Education faculty students’ critical thinking disposition according to achedemic achievement

AbstractThe aim of this research is to determine whether education faculty students’ critical thinking disposition differ according to academic achievement or not. The data were collected through The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory which was adapted by Kökdemir (2003) into Turkish. The overall reliability coefficient of the scale was found .89 and the scale consisted of 75 items. The scale has 7 subscales (Analyticity, inquisitiveness, open-mindedness, self-confidence, truth seeking, systematicity and maturity). The data were analyzed through Variance analysis (F), were commented and presented in tables. At the end of the study, academic success showed no meaningful significance

The Effect of The Art Education Status of Gifted Students on Their Professional Preferences

This study aims to investigate the effect of gifted students' art education on their professional preferences. The survey model, one of the quantitative research models, was used. A total of 320 students from the Çukurova Science and Art Center art field and general talent field, which were determined by the convenience sampling method, constitute the research sample group. The occupational preference inventory prepared by Atli and Kendal (2017) was used in the research. The inventory comprises six sub-dimensions: investigative, entrepreneurial, artistic, social, realistic, and traditional. Independent Sample t-Test and Anova Test were applied for the analyses, and Cohen's d and Eta Square tests were applied to calculate the effect level in meaningful data. As a result of the research on general talent and art students, it has been determined that there are significant differences in gender, school type, school level, and age

The Turkish Adaptation and The Reliability and Validity Analysis of The Personal Norm of Reciprocity Scale

Reciprocity is a norm which suggests that people should reciprocate the negative and positive behaviors of others. This concept is widely used in both social psychology and other social sciences. In this study, The Personal Norm of Reciprocity Scale is translated into the Turkish language and its reliability and validity values are acquired. This scale consists of 3 sub-factors of 9 items, named Positive Reciprocity Norm (PRN), Negative Reciprocity Norm (NRN), and Belief in Reciprocity (BR). A survey is conducted on 328 college students and the structural validity of the scale is examined via an explanatory and a confirmatory factor analysis. The results indicated that 3 of the items failed to function as expected both in exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The rest of the items had expected factor loadings and the fit values of the models are satisfactory (χ²(116)=219, p<0.001, χ²/df=1.887, CFI=.908, RMSEA=.051, SRMR=.060 for PRN and NRN χ²(13)=32.1, p=0.002, χ²/df=2.47, CFI=.915, RMSEA=.066, SRMR=043 for BR). Moreover, as expected, the three sub-scales of the scales are positively correlated to each other. The reliability coefficient is .71 for PRN, .76 for NRN, and .62 for BR. Prosocial value orientation, a related construct, is only negatively related to the Negative Reciprocity Norm. These results indicate that the scale has satisfactory reliability and validity measures and it can be used to measure the individual differences in the levels of internalization of the norm of reciprocity

The roles of social norms and leadership in health communication in the context of COVID-19

The global struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic has lasted for almost three years. Although national and local leaders have often called on the public to comply with preventive measures through health communication, large sections of society sometimes violated precautions and did not adequately follow these calls. We propose that social norms and leaders' identity entrepreneurship characteristics could be essential in effective health communication. In line with this notion, we investigated the effects of social norm types and leadership on complying with preventive measures, the intention to be vaccinated, and prosocial behavioral tendency through a high-powered experiment that focused on three factors: leadership quality (presence/lack of entrepreneurship), descriptive norm (supportive/obstructive), and injunctive norm (supportive/obstructive). Results showed that when support for injunctive and descriptive norms was present, people tended to more readily adhere to preventive measures, get vaccinated, and engage in prosocial behavior. There was also a significant effect of the interaction between descriptive and injunctive norms on compliance with preventive measures. The compliance level was highest when both norm types were supportive and lowest when both were obstructive. The effect decreased in the discrepant norms condition, where one type of norm was supportive and the other obstructive. There is also a significant interaction between leadership and the descriptive norm, indicating that a combination of an entrepreneur leader and a supportive descriptive norm increases compliance with the preventive measure. We discussed the role of leadership and social norms in effective health communication

The evaluation of cardiac functions in deep Trendelenburg position during robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

ObjectiveThis study aimed to demonstrate the reliability of the cardiac cycle efficiency value through its correlation with longitudinal strain by observing the effect of the deep Trendelenburg position.DesignA prospective, observational study.SettingSingle center.ParticipantsBetween May and September 2022, the hemodynamic parameters of 30 patients who underwent robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy under general anesthesia were prospectively evaluated.Measurements and main resultsAll invasive cardiac monitoring parameters and longitudinal strain achieved transesophageal echocardiography were recorded in pre-deep Trendelenburg position (T3) and 10th minute of deep Trendelenburg position (T4). Delta values were calculated for the cardiac cycle efficiency and longitudinal strain (values at T4 minus values at T3). The estimated power was calculated as 0.99 in accordance with the cardiac cycle efficiency values at T3 and T4 (effect size: 0.85 standard deviations of the mean difference: 0.22, alpha: 0.05). At T4, heart rate, pulse pressure variation, cardiac cycle efficiency, dP/dt and longitudinal strain were significantly lower than those at T3 (p = 0.009, p &lt; 0.001, p &lt; 0.001, and p &lt; 0.001, respectively). There was a positive correlation between the delta-cardiac cycle efficiency and delta-longitudinal strain (R2 = 0.36, p &lt; 0.001).ConclusionAlthough the absence of significant changes in mean arterial pressure and cardiac index after Trendelenburg position suggests that cardiac workload has not changed, changes in cardiac cycle efficiency and longitudinal strain indicate increased cardiac workload due to increased ventriculo-arterial coupling

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Education faculty students' critical thinking disposition according to achedemic achievement

The aim of this research is to determine whether education faculty students' critical thinking disposition differ according to academic achievement or not. The data were collected through The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory which was adapted by Kkdemir (2003) into Turkish. The overall reliability coefficient of the scale was found .89 and the scale consisted of 75 items. The scale has 7 subscales (Analyticity, inquisitiveness, open-mindedness, self-confidence, truth seeking, systematicity and maturity). The data were analyzed through Variance analysis (F), were commented and presented in tables. At the end of the study, academic success showed no meaningful significance