METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN PUBLISHING INFORMATION ABOUT SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES AND THE ROLE OF DIGITALISATION

Publishing the information of social responsible business practices is becoming more and more relevant due to the public\u27s interest in the contribution of business to social causes. Is obvious the need of standards and criterias for publishind social reports. The business digitization process facilitates communication with users and enables easier and quicker disclosure of good business practices, including socially responsible. This could play an important role in building a positive corporate image

First National Mediation Competition for Students

Students of speciality Health Management representatives of Medical University - Varna performed excellently at the First National Mediation Competition for Students. The competition took place in Varna from November 16 till November 17, 2017. The event organiser was the Center of Dispute Resolution in Sofia. The competition is a part of the mediation promotion initiatives

Relationship between stress resistance and achieved academic results by the students at the Veliko Tarnovo affiliate

Въведение: Обикновено стресът се възприема като негативно състояние, причиняващо вреда на организма и психиката, но в отговор на преживения стрес човек може да промени своето поведение, да натрупа опит, да увеличи уменията си за справяне и повиши своята стресоустойчивост. Стресоустойчивостта е личностно свойство, характеризиращо се с повишена устойчивост към стресори от различно естество и способност за по-лесно преодоляване състоянието на стрес. Свързана с учебната дейност, тя включва ниска личностна и ситуативна тревожност, ниско ниво на нервно-психическото напрежение, адекватна самооценка, висока работоспособност, емоционална устойчивост, които обезпечават успешното реализиране на учебните цели.Цел на проучването: да се установи има ли пряка зависимост между стресоустойчивостта на студентите от специалностите „Акушерка` и „Медицинска сестра` във Филиал Велико Търново и успеха, който са постигнали.Материал и методи: направена е оценкаa на стресоустойчивостта на 19 студенти от специалността „Акушерка` и 20 студенти от специалността „Медицинска сестра` от Филиал Велико Търново на възраст от 19 до 53 години и е съпоставена със средния успех, който са постигнали. Използвани са документален метод, психометричен метод и графичен анализ.Резултати: Няма големи различия в измерената стресоустойчивост при студентите от специалностите „Акушерка` и „Медицинска сестра` - преобладаващата оценка е удовлетворителна. Зависимостта между стресоустойчивостта и постигнатия успех не е пряка, защото зависи от други фактори, както вътрешни - тип висша нервна дейност, темперамент, опит, ценностна ориентация, мотивация, така и външни - обкръжение, учебна среда и др., някои от които могат да бъдат успешно повлиявани чрез успешна адаптация, тренировка, както и специфичната култура на поведение, намаляваща стреса, психична регулация и саморегулация.Introduction: Stress is usually seen as a negative state which is bad for human system as well as for the human mentality. A person could change his/her behavior, gain some experience, and develop skills to counteract stress and increase stress resistance as a response to the experienced stress. Stress resistance is a special personal feature, which is characterized by heightened resistance toward stress factors of a different nature and ability to overcome stress situations more easily. In an academic setting it includes: low personal and situational anxiety, low neruropsychological tension level, adequate self-esteem, high working capacity, emotional stability. All of the above-mentioned guarantees successful achievement of academic goals.Aim: The aim of this study is to establish whether there is a direct relation between stress resistance of Midwife and Nurse students at the Veliko Tarnovo Affiliate on one hand and the achieved academic grade (marks) on the another.Materials and Methods: Stress resistance evaluation of 19 Midwifes and 20 Nurse students all aged between 19 and 53 studied in theVeliko Tarnovo Affiliate was compared to the average achieved academic grade.Documentary, psychometric methods and graphic analysis were used for the purpose of current research. Results: No significant differences in the measured stress resistance of Midwife and Nurse students were reported. Stress resistance assessment of both was mostly satisfactory.The relationship between stress resistance and achieved academic results is not direct, because it depends on different factors - internal (type of higher nervous activity, temper, experience, value orientation, motivation) and external (surroundings, academic environment). Some of these factors could be positively influenced by successful adaptation, training, specific behavior culture, psychological regulation and self-regulation

Sociology of health and disease: Problems discussed by Master students in Public Health and Healthcare Management

This article describes many interesting problems from the field of health care sociology, which are part of diploma works of Master students of Public Health and Healthcare Management in Russian. These problems are current not only in the Russian Federation and Ukraine, but they are considered to be of interest in Bulgaria. They include the access of transgender people to treatment and prophylaxis services of HIV-infections; the attitude of politics, journalists and cultural workers to the HIV/AIDS problem; socio-psychological phenomena related to HIV/AIDS; the anthropology contribution to development of health policy; social advertisement as an informational resource of healthy life; the crisis of teenage age and prophylaxis of deviant behavior among teenagers; social phenomena associated with conscious denial of child-bearing, etc. The above problems will be represented in more detail from Russian students in many articles, which will be published in the scientific journal `Health Economics and Management` in 2018

Stress reasons among university students at the Veliko Tarnovo affiliate of the Medical University of Varna

Въведение: Основната функция на учебната дейност в университета се състои в качествена подготовка на висококвалифицирани специалисти. Обучението на студентите се измерва с успеха, който са постигнали, но от голямо значение е и това как това обучение се отразява върху физическото и психическото им здраве. Умственият труд е основна дейност в обучението. Съпроводен с продължително нервно-психическо напрежение, може да предизвика напрежение и стрес.Цел на проучването: Да се идентифицират причините, проявленията и прийомите за преодоляване на стреса при студентите първокурсници от специалностите „Акушерка ` и „Медицинска сестра` във Филиал Велико Търново с цел запазване на тяхното физическо и психическо здраве.Материал и методи: Проучено е мнението на 19 студенти от специалността „Акушерка` и 20 студенти от специалността „Медицинска сестра` от Филиал Велико Търново. Използвани са документален, социологически метод и графичен анализ.Резултати: Стресът при студентите е променлива величина. През първия семестър преобладава „тревожност и безпокойство през цялото време` - 47%, през втория семестър водещ при акушерките е „стрес с непостоянен характер` - 36%, a при медицинските сестри - „силната тревожност`, 38%. Най-високо е нивото на стрес преди изпит. През първия семестър водещите причини са свързани с изпитите, a през втория семестър - с учебния процес. По време на семестъра преобладават емоционалните проявления на стреса, a по време на изпити - физиологичните. Прийомите, които използват за преодоляване на стреса, се променят към по-природосъобразни.Introduction: The quality preparation of highly qualified and competitive specialists is the basic academic function of the university. Students` education is measured by the achieved academic grade. How this education reflects on the overall development of the students and how it builds up students as personalities and their physical and mental health is of high importance. Intellectual work is the basic action in education. Assisted by extended neuropsychological tension, it could provoke mental burnout, tension and stress which could be expressed in different negative activities.Aim: The aim of this study is to identify the mainstress reasons, behavior and ways to overcome them among first-year university students in the Midwife and Nurse programs at the Veliko Tarnovo Affiliate as well as the physical and mental health prevention and the forming of a positive attitude toward the academic process.Materials and Methods: The study included 19 students from the Midwife program and 20 students from the Nurse program, all aged between 19 and 53 studying at the Veliko Tarnovo Affiliate. Their opinion was studied.Documentary and sociological (inquiry) methods and graphic analysis were used for the purpose of current research.Results: Stress among first-year students has changed throughout the time. `Anxiety and inconvenience all the time` is typical for the first semester at the university - 47% while `stress of changeable character` was predominant among Midwife students during the second semester - 36% and `high anxiety` was prevalent among Nurse students - 38%, again during the same semester. The highest stress level is measured prior to exams. The stress reasons also change. The basic reasons during the first semester are linked to exams while those of the second semester are related to the training process. Basic emotional stress activities during both terms are: fear and anxiety, and confidence loss while the behavior activities are: time deficiency, sleep disturbance, low work efficiency. Physical stress on different human organs and systems is dominant during the exam period. Students use ways to overcome stress, which become more natural with time

THE STUDENT PORTFOLIO – MODERN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND VISION FOR DEVELOPMENT

The main goal of modern university education is the achievement of quality and the development of the entire creative potential of the student. The change of the educational paradigm is in the direction from reproduction to activity on the part of the student and effective teaching, support of each student, based on partnership between student and teacher, introduction of new approaches and educational technologies. Particularly important in this regard are personally oriented educational technologies. The student portfolio is such a modern technology for realizing a person-oriented, constructive and humanistic approach at the same time. Building a portfolio is a significant enough goal in itself. It has a motivating character, contributes to the personal development of the student, and from there to his/her future professional development. It can serve for self-assessment and evaluation. Through it, the student plans the activities according to short-term and long-term goals, takes personal responsibility for their implementation and achieving the goals. It also plans long-term strategies for professional appearance and development in the profession. Purpose: to present the student portfolio in an electronic version, as part of modern educational technologies.Methods: a documentary method has been used – literary sources, articles in magazines and web pages of educational institutions, related to the essence, structuring, development and application of the student portfoli