Perception of public school students about animal welfare and the occurrence of the topic in education books

In current time, it is evident the necessity of animal welfare education policies. Animal welfare is defined as the state of an individual attempting to adjust to the environment and education material can encourage dialogue inside schools. We aimed to verify the presence or absence of animal welfare related content in school books and survey the perceptions of the students about the subject, associating with the socioeconomic profile of the school district and with the overall school performance in the SARESP test. This study was performed between July and November, with seven of the twenty-two public schools in the city of Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Seven books were collected for analysis from each school, totalizing 49 books, and 430 students answered a survey with 10 questions. The statistical analysis did not show relevant difference between biological gender, age, grade and socioeconomic profile and animal welfare knowledge perception. This study concluded that in most of the analyzed books, animal welfare topics are absent, and that there is no difference between the schools’ socioeconomic profile and animal welfare knowledge perception of the students.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Computer-Based Education Platform, Pharmacy5in5, on Pharmacists’ Knowledge of Anticholinergic Toxicity Using a Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: Computer-based education has been widely implemented in healthcare professional development education. However, there has been little examination of the potential for computer-based education to enhance pharmacists’ knowledge. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of computer-based education on improving pharmacists’ knowledge compared to printed education material. Methods: This study was a web-based randomized controlled trial. Participants were randomly allocated to either an intervention group where they had access to the computer-based education module on Pharmacy5in5.ca or to a control group where they had access to printed educational material. Knowledge gain was assessed using a pre- and post-knowledge test. Results: A total of 120 pharmacists were recruited and 101 completed the post-knowledge test (50/60 in the intervention group; 51/60 in the control group). Both groups showed a significant increase in knowledge gain (intervention group: pre-test mean score 19.35 ± 3.56, post-test mean score 22.42 ± 3.812, p value < 0.001; control group pre-test mean score 19.22 ± 3.45, post-test mean score 23.29 ± 3.087, p value < 0.001). However, the difference in knowledge change was not significant between the two groups (22.42 vs. 23.29, p value = 0.333). Conclusions: In this study, a computer-based education module enhanced pharmacists’ knowledge to a similar degree to printed education material. Efforts should be made to provide computer-based education as an option to support pharmacists’ professional development.

Analysis of Factors Influencing Credit Access of Vietnamese Informal Labors in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic

Credit is considered as an essential tool to make informal labor’s income better. In order to improve quality of their life, the state should have some supports them in credit access. This study analyzes factors causing credit access of informal labors to be changed in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Using survey data collected from 2020 VHSSL (2019–2020), this approach has two models including a binary logit model and a multinomial logit model (MLM). The results revealed that the positive factors including education, material, collateral, credit size, credit source, credit debt which are likely to affect to credit access, however age, family size, ethnicity, interest, paid money are negative. Besides, it also concludes that quality of life of informal labor is considerably influenced by credit access, collateral, credit source, credit debt from the observed samples. Additionally, this paper recommends some policies to enhance informal labor’s access to credit and their quality of life.

The Role of EUPATI CH in Promoting Patient Involvement in Clinical Research: A Multi-Stakeholder Research Project

Background: The European Patients' Academy on Therapeutic Innovation Switzerland (EUPATI CH) was established as an association in 2016 with the mission to improve patient empowerment in Switzerland, raise public awareness of EUPATI's education material, and foster multi-stakeholder partnerships in order to promote public involvement in all aspects of medicines research and development (R&amp;D). In order to achieve its goal of improving patient involvement (PI) in all processes of medicines R&amp;D in Switzerland and to obtain guidance and recommendations for future activities, EUPATI CH initiated a multi-stakeholder survey on PI experiences, hurdles, and best practices. The survey enabled EUPATI CH to obtain and analyze the views of various stakeholders and shape its workplan.Methods: Data collection occurred between January and July 2019 using a survey and semi-structured interviews with individual stakeholders from different groups. The online survey responses were analyzed using quantitative methods and the interviews were analyzed using qualitative methods.Results: The online survey was completed by 55 respondents (10%), and the semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 stakeholders. Respondents to the online survey were patient representatives (45%), researchers from academia (25%), individuals from the pharmaceutical industry (9%), healthcare professionals (23%), and representatives from government agencies (6%). Some respondents were also members of EUPATI CH. Thirty-eight percent of respondents consider PI in Switzerland to be limited or absent. They identified the main barriers to PI as, first and foremost, a lack of funds and human resources (65%), followed by a lack of information and a lack of education on how to become a patient advocate (21%), a lack of collaboration with other stakeholders (16%), and a lack of adequate resources. Respondents' expectations of EUPATI CH's role in supporting PI were to provide education for active PI and improve networking and collaboration among stakeholders.Conclusions: EUPATI CH's multi-stakeholder research identified some of the difficulties in promoting PI in medicines R&amp;D in Switzerland, in particular the complex collaboration among stakeholders and a lack of funds, human resources, and knowledge. To respond to these difficulties, EUPATI CH has begun preparing a basic training course for patients that is adapted to Switzerland.

Student Involvement in Community Activities Related to Educational Programs

The development of the object of study of citizenship education material is not fixed in classrooms carried out in formal schools, but can also be carried out in community activities known as socio-cultural citizenship. This is the purpose of this study by describing the application of civic education in the social sphere, namely the involvement of students from various universities who are members of the Atap Senja Community School. The method used is a case study on student involvement in community activities related to educational programs carried out in the community. The results of this study indicate that the concept of civic civic education can be carried out by involving community civic education that develops in the community, namely the Atap Senja Community School in Yogyakarta. This community consists of students from various universities in Yogyakarta. Activities carried out by providing learning assistance and attention to the development of morality for children who do not receive formal education at school. Funding for activities carried out by this community comes from membership fees or what has been called volunteers. The activities carried out by this community are proof of the participation of young citizens in changing the educational conditions of school dropouts, with various kinds of financial limitations. This can be interpreted as a form of civic engagement with the state, because indirectly these community activities will also affect and improve the conditions of education in Indonesia.

P-OGC50 An Objective Evaluation of Youtube Videos on Oesophageal Cancer using the PEMAT Score

Background Studies in patient literature particularly regarding online video literature in all fields are few. Scoring systems for video materials such as the validated PEMAT(Patient Education Material Assessment Tool) have been used before to look at video patient literature. The aim of this study is to use the PEMAT tool to evaluate the quality of Youtube patient literature on oesophageal cancer and look at the inter rater reliability between lay and medical scorers. Methods A Youtube search was performed in April 2021 using the search terms “oesophageal cancer”, “esophageal cancer” “gullet cancer”. Characteristic data collected included language, ratings (thumbs up), type of video, country of origin and presence of advertising as well as intended audience. A PEMAT tool which is validated instrument to rate patient video material was used. A score of 70% is acceptable in the actionability and understandability domains. Cohen’s kappa coefficient was used to test inter-rater reliability between two lay person raters; and two medical raters. Results Seven sites were rated as understandable by the medical raters average and 13 were rated understandable by the lay raters average. Only two videos achieved best case scenario where both medical raters rated as understandable, rather than the average of both. Twelve videos were rated by both lay raters as understandable. Actionability rated poorer with only two videos rated as actionable on average by the medical raters and seven rated actionable by the lay raters on average. Conclusions Youtube videos on Oesophageal cancer score poorly in terms of actionability and understandability.

Connecting Older Adults With Mental Health Apps: A Survey of Provider App and Education Material Use

Many older veterans have access to mobile devices and are interested in using apps for mental health self-management, but few have ever downloaded health apps. To address the need for awareness of and access to VA mental health apps, we developed patient educational materials aimed towards older (or novice) users of mobile devices. The present study explored health care providers’ and staff’s perceptions about use of mental health mobile applications (apps) with older veterans and examined potential utility of these patient educational materials. Requestors of mobile device education materials (N = 90) were surveyed when ordering materials and again 4 months later. Baseline and follow-up surveys assessed frequency of app recommendation, and comfort recommending apps. Baseline surveys examined perceived advantages of apps; follow-up surveys examined perceived utility of the educational materials. Descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis were conducted. Most requesters (68.5%) initially were not comfortable using apps, yet perceived many advantages to using apps and hoped materials could facilitate app use. At follow-up, requestors felt more comfortable recommending apps alongside our materials. Qualitative analysis revealed perceived advantages to using the education materials. The benefits of developing and disseminating educational materials for providers to share with older veterans helped support older veterans’ app use, and potentially increased providers’ comfort with and frequency of recommending apps to their older patients. Access to educational materials can mitigate discomfort among providers in recommending apps to older users and may bring about valuable discussions about apps which support mental health.

Hong Kong Mothers and Emotional Sustainability via UN Sustainable Development Goal#3 Wellness and #16 Peace

The proposed project is expected to attract a target of 500 postnatal women (less than 3 months after delivery) for a half-year business intervention pilot project named “ Local Pui Yu” / postnatal assistant center to pilot this service with the support from IT companies on the techniques and devices to be needed to create the impacts and make the impacts transparent. And, it is expected that IT companies and/ or invited NGOs can support the total costs, for example, marketing cost, education material cost, and recruitment cost in employing midwives. Consequently, a new and easier method to deliver professional education with revenue creation business model will be created to support women and families, promote women, family and neonatal help; enhancing the awareness of women health, family and work balance issues.

Reforming Medical Education in Pakistan through strengthening Departments of Medical Education

Introduction: Early medical education departments originated as medical education research offices, primarily in the United States of America (USA). Objectives: The main objective of the study is to analyse the reforming medical education in Pakistan through strengthening departments of medical education. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Quaide Azam Medical College Bahawalpur in duration of Jan 2021-Sep 2021. The survey includes all of the city's PMDC-recognized medical schools. Respondents were medical school faculty members who were knowledgeable about the subject matter of the survey. Results: A total of 200 people took part in the study. All of the participants were interviewed by us. Education research (66.6 percent), faculty development (70.7 percent), and curriculum development (77.7 percent) were the top four tasks. Conclusion: This study concludes that well-established and effectively operating DMEs can play an effective role in increasing medical education quality. Medical and dental institutions should be supported in Pakistan by the Pakistani government's Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (PM&DC), the Higher Education Commission (HEC), as well as Pakistan's leading medical and dental universities in policy, governance, and regulatory matters. Keywords: Medical Education, Faculty Development, Lack of Resources, Infrastructure