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*Editorial Policies ; Humans ; *Journalism, Medical ; Peer Review, Research/*methods

Evidence-Based Medicine ; Humans ; Medicine ; methods ; Pakistan ; Peer Review, Research ; Periodicals as Topic ; Publishing ; Research

The article supports the idea of providing infrastructure and training for preparing and publishing quality video articles. Properly edited, formatted, and verified video items can present graphic contents of interest to the global scientific community. It is suggested to apply traditional attributes of scholarly articles to video items and aggregate them on a specifically designed editing, publishing, and indexing platform, called PubTube. As a mega platform, PubTube may provide space for a variety of open-access sources of information, ranging from short audio-video presentations to research protocols and educational lectures. Video articles on the platform have to pass quality checks by skilled reviewers. Global editorial associations should be prepared to improving the whole process of publishing and aggregating video articles.
Editorial Policies ; Information Dissemination/*methods ; Internet/*organization & administration ; *Multimedia ; Peer Review, Research/*methods ; Publishing

PURPOSE: This study was conducted to design and implement a fundamental nursing practice based on flipped learning and to examine the effects. METHODS: Participants were 57 students who were taking the fundamental nursing practice course at D university in N city. The study included processes of instructional design, action/effects and reflection. Data were analyzed using paired t-test with the SPSS/WIN 23.0. RESULTS: In the instructional design stage, the class consisted of 3 parts: outside class (pre-learning), inside class (assessment, collaborative practice, peer review, reflection), after-class (self-directed practice, feedback). In the action/effects stage, the flipped learning was applied for 15 weeks according to the instructional design and then the effects of flipped learning were evaluated. Students showed a significant improvement in self-directed learning ability (t=−3.56, p=.001) and critical thinking disposition after the class (t=−3.72, p<.001). Finally, in the reflection stage, the researchers examined whether the four pillars of flipped learning occurred. CONCLUSION: Findings indicate that flipped learning applied in fundamental nursing practice is effective in improving self-directed learning ability and critical thinking disposition. The action research method was a useful way to foster professor's educational competency as well as to verify effects of a new nursing education method.
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OBJECTIVETo evaluate the quality of methodology and reporting of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for obesity worldwide.

METHODSCollecting all the randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for obesity worldwide by systematically searching without language limitation. The quality of methodology and reporting was evaluated by the quality criteria recommended by Cochrane handbook and CONSORT (consolidate standards of reporting trial) and STRICTA (standard for reporting interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture) checklists.

RESULTSSeven randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for obesity were identified. The quality of methodology was graded as "A" in one trial, "B" in two trials and "C" in the other four trials. The reporting quality of the seven trials was graded as "C".

CONCLUSIONSThe methodology quality of the randomized controlled trials of acupuncture for obesity was too poor to provide strong evidence for clinical practice, and the poor reporting quality of the trials resulted in inadequate information from the trials.

Acupuncture Therapy ; methods ; standards ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Humans ; Medical Records ; standards ; Obesity ; therapy ; Peer Review, Research ; standards ; Practice Guidelines as Topic ; Publishing ; standards ; Quality Control ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; standards ; Research Design ; standards