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Wang Hong - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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exploration of the significance and strategies of folk culture Elective Courses in the colleges of the west regions
Academy, 2011Co-Authors: Wang HongAbstract:With the development of general education in colleges and the gradually disappearance of folk custom in the West Regions,it is urgent to rescue folk custom.To do so we can exploit folk culture Elective Courses in the colleges in the West Regions,adopt modern teaching methods,and carry out teacher-student interactive curricular activities and various extra-curricular activities and investigations,all which not only can promote undergraduates to understand folk custom and enhance undergraduates' ability in protecting and developing folk custom,but also can promote undergraduates' sense of pride and honor,and be helpful to reconstruction of ethos.
Klaus Linde - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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how do medical students engaging in Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy differ from unselected students a survey
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017Co-Authors: Alexandra Jocham, Levente Kriston, Pascal O Berberat, Antonius Schneider, Klaus LindeAbstract:We aimed to investigate whether students at German medical schools participating in Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy differ from an unselected group of students regarding attitudes and personality traits. Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy in the academic half-year 2013/14 all over Germany were identified and participants invited to fill in a questionnaire including nineteen questions on attitudes towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), orientation towards science, care and status orientation, and a short validated instrument (Big-Five-Inventory-10) to measure personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness). Participants of a mandatory family medicine course at one university served as unselected control group. Two hundred twenty and 113 students from Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy, respectively, and 315 control students participated (response rate 93%). Students participating in Elective Courses had much more positive attitudes towards CAM, somewhat lower science and status orientation, and somewhat higher care orientation than control group students (all p-values for three-group comparisons < 0.001). There were no differences between the three groups regarding personality traits with the exception of lower values for agreeableness in controls (p = 0.009). The findings of this study show that attitudes of students participating in Elective Courses on acupuncture or homeopathy at German medical schools differ to a considerable degree from the attitudes of unselected students.
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why do students engage in Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy at medical school a survey
Complementary Medicine Research, 2017Co-Authors: Alexandra Jocham, Pascal O Berberat, Antonius Schneider, Klaus LindeAbstract:We aimed to investigate why medical students in Germany participate in Elective Courses on acupuncture or homeopathy.The study was a nationwide, cross-sectional survey. Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy in the academic half-year 2013/14 were identified by inquiries directed to all 37 German medical schools, to student initiatives, and organizations supporting such Courses. Participants of Courses were asked to fill in a questionnaire consisting of a free-text question on their motives and closed questions regarding personal experiences, personal environment, evidence, role of the therapy as a complement to conventional medicine, and opportunistic aspects in relation to the therapy chosen.Students participating in 16 of 18 identified acupuncture Courses (n = 220) and 12 of 13 identified homeopathy Courses (n = 113) filled in the questionnaire. Content analysis of the free text showed that personal experience, a feeling that conventional medicine is somehow incomplete, the belief that acupuncture or homeopathy could help to overcome this shortcoming, and positive characteristics attributed to the therapies were the main motives for participation. Quantitative analyses showed that own experiences and considering the therapy a useful complement to conventional medicine were similarly rated motives in both groups, while opportunistic aspects played almost no role. The influence of the personal environment was more important among homeopathy students, while acupuncture students considered their therapy better backed by evidence.In our survey, personal experiences and the belief that acupuncture or homeopathy allows grasping the patient more holistically were primary motives for participation.
Huang Shu-lin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Teaching methods practice reform of Elective Courses
Journal of Shanxi Medical University, 2010Co-Authors: Huang Shu-linAbstract:Higher education in China at present widespread phenomena of Elective course on which student enrollment was enough,but deserted when the official class begun,the low attendance in classes.In addition to students' awareness of course selection were not correct,school course selection and management were not in place,lack of curriculum resources and many other reasons,teachers payed no more attention to Elective course,means of teaching was single,the contents of teaching and assessment methods lack of design,which were important factors leading to the teaching less effective.In this paper,for example the Elective course "Tea Nutrition and Health",which was set up for the undergraduate medical colleges,we discussed several contents including teaching means,teaching methods,teaching contents,assessment methods,etc,and introduced teaching experiences in education reform.
Alexandra Jocham - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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how do medical students engaging in Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy differ from unselected students a survey
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2017Co-Authors: Alexandra Jocham, Levente Kriston, Pascal O Berberat, Antonius Schneider, Klaus LindeAbstract:We aimed to investigate whether students at German medical schools participating in Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy differ from an unselected group of students regarding attitudes and personality traits. Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy in the academic half-year 2013/14 all over Germany were identified and participants invited to fill in a questionnaire including nineteen questions on attitudes towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), orientation towards science, care and status orientation, and a short validated instrument (Big-Five-Inventory-10) to measure personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness). Participants of a mandatory family medicine course at one university served as unselected control group. Two hundred twenty and 113 students from Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy, respectively, and 315 control students participated (response rate 93%). Students participating in Elective Courses had much more positive attitudes towards CAM, somewhat lower science and status orientation, and somewhat higher care orientation than control group students (all p-values for three-group comparisons < 0.001). There were no differences between the three groups regarding personality traits with the exception of lower values for agreeableness in controls (p = 0.009). The findings of this study show that attitudes of students participating in Elective Courses on acupuncture or homeopathy at German medical schools differ to a considerable degree from the attitudes of unselected students.
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why do students engage in Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy at medical school a survey
Complementary Medicine Research, 2017Co-Authors: Alexandra Jocham, Pascal O Berberat, Antonius Schneider, Klaus LindeAbstract:We aimed to investigate why medical students in Germany participate in Elective Courses on acupuncture or homeopathy.The study was a nationwide, cross-sectional survey. Elective Courses on acupuncture and homeopathy in the academic half-year 2013/14 were identified by inquiries directed to all 37 German medical schools, to student initiatives, and organizations supporting such Courses. Participants of Courses were asked to fill in a questionnaire consisting of a free-text question on their motives and closed questions regarding personal experiences, personal environment, evidence, role of the therapy as a complement to conventional medicine, and opportunistic aspects in relation to the therapy chosen.Students participating in 16 of 18 identified acupuncture Courses (n = 220) and 12 of 13 identified homeopathy Courses (n = 113) filled in the questionnaire. Content analysis of the free text showed that personal experience, a feeling that conventional medicine is somehow incomplete, the belief that acupuncture or homeopathy could help to overcome this shortcoming, and positive characteristics attributed to the therapies were the main motives for participation. Quantitative analyses showed that own experiences and considering the therapy a useful complement to conventional medicine were similarly rated motives in both groups, while opportunistic aspects played almost no role. The influence of the personal environment was more important among homeopathy students, while acupuncture students considered their therapy better backed by evidence.In our survey, personal experiences and the belief that acupuncture or homeopathy allows grasping the patient more holistically were primary motives for participation.
Aparna Bhutani - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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ISDA (2) - Data Mining with Association Rules for Scheduling Open Elective Courses Using Optimization Algorithms
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2019Co-Authors: Seba Susan, Aparna BhutaniAbstract:A new course scheduling based on mining for students’ preferences for Open Elective Courses is proposed in this paper that makes use of optimization algorithms for automated timetable generation and optimization. The Open Elective Courses currently running in an actual university system is used for the experiments. Hard and soft constraints are designed based on the timing and classroom constraints and minimization of clashes between teacher schedules. Two different optimization techniques of Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Simulated Annealing (SA) are utilized for our purpose. The generated timetables are analyzed with respect to the timing efficiency and cost function optimization. The results highlight the efficacy of our approach and the generated course schedules are found at par with the manually compiled timetable running in the university.
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data mining with association rules for scheduling open Elective Courses using optimization algorithms
Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 2018Co-Authors: Seba Susan, Aparna BhutaniAbstract:A new course scheduling based on mining for students’ preferences for Open Elective Courses is proposed in this paper that makes use of optimization algorithms for automated timetable generation and optimization. The Open Elective Courses currently running in an actual university system is used for the experiments. Hard and soft constraints are designed based on the timing and classroom constraints and minimization of clashes between teacher schedules. Two different optimization techniques of Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Simulated Annealing (SA) are utilized for our purpose. The generated timetables are analyzed with respect to the timing efficiency and cost function optimization. The results highlight the efficacy of our approach and the generated course schedules are found at par with the manually compiled timetable running in the university.