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The aim of this study was to evaluate the self-perceived competency (FSPC) of medical faculty in E-Teaching and support received during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An online well-structured and validated faculty self-perceived competency questionnaire was used to collect responses from medical faculty. The questionnaire consisted of four purposely build sections on competence in student engagement, instructional strategy, technical communication and time management. The responses were recorded using a Likert ordinal scale (1-9). The Questionnaire was uploaded at www.surveys.google.com and the link was distributed through social media outlets and e-mails. Descriptive statistics and Independent paired t-test were used for analysis and comparison of quantitative and qualitative variables. A p-value of ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A total of 738 responses were assessed. Nearly 54% (397) participants had less than 5 years of teaching experience, 24.7% (182) had 6-10 years and 11.7% (86) had 11-nd somewhat competent in E-teaching for student engagement, instructional strategy, technical communication and time management skills. Faculty receiving feedback was more competent in comparison to peers teaching without feedback.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection a global pandemic due to the fast transmission of this disease worldwide. To prevent and slow the transmission of this contagious illness, the public health officials of many affected countries scrambled to introduce measures aimed at controlling its spread. As a result, unprecedented interventions/measures, including strict contact tracing, quarantine of entire towns/cities, closing of borders and travel restrictions, have been implemented by most of the affected countries including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The aim of this paper is to share health care professionals' perspectives who are experiencing COVID19 firsthand in a foreign land. In addition, the role of the Saudi governance to combat the current situation is also discussed.
Personal and previous experiences as related to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) by the authors has been compared to the current situation and how it affected our thoughts and management. A review of the evidence-based literature was conducted to investigate the demographics of the region; and to understand the awareness of the various tools that are available and how they were utilized in the present situation of pandemic.
Saudi Arabia has been challenged during the pandemic as are other countries.
Saudi Arabia has been challenged during the pandemic as are other countries.The potential ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic global shut down on physical education providers and youth sport coaches may be particularly severe due to substantial cutbacks on many of their normal activities. This population faces unique challenges in engaging in "virtual learning" given the physical nature of their job, potentially leading to sedentary lifestyle, weight gain, and the development of depressive mood disorders. This commentary aims to explore options to mitigate worsening of stress, depression, physical inactivity, and social disconnection in youth sport coaches following the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and to call attention to this vulnerable demographic which has been substantially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, people volunteered for sewing hand-made face masks. However, sewing-machine operating might be associated with high ergonomic risk and a negative impact on musculoskeletal health.
This paper describes an ultrasonographic diagnosis of a foot ganglion - after sewing 300 face masks within two months using a foot-operated sewing machine.
The patient significantly improved after an ultrasound-guided aspiration and corticosteroid injection.
In short, we highlight the importance of ultrasound examination in the management of work (overuse)-related disorders in occupational medicine practice.
In short, we highlight the importance of ultrasound examination in the management of work (overuse)-related disorders in occupational medicine practice.
As the pandemic process, COVID-19 has a serious occupational safety risk for healthcare professionals. Therefore, determining their health and safety perceptions and attitudes in the pandemic process is very important. This study aims to determine which is more effective in work accident prevention behavior safety awareness and competencies of healthcare professionals or perception of fatalism.
For this purpose, a questionnaire was applied to 326 healthcare professionals. The questionnaire consists of four parts (1) demographic information of the employees, (2) scale of preventing occupational accidents, (3) fatalism perception scale in occupational health and safety, and (4) security awareness and competency scale. Descriptive statistical methods, multiple regression and correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data.
It was determined that the participants' safety awareness and competencies were at the high level and their fatalism perceptions were at the low level. The average of the responses given by the participants to the scale of preventing work accidents was above the middle level. According to the study, the safety awareness and competencies of health workers were found to be about three times more effective on the behavior of preventing work accidents than the perception of fatalism.
In conclusion, it is important to recommend managers to take the step to increase the safety awareness and competencies of those working in their institutions.
In conclusion, it is important to recommend managers to take the step to increase the safety awareness and competencies of those working in their institutions.
In recent years, the elderly population has increasingly worked in various workplaces. Hence, measurements to assess the work attention of the elderly has become an important need.
The aims of this research project are to develop an iPad-based attention assessment tool, "Shih-Hsu Test of Attention" (SHTA) for work attention, that adopts touchscreen as the medium interface, and to explore criterion-related validity and test-retest reliability of this new attention assessment tool for elders.
Thirty-one participants aged between 65-85 years were recruited in this study on a voluntary basis. Each participant was assessed two times. The participants completed both the SHTA and Chu's Attention Test (CAT), and the SHTA was used to test participants after three weeks.
The analytical results demonstrate that the SHTA has acceptable criterion-related validity (γ= 0.400, p < 0.05*) and test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.920, p < 0.01**).
Our preliminary findings show that the iPad-based auditory attention assessment tool, SHTA, has satisfactory criterion-related validity and test-retest reliability, which supports the use of SHTA as an attention assessment tool for older employees.
Our preliminary findings show that the iPad-based auditory attention assessment tool, SHTA, has satisfactory criterion-related validity and test-retest reliability, which supports the use of SHTA as an attention assessment tool for older employees.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanning can induce psychological effects. No studies have investigated the role of magnetic vestibular stimulation (MVS) in 3TMRI scanner-induced psychological reactions.
To assess depersonalization/derealization (DD), state anxiety and motion-perception in a 3TMRI scanner, acutely and long-term.
48 healthcare professionals and students were included, after preliminary rejection of claustrophobes and neuro-otology and psychiatry assessments.
Participants completed questionnaires on personal habits, dissociation, anxiety/depression and motion sickness susceptibility. Validated DD and state anxiety questionnaires were administered before and after magnetic exposure twice, entering the bore head and feet first in random order, one week apart. During the following week, dizziness/disorientation was reported daily. One month later, 11 subjects repeated the procedure to assess reproducibility.
Considerable individual susceptibility was observed, circa 40% of the subjects e (first-exposure effect), motion-perception due to MVS, head/body orientation, sleeping habits and individual susceptibility. Forewarning subjects of these predisposing factors may increase tolerance to MRI scanning.
Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD) is a recently defined functional syndrome. In other functional disorders there has been concern that the label itself can have negative effects, but research on patient views of PPPD is lacking.
To understand patient views of the PPPD labelMETHODSSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 people with PPPD and thematically analysed.
Four themes were identified. Theme 1 reflects reassurance and validation received through a 'label'. Theme 2 reflects re-evaluation of illness-beliefs, with the diagnosis giving greater perception of control but also perception of having serious consequences. Theme 3 reflects difficulty understanding terminology. Participants rarely understood "persistent", "perceptual" and "postural". They did not tend to use the term "PPPD" to others or themselves. Some interpreted "persistent" as meaning "poor prognosis". Theme 4 reflects lack of psychological attribution, since participants normalised the experience of distress, but did not view this as part of PPPD.
These data support the relevance of PPPD beyond simply classification. However patients found the components of the term itself confusing and did not tend to adopt it when relating their condition to others or themselves. Simplifying the nomenclature could facilitate shared understanding and management, even potentially influencing outcome.
These data support the relevance of PPPD beyond simply classification. However patients found the components of the term itself confusing and did not tend to adopt it when relating their condition to others or themselves. Simplifying the nomenclature could facilitate shared understanding and management, even potentially influencing outcome.
Embedded within most rapid head rotations are gaze shifts, which is an initial eye rotation to a target of interest, followed by a head rotation towards the same target. Gaze shifts are used to acquire an image that initially is outside of the participant's current field of vision. Disufenton Sodium Currently, there are no tools available that evaluate the functional relevance of a gaze shift.
The purpose of our study was to measure dynamic visual acuity (DVA) while performing a gaze shift.
Seventy-one healthy participants (42.79±16.89 years) and 34 participants with unilateral vestibular hypofunction (UVH) (54.59±20.14 years) were tested while wearing an inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor on the head and walking on a treadmill surrounded by three monitors. We measured visual acuity during three subcomponent tests standing (static visual acuity), while performing an active head rotation gaze shift, and an active head rotation gaze shift while walking (gsDVAw).
While doing gsDVAw, patients with Left UVH (n = 21) had scores worse (p = 0.
