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Human rights of people with mental illness: determining knowledge and attitude of nursing students in Enugu state Nigeria
Students’ readiness to participate in science project competitions: Views from secondary schools in southern Ethiopia
Management of Open Education Resources in Academic Libraries of Nigerian Public Universities
Management of Open Education Resources in Academic Libraries of Nigerian Public Universities
by Salau, Sadiat Adetoro
Keep ReadingDesigning the Future of Medical Education: The EPA Framework as a Catalyst to Inform Family Planning and Reproductive Health Fellowship Training Program in Ethiopia Medical Education: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Study
Academic leadership: exploring the experiences of department heads in a first generation university in Ethiopia
Knowledge of secondhand smoke and behaviour towards its exposure among teachers in Mauritius
Knowledge of reproductive health rights and its associated factors among Wolkite University undergraduate students, Wolkite, southern Ethiopia
School leadership training transfer in Ghana: Views of successful basic school leaders
School leadership training transfer in Ghana: Views of successful basic school leaders
by Alfred K Ampah- Mensah
Keep ReadingExploring student perceptions: Factors influencing academic performance in a school of pharmacy in Nigeria
Human rights of people with mental illness: determining knowledge and attitude of nursing students in Enugu state Nigeria
by Peace Njideka Iheanacho
Purpose: Human right is a phenomenon universal to all but greatly significant for disadvantaged groups like people with mental illness who due to the limitations of their illness cannot assert their rights. This study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding the human rights of people with mental illness. Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive study was conducted among 72 nursing students purposively selected from two nursing schools in Enugu, Nigeria. Data were collected using a 38 item literature-based questionnaire developed by the researchers. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach’s alpha model with 0.812 coefficients. Findings: Participants 32 (44.4%) demonstrated moderate knowledge regarding the human rights of people with mental illness. The attitude of nursing students towards the right of people with mental illness was positive (2.81). There is no significant difference in knowledge between students of the two schools, p = 0.199 (>0.05). However, the study showed that students from basic nursing school had a more favourable attitude towards the rights of people with mental illness compared to the post-basic nursing students, p = 0.050 (<0.05). Originality/value: The rising incidence of human right violation in mental health practice indicates the need to assess the knowledge and attitude of the future workforce who play a critical role in the care and management of people with mental illness. The nursing curriculum should provide nursing students in their various institutions of training, sufficient information on the human rights of people with mental illness. Also, a legal structure in Nigeria for people with mental illness is imperative to protect them from gross human rights violations. © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Students’ readiness to participate in science project competitions: Views from secondary schools in southern Ethiopia
by Lachebo, Giorgis Chinasho
Students' involvement in science competitions is a valuable educational activity that helps to increase students' attitudes toward science in general. The study focused on students' readiness to engage in secondary school science competitions within southern Ethiopia. A concurrent nested mixed-method research design was employed, with data obtained from a sample of 385 grade 12 natural science students. Results indicate that most students had yet to take part in science competitions. The study found that gender, teachers' commitment, and extra support significantly influence students' participation in science competitions. The main issues with students’ engagement in science competitions were poor research skills, a lack of technical know-how, and poor English language proficiency. In conclusion, increased participation in science competitions requires support from school administrators, teachers, parents, and the community during the project preparation process. Besides, projects that win in a science competition are made possible by well-equipped laboratories, access to the internet, well-trained personnel, timely communication, and an adequate supply of materials needed in the preparation process. © 2024
Management of Open Education Resources in Academic Libraries of Nigerian Public Universities
by Salau, Sadiat Adetoro
With the growth of open educational resources (OERs), academic libraries have an opportunity to play a vital role in facilitating access, use, and development of OERs. This study explored the management practices of OER initiatives in Nigerian public university libraries. A sequential mixed method was adopted for this study using the sequential explanatory strategy. Quantitative method was used to gather data to inform the study population for the qualitative part of the study. The quantitative data was analysed descriptively, while the qualitative data was analysed thematically; both data were integrated into the discussion of findings to provide robustness and complementarity. The study revealed variability across institutions in the completeness of OER projects. It also found key drivers and challenges of integrating OERs in these institutions. While this study provided recommendations based on the findings, it also made suggestions for librarians seeking to expand their role in OER adoption through strategic leadership, faculty partnerships, and advocacy. The findings of this research contribute to the on-going discourse on OER adoption, offering insights into the challenges and opportunities facing academic libraries in sustaining OER initiatives. © 2024 the author(s),
Designing the Future of Medical Education: The EPA Framework as a Catalyst to Inform Family Planning and Reproductive Health Fellowship Training Program in Ethiopia Medical Education: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Study
by Amare, Equlinet Misganaw
Introduction: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) are tasks or responsibilities within a specific field that can be given to a learner once they are competent to perform them independently. EPAs are being used in various specialty programs and serving as valuable tool to inform educational program. However, due to disparities in professional practice between different contexts, the automatic transfer of a set of core EPAs is not feasible. Hence, our study aims to develop an EPA framework to inform the Family Planning and Reproductive Health Fellowship Program in the local context of Ethiopia. Methods: We employed an exploratory mixed-method design, which involved the collection of qualitative data using the Nominal Group Technique and quantitative data through a nationwide survey in all residency training institutions across the country. Qualitative data analysis involved several steps, including compiling a list of tasks, removing duplicate tasks, reviewing EPAs using criteria and an equal rubric tool. For quantitative data analysis, descriptive statistics, validity index analysis, and intra-class correlation coefficients, were used. Results: Seven senior panelists were able to propose a total of 57 EPAs, with 17 remaining after qualitative data analysis. The panelist evaluated the relevance of each EPA in the second phase. As a result, 17 EPAs received a content validity index of >0.83, indicating satisfactory relevance. In the national survey, experts reached a high level of final agreement regarding the relevance and representativeness of all 17 EPAs (ICC = 0.815, 95% CI [0.0.756,0.865], p.0001). Conclusion: The final set of 17 end-of-training EPAs is valid, acceptable and representative of the discipline, and they can be used as a framework to inform Family planning and Reproductive Health Fellowship Program in Ethiopian medical education once these core EPA statements are described in sufficient detail. This can contribute to raise the quality of training and hence the quality of patient care. © 2024 Amare et al.
Academic leadership: exploring the experiences of department heads in a first generation university in Ethiopia
by Feyera Dinsa Hundessa
This study explores the experiences of department heads at Haramaya University, Ethiopia with regard to academic leadership perceptions and practices. Qualitative research approach with phenomenological strategy was employed in this study. Five department heads were selected using purposive sampling techniques. Semistructured interview, observation and document were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed following phenomenological approach and summarized through thematic analysis. The findings show that department heads perceive leadership as both rewarding and demanding and their leadership styles as democratic, transformational, participative and laissez faire in that order. The study also identified that department heads in this study are more of managers than leaders with more day-to-day routines and they do not have strong relations with stakeholders. It was also revealed that the department heads come to headship without any preparation. Finally, it was found that almost the five heads do not have interest to continue as a head in the second term except in the time of crisis. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the university should formulate a system to provide support, training and/or education for all the academic staff in general and the department heads in particular. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Knowledge of secondhand smoke and behaviour towards its exposure among teachers in Mauritius
by Sun, M.C.
introduction A literature review has revealed an absence of studies investigating the knowledge and behaviour of teachers towards secondhand smoke (SHS). This study was thus designed with the following objectives: 1) Assess the knowledge of SHS among primary school teachers, 2) Determine their behaviour towards SHS, and 3) Identify any relationship between knowledge and behaviour of participants. methods A national cross-sectional study was conducted among a representative sample from 28 primary schools in all four educational zones of Mauritius in 2017. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from primary school teachers. Data analysis was performed on 389 questionnaires. results The mean knowledge score was found to be 28.9 (SD=4.8), which is just above the threshold score (>27) for good knowledge. Less than two-thirds of the participants (63.2%) were in the ‘good knowledge’ category. The mean behaviour score was found to be 26.6 (SD=6.8), which is situated in the range for ‘satisfactory behaviour’ in terms of avoiding SHS. Pearson correlation testing revealed a significant association between knowledge of SHS and behaviour towards exposure to SHS. conclusions This study showed that nearly two-thirds of teachers had good knowledge of the health dangers of SHS and applied this knowledge in their behaviour by keeping away from cigarette smoke. © 2020. Chan Sun M. and Frédéric J. D. S. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0).
Knowledge of reproductive health rights and its associated factors among Wolkite University undergraduate students, Wolkite, southern Ethiopia
by Seid Jemal Mohammed
Objective: Reproductive health (RH) rights are the rights of all persons, regardless of age, sex, or other traits, and they have the freedom to make decisions about their sexuality and RH. However, there is limited information about Ethiopians' understanding of RH rights. Because little is known about the degree of knowledge and relevant predictors in the study area, this study was carried out to fill in the gaps. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 3 January to 25 January 2021 G.C to determine the knowledge level of RH rights and its associated factors among Wolkite University undergraduate medical students. The minimum estimated sample size was computed by using the simple population proportion formula of 95% confidence interval (CI), with 5% of marginal error, which was 318 students. The students were stratified based on their academic year and department. Each student was selected from each department by using the simple random sampling method based on their ID numbers. Data were collected by using a pre-tested, structured self-administered questionnaire. Epi Info version 3.5.1 was used for data coding, entering, and cleaning, and then the data were exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 for advanced analysis. The associated factors were identified by performing analysis for bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results: More than half (56.33%) of the participants were knowledgeable about reproductive and sexual rights and participated in RH clubs (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 2.94, 95% CI: 1.46, 5.91). The paternal educational level (AOR: 2.89, 95% CI: 1.34, 5.65) had an association with the knowledge of reproductive health rights. Conclusions: The students' knowledge regarding reproductive and sexual rights was found to be little. The Ethiopia Ministry of Education has to include reproductive and sexual rights in the curriculum of high school and higher institution studies. © 2022 Seid Jemal Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo.
School leadership training transfer in Ghana: Views of successful basic school leaders
by Alfred K Ampah- Mensah
Various professional development activities including training workshops are organised annually for school leaders. However, there have been questions as to whether participants in training workshops do necessarily implement lessons learnt from such workshops in their schools. This study reports lessons from school leaders who were adjudged to have been successful in implementing lessons from a British Council Connecting Classrooms training workshops for school leaders in Ghana. Adopting a qualitative phenomenological case study research approach using interviews, the study explored what school leaders perceived to be the factors that contributed to their successful implementation of lessons from the training workshops. The study found that when the focus of the workshop met participants needs, engagement of workshop participants in action planning, attending the workshop together with teachers and School Improvement Support Officers, follow-up visits by workshop trainers and organisers, creating of a platform for workshop participants to share experiences, and the organisation of a post-workshop reflective experience and successful stories sharing conference got them to commit to implementing lessons from the workshops. It is therefore recommended that organisers of training workshops for school leaders should incorporate these activities in their organisation of training workshop to achieve the intended impact.
Exploring student perceptions: Factors influencing academic performance in a school of pharmacy in Nigeria
by Ayodapo Oluwadare Jegede
Background: The failure and success rate of students in pharmacy school has been shown to be dependent on some courses that predict academic performance. The study identified factors that could impact failure and academic performances of pharmacy students at Obafemi Awolowo University. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional study of 219 undergraduate pharmacy students from third, fourth and fifth years of a school of pharmacy in Nigeria. A pre-tested questionnaire gathered data on demographics, course perceptions and academic factors. Descriptive and inferential statistics such as percentages, weighted averages, and Chi squared tests were used to analyse the data obtained at p < 0.05. Results: Financial constraints, family challenges, and a lack of peer interaction were significantly associated with repeating a year. Specific courses perceived as difficult included Pharmaceutical organic chemistry (PHC 202), Practical pharmaceutics I (PHA 201) and Medicinal chemistry II (PHC 402). Courses perceived as difficult, particularly in the fourth year, were notably linked to academic stress. Conclusion: The study identified specific factors and courses that affect pharmacy students' performance in the Nigerian context. Policy makers and faculty can take vital feedback to adjust the training content, methods and assessment system to possibly deliver a holistic education to pharmacy students.
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