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Surgical Informed Consent Process in Neurosurgery

  • Park, Jaechan;Park, Hyojin
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.60 no.4
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    • pp.385-390
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    • 2017
  • The doctrine of informed consent, as opposed to medical paternalism, is intended to facilitate patient autonomy by allowing patient participation in the medical decision-making process. However, regrettably, the surgical informed consent (SIC) process is invariably underestimated and reduced to a documentary procedure to protect physicians from legal liability. Moreover, residents are rarely trained in the clinical and communicative skills required for the SIC process. Accordingly, to increase professional awareness of the SIC process, a brief history and introduction to the current elements of SIC, the obstacles to patient autonomy and SIC, benefits and drawbacks of SIC, planning of an optimal SIC process, and its application to cases of an unruptured intracranial aneurysm are all presented. Optimal informed consent process can provide patients with a good comprehension of their disease and treatment, augmented autonomy, a strong therapeutic alliance with their doctors, and psychological defenses for coping with stressful surgical circumstances.

Harnessing Open Access Databases to Improve Scholarship: Perception of Professionals at the Frontline

  • Nkeiru Amauche Emezie;Chioma Nnalu Ezeri;Ruth Olasumbo Ewulo
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.57-73
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    • 2023
  • The study investigated perception of librarians on their roles in using open access databases to improve scholarship. Descriptive survey design was used for the study while questionnaire was employed to collect data from 53 professional librarians at two federal universities in the eastern and western part of Nigeria. Findings from the survey reveal that librarians need to collaborate with faculties to develop institutional repositories and, raise awareness of open access databases in the university community among others. Various factors that could hinder librarians from effectively discharging these roles were identified. Some of which include administrative bottlenecks, poor internet facilities and lack of navigational skills. The study recommends acquisition of necessary knowledge and skills to enable librarians add value to their services and remain at the frontline of information provision.

Analysis on the perception of body image and awareness of diet among high school students in Zibo city, China (중국 치박시(淄博市) 고등학생의 체형에 대한 인식 및 다이어트에 대한 태도 분석)

  • Kim, Hyochung;Sun, Xiaoqing;Kim, Meera
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.59-75
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    • 2012
  • This study investigated the self-perception of body image and awareness of diet of high school students in Zibo city, China. The data were collected from 260 high school students through the self-administered questionnaires. Frequency analysis, t tests, one-way ANOVA, Duncan's multiple range tests, factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha test were conducted by SPSS Windows V.19.0. The results were as follows. In the self-perception of body image, two fifths of the respondents thought of themselves as standard body image. More female respondents thought of themselves as fat persons compared with male respondents. The level of concern about diet was generally low and the mean for pursuit of skinny figure was highest in the awareness of diet. The percentage of correct answers of knowledge about diet was not that high, and one fifths of respondents had experience of diet. The respondents practiced fasting therapy, exercise therapy, food therapy, sweat therapy, drug/appliance therapy, and therapy using professional organization in order for diet.

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A Study on the Actual Condition and Service Quality of Men's Consumers' Use of Hairdressing Room (남성 소비자의 미용실 이용 실태와 서비스 품질이 만족도 및 충성도에 미치는 영향)

  • Li, Shun-Hua;You, Seon-Hee;Jung, Da-Woon
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.90-101
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    • 2019
  • The study wanted to compare the use status of general beauty salons and men's hair salons for male customers managed by male practitioners and to check the impact of service quality awareness on satisfaction and loyalty. A total of 405 people were used as analysis materials. Principle Component Analysis was used to verify the reliability and validity of the measurement tool. Sub-factors of service quality recognition have derived expertise, affinity, reliability and persistence. The validity and reliability of satisfaction and loyalty were verified. Based on the results of this study, the differences in hair involvement in general beauty salons and men's specialty salons, service quality awareness, satisfaction and loyalty were identified. The relationship between professionalism, affinity, reliability, persistence by sub-factor of service quality awareness has been identified with satisfaction, loyalty and statistically significant positive (+). In addition, male professional beauty salons had positive effects on service quality awareness of satisfaction and loyalty. Service quality satisfaction has been confirmed to have a positive impact on loyalty. In this study, the beauty of the men through the significant marketing potential use as basic data on the market feed that the portraits.

Analysis of current nursing homes in Korea and to assess the role and prospect of dentists in comparison to Japanese long term care insurance system (한국노인요양시설 구강 위생 현황과 일본 노인요양보험법 비교를 통한 치과의사의 역할과 전망)

  • Shin, Ri-Hye;Bae, Hanna Eun-Kyong;Choi, Sung-Ho;Park, In-Im; Ohyama, Takashi;Chung, Moon-Kyu
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2008
  • Statement of problem: The introduction of "The Long-term Care Insurance System" (a public nursing care insurance scheme) is scheduled from July in 2008. Lately, the importance of oral health care had increased. Introduction and establishment of the methodology (nursing care procedure) based on professional dental knowledge is inevitable. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to rouse recognition of the importance of dental care in the long term elderly care in nursing homes, with implementation of the new insurance law. Material and methods: Visited two institutions for the elderly, Yudang Village and Sungjiwon located in Suwon city to investigate the present conditions in terms of (1) the detailsof the institution, (2) the activities concerning with dental care in the institution, and (3) the consciousness and recognition regarding dental care of the staffs. Results: In two institutions, under the present conditions, oral cleaning (including the cleaning of denture) for residents was operated with no professional advices and limited professional dental care. It was found that there was very little awareness of aspiration pneumonia. The members of staff however, did recognizethe necessity of professional maintenance and management of oral care in daily nursing care, and that many residents hold dental problems. They were very eager in introducing the methodology (nursing care procedure) in dental care in nursing homes.

Awareness of dental hygienists about on-the-job training in public health sector (공중보건분야 치과위생사의 직무교육 인식도)

  • Cho, Eun-Pyol;Hwang, Yoon-Sook;Kim, Young-Nam;Park, Deok-Young
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.85-99
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of dental hygienists about on-the-job training in public health sector in an effort to stir up their on-the-job training(OJT) and to facilitate the planning of successful educational programs. A survey was conducted nationwide for two months in October and November 2006, and the answer sheets from 811 dental hygienists were analyzed. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. 40.7 percent of the dental hygienists investigated never underwent OJT geared toward public officials, which wasn't linked to oral health. 2. As for the experiences of professional oral health education(or OJT) as members of local public dental clinics by service term, 64.9 percent of the dental hygienists who had worked for less than 10 years never received that kind of education, and 70.5 percent of those with a 15-year or more career received that education just once(p<0.05). The dental hygienists who received that education viewed it favorably, as they found that to be conducive to their job performance. In the event of those who didn't receive that education, a lack of chance to do that was the most common reason. 3. In regard to motivation of receiving professional oral health education(or OJT), the largest rate of the dental hygienists who stood at 71.9 percent received that education voluntarily in pursuit of self-development and better job performance. The training programs provided by the oral health division of the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs were excluded in this study. As to educational spending by the dental hygienists or their employers over the past two years, 56.9 percent paid 100 thousand to less than 500 thousand won. 46.6 percent never paid for that, and about 15.5 percent received education at their own expenses. Concerning the form of OJT, lectures were provided to 50.3 percent. 4. The dental hygienists who worked in local public health clinics hoped for more intensive and better education and training related to oral health projects.

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A Study on the Awareness of Traditional Korean Food Culture among Immigrant Housewives to Design Educational Plans (결혼이주여성 전통식문화 인식 및 교육방안)

  • Kang, Yoon-Joo;Jeong, Hee Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.246-260
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    • 2013
  • This study examines the awareness of traditional Korean food culture among immigrant housewives in multicultural families, with the aim of introducing educational plans suitably designed for them. Our survey shows that Korean traditional holidays most well-known to the immigrant housewives are New Year's Day and Chusuk. Sambok and Chusuk are at the top in terms of preference. Samgyetang, Ddukguk, and Ogokbab are among the best known festive food to immigrant housewives for holidays such as New Year's Day, Jeongwol Daeboreum, Sambok, Chusuk, and Dongji; Samgyetang is the most preferred food, followed by Ddukguk and Patjuk. In addition, a vast majority of immigrant housewives who have ever attended Korean traditional cuisine education programs found the need for such an experience, with the score of 4.16 out of 5. In addition, the survey shows the order in which the immigrant housewives want to learn: the recipe of Korean food (53.5%), followed by table setting and manners (16.5%) and then nutrition (15%). The recipe of interest for most respondents is the one concerning daily food (69.5%). And more than half of the respondents prefer cooking practice as a desirable educational method. The difficulties that they have when attending such an educational course are usually inability to understand the language, difficulty in identifying the ingredients (seasonal), and lack of cultural understanding. The most preferred educational method is direct lecture (71.5%), followed by written materials such as books and newspaper (10.5%) and the Internet (9.5%). Finally, strategies for promoting traditional food culture are suggested as following: developing educational resources (31.5%), making various educational programs more available (25%), narrowing the cultural gap (22%), and improving the educational environment (21.5%). Therefore, this study proposes that there is a need to develop and diffuse Korean traditional food culture first, and then provide many immigrant housewives with a variety of educational programs. It is expected that these efforts will solve the problems caused by cultural differences in the early stage of international marriages and eventually contribute to the harmony in multicultural families.

A Matter of Professionalism: Academic Misconduct of Veterinary Students (수의전문직업성 측면에서 본 수의과대학 학생의 학습윤리)

  • Chun, Myung-Sun;Ryu, Pan-Dong;Yoon, Junghee
    • Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.174-179
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    • 2015
  • Academic integrity guarantees the professional integrity and validity of the education and qualifications offered by the veterinary schools. In this study, we analyzed the responses of 528 veterinary students of two veterinary schools in Seoul regarding their awareness about, knowledge of, and frequency of engaging in academic misconduct. A total of 88.4 percent of the participants agreed that cheating and plagiarism by undergraduates would influence their future academic misconduct. The most common form of academic misconduct was plagiarism (71.7% in the A school, 69.5% in the B school), with falsification (40.2% in the A school, 31.7% in the B school) also reported at a high rate. Students indicated the lack of a culture of academic integrity as the main reason for academic misconduct. According to the regression analysis students' awareness and knowledge of academic integrity and their perception of peers' academic misconduct predicted a significant amount of variance of the frequency of academic misconduct. The findings of this study support that academic integrity should be learned in a flexible format from an early stage of professional development in veterinary curriculum. In parallel with the efforts of faculty, a community approach may be likely to improve the academic environment in terms of integrity.

The Attitude on Introduction for Total Amount in Terrestrial Broadcasting Television: Comparison of Public and Professional Awareness (지상파 TV에 광고총량제 도입에 대한 태도: 일반인과 전문가 인식비교)

  • Jung, Jin-Tack
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.205-213
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    • 2015
  • Era of multi-channel digital multimedia on the Internet, cable, satellite and IPTV and the growth of new media such as terrestrial broadcast advertising with the poor rating has also dropped sharply. In this situation, terrestrial TV suggesting the introduction for total amount system appearing comments. In this study, the introduction of these intermediate advertising the public and professional awareness about the issue by comparing the introduction for total amount advertising feasibility was done in the purpose. The results were as follows. First, Studies on terrestrial TV suggesting the introduction of total amount system and public opinion about the differences in perception between experts is high. Second, Both the public and professionals about the total amount system preferred application stage were in favor of gradual for/limited permit cross-media. Third, the general population was higher than the positive response from experts about the benefits of the total amount system. Finally, the general public about the disadvantages of the total amount system they were more positive response than the experts. The introduction for total amount system validity of these data for future total amouny system to provide a basis for enforcement is expected to give.

A Study on the Awareness of Mothers of Double-Income Families with Infants about a Good Teacher for Infants (영아기 자녀를 둔 맞벌이 어머니가 인식한 '좋은 영아교사'의 의미탐구)

  • Kang, So Young;Chun, Sook Young
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.27-47
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of a good teacher of infants from the perspective of working mothers from double-income families in light of the direct and indirect relationships between working mothers and teachers. The subjects in this study were six working mothers from double-income families that had infants who attended N and S daycare centers in the city of Chunan. An in-depth interview was implemented individually. The findings of the study were as follows: First, as for the looks of a good teacher in terms of teacher-infant relationships, the working mothers perceived that a good teacher of infants should be like a mother, try to step up the growth and change of infants and play with them with pleasure. Second, concerning the looks of a good teacher of infants in terms of teacher-mother relationships, the working mothers felt that a good teacher should serve as an emotional supporter for mothers and as one who could help mothers acquire more child rearing knowledge. Third, regarding the looks of a good teacher in terms of an educator, the mothers perceived that a good teacher of infants should be steady, genuine, professional and cooperative.