scholarly journals Assessing Risks Awareness in Operating Rooms among Post-Graduate Students: A Pilot Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3860
Author(s):  
Anna Rita Corvino ◽  
Pasquale Manco ◽  
Elpidio Maria Garzillo ◽  
Maria Grazia Lourdes Monaco ◽  
Alessandro Greco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Occupational Risk ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Post Graduate

Background: In this study, we promote a global approach to occupational risk perception in order to improve occupational health and safety training programs. The study investigates the occupational risk perception of operating room healthcare workers using an Analytic Hierarchy Process approach. Methods: A pilot study was carried out through a cross-sectional survey in a university hospital in Southern Italy. An ad hoc questionnaire was administered to enrolled medical post-graduate students working in the operating room. Results: Fifty medical specialists from seven fields (anaesthetists, digestive system surgeons, general surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons, thoracic surgeons, urologists, and gynaecologists) were questioned about perceived occupational risk by themselves. Biological, ionizing radiation, and chemical risks were the most commonly perceived in order of priority (w = 0.300, 0.219, 0.210). Concerning the biological risk, gynaecologists unexpected perceived this risk as less critical (w = 0.2820) than anaesthesiologists (w = 0.3354), which have the lowest perception of the risk of ionizing radiation (w = 0.1657). Conclusions: Prioritization methods could improve risk perception in healthcare settings and help detect training needs and perform sustainable training programs.

Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding gag-reflex in children among post-graduate students of paedodontics and preventive dentistry in India- An electronic cross-sectional survey

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roshani Patel ◽  
Bhavna Dave ◽  
Seema Bargale ◽  
Poonacha KS ◽  
Vaishnavi Shah
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Preventive Dentistry ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Gag Reflex ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: The gag reflex is a usual response for patients, considered to shield the airway and eradicate irritants from the posterior oropharynx and the upper gastro-intestinal tract. Gag reflex is a annoying problem in various dental techniques and may result in a compromised management. If the dentist efforts to recognize the circumstances that trigger disruptive gagging, this may optimize patient care and operational success. Aim: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding gag-reflex in children among post-graduate students of paedodontics and preventive dentistry in India. Methodology: A list of registered Post graduate Students with Indian Society of Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry was obtained from the office of Indian Society of Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry. A questionnaire was sent to all the participants through e-mail whose information was obtained from the office of Indian Society of Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry. The questionnaire was sent twice to each student. A response was awaited for a period of 3 months. Results: 127 Post graduate Students thought that Anxiety and fear was a main reason for gag reflex in children. 233 Post graduate Students thought that during gag reflex there is no change in Pulse Rate of the children. 69 Post graduate Students Always changed or modified their impression technique or impression material in children with gag reflex. 173 (58.2%) Post graduate Students agree with rubber-dam application is useful to prevent gag reflex in children. 275 (92.6%) Post graduate Students did not take gagging severity index (GSI)/gag prevention index (GPI) before treating a child with gag-reflex. Conclusion: The study revealed that Post graduate students of paedodontics and preventive dentistry in India have the knowledge regarding patient’s gag, but their attitude and practice toward the management of the children with gag-reflex is less.

Medico-Legal awareness amongst periodontal post graduate students in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai” –A Cross Sectional Survey

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohit Shah ◽  
Rutuja Donde ◽  
Dipika Mitra ◽  
Priyanka Potdar ◽  
Shazneen Kandawalla
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Validated Questionnaire

Day by day, there is increase in the patient’s aesthetic and functional demands. Along with this there is also an increase in the patient’s awareness about periodontaltreatment outcomes. Hence, failure to provide adequate information and fulfil expected treatment outcomes, complaint and litigation against the periodontists can be filed. Now days, patients are using legal routes to settle their grievances against doctors; hence, knowledge and awareness of medico-legal aspects amongst periodontists have become utmost important. Aim: To assess the knowledge and awareness about medico-legal aspects amongst periodontal post-graduate students in the region of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted using a specially designed pre-validated questionnaire in a total of 100 participants comprising periodontal post graduate students in the region of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.The questionnaire consisted of 15 questions on legal requirements, record keeping, periodontal surgeries and implants treatment specific issues and consent. The data was collected, Chi‑square test was applied to individual questions, analysed, and results were formulated. Results: This survey suggested that there is inadequate awareness regarding medico-legal issues among periodontal postgraduate students. Conclusion: There is an urgent need to conduct more medico-legal awareness programmes and educate our budding specialists and all periodontalcommunity regarding the same. Regulatory bodies like the Dental Council of India (DCI) and associations like the Indian Society of Periodontology (ISP), Indian Society of Oral Implantologists (ISOI)should also formulate standard guidelines/protocol on managing periodontal surgeries and implant patients to help protect against unnecessary litigations against periodontal community. Key Words: medico-legal, litigation, awareness, periodontal surgeries, jurisprudence.

scholarly journals Perception of the new post graduate students of anaesthesiology about the speciality - a questionnaire based cross-sectional survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Sudeshna Bhar ◽  
Anisha De ◽  
Debasish Bhar ◽  
Chiranjib Bhattacharyya ◽  
Suchismita Pal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Health Hazards ◽  
First Year ◽  
Chronic Pain Management ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Post Graduate

Background: Previous studies revealed that the undergraduate medical students have a poor perception about the anaesthesiologists. But, there is paucity of such studies on the postgraduate students. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the perception of the first year post graduate students pursuing anaesthesiology on various professional aspects of this speciality.Methods: A questionnaire-based anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted on 63 first year postgraduate students of anaesthesiology from seven medical colleges under the West Bengal University of Health Sciences. Data were collected from the students on the day of admission. The questionnaire elicited information on demographic characteristics, functions and health hazards of anaesthesiologists and perception of students about this discipline. The responses were sorted out, coded and analyzed.Results: Involvement in the intra-operative period (84%), critical care (58%), and chronic pain management (40%) were recognized as major functions of an anaesthesiologist. Their role in preoperative and postoperative care was appreciated only by 16% and 18% students respectively. 48% students mentioned ignorance about health hazards associated with practise of anaesthesiology. They considered this discipline stressful, dependent and unrecognised.Conclusions: This study concludes that there exists an inconsistent perception of the roles of anesthesiologists among the new post graduate students. It specifically identifies various potential areas to improve student’s awareness regarding the widespread domain of this discipline.Journal of Society of Anesthesiologists of Nepal 2015; 2(2): 67-72

scholarly journals Awareness Questionnaire on Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs): A Tool Construction and Standardization

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 6522-6524
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Preliminary Draft

In the present study, the test items were administrated to the Post Graduate students for standardize the MOOCs awareness questionnaire. This preliminary draft questionnaire consists of 50 questions. The sample of the study was 370 Post Graduate Students, were randomly selected. The‘t’ test is used to standardize the tool and finally 43 multiple- choice questions were retained after pilot study. Cronbach’s Alpha value after the item analysis is .820. This tool should be useful to measure the MOOCs awareness. This article describes a tool construction and standardization procedure of Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) awareness questionnaire

scholarly journals EFFECT OF INTERVENTION ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS PLAGIARISM AMONG POST- GRADUATE STUDENTS IN BANGLADESH - A PILOT STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
SHAMIMA PARVIN LASKER ◽  
DARRYL MACER
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Publication Ethics ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Medical University

An attempt to tackle plagiarism locally, an exercise was developed and evaluated by pre-test and post-test questionnaire on 50 post-Graduate medical students at Department of Public Health & Informatics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh in 2017 to understand learner’s understanding regarding plagiarism. The comparative data between pre and post-test have highlighted a general lack of understanding of the basic concept of plagiarism and how to avoid plagiarism which improved after the intervention. For the question how to prevent plagiarism, before intervention, only 36% answered that a paraphrased sentence should be referenced. However, after intervention, responses to the same question significantly increased to 72%. Likewise, pre-intervention for a question of whether an article can be submitted to another journal if the decision is delayed, almost half of the students (48%) were not sure what should to do. But after intervention, all respondents (100%) understood that an article cannot be submitted to another journal if decision delayed. For a question of making two or three articles from same thesis/research with same introduction and method, all most half of the respondent (46%) answered “yes” and approximately half do not know the answer (40%) before intervention. However, after the intervention all respondents (100%) felt they should not make two or three articles with same introduction or methods. Also, after intervention all respondents (100%) felt self-plagiarism is taking paragraph/picture from own article without reference. These results indicate that the intervention of plagiarism education improved the knowledge of this group of post-graduate medical students. Keywords: Copy-cut-paste; Plagiarism; Publication ethics

Does Financial Toxicity Exist Amongst Adult Cancer Survivors Treated with Curative-Intent Radiotherapy? A Pilot Study from Singapore

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivy Weishan Ng ◽  
Kah Hung Yuen ◽  
Tian Meng ◽  
Chuan Chien Tan ◽  
Chong Ming Yeo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Population Based ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Financial Toxicity ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Curative Intent ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adult Cancer Survivors

Abstract Background Cancer survivors may experience financial toxicity (FT) arising from diagnosis, treatµent, and potential employment loss. The prevalence of FT in the context of Singapore healthcare model is unknown. We investigate if higher out of pocket (OOP) expenditure correlates positively with FT, and if higher FT correlates with a worse quality of life (QoL). Methods In this pilot study, a cross-sectional survey was administered to survivors of nasopharyngeal or breast cancer, at National University Hospital Singapore. Patients’ FT and QOL were measured using the COmprehensive Score on financial Toxicity (COST) and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy: General (FACT-G). Two multivariate regression models estimated (i) the association between FT and a range of variables and (ii) FT and QOL. Results 63% of our cohort of 76 patients experienced mild-moderate FT. Overall, the mean COST and FACT-G scores are 18.0 (out of 44) and 68.3 (out of 108), respectively. There was a positive correlation between COST and FACT-G scores (r = 0.45). We did not find any significant association between OOP and FT. Predictors for FT included government-subsidized housing, lower education levels, hiring a formal caregiver, and the need for household members to take on extra employment. Conclusion Greater FT correlates with a decline in QoL. Lower socio-economic patients are at higher risk of FT. OOP was not directed related to FT, likely in view of the effective means-tested subsidies. Additional resources should be considered for this at-risk population. Based on our pilot study, our methodology to quantify FT and OOP can be scaled up to other cancer primaries.

scholarly journals Support Mechanisms for Research Generation and Application for Post–Graduate Students in Four Universities in Uganda

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekwaro A. OBUKU ◽  
Robert APUNYO ◽  
Gladys MBABAZI ◽  
David K MAFIGIRI ◽  
Charles KARAMAGI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Graduate Research ◽  
Support Mechanisms

Abstract BackgroundPost–graduate students world over complete a research thesis in partial fulfillment of their degree requirements. This study identified and evaluated support mechanisms for research generation and utilization for masters’ students in health institutions of higher learning in Uganda. MethodsA self administered cross–sectional survey using a modified Self Assessment Tool for Research Institutions (SATORI). Post–graduate students were requested to encircle the most appropriate response in a Likert scale from 1 where the ‘situation was unfavorable and/or there was a need for an intervention’; to 5 where the ‘situation was good or needed no intervention’. These questions were asked under four domains: the ‘research question’; ‘knowledge production’; ‘knowledge transfer’ and ‘promoting use of evidence’. Mean scores of individual questions and aggregate means under the four domains were computed; and then compared to identify areas of strengths and gaps that required action.ResultsMost of the respondents returned their questionnaires, 185 of 258 (71.7%) and only 79 (42.7%) had their theses submitted for examination. Three of the four domains scored below the mid–level domain score of 3, that is “the situation is neither favorable nor unfavorable”, table 2. Specifically, the domain of “Proposal development for post-graduate research project” had the highest mean score of 3.53 out of the maximum 5. Areas requiring substantial improvements were, priority setting during “Research question identification”, which had the least mean score of 2.12. This was followed by “promoting use of post–graduate research products”, tying at 2.28 mean scores each. The domain, “Knowledge transfer of post-graduate research products”, had an above average mean score that is 2.75.ConclusionsThis study reports that existing research support mechanisms for post–graduate students in Uganda encourage access to supervisors and mentors. Secondly, post–graduate students engagement with research users was limited, as was awareness of intellectual property rights. Views of supervisors and mentors were not captured, a subject for future research.

Aspirations of Post Graduate Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
K.Shireesha K.Shireesha ◽  
◽  
M. Srikala M. Srikala
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Post Graduate
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