scholarly journals Relationship between Psychological Health Condition and College Life Anxiety among Male First-year Students of Physical Therapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-438
Author(s):  
Kazuo SUGANUMA ◽  
Shigeru HIRABAYASHI ◽  
Chika KANEKO ◽  
Harumi TAKADA ◽  
Hidenori EGUCHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
College Life

The Study Skills of First Year Education Students and Their Academic Performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA NANCY Q. CADOSALES
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Study Skills ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
College Life ◽  
First Year College ◽  
First Year College Students

First year students take time to adjust to college life. A number of priorities are considered in order to survive in the tertiary level. One of which is complying with the academic requirements. The study described the study skills of the first year students in the College of Education, La Salle University, Ozamiz City, Philippines. The framework used in identifying the study skills of the first year students was adopted from Lucas and Corpuz (2007:4).These study skills were correlated to the students’ academic performance using Kendall’s Tau B, Chi-square, and Multiple Regression tests. There were 128 first year students who were taken as respondents of the study. The study reveals that the first year students have the skills in organizing and planning their work, preparing assignments or projects, and note-taking and reading. The students’ skills in organizing and planning one’s work; working with others and utilizing resources and feedback; note-taking and reading; and preparing an assignment/project correlate with their grades. The best predictor of students’ academic performance is note-taking and reading. First year college students need to develop the habit of studying their lessons, reading, and taking down notes to improve their academic performance.Keywords: Education, study skills, academic performance, descriptive design, Philippines

scholarly journals "Finis Origine Pendet” – Enhancing Later Learning and Professional Socialization Through an Introductory DPT Course

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Meyer ◽  
Patricia Hageman ◽  
Robert Fuchs ◽  
Amy Tyler ◽  
Gregory Karst
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Professional Socialization ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
First Year ◽  
Socialization Process ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Early Introduction

Background and Purpose: In developing a new Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) curriculum, the faculty at a mid-west academic health sciences center decided to introduce course content historically placed near the end of the program’s Master of Physical Therapy curriculum at the beginning of the DPT curriculum. The new DPT curriculum was constructed to promote the value of three central themes; 1) evidence-based practice and 2) patient-centered care, both of which contribute to 3) sound clinical decision making. Faculty theorized that by explicitly expressing these themes in a first semester, introductory course, students would acquire a much needed framework for categorizing and integrating future knowledge, and would begin the professional socialization process earlier in the curriculum. The purpose of this report is to describe the new course and provide quantitative and qualitative data regarding the course outcomes.Methods: Quantitative data were gathered via a survey administered to 75 students, 37 who had completed all three years of the program and 38 who had completed the second year of the program. In addition, qualitative data were gathered from first year student essays summarizing the course and describing its influence on their perceptions of the field. Results: More than 80% of second and third year students agreed or strongly agreed that the course had met all of the primary objectives outlined by the faculty. Essays from first year students also supported many of the purposes envisioned in the development of the course. Conclusion: These outcomes suggest students can value and comprehend more advanced content early in allied health curricula and that the early introduction of such content may aid in organizing subsequent learning and professional socialization.

scholarly journals ANXIETY DISORDERS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
Oksana Yurievna Gerasimova ◽  
Lyubov Nikolaevna Semchenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
First Year ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Compulsive Disorder

Background: Concerns about the psychological health of students are determined by their lifestyle, specific working conditions, and the role that this social group plays in society. Compensatory mechanisms of students do not always cope with new living conditions and the requirements of higher education, which leads to stress, psychological and social conflicts, as well as to the use of psychoactive substances. Aim. The paper aims to identify the prevalence of anxiety disorders among medical students to develop recommendations for primary and secondary psychological prevention. Materials and methods: the study was conducted throughout the year. The first- and fourth-year students (52.6 % and 47. 4 % respectively) of the medical faculty of the South Ural State Medical University participated in the study (n = 612). The study involved both females (66.8 %) and males (33.2 %). To identify various anxiety disorders, the Yale-Brown Scale, ICD-10 criteria (F41.0 and F41.1), and anonymous survey were used. To assess the reliability of the values obtained, the Student’s t-test was used. Relative values and their representative errors were calculated. Results: anxiety disorders were detected in 65.8 % of first-year students and more than half of fourth-year students. Moreover, anxiety disorders are 1.5 times more common in females than in males. Depressive conditions were found in every fifth student, regardless of the year of study. More than half of first-year students and every third fourth-year student suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder of varying severity. Severe and extremely severe obsessive-compulsive disorder in first-year students occurs 2 times more often than in fourth-year students. Conclusion: anxiety disorders are widespread among medical students, which requires their primary and secondary prevention. First-year students are particularly affected by adaptation to new living conditions and the requirements of higher education.

scholarly journals Experiences in Different Activities: Temporal Dynamics and Construct Validity

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 47-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.G. Klein ◽  
D.A. Leontyev ◽  
V.Yu. Kostenko ◽  
E.N. Osin ◽  
O.A. Taranenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
First Year ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Methodological Status ◽  
N 93 ◽  
The Individual

This study aims to clarify the methodological status of the category “activity experience”. A sample of the study consists of first-year students of a Moscow university. Study 1 (N = 104) attended by respondent aged 17 to 28 years (M = 18.30; SD = 1.40), 82% are female, and in study 2 (N = 93), aged 17 to 28 20 years old (M = 18.02; SD = 0.61), 55% are female. Study 2 includes three measurements of activity-related experiences with an interval of 10—15 days. We use the Activity-Related Experience Assessment (AREA), the Universal Perceived Locus of Causality Scale (UPLOC), the Responsibility Scale, and a brief version of the Psychological Health Continuum. The results of the study demonstrate that the activity-related experiences are neither personality traits, that are inherent in the individual regardless of situations, nor emotional states that change over time. Evidence of reliability, construct validity and criterion validity of the Activity-Related Experiences Assessment Scale is given. The measure of academic success is better predicted not by those experiences that are manifested during study activities, but those that arise along on the way to university. There is a slight effect of the influence of time on the measure of effort.

scholarly journals Correlation between the health of first-year students and adaptation to educational environment of a medical university

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-55
Author(s):  
Marina Borisovna Chizhkova
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
The University ◽  
Medical University

  The article presents the results of research on the place and role of health in the process of adaptation of future physicians to educational environment of a medical university. The subject of this article is the dependence of physical and psychological health of first-year students on the of adaptation and anxiety indicators in the university. The research methodology is based on the representation of health as the fundamental determinant responsible for the dynamic balance between students and the new conditions of professional becoming. Methodological toolset contains the following psychological techniques: questionnaires “Adaptation of Students in the University” (T. D. Dubovitskaya, A. V. Krylova), “Anxiety of the Students” (modification of the questionnaire J. Taylor), MOS SF-36 questionnaire (J. E. Ware, adapted by E. I. Shubochkina and co-authors.). The research was conducted during one academic year and consisted of two stages: October 2018 and in April 2019; reference set involved 120 first-year students (63 and 57 people respectively). Implementation φ-Fisher multifunctional, parametric Student’s t-test, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, interpretation and summary of statistical data analysis allowed making conclusions that comply with the set goal advanced hypotheses: the dynamics of subjective assessment by first-year students of their physical and psychological health is characterized with the extended physical and social functioning, endurance, life activity in the context of lower level of role functioning substantiated by the emotional distress; dependence of health on adaptation and anxiety indicators is most evident during the fall semester and least evident in the spring semester; shift of this vector from academic to social adaptation, as well as substantial reduction in the number of intercorrelations, mainstream the problem of the dynamics of determinant impact of health upon the success of initial educational period. The acquired data can find practical implementation in development of theoretical-methodological framework for coordinating the adaptation process of first-year students to the educational environment of a medical university.  

scholarly journals Relationship between Psychological Health and College Life Anxiety Among Female Students in the First Academic Year of Physical Therapy

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-167
Author(s):  
Kazuo SUGANUMA ◽  
Shigeru HIRABAYASHI ◽  
Chika KANEKO ◽  
Harumi TAKADA ◽  
Hidenori EGUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Female Students ◽  
College Life ◽  
Academic Year

Mentoring to Become a Self-Directed Learner

2022 ◽  
pp. 135-162
Author(s):  
Dionne Clabaugh ◽  
Nora Dominguez
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
College Life ◽  
Critical Skills ◽  
Learning Growth ◽  
First Year Student

This chapter provides a mentoring roadmap for success in college life and when transitioning to the workplace. First-year students learn that a successful mentee is self-directed, knows what to look for in a mentor, uses skills to engage in effective mentoring, and recognizes there are various types of mentoring relationships. The authors describe what a first-year student should look for when seeking an effective mentor. Readers are shown the benefits for using a developmental mentoring network and for becoming self-directed learners and mentees. The chapter includes activities and exercises to develop critical skills in self-understanding, listening, help-seeking, problem solving, and goal setting to be applied in both academic and professional settings. When successful people receive an award or recognition, what they have in common is they did not make it alone – others guided and supported their learning, growth, and success.

scholarly journals Experiences of Foundation Year Students at Oman College of Health Sciences

2019 ◽  
pp. 53-56
Author(s):  
Suad Al Junaibi ◽  
Asma Nasser Al Yahya’ei ◽  
Aziza Nasser Al Rahbi ◽  
Bushra Abdullah Al Battashi ◽  
Iman Hamed Al Ghaithi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
College Life ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Foundation Program ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
Adjustment Issues

Joining college for the first time might be a difficult experience for most students as the transitional stage from being a student of secondary school to one in a college can lead to problems in terms of adjusting to college life. There are multiple aspects that students need to adjust to in college life such as social, academic, lifestyle, institutional attachment, and personal-emotional aspects. The aim of this project was to identify the common adjustment issues among first-year students enrolled in the foundation program at the Oman College of Health Sciences (OCHS). To achieve the purpose of the project, a survey comprising 26 points and subdivided into four parts was designed using a Likert-type scale. A sample of 200 first-year students (mean age=19yrs.) at OCHS were randomly selected to be surveyed from total of 374 students. However, only 188 students participated in the survey: 48 males (25.5%), and 140 females (74.5%). The gathered data were entered and analyzed through the google forms service. The results showed lack of entertainment to be the main issue with first-year students followed by concerning economic problems, social and wellbeing issues. The findings indicated that Extracurricular Activities (ECAs) within and outside the college play an important role in the students’ academic performances and have positive effects on their lives. Such students will also be able to alter their behavior, improve their learning, develop their personality, and increase their teamwork and leadership skills.

scholarly journals HEALTH AND PHYSICAL CONDITION OF FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (14) ◽  
pp. 274-277
Author(s):  
Irina Yaroshevich
Keyword(s):  
Physical Condition ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
First Year ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
First Year Students

The article considers the «Express assessment» methodology, which makes it possible to quantify the health condition of 1st year students. Thismethodology facilitates operational screening for a wide contingent of students

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