical skills for residents and to help residents to master stereoscopic vision, hand eye coordination and microsurgical skills in a non-stressful laboratory setting. The surgical skills of the residents were assessed and then scored by the two designated faculty using SICS Ophthalmic Simulated Surgical Competency Assessment Rubric (Sim-OSSCAR:SICS) during each session which included the 20 parameters with 14 steps of SICS from scleral fixation to IOL insertion and 6 global indices, in which score of 0 was given to Novice, 1 to Advanced Beginner, and score of 2 to Competent. ...feedback of the residents was taken using a semi structured pretested questionnaire for qualitative assessment. Surgical residents who lack adequate training are more prone to making errors during surgery, with longer surgical times and poorer visual outcomes. ...operating on live patients creates a highly demanding and stressful environment which may impede their proficiency.
Recently, the athletic training community has paid increased attention to collegiate student-athlete mental health, mental health treatment-seeking behavior, and the effects of mental health factors ...on athletic and academic performance. Ongoing efforts to better educate and equip athletic trainers to help student-athletes in this regard should result in improved mental health-related outcomes.
To examine changes in the mental health of student-athletes over the past decade compared with that of nonathlete students.
Cross-sectional study.
Colleges and universities in the United States.
Varsity athletes (athletes; n = 54 479) and nonathlete students (nonathletes; n = 448 301) who completed the National College Health Assessment between 2011 and 2019.
Surveys included responses (self-reported) to questions in 5 mental health-related categories: recent mental health symptoms, recent mental health diagnosis, mental health treatment-seeking behavior, receiving mental health information from the institution, and the recent effect of mental health factors on academic performance.
Athletes consistently described lower symptom and diagnosis rates compared with nonathletes, except for attempted suicide, substance abuse, and eating disorders. Rates of diagnosis increased over time in both groups but remained lower in athletes. Treatment-seeking behavior and openness to future treatment increased over time in both groups but remained lower in athletes. Athletes received more information on stress reduction, substance abuse, eating disorders, and handling distress or violence compared with nonathletes. Both groups received information more frequently over time. Athletes reported fewer academic effects, especially for depression and anxiety, but these effects grew over time in both groups. The effects of injuries and extracurricular activities on academic performance were greater in athletes than in nonathletes.
Athletes described overall lower levels of mental health symptoms, diagnoses, and academic effects compared with nonathletes. Whereas the rates in nonathletes climbed over the past decade, the rates in athletes broadly remained flat or climbed less rapidly. Increasingly positive attitudes toward treatment were encouraging, but the deficit in athletes relative to nonathletes persisted. Ongoing efforts of athletic trainers to educate athletes and guide them to mental health resources are needed to continue, or better yet to accelerate, the observed positive trends in information dissemination and treatment-seeking behavior.
A tribute to Philip W. Majerus York, John D; Vagelos, P Roy
The Journal of clinical investigation,
09/2016, Letnik:
126, Številka:
9
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Philip W Majerus, a leading expert in clinical hematology and professor emeritus of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, died at his home in St Louis on Jun 8, 2016. Phil ...was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a member and former president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, among other honors. Phil grew up in Quincy, Illinois, where, according to his family, he was completely uninterested in school except for science. His chemistry teacher Mr Watson recognized a special spark and challenged a young Majerus by organizing a laboratory where he could do hands-on chemistry -- and Phil was hooked. He then raced through the University of Notre Dame, majoring in chemistry, not distracted by extracurricular activities, but gathering enough credits after only three years to enter Washington University School of Medicine. Phil did a medical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he established his reputation as being brilliant but not patient with fellow mortals.
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