Introduction: Medicine is one of the noblest of all professions and is one of the rapidly expanding fields with increasing number of private medical colleges in the past few years. Several ...international studies over the years have explored perceptions and preferences of students in choosing a career in medicine. This study was done with the objective to assess students' views regarding selection of medicine as a career.
Methods: A survey study was conducted at Lumbini Medical College Teaching Hospital (LMCTH) where 300 students of both sexes were asked to fill a structured questionnaire.
Results: All medical students mentioned that they selected the medical profession because of personal interest. Of them, 285 (95%) students believed this profession offers services to humanity. However, 240 (80%) students felt that their family had an influence in their career selection. Among discouraging factors, 234 (78%) students mentioned that medical training is difficult and prolonged, 210 (70%) students said that the course is too expensive, 225 (75%) students felt that there is too much competition while 186 (62%) students expressed that doctors have excessive working hours and lack social life. Major factors in choosing LMCTH as study destination were compulsion because of failure to enroll at other colleges 180(60%), easy access to admission 120 (40%), cheaper than other medical colleges 165 (55%) and location near to hometown 24 (8%). Some of the discouraging factors were limited facilities 210 (70%), insufficient faculty members 270 (90%), newly established college and uncertain future 90 (30%).
Conclusion: Study concluded that reasons for joining medical profession are primarily based on personal interest, respect and honor, family influence and service to humanity; however, long working hours, prolonged training, expensive study, discourages many students.
본 연구는 청소년의 공동반추의 하위요인과 우울증상의 관계를 검증하고, 청소년의 공동반추의 하위요인과 우울증상의 관계에서 정서인식 명확성의 조절효과를 검증하였다. 이를 위해 고등학교 1-2학년에 재학 중인 남녀 학생 170명을 대상으로 ‘공동반추 척도(CRQ)’, ‘특질 초기분 척도(TMMS)의 정서인식 명확성 문항’, ‘우울척도(CES-D)’를 ...사용하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 청소년의 우울증상은 공동반추의 하위요인인 ‘문제에 대한 반추적 토의’와 정적 상관관계를 나타냈으며, 정서인식 명확성과는 부적 상관관계를 나타냈다. 둘째, 청소년의 공동반추 하위요인이 우울증상에 미치는 영향을 검증한 결과, ‘문제에 대한 반추적 토의’만이 우울증상에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 청소년의 ‘문제에 대한 반추적 토의’와 우울증상의 관계에서 정서인식 명확성의 조절효과를 분석한 결과, 유의한 조절효과를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 청소년의 공동반추의 하위요인이 우울증상에 미치는 영향과 ‘문제에 대한 반추적 토의’와 우울증상의 관계에서 정서인식 명확성의 조절효과를 규명하였다는데 의의가 있다. 따라서 청소년의 우울증상을 감소시키기 위하여 정서인식 명확성 수준을 향상시킬 수 있는 개입이 효과적일 수 있으며, 공동반추의 속성 중 ‘문제에 대한 반추적 토의’와 정서인식 명확성을 함께 고려할 필요성이 시사된다.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the sub factors of co-rumination on depressive symptoms and the moderating effects of emotional clarity between the sub factors of co-rumination and depressive symptoms in adolescents. The subjects comprised 170 high school students. The results were as follows: First, depressive symptoms revealed a positive relationship with an adolescent’s ‘ruminative discussion on a problem’ and a negative relationship with emotional clarity. Second, only adolescent’s ‘ruminative discussion on a problem’ was seen to have a significant effect on depressive symptoms. Third, emotional clarity proved to have a significant moderating effect on the relationship between an adolescent’s ‘ruminative discussion on a problem’ and depressive symptoms. Thus, this study confirmed the importance of taking emotional clarity into account when examining the relation between an adolescent’s ‘ruminative discussion on a problem’ and depressive symptoms.
Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) proves its robustness as a great technology to examine the entire digestive tract or the small intestine. An automatic computer-aided design method is proposed in ...this study, in a manner to differentiate between ulcer disease and normal WCE images. A multi-scale analysis-based grey-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) is conducted here. The main step, the co-occurrence matrix (GLCM), is computed from each sub-band Laplacian pyramid decomposition, so as to extract the common Haralick features. Moreover, the p-value and area under the curve are used to select the relevant characteristics from the feature descriptor. This proposed approach was separately applied to the components of CIELab colour space. Ulcer detection was performed using the support vector machine. The findings demonstrate an encouraging detection rate performance of 95.38% for accuracy and 97.42% for sensitivity based on the first dataset and an average accuracy of 99.25 and 98.51% of sensitivities for the second dataset.
Samoregulirano učenje (SRU) postalo je važan obrazovni cilj, a budući da
ovisi o kontekstu u kojemu se događa, učitelji imaju važnu ulogu u poticanju razvoja učinkovitih strategija samoregulacije ...učenja. Cilj provedenoga istraživanja bio je ispitati učiteljsko poticanje SRU-a i njegov odnos s nekim sociodemografskim obilježjima učitelja (spol, radni
staž, obrazovna razina), učiteljskim percepcijama o poučavanju i učenju, predanošću poslu i sagorijevanjem na poslu. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 299 učitelja razredne i predmetne nastave. Primijenjeni su sljedeći mjerni instrumenti: upitnik sociodemografskih obilježja, Skala poticanja samoreguliranoga učenja, Upitnik učiteljskih percepcija o poučavanju i učenju, Skala učiteljske predanosti i Oldenburški upitnik sagorijevanja. Rezultati su pokazali da učitelji poticanje SRU-a u suvremenoj nastavi smatraju važnim te da potiču SRU u radu s učenicima. Poučavanje i učenje dominantno percipiraju kao proces osnaživanja i poticanja razvoja učenika (učeniku usmjerene aktivnosti), što predstavlja odmak od tradicionalnih aktivnosti usmjerenih na učitelja. Nisu utvrđene razlike u poticanju SRU-a s obzirom na sociodemografska obilježja učitelja, ali utvrđene su neke razlike u učiteljskim percepcijama, predanosti i sagorijevanju. Utvrđena je povezanost poticanja SRU-a i dominantne percepcije poučavanja i učenja te predanosti poslu i sagorijevanja na poslu. Najsnažniji su prediktori poticanja SRU-a predanost školi i učenicima te percepcija poučavanja i učenja kao procesa osnaživanja i poticanja razvoja učenika.
Self-regulated learning (SRL) has become an important educational goal, and as it depends on the context in which it occurs, teachers have an important role to play in encouraging the development of effective learning self-regulation strategies. The aim of the research was to examine the teacher's encouragement of SRL and its relationship with some sociodemographic characteristics of teachers (gender, length of service, educational level), teachers’ perceptions of teaching and learning, commitment to work and burnout at work. The research was conducted on a sample of 299 primary and secondary school teachers. The following measurement instruments were applied: Socio-Demographic Survey
Questionnaire, Self-Regulated Learning Encouragement Scale, Teacher Perceptions on Teaching and Learning Questionnaire, Teacher Commitment Scale and Oldenburg Burnout Questionnaire. The results showed that teachers consider the promotion of SRL is important in modern teaching and that they encourage SRL in working with students. Teaching and learning are predominantly perceived as a process of empowering and encouraging student development (student-centred activities) which is a departure from traditional teacher-centred activities. No differences were found in encouraging SRL with respect to teachers ’sociodemographic
characteristics, but some differences were found in teachers’ perceptions, commitment to work, and burnout. The connection between encouraging SRL and the dominant perception of teaching and learning, as
well as commitment to work and burnout at work, has been established. The strongest predictors of encouraging SRL are commitment to school and
students, and the perception of teaching and learning as a process of empowering and encouraging development in students.
Low rates of mental health help-seeking for combat stress are reported in prior literature, with perceptions of stigma as a common factor preventing help-seeking. This article explores the Social ...Norms Approach as a message strategy for increasing help-seeking and encouragement of help-seeking among military members. The Social Norms Approach specifies messages for correcting misperceptions about prevalence and social approval of health behaviors. This article examined whether military members have misperceptions about the approval of seeking help and encouraging others to seek help for combat stress. Surveys with service members at an Army installation, a Naval station, and a convenience sample were used to assess military members' perceptions of norms about whether others would encourage or approve of help-seeking, as well as their own willingness and approval of encouraging others to seek help. Results indicated misperceptions in norms, with a larger percentage of participants personally approving or indicating they would encourage others to seek help than their perceptions of what others would approve of or do. Results are discussed in terms of stigma research and campaign message interventions.
<正>The Economic and Political Studies(EPS)is a peer-reviewed academic journal.The EPS seeks to promote the studies of economics and politics by addressing issues concerning China and its ...interaction with the world,encouraging an interdisciplinary approach,while exploring critiques from various perspectives.The journal also provides an international forum for innovative theoretical and empirical work where the fields of economics and politics intersect.Both
Objetivo: O objetivo deste artigo é identificar os fatores que motivam e/ou inibem a atuação de empresas de base tecnológica em redes, tendo como base a Rede de Empresas de Tecnologia, Inovação e ...Conhecimento (Retic). Originalidade/valor: Poucos avanços são evidenciados na literatura para compreensão das redes de cooperação das empresas de base tecnológica (EBTs), as quais possuem características distintas, especialmente no que se refere aos níveis de incerteza e inovação. Design/metodologia/abordagem: O método consiste em um estudo de caso, em que os dados foram coletados por meio de documentos, questionários semiestruturados e grupos focais, o que garantiu uma triangulação de fonte de dados. Os dados foram analisados por meio da análise estrutural de redes, análise de regressão e análise de conteúdo por frequência e temática. Resultados: Observou-se que as congruências de objetivos, o tempo de participação e o fortalecimento da rede se mostraram os fatores motivadores para a atuação em rede. Por sua vez, a existência de assimetrias de interesses, a baixa participação dos atores e a falta de uma gestão atuante foram os fatores inibidores. Para garantir a credibilidade do estudo, os resultados foram avaliados por meio de dois grupos focais com gestores e participantes da rede, o que permitiu aumentar a autenticidade do estudo. Os resultados se mostraram relevantes ao contribuírem para o entendimento do comportamento de EBTs em rede, as quais possuem características distintas de outras redes interorganizacionais, especialmente no que se refere aos níveis de incerteza e às formas de acessar recursos e informações.
The reform based on meaningful learning is a change process which entered in the education system in Israel. Like complex change processes in large systems and organizations, organizational change ...success depends on internal and external processes and factors. The connection between external stakeholders and internal stakeholders is two-way and is even more emphasized when one talks about change (Mintzberg & Westly, 1992), as on one hand, external stakeholders can initiate by themselves an organizational change where success will depend on cooperation and application of the change by internal stakeholders (Ford et al., 2008). The performed research checked the correlation between the support of external stakeholders and internal stakeholders in the reform of meaningful learning and their link to its success. The research findings show that external stakeholders as inspectors and parents have a significant role in successful implementation of a reform and their link to the internal stakeholders - principals and teachers - is an important indicator to the implementation of the reform, moderate resistance, and the overall reform's success.
Purpose
In a recent article, Schaefer et al. (2015) argue that cultivating appropriate beliefs and values, cultivating systems thinking and encouraging responsibility are the stages to be followed to ...achieve sustainability-as-flourishing from an organizational perspective. This analysis forms the basis for the development and discussion of a conceptual model to educate undergraduate business students at a New Zealand University into responsible leaders who strive to enact sustainability-as-flourishing in organizations.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper critiques current approaches to sustainability which often reflect a narrow understanding of human needs and do not demand necessary transformation in the way we interact with the world around us. It then provides an overview of sustainability-as-flourishing, and its various stages, with relevant examples from business. This is followed by a discussion of the conceptual model, the pedagogical philosophies underpinning it and the teaching methods required for shifting business students’ mindsets towards this end.
Findings
This is a conceptual paper that offers a new teaching model for sustainability-as-flourishing. The paper concludes with suggestions for sustainability educators in business.
Originality/value
To date, sustainability-as-flourishing is underdeveloped in the business literature. This conceptual paper unpacks this notion further. Additionally, it provides a model for business educators to teach sustainability-as-flourishing. While some of these ideas and features have been described in the literature previously, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first time they have been brought as a coherent whole under this broader and unique approach of sustainability-as-flourishing.
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