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Student Physical Therapists’ Perceptions Of A Novel, Small-Group Presentation Method In The United States: A Cohort Study, Bhavana Raja, Leslie Bayers, Lott Hill, Alicia Rabena-Amen

Health Professions Education

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to explore perceptions of student physical therapists of a new, small-group presentation model called Presentation-Station-Rotation (PSR). Our hypothesis is that the PSR format will be a more effective, interactive, and stimulating mode of delivery than large group presentations. Method: Thirty-six first year student physical therapists were divided into groups of three students to give a presentation about their clinical experience. Presenters rotated to two other groups to present for three repetitions; listeners heard six different presentations. Thematic analysis was conducted on the questionnaire completed by the students regarding their experiences of the PSR …

Faculty Perceptions Of Health Professional Students’ Hybrid-Online Learning Strategies: A Multi-Center Qualitative Study, Evan M. Pucillo, Gabriela Perez, Leiselle Pilgrim

Health Professions Education

Purpose. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the utilization of hybrid-online and fully-online instruction in health professional education. Physical (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) programs have become increasingly reliant upon this mode of instruction. Therefore, it is important to understand advising strategies for this educational environment. Faculty advisors may endorse specific learning strategies over others. However, advising strategies of faculty are not well represented in the scientific literature. Methods. A qualitative phenomenological design used a six-item, open-ended questionnaire to purposefully survey faculty members teaching and advising students in hybrid-online PT and OT graduate programs during COVID-19. Dedoose® v.9.4 qualitative software (Los Angeles, …

Undergraduate Healthcare Professional Students Experience Of Receiving Feedback: A Cross Sectional Survey, Helen Marshall, Jignasa Mehta

Health Professions Education

Purpose: To investigate undergraduate student healthcare professional experiences within the United Kingdom, in relation to receiving feedback, including exploring various topics within this process which may influence performance and satisfaction levels. By understanding the student experience of feedback, this will help to plan and guide future practice to enhance student engagement with feedback to then apply in their chosen profession.

Method: A survey-based approach was utilised to gain quantitative and qualitative data via an electronic survey. There was a total of 19 questions within the survey and 17 allowed a free text response. Analysis of the quantitative data was carried …

Using Professional Core Competencies To Guide And Enhance Course Content For Doctor Of Physical Therapy Students, Leslie M Smith, Suzanne Trojanowski, Amy Yorke, Erin Rucker

Health Professions Education

Purpose: The acute care environment poses challenges to Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students, faculty, and clinicians. Academic preparation is important for success in acute care clinical education experiences. The Core Competencies for Entry-Level Practice in Acute Care Physical Therapy (CCACPT) defines entry-level performance expectations. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of the CCACPT to enhance teaching and assess student confidence in acute care competencies before and after a medical surgical course. Methods: DPT students from three cohorts were recruited. We developed a 52-item survey from the CCACPT. Each item asked about the confidence for a …

Learning Harmony: Medical Student Reflections On The Intersection Of The Arts & Humanities And Medicine, A Mixed Methods Study, Dominique Harz, Andrea Wershof Schwartz, Truelian Lee, David S. Jones, Edward M. Hundert, Lisa M. Wong, Susan E. Pories

Health Professions Education

Background. The arts and humanities form a critical part of medical education. In this study, we explore medical students' reflections following an arts and humanities experience. An intensive day and a half long program focused on music and reflection was designed for first-year students at Harvard Medical School. Methods. Students completed an evaluation of the experience with both open-ended and Likert scale questions. Data were analyzed using a mixed methods approach. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze quantitative data and inductive content analysis for qualitative data. Results. 168 first-year medical and dental students participated in the activity. Survey response rate …

The Use Of Self-Study In Health Professional Higher Education And Medical Education - A Mixed-Method Systematic Review, Slavko Rogan, Jan Taeymans, Evert Zinzen

Health Professions Education

Purpose: Health profession education and medical education should implement primarily active learning units in the curriculum. Self-study/guided self-study is such a tool that promotes active learning, a method that involves students in their learning process. The implementation of active learning is intended to develop or consolidate practical skills (hands-on). This mixed-method systematic review evaluated the of self-study/guided self-study in the university landscape for health professions education and medical education. Another goal was to foster awareness of the method self-study/guided self-study. Method: A systematic literature search in CINAHL, Embase, ERIC, PubMed and Web of Science was performed. Additionally, a manual search …

The Nature Of The Diagnostic Process, Louw Feenstra, J.H.Paul Wilson

Health Professions Education

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A Kind Of Connection Method Used For A Food Sensor - Id-06222, Paolo Markovina

Defensive Publications Series

The present invention relates to a method for reliable and quick connection and power supply of a cooking oven temperature probe cable in all heating and cooking thermal and humidity environmental conditions within the home appliance cooking oven cavity.

Place Diverter To Avoid Physical Damage During The Movement Of The Prs, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

Currently, the PageWide XL Pro family of printers feature a variable PRS architecture that allows adjusting the pen to paper distance with precision to meet image quality requirements. Such variable PRS is comprised by 4 motors that simultaneously operate to move the whole print zone up or down, as needed. In this disclosure, it is presented a safety mechanism that prevents users from accessing the print zone while the PRS is being adjusted, avoiding any potential physical damage that could be caused.

3d Printed Metal Structures For Thermoforming Molded Fiber Products, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

Using a 3D printed metal structure in the thermoforming process of molded fiber products makes the process more energy effective and less time-consuming. This disclosure relates to the field of thermoforming molded fiber products.

Quickpass For Tsa Security, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques for ensuring that a portable computer has not been tampered with can be adopted by TSA to improve screening point throughput for travelers who do not belong to a safe traveler program. This disclosure relates to the field of airline travel.

Slotted Side Guide For Cylinder Multi Positions, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

Using a simple mechanical slotted guide and side basic actuating element, enable us to produce more than 2 working positions from a standard cylinder. This patent intends to be implemented on the T1 nip mechanism, enable to get 3 working modes (open, close, intermediate) with the slotted side guide element.

Lightweight Companion Application For Onboarding And Verification Of New Users For Receiving Digital Payments, Dillon Amadeo, Yohan Launay, Kiat Chuan Tan, Nizam Anuar

Defensive Publications Series

Digital money transfers via payment platforms require that the sender and recipient of the money transfer both be users of the same platform. However, to access payment platform features, users need to install and configure an application on a user device, which some users may be unable or unwilling to do. This disclosure describes a lightweight solution for recipients not yet registered on a payment platform that provides a quick way to get onboarded and verified on the platform, link financial accounts, and receive incoming money transfers. Users who are onboarded via the lightweight solution can at a later time …

Automated Checks To Detect And Remove Locally Inappropriate Products From Marketplace Listing, Paras Mamgain

Defensive Publications Series

Online marketplace platforms enable any interested seller to list, advertise, and sell their products to a broad audience of buyers. Detecting product listings that violate local laws or norms is difficult. The effectiveness of manual evaluation of product is slow, limited in scale and scope and constrained by the knowledge and experience of the individuals tasked with evaluating appropriateness. This disclosure describes techniques to automate the detection of online marketplace listings for products that can potentially violate regionality specific regulations or norms. A set of automated checks are performed to validate product information that third-party sellers provide to the marketplace …

Dynamically Responsive Search Result Weblinks, Diego Baron, Judy Mou, Andrew Silverman, Pavan Kuppili

Defensive Publications Series

When a general purpose search engine is used to search dynamic databases, outlinks in the search results page simply point to the relevant databases, without specifying the filtering parameters entered as part of the search query. When the user clicks on a search result and is redirected to the target webpage, the user is forced to re-enter filtering parameters that were already provided as part of the search query. This disclosure describes dynamic search result outlinks where user-provided search parameters are used, with user permission, to automatically fill information in the web page pointed to by the outlink. This ensures …

Personalized Photographs And Signatures On 3d Printed Radiation Therapy Immobilizer, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

Radiation therapy immobilization devices are personalized medical devices used to accurately position a patient on a table while receiving treatments. Traditional thermoplastic masks are hand-shaped onto the patient's face by skilled technicians. The result is a cold, sterile tool reminiscent of a hockey mask from a horror movie—not exactly a source of calm during a traumatic procedure. 3D printers enable detailed color textures to be applied to the surfaces of custom-made RTIs. This idea proposes using 3D printing to imbue masks with positive personal effects. Family photos and hand-written messages can be digitally submitted from friends and relatives around the …

Techniques To Reduce The Risk Of Malicious Operations Being Performed During Remote Control Of Network Devices, Yi Ding, Humphrey Hanfeng Cai, Roman Volkov, Samantha Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Remote logins to network devices, such as during remote support sessions, can potentially introduce the risk of harm to network devices through human errors that could be triggered by technical support personnel during such remote logins/support sessions. Presented herein are techniques that can be implemented to fundamentally reduce the risk of human error that may occur during remote control of network equipment.

Techniques To Reduce The Risk Of Malicious Operations Being Performed During Remote Control Of Network Devices, Yi Ding, Humphrey Hanfeng Cai, Geetu, Roman Volkov, Samantha Wang

Defensive Publications Series

Remote logins to network devices, such as during remote support sessions, can potentially introduce the risk of harm to network devices through human errors that could be triggered by technical support personnel during such remote logins/support sessions. Presented herein are techniques that can be implemented to fundamentally reduce the risk of human error that may occur during remote control of network equipment.

Ud Students, Professor Research 1918 Influenza, Covid-19 Pandemic Experiences, Kassidy Lammers

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

A century after they were written, personal letters from the 1918 influenza pandemic are helping UD students better understand the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carbon Neutral Lifestyles And Ndcs: Advice And Policy Perspectives, Laura Cavalli, Chiara Boeri

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Climate change is one of the most important challenges for the present generation, which is living in decades characterized by a drastic increase in greenhouse gas emissions, especially in the most developed countries: not only the production realities – for which policies already largely provide for mitigation measures – contribute to emissions; but also, individual citizens to whom only a small part of the envisaged measures are addressed. Among the policies in which the demand side is little addressed are the Nationally Determined Contributions, which embody the efforts of each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts …

Electric Vehicle Uptake: What Factors Are Motivating The Shift For College-Aged And Older Groups?, Jake Cardines

Honors Projects in Mathematics

Electric vehicles (EVs) arguably are the most quickly expanding form of transportation as the world races toward a greener future with advanced technology and reduced reliance on fossil fuels. This study analyzes various expected inputs to motivating consumers of particular age groups to purchase EVs, including examination of how the idea of EV ownership is currently perceived and testing which factors influence it positively and negatively. Data collected from 113 survey respondents serves as the basis for determining the responsiveness of potential future EV owners to variables such as vehicle brand and charging availability, electric range, costs associated with purchase …

Interacting With Transphobic Content On Tiktok Is A Gateway To Alt-Right Radicalization Via The Algorithm, Victoria Northrop

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

While the era of alt-right radicalization on YouTube is at an end, the phenomenon is reborn on TikTok; additionally, the platform’s short-form content expedites the time it takes for users to fall down the theoretical “rabbit-hole” that is alt-right radicalization. This study examines a Media Matters study whose primary focus was how Transphobia serves as a signal for the algorithm to serve users increasingly hateful ideologies, including but not limited to misogyny, antisemitism, homophobia, and racism. The paper also connects casual transphobic rhetoric in popular culture, namely political campaigns, and comedy as the primary source of the radicalization occurring on …

Thyroid Shielding In Radiographic Procedures: Fit Vs Dose, Carlie Purdom, Natalie Mourant

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

The thyroid gland is a vital hormone gland that plays a major role in the metabolism, growth and development of the human body. The thyroid gland is among the most radiosensitive organs. The usage of thyroid shields by healthcare professionals is an essential precaution for radiation protection. The purpose of this experiment was to determine if thyroid shield fit affects radiation dose received to the thyroid gland. The fit was recorded by measuring from the jugular notch or location of thyroid, to the inside of the thyroid shield. Qualitative data was collected by interviewing staff technologists on whether or not …

Social Support Among Student-Athletes And Coping Strategy Differences Among Student-Athletes And Non-Student-Athletes, Dillon Travis, Eric M. Martin

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

College student-Athletes face a variety of challenges and stressors that are unique to their academic and athletic responsibilities, and the types of support and coping strategies they utilize are often different than those of their non-student-athlete peers. For example, Cosh & Tully (2015) found that college student-athletes reported additional stress due to academic and sport schedule clashes. These additional stressors illustrate the need for student-athletes to use additional resources as they deal with their complicated schedules. Yang et al. (2010) found that college student-athletes have friends, family, teammates, coaches, athletic trainers, physicians, and counselors available to them for support. Our …

Ethnographic Analysis Of Student Media: Uplifting Creative Young Adults, Marissa Maldonado, Kendall House

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

My research will focus on the Student Media Department at Boise State University - a student-run organization aimed at producing hyper-local media for the student newspaper, university radio station, and an independent magazine. Through ethnographic methods, such as contextual interviews and referencing physical artifacts, I will produce a qualitative analysis of how Student Media employees actively gain professional experience. My study will encourage participants to reflect on their personal and career goals within the organization, while also informing the department how they can best uplift students transitioning into professional environments.

As younger generations increasingly prioritize meaningful work in their careers, …

Text Analysis Identified Semantic Differences In Ideologically-Motivated News, Emily Eker, Iryna Babik

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in polarization of public opinion on some topics of global importance, leading to increasing public reliance on partisan-based online news.¹ However, news outlets may manipulate public opinion through misinformation or subtle modifications of news text’s semantic, stylistic, and affective characteristics.^2,3 We hypothesized significant differences in news text characteristics between sources with different ideological orientations, levels of radicalism, and levels of public interest for highly divisive topics in our society: immigration, gun control, and vaccination. Data was collected from 360 articles on these topics from MSNBC News (left-leaning non-radical), Fox …

Conservation Of Sharp-Tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus Phasianellus Columbianus) Through Fecal Dna Extraction, Elizabeth Jessmore, Morgan Calahan, Michael Schroeder, Jennifer S. Forbey, Stephanie J. Galla

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) are the rarest of the six extant Sharp-tailed Grouse subspecies. This subspecies experienced a 90% range contraction over the last century and have been extirpated from several states (Figure 1). In Washington alone, populations that once numbered hundreds of thousands of individuals now consist of fewer than 1,000 birds. Conservation efforts—including conservation translocations and habitat management—are underway to help bolster this imperiled subspecies across their range. However, little is known about the ecology of this charismatic species and the factors that may be contributing towards higher rates of decline.

The collection of …

The Effect Of Sociocultural Factors On Body Image And Social Physique Anxiety, Magalli Landaverde Morado, Mary Pritchard

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Previous research suggests that the relationship between body image is influenced by parents, peers, and media (Rodgers et al., 2011). However, those studies did not distinguish whether family, peers, or media are significantly more influential in people’s body image or propensity for social physique anxiety. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to determine whether family, peers, or media have a greater influence on body image and social physique anxiety in college students. We surveyed 943 college students (693 female, 250 male), ranging in age from 18 to 29 years of age (M = 19.03, SD = 1.59). Media …

Attraction And Adherence Of Senior Adults To Exercise Programs, Susan Copple

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Older adults commonly hope to remain healthy and live independently until death. Lack of regular, sustained physical exercise results in a decline in physical functioning, impacting the elderly’s ability to perform activities needed for daily living. Previous research explored factors leading to attraction and adherence to senior exercise programs; however, few studies prioritize them. This study’s purpose was to better understand, via a prioritized list, what attracts and promotes adherence to physical exercise programs at the Treasure Valley (Boise, Idaho) YMCA. Study data collected will improve the YMCA’s ability to engage with seniors and better serve and improve community health.

Pre-Plinian Perplexity: Constraining The Transition From The Blast To Plinian Phases Of The 18 May 1980 Mount St. Helens Eruption, Justin Crevier

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

The Mount St. Helens 18 May 1980 eruption was a formative event for a generation of volcanologists. The eruption’s massive size, as well as its location in the Pacific Northwest, have made it the subject of countless field studies. These studies have focused on discrete eruptive phases such as the Blast and Plinian stages, but relatively little has been done to study and constrain the transitional phases. The transition period in between the Blast and Plinian phases, which occurred between 0830 and 0920 on the morning of May 18, 1980, has yet to undergo a detailed review.

My project seeks …