scholarly journals Predicting Success in a Statistics Course Geared toward Allied Health Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-350
Author(s):  
Keston G. Lindsay
Keyword(s):  
Allied Health ◽  
Statistics Education ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Allied Health Education ◽  
Allied Health Students ◽  
Healthcare Workforce ◽  
Predicting Success ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
Gatekeeper Course

Statistics education is an important component of allied health education.  Although success in statistics courses has been reported for students in fields such as business, nursing and psychology, there is a dearth of literature in students of other allied health science disciplines. As statistics is a gatekeeper course for many of these disciplines, understanding and addressing demographic predictors of success is a crucial step in helping to maintain a diverse healthcare workforce. In this study, ethnicity, gender, their interaction, age, and class format were used to predict 953 success outcomes in a retrospective dataset, with major being used as a random effect.  Ethnicity alone predicted success, with students of other ethnicities having 0.6 times the odds of success as their Caucasian counterparts.  As statistics is a potential gatekeeper course for success in health professions programs, academic instructors, administrators and other stakeholders should take steps to ascertain the incidence and nature of disparities in their settings, as it may play a role in maintaining a diverse healthcare workforce.

Quality Improvement Initiatives in Sonography Education: A Review of the Literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 875647932110186
Author(s):  
Kimberly Sorrentino
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
English Language ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Educational Literature

Objective: Continuous improvement is vital to ensuring quality in sonography education. The aim of this literature review was to compile and summarize the current literature on accreditation, credentialing, and quality improvement initiatives in sonography education. Materials & Methods: Four sonography-specific journals and six health science/academic databases were searched using the terms education, sonography, ultrasound, accreditation, credential, and quality. The search was limited to findings in the English language, from 2000 to 2020. Results: The search uncovered only 19 articles on this topic in sonography education. The vast majority of papers focused on quality improvement initiatives, while just a few concentrated on accreditation or credentialing. Conclusion: Much of the contemporary sonography educational literature focuses on clinical, lab, or didactic quality improvement initiatives. Overall, it is clear that more research is needed in the field of sonography education. This review provides examples of quality initiative research in other allied health fields that can be useful guides for future sonography educational research.

INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS COURSE TERTIARY STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF P-VALUES

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBYN REABURN
Keyword(s):  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Probabilistic Reasoning ◽  
Statistics Education ◽  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
P Values ◽  
Testing Procedures ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Null Hypothesis Testing ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
Teaching Programs

This study aimed to gain knowledge of students’ beliefs and difficulties in understanding p-values, and to use this knowledge to develop improved teaching programs. This study took place over four consecutive teaching semesters of a one-semester tertiary statistics unit. The study was cyclical, in that the results of each semester were used to inform the instructional design for the following semester. Over the semesters, the following instructional techniques were introduced: computer simulation, the introduction of hypothetical probabilistic reasoning using a familiar context, and the use of alternative representations. The students were also encouraged to write about their work. As the interventions progressed, a higher proportion of students successfully defined and used p-values in Null Hypothesis Testing procedures. First published May 2014 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives

scholarly journals Peer feedback among interprofessional allied health students in the anatomy lab (722.3)

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared Dowdy ◽  
Charys Martin ◽  
Carol Nichols ◽  
Anna Edmondson
Keyword(s):  
Allied Health ◽  
Peer Feedback ◽  
Allied Health Students ◽  
Anatomy Lab

scholarly journals Assessing the Administrative Support Needs (Library and Technical) of Allied Health Students Enrolled in a Distance Education Program

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Carroll-Barefield
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Research University ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Student Support Services ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Distance Education Program ◽  
Allied Health Students

As more emphasis is placed on offering education to the distance student and monies are spent to provide these services, institutions must ensure they reap the rewards of the investment. One avenue to ensure success in distance education is the implementation of strong student support services. This is a task that will take the teamwork of educators, administrators, instructional technologists/designers, and support personnel. For institutions transitioning to a distance format, measures must be taken to ensure that the learner, no matter what the method of delivery, has access to equivalent student support services. One approach to measuring this aspect is the determination of student satisfaction with the support services offered to distance students. A study was conducted at a public health sciences research university in the Southeast to determine whether the administrative student support services (library and technical) offered at the institution met the educational needs of allied health students enrolled in a distance education program. Results from student questionnaires were analyzed to determine the satisfaction level of distance students with administrative (library and technical) student support services. Overall responses showed that allied health students enrolled in a distance education program were satisfied with the existing student support services (library and technical) offered by the institution. Narrative responses from the participants reinforced a common theme that although the students were satisfied with the services, more emphasis needed to be placed on library and technical support services that are available to distance education students during the program orientation.

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