Habilidades blandas y comunicación asertiva de los docentes de una institución educativa del Cantón Daule-Ecuador, 2023

El presente informe denominado, “Habilidades blandas y comunicación asertiva de los docentes de una institución educativa del cantón Daule-Ecuador, 2023” se efectuó con el objetivo determinar la relación entre habilidades blandas y comunicación asertiva de los docentes de una Institución Educativa del Cantón Daule-Ecuador,2023. Metodológica el informe se basó en los principios de un enfoque cuantitativo con un diseño no experimental de tipo básico y alcance correlacional. A su vez, la unidad de análisis estuvo compuesta por 45 docentes de una unidad educativa del cantón Daule, a quienes se les aplicó un cuestionario para habilidades blandas y otro para comunicación asertiva, los mismos que reflejaron un nivel de fiabilidad del 0,884 y 0,706 respectivamente. Este informe descubrió una relación fuerte, positiva y significativa entre las variables, esto se deduce en función de la rho=0,894** con un sig. 0,01, también se conoció que el nivel de las habilidades blandas era bajo con un 80,00%; y el nivel de comunicación asertiva era bajo con un 66,67%. Se concluyó que se aceptó la Hi del estudio la cual sostiene que existe relación significativa entre habilidades blandas y comunicación asertiva en los docentes

Global attitudes in the management of acute appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic: ACIE Appy Study

Background: Surgical strategies are being adapted to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations on the management of acute appendicitis have been based on expert opinion, but very little evidence is available. This study addressed that dearth with a snapshot of worldwide approaches to appendicitis. Methods: The Association of Italian Surgeons in Europe designed an online survey to assess the current attitude of surgeons globally regarding the management of patients with acute appendicitis during the pandemic. Questions were divided into baseline information, hospital organization and screening, personal protective equipment, management and surgical approach, and patient presentation before versus during the pandemic. Results: Of 744 answers, 709 (from 66 countries) were complete and were included in the analysis. Most hospitals were treating both patients with and those without COVID. There was variation in screening indications and modality used, with chest X-ray plus molecular testing (PCR) being the commonest (19\ub78 per cent). Conservative management of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis was used by 6\ub76 and 2\ub74 per cent respectively before, but 23\ub77 and 5\ub73 per cent, during the pandemic (both P < 0\ub7001). One-third changed their approach from laparoscopic to open surgery owing to the popular (but evidence-lacking) advice from expert groups during the initial phase of the pandemic. No agreement on how to filter surgical smoke plume during laparoscopy was identified. There was an overall reduction in the number of patients admitted with appendicitis and one-third felt that patients who did present had more severe appendicitis than they usually observe. Conclusion: Conservative management of mild appendicitis has been possible during the pandemic. The fact that some surgeons switched to open appendicectomy may reflect the poor guidelines that emanated in the early phase of SARS-CoV-2