Background: The pandemic has reshaped the lives of everyone, including the way learning is delivered. Online learning in Physical Education (OLPE) is a form of distance learning where fundamental concepts of physical fitness are conducted remotely through the aid of technology. Objectives: The study aimed to explore students' lived experiences in OLPE through the reflective narratives and photos generated from digital diary entries they made every other day for three weeks. The specific objective includes describing the students' feelings, processes, and realizations. Methodology: Eight health professions students participated in this hermeneutic phenomenological study. The reflective accounts were analyzed following the interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach and revealed super-ordinate themes clustered into three categories: feelings, processes, and realizations. Results: The first category is feelings evoked with super-ordinate themes, namely optimism with the course, appreciation of the teachers' attitude, empathy towards others, and desperation for a better set-up. The second category is processes experienced with super-ordinate themes, namely self-directed learning, awareness of the body, and dealing with heavy academic requirements. The third category is realizations with super-ordinate themes, namely experience of OLPE was a rollercoaster ride of successes and challenges, an experience that led to desires for improving self and the course, and finally, an opportunity for reflective learning. Conclusion Reflective accounts of feelings, processes, and realizations as students experience the sudden shift to OLPE are crucial in improving curricular policies and instructional designs for achieving quality outcomes.
Education, Distance ; Physical Education and Training

Media <2> ; Education and training ; Health

Inservice Training ; Otolaryngology ; education ; Physicians

Cardiology ; education ; standards ; Echocardiography ; Humans ; Inservice Training

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of nutrition education at elementary schools. A total of 226 elementary school teachers within Changwon and Milyang city participated in this study . The results of this study are as follows. The average score on a test of nutrition knowledge was 4.40 out of 10, and teachers of Milyang districts type scored significantly higher on nutrition knowledge than teacher of Changwon rural and Milyang rural districts. Only 9.0% of the teachers had nutrition education training. 64.1% of th total had teaching experience in nutrition, 91.0% of that was being taught as a part of physical education and home economics. The information source for nutrition education was mainly guide books and magazine and newspaper articles. Current nutrition education was being taught mainly by lecture(85.0%) but the preferred methods of teaching in nutrition education were small group discussion(44.3%), role-playing(22.9%) and lecture(21.4%). Audio visuals aids were used by 45.5% of the teachers and the most common of them were VTR(43.1%) chart(22.4%) as preferred audio visuals aids of them were VTR(71.9%) adn actual model(14.1%).
Education* ; Gyeongsangnam-do* ; Humans ; Periodicals ; Periodicals as Topic ; Physical Education and Training

BACKGROUND: Thesedays, the physical strength of adolescents had been weakened compared to the past. The reasons are that adolescents like to enjoy watching TV or video and PC in their rooms and going to school by car even though it is near distance. Therefore, the authors were to investigate the relationship between their physical activity and the amount of maximal oxygen uptake. METHODS: The subjects of this study were 103 freshmen of the college of physical education and 115 freshmen of general college of a university. The instruments used in this study are the step-test and the questionnaire which is composed of sex, age, physical activity, inactivity, rate of perceived exertion, and sports activity. RESULTS: The quantity of the physical activity of the freshmen of the college of physical education such as daily walking distance, floors of step-up and active sorts was significantly higher than that of the freshmen of general college. The hors spent on sitting in chair is less than that of freshmen of general college. The quantity of physical inactivity such as watching TV or video and using PC of freshmen of the college of physical education was lower than that of freshmen of general college. The amount of maximal oxygen uptake(VO2max) estimated by the step-test was significantly higher in freshmen of the college of physical education than those of general college. CONCLUSION: The amount of maximal oxygen uptake of the freshmen of the college of physical education was higher than that of freshmen of general college. And VO2mas was related with physical activity, sports activity and RPE.
Adolescent ; Humans ; Motor Activity* ; Oxygen* ; Physical Education and Training* ; Sports ; Walking

A previous systematic review on osteoporosis knowledge published showed that only several studies investigated osteoporosis knowledge in health professionals, and it found that their knowledge was not as adequate and sufficient as it should be. Since then, studies published on osteoporosis knowledge among health professionals have also assessed and found that they still do not have adequate and sufficient osteoporosis knowledge. To increase and improve osteoporosis knowledge among health professionals, recommendations in osteoporosis education in the health professions, including the application of the cognitive load theory, online learning, problem-based learning, practical learning, simulation-based learning, interactive learning, and feedback are covered in order to ensure health professionals can have adequate and sufficient osteoporosis knowledge to best prevent and treat individuals with the disease.
Education* ; Health Occupations* ; Learning ; Osteoporosis* ; Problem-Based Learning ; Simulation Training

Plastic surgery training worldwide has seen a thorough restructuring over the past decade, with the introduction of formal training curricula and work-based assessment tools. Part of this process has been the introduction of revalidation and a greater use of simulation in training delivery. Simulation is an increasingly important tool for educators because it provides a way to reduce risks to both trainees and patients, whilst facilitating improved technical proficiency. Current microsurgery training interventions are often predicated on theories of skill acquisition and development that follow a 'practice makes perfect' model. Given the changing landscape of surgical training and advances in educational theories related to skill development, research is needed to assess the potential benefits of alternative models, particularly cross-training, a model now widely used in non-medical areas with significant benefits. Furthermore, with the proliferation of microsurgery training interventions and therefore diversity in length, cost, content and models used, appropriate standardisation will be an important factor to ensure that courses deliver consistent and effective training that achieves appropriate levels of competency. Key research requirements should be gathered and used in directing further research in these areas to achieve on-going improvement of microsurgery training.
Curriculum ; Education ; Humans ; Inservice Training ; Microsurgery ; Patient Simulation ; Surgery, Plastic

General Surgery ; education ; Humans ; Inservice Training ; Internship and Residency

Although there are many commercially available training software programs for pharmacokinetics, they lack flexibility and convenience. In this study, we develop simulation software to facilitate pharmacokinetics education. General formulas for time courses of drug concentrations after single and multiple dosing were used to build source code that allows users to simulate situations tailored to their learning objectives. A mathematical relationship for a 1-compartment model was implemented in the form of differential equations. The concept of population pharmacokinetics was also taken into consideration for further applications. The source code was written using R. For the convenience of users, two types of software were developed: a web-based simulator and a standalone-type application. The application was built in the JAVA language. We used the JAVA/R Interface library and the ‘eval()’ method from JAVA for the R/JAVA interface. The final product has an input window that includes fields for parameter values, dosing regimen, and population pharmacokinetics options. When a simulation is performed, the resulting drug concentration time course is shown in the output window. The simulation results are obtained within 1 minute even if the population pharmacokinetics option is selected and many parameters are considered, and the user can therefore quickly learn a variety of situations. Such software is an excellent candidate for development as an open tool intended for wide use in Korea. Pharmacokinetics experts will be able to use this tool to teach various audiences, including undergraduates.
Education ; Indonesia ; Korea ; Learning ; Methods ; Pharmacokinetics ; Pliability ; Simulation Training