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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION MASTER PROGRAM ON GRADUATES' PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES AND PERFORMANCE

Abstract Purpose of the article: To evaluate the effectiveness of medical education master program on graduates' professional competencies and performance on their own perspectives. Methods: In this Descriptive Cross-Sectional Research, 48 out of 73 graduates completed the researcher made validated and reliable questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS . 16. Results: Graduates including 21 male (43.8%) and 27 female (56.2%) with a mean age of 37± 6.53 years scored their professional competency and performance 3.21 ± 0.52 and 56.44 ± 7.60, respectively in the ranges of 1-5 and 16-80.Conclusions: Graduates’ intermediate competency and performance are mainly attributed to the lack of codes of ethics and responsibilities for medical education master program, not completing their log-books and analyze students’ reflections. Recommendations: design future studies with larger samples and developing evaluation tool guided by models like PRECEDE PROCEED. 1. INTRODUCTION
Determinants of Audit Fees for Portugal and Spain

This paper intends to analyze the determinants of audit fees in Portugal and Spain at a time when the audit profession has felt increasingly strong pressures on its ethical, independence and quality posture, showing that audit fees behave differently in these two countries. The liberalization of audit services in Portugal, with the elimination in 2005 of the table setting the minimum fees based on the size standards of the audited company, arouses the interest in perceiving the factors that determine audit fees. In Spain, the various financial scandals have placed audit fees in the main focus. These countries, which form the Iberian Peninsula, have a strongly related economic and cultural history, having also joined the European Union on the same date. In addition, audit fees have not been much studied in these countries, so it is important to perceive their behavior by comparing results. The results indicate that, in Spain, audit fees are determined mainly by the size, complexity and risk of the audited company. It was also found that in Spain the big four companies charge higher fees and that companies that change their audit firm pay lower fees in the year of rotation. In Portugal, the size of the audited company was considered the only factor contributing to the determination of audit fees. The analysis includes a sample of 39 listed companies in Portugal and 104 companies listed in Spain for the period of 2013 to 2015 using the ordinary least squares.
English as a Lingua Franca in Mainland China: An Analysis of Intercultural Business Communicative Competence

China’s rapid expanding its collaboration with the rest of the world entails an urgent need of numerous talents with excellent intercultural communicative competence. Past research has shown that limited empirical studies are available on intercultural communicative competence in business contexts of Mainland China. To bridge the gap, the present study aims to explore what competencies are obligatory for successful intercultural business communication by examining the perceptions of Chinese business professionals on this issue. Adopting the triangulated research method, the present study employs both quantitative and qualitative data to ascertain a better understanding of the issues in question and to corroborate the results obtained from these two research methods. Two hundred and twenty-seven (N = 227) Chinese business professionals filled in the online questionnaires and 11 of them participated in follow-up interviews. Our findings indicate that intercultural business communicative competence (IBCC) consists of four obligatory components: three in relation to cultural ability (metacognitive intelligence, motivational intelligence, and behavioral intelligence) and one to language ability (strategic competence). Based on our findings, we present a model of IBCC with implications to theory, practice, and education for intercultural business communication.
Flunarizine in Common Migraine Prophylaxis. A Doubl E-Blind, Cross-Over Study

MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 6 men and 2 3 women, median age 40 years, range 19-63 years, with common migraine defined according to the criteria given by the Ad Hoc Committee on the classification of headache ( 1 ) modified by Olesen et al. ( 2 ) . The basis population consisted of patients treated as out-patients at the Copenhagen Acute Headache Clinic, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. According to history, 19 patients had a family history of migraine. Median duration of migraine illness was 17 years, range 2 3 0 years. Median frequency of migraine attacks during the last year was 3 attacks per 4 weeks. All had headache intensity incompatible with normal work and 2 0 were forced to stay in bed during the attacks. Interval headaches occurred at least monthly in 15 patients. Nineteen of the patients had tried prophylactic treatment for migraine previously, but only 2 succesfully. The study design was a double-blind, randomized, crossover trial. After 4 weeks medication free baseline observation, the patients were randomly assigned to treatment with either flunarizine 10 mg daily or placebo for a 16-week period. After an interposed wash-out period of 4 weeks, the patients were treated for another 16-week period with placebo or flunarizine according to the cross-over design.
Three-dimensional wave packet in a Mach 6 boundary layer on a flared cone

High-resolution direct numerical simulations (DNS) were carried out to investigate the nonlinear breakdown process of a three-dimensional wave packet initiated by a short-duration pulse in a flared cone boundary layer at Mach 6 and zero angle of attack. For these simulations the cone geometry of the flared cone experiments conducted in the Boeing/AFOSR Mach 6 Quiet Tunnel (BAM6QT) at Purdue University was considered. The computational domain covered a large extent of the cone in the azimuthal direction to allow for a wide range of azimuthal wavenumbers ($k_{c}$) and to include shallow instability waves with small azimuthal wavenumbers. The simulation results indicated that the wave packet development was dominated by axisymmetric and shallow (small $k_{c}$) second-mode waves for a large downstream extent. Towards the downstream end of the computational domain a rapid broadening of the disturbance amplitude spectra was observed, which is an indication that the wave packet reached the strongly nonlinear stages. The disturbance spectra of the nonlinear regime, and the downstream amplitude development of the dominant disturbance wave components, provided conclusive evidence that the so-called fundamental breakdown was the dominant nonlinear mechanism. Furthermore, contours of the time-averaged Stanton number exhibited ‘hot’ streaks within the wave packet on the surface of the cone. Hot streaks have also been observed in the Purdue flared cone experiments using temperature sensitive paint (TSP) and in numerical investigations using DNS. The azimuthal streak spacing obtained from the wave packet simulation agrees well with that observed in the Purdue quiet tunnel experiments.
Development of a Care Coordinator Performance Measurement Tool for Indonesian Family Physicians

Background, aims and objectives: One of the roles of a family physician is as a care coordinator. This study aimed to develop a care coordinator measurement tool for family physicians in Indonesia. The instrument development method was conducted using Expert Judgement, the Delphi Technique and Factor Analysis. Thirteen themes relevant to the work of a care coordinator were obtained from 19 experts. Eighty-eight items were drafted from thematic definition and a literature search. Fifty-four items were selected through 2 rounds of Delphi Technique. No significant characteristic difference were found in both Delphi samples. The items considered very relevant to the work of a care coordinator (Likert scale 8-9) from more than 75% respondents were selected for factor analysis. A factor analysis was conducted on 249 samples. It showed an adequate number of samples and correlation for all items (KMO of Sampling 0.936 and Bartlett’s Test 1. Thirty-three items were filtered after determined loading factor > 0.4. Cronbach's alpha for each factor varied from 0.7-0.91. Cronbach's alpha for a total of 33 items was 0.94 with total variation documented as high as 77%. Conclusion: A valid and reliable care coordinator measurement tool for Indonesian Family Physicians has been developed, consisting of 11 factors and 33 items.
The Relationship between Neonatal Lamb Mortality and Toxoplasmosis

Bu calisma, noenatal kuzu olumleri ile toxoplasmosis arasindaki iliskiyi ortaya koymak amaciyla yapilmistir. Calisma kuzularinin oldugunu beyan eden isletmede gerceklesmistir. Isletmeden 50 adet anac koyun secilerek calismaya dahil edilmis ve bunlar iki gruba ayrilmistir. Birinci (1.) grup 25 adet kuzusu olmus koyunlardan, 2. grup ise 25 adet kuzusu sag koyunlardan olusturulmustur. Bu iki gruptan teknigine uygun olarak kan alinip, serumlari cikarilmistir. Daha sonra bu serumlar Sabin-Feldman dye testi ile incelenmistir. Incelenen 50 adet kan serumundan 29’unda (%58) Toxoplasma gondii saptanmistir. Kuzusu olen 25 adet koyundan alinan kan serumlarinin 20’sinde (%80) T. gondii pozitif olarak tespit edilmistir. Kuzusu sag olan 25 koyundan alinan kan serumlarinin 9’unda (%36) etken pozitif olarak tespit edilmistir. Bu iki grup arasinda T. gondii bulunma sikliginin istatistiksel olarak ki-kare testi ile karsilastirildiginda aralarindaki fark onemli bulunmustur (p<0.05). Sonuc olarak, toxoplasmosis kuzu olumlerinde onemli bir rol oynayabilir.
Relationship between educational stress and psychological resilience in nursing students

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between educational stress and psychological resilience in nursing students. Method: The descriptive and analytical design of the study consists of 602 students in the nursing department of the Faculty of Health Sciences of Ordu and Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University. Data were collected using Personal Information Form, Nursing Education Stress Scale (NESS), and Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA). Data, frequency distribution, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test, and Spearman correlation test were used. Findings: The mean age of the students was 20.37±2.10, 73.8% of them were women, the mean NESS score was 66.76±16.56, and the mean RSA score was 99.99±5.19. There was a high positive correlation between NESS total, academic and application sub-dimensions, RSA structural style and future perception, NESS total and academic sub-dimension was negatively correlated with social resources and NESS academic and family cohesion. Conclusions: Acording to results, nursing students experience moderate academic and practice stress. Among the factors that affect students' psychological well-being, there is a positive relationship between personal strength and future goals, quests and adaptation to future, and stress (in practice area). In addition, it can be said that the psychological resilience of the students is moderate when the scores of the students are evaluated. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin eğitim stresi ile psikolojik dayanıklılıkları arasındaki ilişkiyi ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir. Metod: Tanımlayıcı ve analitik tipte planlanan araştırmaya, Ordu ve Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Hemşirelik Bölümünde öğrenim gören 602 öğrenci dahil edilmiştir. Veriler, Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Hemşirelik Eğitimi Stres Ölçeği (HESÖ) ve Yetişkinler için Psikolojik Dayanıklılık Ölçeği (YPDÖ) kullanılarak toplandı. Verilerin analizinde, frekans dağılımı ve tanımlayıcı istatistikler (ortalama, standart sapma), Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis ve Spearman korelasyon testi kullanıldı. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 20.37±2.10, %73.8’i kadın, HESÖ puan ortalaması 66,76±16,56, YPDÖ puan ortalaması ise 99,99±5,19’dur. HESÖ toplam, akademik ve uygulama alt boyutları ile YPDÖ yapısal stil ve gelecek algısı arasında yüksek derecede pozitif yönde, HESÖ toplam ve akademik alt boyutu ile sosyal kaynaklar arasında ve HESÖ akademik ile aile uyumu arasında negatif yönde ilişki olduğu saptandı. Sonuç: Hemşirelik öğrencileri orta düzeyde akademik ve uygulama alanlarında stres deneyimlemektedir. Öğrencilerin psikolojik iyi oluşlarını etkileyen faktörlerden kişisel özellikler ve geleceğe yönelik yeni amaç, arayışlar ve geleceğe uyumları ile stres (uygulama alanında) arasında pozitif ilişki bulunmaktadır. Ayrıca, öğrencilerin YPDÖ puanlarına bakıldığında, psikolojik dayanıklılıklarının orta derece olduğu söylenebilir.
Students perceived usefulness towards M-Learning among students of Faculty Educational Studies, UPM

M-Learning holds a great potential to shift traditional learning into a new paradigm of learning. This paper will focus on examining the students’ perceived usefulness towards M-Learning among students of Faculty Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). This study was based on survey using a set of questionnaire. A pilot test has been carried out among 47 students with the reliability for variable was found over . 70. A total of 210 students were selected as a sample of this study based on the random sampling. The finding of this research indicates that Malaysian students have a positive perceived usefulness towards M-Learning.
Perspectives of alcohol treatment providers and users on alcohol addiction and its facilitating factors in Uganda and Belgium

Abstract Background: Although conceptualisation of addiction varies with time and culture, literature on intercultural studies between high and low income countries is scarce. This article uses Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 guidelines on diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and the Capability Opportunity Motivation – Behaviour (COM-B) model to explore perspectives on alcohol addiction and its facilitating factors in Uganda and Belgium. Method: Sixty qualitative interviews (40 with service providers and 20 service users) were administered in four alcohol treatment centres, two in Uganda and two in Belgium. Interviews were transcribed and analysed thematically using Nvivo software. Result: While addiction was primarily regarded as a disease enabled by capability factors (affordability and the absence of life and social skills) by Belgian respondents, many Ugandans viewed it as a moral or criminal issue; motivated by the varied roles of informal alcohol use amidst weak restrictions. Opportunity-related factors including; acceptability, availability, media influence, cultural/religious beliefs and practices and peer influence were recognised as facilitating factors in both countries, while stigma was equally prevalent. Conclusion: Interventions in Uganda could explore strengthening legislation and research on utilisation of the well-entrenched religious and cultural institutions to encourage alternatives to alcohol use. In Belgium, promotion of life and social skills, alcohol regulation in educational institutions and other demand reduction strategies seem essential to delay the onset of (mis)use. In both societies; general reduction of opportunities for access, early intervention, programmes for young persons and prevention of stigma through awareness-raising can be explored for mitigation of AUD.
Health Beliefs Affecting Rabies Disease Prevention Behavior in the Local Outbreaks at Hua Sai Sub- District Bang Khla District Chachoengsao Province

ความเชอดานสขภาพทสงผลตอพฤตกรรมการปองกนโรคพษสนขบาในพนท มการระบาด ตำบลหวไทร อำเภอบางคลา จงหวดฉะเชงเทรา ศรนนท คำส วท. ม. สาขาวชาสาธารณสขศาสตร คณะวทยาศาสตรและเทคโนโลย มหาวทยาลยราชภฏราชนครนทร 422 ถ. มรพงษ ต. หนาเมอง อ. หนาเมอง จ. ฉะเชงเทรา 24000 Abstract: Health Beliefs Affecting Rabies Disease Prevention Behavior in the Local Outbreaks at Hua Sai Sub- District Bang Khla District Chachoengsao Province Kumsri S Public Health Program Faculty of Science and Technology Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University 422 Maruphong Rd. Na Mueang sub-district Chachoengsao district Chachoengsao province 24000 (E-mail: Uengsang_swu@hotmail.com) This research is a descriptive, cross-sectional study to determine health beliefs that affect rabies prevention behavior in epidemic areas. The sample was selected purposively and a number 300 people were recruited. The applied questionnaires of Health Belief affecting preventive behavior including perceived susceptibility and perceived severity were used to collect data. The findings found that 18 persons (6 percent) have been bitten by dogs and 282 persons (94 percent) have never been better.These people have good rabies prevention behavior 14.2 ± 3.04, Their perceived susceptibility (p < 0.01; r = .402) and perceived severity (p < 0.01; r = .158) were significantly ascociated with rabies prevention behavior. The finding health beliefs affect disease prevention behaviors in local outbreaks of rabies. This is a major issue that has caused people in the area to become aware in order to decrease rabies.
Phosphate Nutritional Intake Control between Patient Undergoing Conventional Thrice Weekly and Infrequent Hemodialysis

Introduction. It is largely agreed that preservation of residual kidney function (RKF) has a directly proportional effect on general and, in particular, cardiovascular mortality. Unlike the oligoanuric patient undergoing thrice weekly hemodialysis (TDH) evaluation of patients on infrequent (once-weekly or twice-weekly) hemodialysis (ID) shows the importance of phosphaturia and residual diuresis are frequently underestimated. Indeed, the native kidney preserves the ability to eliminate not only toxic molecules but also achieve a significant output of phosphate despite a severe decrease in RKF. But without a tailored hypoproteic-hypophosphoric nutritional approach it was not possible to recruit patients for whatever programs of infrequent hemodialysis. Aim. The aim of our study was to assess phosphate balance in patients on ID compared to those on conventional THD with no residual kidney function. Methods. In each group the proteic/phosphoric intake was estimated. Thirty-seven patients were recruited: 12 on THD, 15 on twice-weekly dialysis and 10 on once-weekly dialysis with a combined diet dialysis program (CDDP). A total of 36 urine samples were collected from 36 THD patients and grouped according to dialysis method employed: high efficiency dialysis (HDH), post-dilution on-line hemodiafiltration (postHDF), or pre-dilution hemodiafiltration (preHDF). Fifty-seven urine samples were obtained from patients on TWD, and 109 from CDDP. Results. Compared to THD patients, patients on ID were characterized by a negative or neutral balance between input/output of phosphates. Weekly balance: THD: +4.45; TWD: - 0.73; CDDP: - 0.38. Conclusions. A tailored ID, together with a low-protein – low-phosphorus diet may delay the need for THD and prolong patients’ quality of life and cardiovascular survival, being proportionally linked to a lack of accumulation of dietary phosphate.
Examining Policy Preferences for Prostitution Regulation Among American Males: The Influence of Contextual Beliefs

The arguments for criminalizing prostitution surround public concerns—moral order, public health, and safety. For this reason, an understanding of attitudes about the nature and consequences of the practice, particularly among American males, the presumed consumers of sex-related exchanges, is needed. Specifically, how do contextual beliefs about the nature of prostitution (e.g., negative health effects, victimization risk, age of entry) shape policy preferences regarding prostitution? Data from a nationally representative survey developed to solicit sensitive information are utilized to assess these attitudes among a large sample of American men (N = 2,525). Results show that paradoxically most men approve of legalizing commercial sex exchange, even while believing the practice harms prostitutes by increasing victimization risk and reducing their overall well-being. Multivariate analysis indicates divides in opinion regarding legalization support. Implications are discussed.
Leadership Styles and Employee Turnover Intention in the Ghana Audit Service: The Moderating Role of Employee Motivation

employee turnover intention in the Ghana Audit Service. In addition, it must be noted that employees are the main pillars and the most important factor in driving the success of the organization. Employee turnover conservatively costs an organization approximately 60% of an employee’s annual salary (Allen & Shanock, 2012). For instance, an international comparison of turnover intention based on the International Social Survey Programme [ISSP] about “Work Orientations” in 2005 showed that high turnover rate of employees occurred in countries such as France (17.48%), Mexico (17.42%), USA (15.0%), Dominican Republic (14.63%), New Zealand (14.47%) and Australia (14.26%). On the contrary, low employee turnover rates were reported in Slovenia (4.0%), Japan (3.74%) and Czech Republic (3.11%). South Africa, the only African country to have appeared in the survey recorded an average employee turnover rate of 12.2% (ISSP, 2005; Henneberger & Sousa-Poza, 2002; Perez, 2008). Again, the turnover intent by industry (HR Barometer, 2007) showed that the health and social care sector scored the highest, 18.5%, turnover intention while agriculture and forestry sector had the lowest score, 1.3%. From this perspective, then, this study had the second objective of examining the relationship between motivation and employee turnover intention. Abstract: Leadership is a complex process involving the interaction of numerous variables. Thus, many theories have been developed to explain leadership approaches, behavioral styles, and outcomes. This article presents the results between leadership styles (Transformational, Transactional and Laissez-faire) and turnover intention. It also assessed the moderating role of employee motivation between leadership styles and turnover intention. Statistical analyses were done on data gathered from 150 respondents at the Ghana Audit Service, Accra. The analysis indicated that the overall leadership styles do not have positive significant relationship with turnover intention. Also, motivation did not moderate the relationship between the overall leadership styles and turnover intention in the Ghana Audit Service but rather moderated between laissez- faire leadership style and turnover intention. The implications of these results were discussed. transformational leadership, transactional leadership, laissez-faire leadership, turnover intention, moderation, motivation