scholarly journals Prevalence and Correlates of Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Healthy Beliefs, and Lifestyle Behaviors in First‐Year Graduate Health Sciences Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Hoying ◽  
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk ◽  
Elizabeth Hutson ◽  
Alai Tan
Keyword(s):  
Health Sciences ◽  
First Year ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Health Sciences Students

scholarly journals Applying an information literacy rubric to first-year health sciences student research posters

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xan Goodman ◽  
John Watts ◽  
Rogelio Arenas ◽  
Rachelle Weigel ◽  
Tony Terrell
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
First Year ◽  
Student Research ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Health Sciences Students

Objective: This article describes the collection and analysis of annotated bibliographies created by first-year health sciences students to support their final poster projects. The authors examined the students’ abilities to select relevant and authoritative sources, summarize the content of those sources, and correctly cite those sources.Methods: We collected images of 1,253 posters, of which 120 were sampled for analysis, and scored the posters using a 4-point rubric to evaluate students’ information literacy skills.Results: We found that 52% of students were proficient at selecting relevant sources that directly contributed to the theme, topic, or debate presented in their final poster projects, and 64% of students did well with selecting authoritative peer-reviewed scholarly sources related to their topic. However, 45% of students showed difficulty in correctly applying American Psychological Association (APA) citation style.Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate a need for instructors and librarians to provide strategies for reading and comprehending scholarly articles in addition to properly using APA citation style.

scholarly journals Critical thinking in college students: evaluation of their beliefs in popular psychological myths

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Gonzalez-Cuevas ◽  
Marcos Alonso Rodriguez ◽  
Valeria Nogales Cuellar
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Gender Effect ◽  
The Other ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of acceptance of psychological myths in undergraduate students in Health Sciences. Our results showed that first-year Psychology students believed more myths than did the other first-year Health Sciences students (Medicine, Dentistry, and Optics and Optometry). Third-year Psychology students drastically reduced their beliefs in myths in comparison with first-year Psychology students (Cohen’s d=1.7). Overall, we found a gender effect, being women less gullible than men in believing in myths. Age did not account for differences in myth acceptance. All in all, these results suggest that beginning Psychology students seem to accept more myths than other first-year Health Sciences students regarding psychological misconceptions. However, college exposure in Psychology students may favor critical thinking by diminishing myth beliefs.

Knowledge of the audiological effects, symptoms and practices related to personal listening devices of health sciences students at a South African university

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
R Y Seedat ◽  
R Ehlers ◽  
Y Lee ◽  
C Mung'omba ◽  
K Plaatjies ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
South African ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

AbstractObjectiveThis study aimed to determine the knowledge of first year health sciences students at a South African university regarding hearing loss and symptoms attributable to personal listening devices and their practices concerning the use of personal listening devices.MethodThis was a cross-sectional study carried out using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire.ResultsOf 336 students, 269 (80.1 per cent) completed the questionnaire. While most participants could identify symptoms that could be caused by extensive use of personal listening devices, almost 30 per cent did not know that it could cause permanent hearing loss. Personal listening devices were used by 90.7 per cent of participants, with 77.8 per cent having used them for more than five years. Use was at a high volume in 14.9 per cent of participants and for more than 2 hours per day in 52.7 per cent.ConclusionThe findings indicate the need for an educational programme to inform students as to safe listening practices when using personal listening devices.

Launching first-year health sciences students into collaborative practice: Highlighting institutional enablers and barriers to success

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 386-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharla King ◽  
Mark Hall ◽  
Lu-Anne McFarlane ◽  
Teresa Paslawski ◽  
Susan Sommerfeldt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Sciences ◽  
Collaborative Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
Barriers To Success ◽  
Health Sciences Students

Association between dietary parameters and cognitive functions in first year undergraduate Health Sciences students

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Guadalupe Ortíz-Cabrera ◽  
José Antonio Estrada ◽  
Ma. Sagrario López-Meza ◽  
Marcela Sánchez-Delgado ◽  
Irazú Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health Sciences Students

scholarly journals Stress Perceived by University Health Sciences Students, 1 Year after COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5233
Author(s):  
Yolanda Marcén-Román ◽  
Angel Gasch-Gallen ◽  
Irene Isabel Vela Martín de la Mota ◽  
Estela Calatayud ◽  
Isabel Gómez-Soria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
The Impact

Today’s COVID-19 situation can affect university Health Sciences students’ psychological health. This study aimed to analyze the stress caused by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Health Sciences students from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) almost 1 year after the pandemic began. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with a sample of 252 university students who completed a self-administered online questionnaire. It evaluated the impact of perceived stress with a modified scale (PSS-10-C), and assessed anxiety and depression on the Goldberg scale. Students presented stress (13.1%), anxiety (71.4%) and depression (81%). Females (81.7%) and the third-year Occupational Therapy students (p = 0.010) reported perceived stress. Nursing students perceived less stress (OR: 0.148; 95% CI: 0.026 to 0.842). University students developed stress and anxiety due to COVID-19 almost 1 year after the pandemic began. Psychological support measures for these groups should be prioritized.

scholarly journals Health Sciences Students’ Perceptions of the Role of the Supervisor in Clinical Placements

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4427
Author(s):  
Álvaro Borrallo-Riego ◽  
Eleonora Magni ◽  
Juan Antonio Jiménez-Álvarez ◽  
Vicente Fernández-Rodríguez ◽  
María Dolores Guerra-Martín
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Data Matrix ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Health Sciences Students

The supervision of clinical placements is essential to achieving a positive learning experience in the clinical setting and which supports the professional training of those being supervised. The aim of this study was to explore health sciences students’ perceptions of the role of the supervisor in the supervision of clinical placements. A quantitative methodology was used, administering a previously validated questionnaire, by means of an expert panel and a pre-test, to 134 students from the Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry at the University of Seville (Spain). The analysis of variables was carried out by means of a data matrix. The results revealed a statistically significant difference in the perception of placement supervision depending on the degree, with Nursing producing the highest degree of affirmation in the variables studied and the greatest satisfaction with placement supervision; in contrast, Physiotherapy produced the greatest dissatisfaction and the lowest degree of affirmation. The study and analysis of these perceptions facilitates the collection of relevant information in order to formulate actions that help to improve the supervision experience during placements. They also allow a greater understanding of what factors most influence the experience of supervision during clinical placements.

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