• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.78-86
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• 2019

In the study, the moral sensitivity, moral distress, and biomedical ethics awareness levels of hospital nurses are examined, and the mediating effect of biomedical ethics awareness in the relationship between moral sensitivity and moral distress is verified. As the study subjects, 153 hospital nurses were selected from both university hospitals and general hospitals in S city and J city. Using the SPSS WIN 21.0 system, data analysis was conducted via t-tests, the Sheffe test, correlation analysis, multiple regression analyses, Sobel test. The average level of moral sensitivity experienced by the hospital nurses was 4.70(out of 7), moral distress was 62.80(out of 336), and biomedical ethics awareness was 2.21(out of 4). Moral distress had a static correlation with moral sensitivity and biochemical ethics awareness, and moral sensitivity had a static correlation with biomedical ethics awareness. Finally, biomedical ethics awareness showed a partial mediating effect in the relationship between moral sensitivity and moral distress. It is important to develop a biomedical ethics education program that can help hospital nurses to resolve moral issues, thereby improving moral sensitivity and diminishing their moral distress.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting intention and attitude of artificial intelligence technology(AI) of university students in healthcare using UTAUT model. Participants were 278 college students and the data were collected through self-reported questionnaire from May 15 to June 14, 2016. The collected data were analyzed using PASW Statistics/AMOS 22.0. The results were as follows. The effect of expectation factor, social influence, usefulness of work, anxiety factor had a significant effect on use of AI technology Intention. Factor of expectation effect, social influence, usefulness of work, anxiety factor had a significant effect on use of AI technology. As a result of verifying the significance of the indirect effect, it can be seen that the direct effect of the anxiety factor on the attitude factor is partially mediated by the use intention factor and the intention to use was partially mediated in the direct effect of the usefulness factor of the task on the attitude factor. This result means that it is important to increase the expectation factors, social effects, and perceived usefulness through accurate information based on facts and to reduce vague anxiety in order to increase the positive intention and attitude of university students' use of AI technology.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.261-268
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• 2019

In this study, we report the effectiveness of an interprofessional patient safety education in impacting student knowledge, attitudes and self-confidence around interprofessional communication. Thirty third-year students took part in a six weeks education that included a 90 minutes lecture and group discussion. Self-administered questionnaire were used for examining knowledge, attitudes, self-confidence and interviewed about team communication. There was no change in the knowledge(p=>0.05) but the attitude and self-confidence improved significantly after the education(p=<0.05). Students also noted that the importance of collaboration with other occupational groups. The first implementation of the interprofessional patient safety education had a positive effect on student attitudes, self-confidence and interprofessional teamwork.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2019

This study were to identify the effect of knowledge on advance directives and nursing professionalism on attitudes toward advance directives in nursing students. The data were collected from 216 nursing students in the two colleges located Jeonnam. The result of the multiple regression indicates the intention to execute advance directives, influence of religion in one's life, knowledge of advance directives, gender, nursing professionalism, and time to complete advance directives predict 22.3%(F=10.009, p=.000) of attitudes toward advance directives. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a program to establish positive attitudes toward advance directives by providing knowledge on advance directives and right nursing professionalism of nursing students.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2022

As the well-being mindset to keep our minds and bodies free and healthy more than anything else in the society we live in is spreading, the meaning of health care has become a key part of the 4th industrial revolution such as big data, IoT, AI, and block chain. The advancement of the advanced medical information service industry is being promoted by utilizing convergence technology. In digital healthcare, the development of intelligent information technology such as artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud is being promoted as a digital transformation of the traditional medical and healthcare industry. In addition, due to rapid development in the convergence of science and technology environment, various issues such as health, medical care, welfare, etc., have been gradually expanded due to social change. Therefore, in this study, first, the general meaning and current status of digital health care medical information is examined, and then, developmental tasks to activate digital health care medical information are analyzed and reviewed. The purpose of this article is to improve usability to fully pursue our human freedom.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2019

This study surveyed the dental hygiene and health science students in order to grasp the bioethics consciousness from June to July 2018 and to provide basic data for the development of the bioethics curriculum. Correlation between fetal right of life and artificial insemination awareness was significant in gender(r=0.241), religion(r=-0.176), and department(r=-0.160). Correlation between awareness of organ donation and organ transplantation was significant in grade(r=0.129), religion(r=-0.098), bio ethics educ ation(r=0.235). Correlation of euthanasia perception was significant in religion (r=0. 139), bioethics education(r=-0.157). As a result, To establish an ethical view that is desirable for health college students, Necessary to develop a curriculum and to sys tematically run education programs by analyzing the factors that affect biomedical ethics.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.155-206
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• 2023

When a person with diminished mental capacity refuses necessary medical care, normative judgments about when paternalistic intervention can be justified come into question. A typical example is involuntary hospitalization for people with mental disabilities, traditionally governed by mental health law. However, Korean civil law reform in 2011 introduced a new form of involuntary hospitalization through guardianship legislation, leading to a dualized system to involuntary hospitalization. Consequently, a conflict has arisen between the 'best interest and surrogate decision-making' paradigm of civil law and the 'social defense and preventive detention' paradigm of mental health law. Many countries have criticized this dualized system as not only inefficient but also unfair. Moreover, the requirement for the presence of 'mental illness' for involuntary hospitalization under mental health law has faced criticism for unfairly discriminating against people with mental disabilities. In response, attempts have been made to integrate guardianship legislation and mental health law based on mental capacity. This study examines the legislative process and framework of the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, which reorganized the mental health care system by fusing guardianship legislation with mental health law based on mental capacity. By analyzing the case of Northern Ireland, which has grappled with conflicts between guardianship legislation and mental health law since the 1990s and recently proposed mental capacity as a single, non-discriminatory standard, we aimed to offer insights for the Korean guardianship and mental health systems.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• 제10권10호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to examine the need for changes in the administration strategies of hospitals which would be vital for building up competitiveness of hospitals amid the changes in medical market. For that, 20 experts with doctoral degree in public administration and business administration related to the field of hospital administration were selected as the sampling group in the survey. Regarding the method of AHP survey as in this survey. The results showed that the factors were important in the order of medical staff factor(ranked first), overall facility factor(ranked second), staff service factor(ranked third), and access factor(ranked fourth). Second, the relative importance was in the order of medical staff specialization(ranked first), medical staff diversity(ranked second), and medical equipment level(ranked third), regarding the relative importance for general hospital development strategy and the complex weighted value for relative importance.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.325-338
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• 2022

This study was conducted to explore the acceptance behavior of undergraduate students toward telemedicine, which is temporarily allowed in the COVID-19. We applied social cognitive theory and technology acceptance model in order to reflect the convergence characteristics between medical service and digital technology of telemedicine. Based on these theoretical backgrounds, we investigated perception toward telemedicine and determinants of intention to accept telemedicine. To examine the research model and hypothesis, an online survey was conducted for college students who have not used telemedicine from September 8 to 10, 2021. A total of 184 data were collected, and multiple regression analysis was conducted using the SPSS 28.0 program. The results showed that health technology self-efficacy, usefulness and convenience benefits, social norm, and trust in telemedicine providers had positive effects on intention to accept telemedicine. This study is meaningful in that it selected undergraduate students, who are digital natives, as new targets for telemedicine, and presented the basic direction of strategies to target them.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2020

The purpose of the Convergence study is to identify the factors of health-related quality of life for the elderly and provide the basic data needed to improve the quality of life for the elderly. The objects of the study were 1,367 people aged 65 or older living in Korea out of the original data for the 7th National Health and Nutrition Survey by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Year 2017). Multiple regression analyses was performed by using the SPSS/PC 21.0 statistical program for the purpose of the study. According to the study, mental health and then physical activity were the most influential factors in health-related quality of life. Based on these results, we found that health education is highly important to provide customized health care services and to build the correct lifestyle in order to improve the quality of health-related life. Therefore, follow-up research is needed to identify the effectiveness of developing and applying diverse programs to enhance mental health and physical activity of the elderly in the future.