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Miller C, Dejaco A, Gumz N, Nemeth M. The pediatric anesthesiology publication activity and landscape over the past two decades: A longitudinal scientometric analysis. Paediatr Anaesth 2024; 34:243-250. [PMID: 38084801 DOI: 10.1111/pan.14811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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BACKGROUND Scientometric analyses characterize the output of research publications using quantitative methods. While it has been reported that the number of publications in anesthesiology has been increasing for years, the global research activity in pediatric anesthesiology and its landscape is largely unknown. AIMS To examine the activity, developmental dynamics, and collaboration landscape of research publications in pediatric anesthesiology over the past two decades. METHODS PubMed and WebOfScience were searched for pediatric anesthesiology publications published between 2001 and 2020. The identified publications were exported into a database, matched, curated, and then assigned to one or more countries according to their affiliation field(s). The primary outcome was the publication activity and its growth rate. Secondary outcomes included the geographical distribution, the evolution of international collaborations (as indicated by articles affiliated with more than one country), and the main sources. RESULTS Thirty-four thousand, three hundred and forty-three pediatric anesthesiology publications were retrieved. The compound annual growth rate over the study period was +7.6%. The highest annual growth rate was +20.6% from 2019 to 2020. Corresponding authors were most often affiliated with USA (32.5%), Germany (5.5%), and China (5.5%). China (+22.9%), Iran (+21.7%), and India (+16.1%) had the highest compound annual growth rates. 6001 (17.5%) articles involved international collaboration, with a compound annual growth rate of +13.1%. The most frequent collaboration was between USA and Canada (716 articles together). The most prominent source was Pediatric Anesthesia (10.0%). CONCLUSIONS Publication activity in pediatric anesthesiology has increased from 2001 to 2020 and has become more geographically diverse. With the volume of international collaborations even outpacing this growth, it is hoped that this will gradually lead to a larger evidence base in pediatric anesthesia.
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- Clemens Miller
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Critical Care Unit, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Chelsom J, Cabrer S, Hao Z, Dogar N, Aden I. An Ontology-Based Architecture to Support Language Variants of Model-Driven Electronic Health Records. Stud Health Technol Inform 2024; 310:139-143. [PMID: 38269781 DOI: 10.3233/shti230943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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This paper describes the implementation of tools to support multiple language variants of the clinical information models that are used to define a model-driven EHR system. Beyond that, it describes how a complete EHR system can be created with multiple language variants, using the example of an EHR for clinical management of patients in a Fracture Liaison Service. A clinical information model, represented as ontology, was developed in the English language. This model was translated into Spanish and Mandarin, and the modeling tools were refined, on the basis of the experience gained. A workshop was then held, where participants used the EHR tools to create additional language variants in German, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Somali. The results from the workshop are presented here, with a brief summary of the lessons learned; further work will focus on improving the tools in response to those lessons.
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- John Chelsom
- Fordham University, USA
- University of Victoria, Canada
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Jenssen U, Bochenek JM, King TS, Steindal SA, Hestvold IV, Morrison-Beedy D. Impact of COIL: Learning From Student Nurses in Norway Who Collaborated With U.S. Students. J Transcult Nurs 2024; 35:74-82. [PMID: 37933746 PMCID: PMC10714699 DOI: 10.1177/10436596231209043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2023] Open
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AIM The aim of this study was to describe the experience of Norwegian nursing students with internationalization through participation in a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) course. BACKGROUND Educators in Norway and the United States collaborated to incorporate internationalization and population health concepts into virtual courses during the pandemic. Literature gaps exist in post-implementation assessment data that ascertain internationalization through the COIL experience. DESIGN This was a qualitative study with a descriptive design. Data were collected from focus group interviews and analyzed conventional content-analysis approaches. METHODS Fifteen Norwegian undergraduate nursing students who participated in the COIL opportunity completed focus group interviews. FINDINGS The themes identified included, "virtual conversation builds collaborations and enhances learning," and "this opened my eyes." CONCLUSIONS Norwegian students acknowledged they had learned transferable lessons from their global partners that could be applied to patient care of the marginalized population in Norway.
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- Unni Jenssen
- Lovisenberg Diaconal University College, Oslo, Norway
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Chen SL, Liao FT. [Challenges of Globalization and English as a Medium of Instruction in Nursing Teaching and Learning]. Hu Li Za Zhi 2023; 70:7-12. [PMID: 37740259 DOI: 10.6224/jn.202310_70(5).02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Higher education is becoming increasingly internationalized, and English as a medium of instruction (EMI) for academic content has become commonplace in countries where English is not a native language. However, concerns are growing that the fast-growing trend of EMI lacks sufficient consideration of the related challenges with regard to implementation and impact. As a complex phenomenon, EMI requires increased awareness of its positive and negative implications for teachers and students. The attitudes and perspectives of teachers and students play a significant role in influencing the promotion and effectiveness of EMI teaching. Nevertheless, internationalization is essential for the advancement of nursing education. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the perspectives and challenges faced by teachers and students with regard to EMI and their readiness to embrace it. Therefore, in this article, we first define EMI and describe the reasons for its introduction and then discuss the challenges that teachers and students involved with EMI face in order to provide a reference for nursing education policymakers and academic institutions tasked with EMI development and implementation.
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- Shu-Ling Chen
- PhD, RN, Distinguished Professor, Department of Nursing, Hungkuang University, Taiwan, ROC.
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- MSN, RN, Lecture, Department of Nursing, Hungkuang University, Taiwan, ROC
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Elyas T, Atar C, Curle S, Rafi ASM. Editorial: English medium instruction in the Middle East and North Africa. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1264435. [PMID: 37744572 PMCID: PMC10515278 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1264435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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- Tariq Elyas
- Department of Modern Languages and Literature, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of English Language Teaching, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Türkiye
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- Department of Education, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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May F, Schaffer GE, Allen KA, Berger E, von Hagen A, Hill V, Morris ZA, Prior S, Summers D, Wurf G, Reupert A. Perspectives of practicing school psychologists during COVID-19: A multi-country, mixed methods investigation. Sch Psychol Int 2023; 44:447-467. [PMID: 38603133 PMCID: PMC9659691 DOI: 10.1177/01430343221137716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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COVID-19 presented a range of challenges to the delivery of school psychology services in countries around the world. The current study aimed to investigate the practices of school psychologists from the United States of America, Australia, Germany, Canada, and the United Kingdom, including changes to practice and exploration of the factors that supported the delivery of school psychology services during the pandemic. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 1,030 school psychologists and analyzed using a mixed methods, multiple case study design. Differing impacts of the pandemic on the working hours of school psychologists were reported across countries. Participants in all countries reported a shift to online working, with an increased focus on consultation and intervention and a reduction in psychoeducational assessments. School psychologists from all nations emphazised the importance of self-care strategies, social connections and physical activity and the role of support via supervision or professional networks. Access to appropriate technology and responsive workplace policies and procedures were also identified as important. Results have implications for the internationalization of the school psychology profession and can inform international school psychology planning in response to future crises.
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- Fiona May
- School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department of School Psychology and Counseling, Niagara University, Niagara, NY, USA
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- School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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- School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
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- Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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- Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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- School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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- School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
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Ntombela BXS. The sociolinguistic problems of English medium instruction in the Middle East and North Africa: Implications for epistemic access. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1084626. [PMID: 36844340 PMCID: PMC9947399 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1084626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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The global spread and dominance of English in higher education has reached alarming heights. While there has been a drive to argue for the relevance and importance of education through local languages, English has snatched the biggest slice of the cake by subtly imposing itself as the sole global language of education. This paper interrogates the sociolinguistic problems posed by the hegemony of English language. It argues that globalization and internationalization work in tandem with neo-colonial and neoliberal operations to create a class of global citizens that must support the economic aspirations of English imperial expansion and sustenance. The arguments are drawn from the experiences of Middle East and North Africa as well as lessons from Eastern and Southern Africa. The paper adopts a critical approach in order to place urgency against the onslaught of English medium of instruction in global higher education. This is done by problematizing the rhetoric of globalized and internationalized education. The paper then draws conclusions on epistemic access in the context of burgeoning knowledge economies. It argues that English medium of instruction is implicated in stalling access to knowledge for the great majority in order to cater for and safeguard the economic dominance of the elite minority.
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He J, Su H. Digital Transformation and Green Innovation of Chinese Firms: The Moderating Role of Regulatory Pressure and International Opportunities. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:13321. [PMID: 36293899 PMCID: PMC9603559 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192013321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The digitalization of business processes has increasingly challenged conventional wisdom in corporate green innovation. This empirical paper studies the timely but theoretically underexplored relationship between digital transformation and green innovation in a developing country context. Given that firms' digital transformation shifts organizational structures toward decentralization, we employ a digital perspective to analyze organizational coordination, control, and learning mechanisms and propose that digital transformation positively affects corporate green innovation. Moreover, drawing on structural contingency theory, we demonstrate that such effects can be strengthened by external contingencies, specifically regulatory pressure and international opportunities. Using a dataset of Chinese listed firms, we find empirical support for our hypotheses. Our study is one of the first to examine how firms can leverage organizational digital transformation to enhance their green innovation performance and thus provides new insights into the drivers of sustainable practices for firms in developing countries.
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- Jinqiu He
- School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081, China
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- Renmin Business School, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
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Burad M, Laowanichwith C, Kiatsukasem A, Supa-amornkul S, Sipiyaruk K. Conceptual Framework for Implementation of Internationalization in Dental Education with Foundations in Dental Student Life. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:13249. [PMID: 36293825 PMCID: PMC9603489 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192013249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The integration of internationalization within higher education has gained attention in both international and local programs, which allows the enrichment of the institutional quality. Previous literature reveals multidimensional considerations to determine the level of internationalization, considered as pre-existing performance indicators, including: (1) 'Curriculum and academic offerings'; (2) 'Collaboration and partnership'; (3) 'Student and academic staff mobility'; (4) 'Institutional policy'; (5) 'Resources'; (6) 'Campus life'; and (7) 'Performance review and accountability'. This study aimed to investigate the impact of performance indicators of internationalization on academic performance and extracurricular activities among dental students. A validated online self-administered questionnaire was distributed to dental undergraduates. The data from 93 students (response rate: 96.86%) were analyzed using descriptive statistics and simple linear regressions. The findings demonstrated that all performance indicators appeared to have significant impact on self-perceived participations of extracurricular activities (p < 0.05), while only 'Collaboration and partnership' (p = 0.016), 'Student and academic staff mobility' (p = 0.009), 'Institutional policy' (p = 0.008), and 'Campus life' (p = 0.005) significantly affected actual participations. None of them appeared to be significant predictors for actual and self-perceived academic performance (p > 0.05). The statistical model constructed in this research can be utilized as a conceptual framework in the future establishment of internationalization among dental schools.
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- Meghna Burad
- Mahidol International Dental School, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Mahidol International Dental School, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Mahidol International Dental School, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Mahidol International Dental School, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Wood EA, Collins SL, Mueller S, Stetten NE, El-Shokry M. Transforming Perspectives Through Virtual Exchange: A US-Egypt Partnership Part 1. Front Public Health 2022; 10:877547. [PMID: 35655459 PMCID: PMC9152246 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.877547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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With more classrooms within higher education mobilizing strategies for internationalization, collaborative online international learning (COIL), also referred to as virtual exchange, is an effective approach at offering intercultural competence through experiential learning. This strategy provides students who face barriers to international travel the opportunity to engage with students from other countries in meaningful ways, while enhancing and reinforcing course content. Grounded in the transformative learning theory, this study evaluates the effectiveness of a virtual exchange that was implemented within an undergraduate global public health course. The virtual exchange connected students from the University of Florida (within the US) with medical students in a microbiology course at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Using adapted reflection prompts, we assessed the students' knowledge and learning before, during, and after the virtual exchange. This was coupled with a final paper to capture how personal backgrounds and experiences may contribute to their perception of the virtual exchange, as well as if they felt their global perspective had changed or shifted during the experience. Using directed content analysis for each of the measurements, two researchers coded the data independently to then present agreed upon salient themes to the larger group. Of the 28 randomly sampled students who participated in the virtual exchange, seven major themes emerged from the data: Connectedness; Openness; Acquisition of Knowledge and Skills; Communication; Cultural Identity; Anticipation of Options for New Roles, Relationships, and Actions; and Absence of Change. Through this evaluation it was clear there was a variance of different perspectives with many sampled students having diverse lived experiences that influenced their worldview prior to the virtual exchange. Despite course-related barriers, students acknowledged several facilitating factors that improved their intercultural competence and knowledge of course content. The integration of a virtual exchange within the classroom, with careful design and implementation, can provide a unique experience for students and an inclusive approach to learning.
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- Elizabeth A. Wood
- Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Cuervo-Cazurra A, Grosman A, Megginson WL. A review of the internationalization of state-owned firms and sovereign wealth funds: Governments' nonbusiness objectives and discreet power. J Int Bus Stud 2022; 54:78-106. [PMID: 35573037 PMCID: PMC9090597 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-022-00522-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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UNLABELLED We review and bridge the literature on the internationalization of state-owned firms and sovereign wealth funds to provide a novel understanding of how government ownership affects foreign investments in three ways. First, we explain how state-owned firms and funds behave differently from private ones because they need to balance governments' nonbusiness objectives and firms' business goals. This results in competing predictions on whether government ownership helps or hinders internationalization due to particular nonbusiness objectives. Second, building on the review, we provide suggestions on how to extend research topics and theories of the firm by incorporating these nonbusiness objectives in the internationalization decisions in four areas: home government's endowments, characteristics, and attitudes; host-country expansion's support, influence, and impact; home- and host-country relationship conflicts, mediation, and disguising; and management's orientation, opacity, and arbitrage. Third, we capture how governments may use state-owned multinationals and sovereign wealth funds to nudge host-country governments by introducing the concept of discreet power and the use of four strategies (recognition, values, development, and supremacy) to achieve it. This helps to outline the beginning of a unified approach to how governments use their foreign investments to achieve nonbusiness goals. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41267-022-00522-w.
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- Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra
- D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, 313 Hayden Hall, Boston, MA 02115-5000 USA
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- Loughborough University London, 3 Lesney Avenue, Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E20 3BS UK
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- Michael F. Price College of Business, The University of Oklahoma, 307 W. Brooks, Suite 205B, Norman, OK 73019 USA
- University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
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Texeira-Quiros J, Justino MDR, Antunes MG, Mucharreira PR, Nunes ADT. Effects of Innovation, Total Quality Management, and Internationalization on Organizational Performance of Higher Education Institutions. Front Psychol 2022; 13:869638. [PMID: 35496156 PMCID: PMC9047715 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.869638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The aim of this research is to analyze the effects of innovation strategies, Total Quality Management (TQM) dimensions, and internationalization strategies that Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) might adopt, and their effects on their organizational performance. Due to globalization and the constant changes and demands that have taken place today, HEIs are forced to seek new quality assurance instruments in higher education, to ensure greater competitiveness in the markets and their survival. To examine the association between the independent variables, namely, TQM dimensions, innovation strategies, and internationalization strategies with the dependent variable, that is organizational performance of HEIs, we have chosen to use multiple linear regression analysis. A nine-predictor multiple linear regression model was proposed. The nine predictor variables are Communication, Involvement/teacher empowerment, Development/Teacher training, Continuous improvement, Leadership/Administration's Commitment, Data analysis/Measurement of results, Focus on students, Innovation Strategies, and Internationalization strategy. We conclude that some TQM variables have a significant association with the organizational performance of HEIs, namely, Involvement/teacher empowerment, and Development/teacher training. On the other hand, also the Innovation strategies and Internationalization strategy have a significant association with the organizational performance of HEIs. This research is of enormous importance for the study of HEIs, considering their role in the development of any country and its impact on society as creators of knowledge and science. Since these institutions increasingly must deal with extremely competitive market environments, knowledge of the factors that can assist in increasing the organizational performance of HEIs is of great relevance.
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- Joaquín Texeira-Quiros
- Department of Economic and Business Science, Autonomous University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Balva D, Page DT, Collardeau F, Gómez Henao JA, Flores-Camacho AL. International Capacity Building in Psychological Science: Reflections on Student Involvement and Endeavors. Trends in Psychol. 2022; 31:520-547. [PMCID: PMC8964240 DOI: 10.1007/s43076-022-00168-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Internationalization in psychology provides unique opportunities for students worldwide and promises to build a more inclusive, representative, and culturally sensitive discipline. Far from passive recipients of the internationalization process, students are actively involved in promoting opportunities for cross-cultural collaborations, international learning, and the creation of international networks. This paper reviews opportunities for student involvement in internationalization related efforts in psychology. Students’ roles within international and regional psychology organizations are explored to highlight the unique contributions and opportunities afforded by more independent and fully student-led organizations and initiatives. This paper discusses the barriers to establishing student-led organizations and to student involvement in international endeavors, including power imbalances, language barriers, and disparities in students’ ability to access financial resources and mentorship depending on their geographical location. Recommendations are offered, to both students and professional members, to foster student contributions to the internationalization of psychology and support the creation of sustainable student-led international organizations.
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- Daniel Balva
- Department of Counseling Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA USA
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- School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Saint Lucia Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada
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Calabrò A, Chrisman JJ, Kano L. Family-owned multinational enterprises in the post-pandemic global economy. J Int Bus Stud 2022; 53:920-935. [PMID: 35350843 PMCID: PMC8946950 DOI: 10.1057/s41267-022-00508-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Contractor (J Int Bus Stud, 2022 ) argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated changes in the world economy that had already started, and that the fundamental rationale for globalization remains. Although we agree with much of Contractor's analysis and conclusions, we argue that in the case of large family-owned multinational enterprises (MNEs), international behavior after the pandemic is likely to be varied, reflecting the strategic persistence and the heterogeneity of the goals, governance, and resources of these firms compared to nonfamily firms. We therefore complement Contractor's article by discussing why most large family MNEs will pursue strategies that are consistent with globalization, but some will pursue strategies that move them in the opposite direction.
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- Andrea Calabrò
- IPAG Entrepreneurship & Family Business Center, IPAG Business School, 4, Boulevard Carabacel, 06000 Nice, France
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- Center of Family Enterprise Research, Mississippi State University, 308/308A McCool Hall, College of Business, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9581 USA
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- Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
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Kersan‐Škabić I. The COVID-19 pandemic and the internationalization of production: A review of the literature. Dev Policy Rev 2022; 40:e12560. [PMID: 34219988 PMCID: PMC8239906 DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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MOTIVATION The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially altered the context for cross-border business. This is reflected in trade flows but the conditions for conducting dispersed production functions across countries are also affected. This "new normal" period presents the need to examine the main problems and challenges in international trade and business. PURPOSE The article aims to establish the scope, aspects, and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on international trade and on international production by reviewing recent articles which deal with international trade and global value chain (GVC) issues, encompassing both changes that were already taking place and the challenges that began in 2020. METHODS AND APPROACH The findings of recent articles on trade flows and changes in GVCs (mainly the period 2019-2021) are described in theoretical terms, compared, and systematically reviewed. Special focus is given to the impact of the pandemic on GVCs, renationalization, and GVCs and the impact of the pandemic on GVC governance, and GVCs in the production of vaccines for the COVID-19 virus. FINDINGS A drop in trade was recorded in 2020, alongside the introduction of protective trade policy measures. Reduced GVC activities had a negative impact on welfare and the "renationalization" of GVC-related activities is not a real solution. For the development of GVCs it is important to find a trade-off between efficiency and resilience, starting with reorganization (re-engineering) of GVCs, and probably focusing on regional frameworks. Liberal trade policies are essential to ensure the involvement of GVCs in producing the COVID-19 vaccines, since the various inputs are produced in different countries. POLICY IMPLICATIONS The possible directions for the future development of GVCs are elaborated: reshoring, resilience in supply chains, adjustments in governance, diversification, and development of risk-management strategies. The process of internationalization is not in question, but presents challenges which create the need for adjustments in its future development. Current problems with vaccine production arise in part from the erection of trade barriers and rising nationalism. There is a need for greater cross-country co-operation to avoid placing national short-term interests before long-term and broader objectives.
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- Ines Kersan‐Škabić
- Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković”Juraj Dobrila University of PulaCroatia
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Monrouxe LV, Chandratilake M, Chen J, Chhabra S, Zheng L, Costa PS, Lee YM, Karnieli-Miller O, Nishigori H, Ogden K, Pawlikowska T, Riquelme A, Sethi A, Soemantri D, Wearn A, Wolvaardt L, Yusoff MSB, Yau SY. Medical Students' and Trainees' Country-By-Gender Profiles: Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Across Sixteen Diverse Countries. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 8:746288. [PMID: 35211478 PMCID: PMC8862177 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.746288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Purpose The global mobility of medical student and trainee populations has drawn researchers' attention to consider internationalization in medical education. Recently, researchers have focused on cultural diversity, predominately drawing on Hofstede's cross-cultural analysis of cultural dimensions from general population data to explain their findings. However, to date no research has been specifically undertaken to examine cultural dimensions within a medical student or trainee population. This is problematic as within-country differences between gender and professional groups have been identified within these dimensions. We address this gap by drawing on the theoretical concept of national context effects: specifically Hofstede's six-dimensional perspective. In doing so we examine medical students' and trainees' country profiles across dimensions, country-by-gender clustering, and differences between our data and Hofstede's general population data. Methods We undertook a cross-cultural online questionnaire study (eight languages) containing Hofstede's 2013 Values Survey. Our questionnaire was live between 1st March to 19th Aug 2018, and December 2018 to mitigate country holiday periods. We recruited undergraduate medical students and trainees with at least 6-months' clinical training using school-specific methods including emails, announcements, and snowballing. Results We received 2,529 responses. Sixteen countries were retained for analyses (n = 2,307, 91%): Australia, Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Sri-Lanka, Taiwan. Power distance and masculinity are homogenous across countries. Uncertainty avoidance shows the greatest diversity. We identified four country clusters. Masculinity and uncertainty are uncorrelated with Hofstede's general population data. Conclusions Our medical student and trainee data provides medical education researchers with more appropriate cultural dimension profiles than those from general population data. Country cluster profiles stimulate useful hypotheses for further research, especially as patterning between clusters cuts across traditional Eastern-Western divides with national culture being stronger than gendered influences. The Uncertainty dimension with its complex pattern across clusters is a particularly fruitful avenue for further investigation.
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- Lynn V Monrouxe
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Chang Gung Medical Education Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India
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- Department of Education, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Largo do Paço, Portugal.,Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Education, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Medical Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Center for Medical Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Tasmanian School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, TAS, Australia
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- Health Professions Education Centre, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centre for Medical Education and Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.,Medical Education Center, Faculty of Medicine, Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Chang Gung Medical Education Research Centre, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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Xu TC, Xia YB. [Research and development of intelligent medical equipment and internationalization of acupuncture and moxibustion: thoughts from researchers of acupuncture robot]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 2022; 42:199-202. [PMID: 35152587 DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20201116-0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Under the background of artificial intelligence, the internationalization of acupuncture and moxibustion has braced an important opportunity. Intelligent medical equipment for acupuncture and moxibustion has entered from the laboratory into the clinic. However, the current research focuses on optimizing acupuncture treatment technology rather than innovating acupuncture theory. Internationally, the westernization of traditional acupuncture and the dilution of its characteristics are worrying. It is urgent to promote the China-led international standards of acupuncture and moxibustion and the patent protection of traditional acupuncture and moxibustion. Intelligent medical equipment will play the role of media, and promote the internationalization of traditional acupuncture and moxibustion with standardized and highly-integrated intelligent medical equipment for acupuncture and moxibustion, and integrate modern scientific and technological achievements. It is a feasible way for the internationalization of acupuncture and moxibustion.
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- Tian-Cheng Xu
- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Medicine Research of Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Medicine Research of Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China; Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221006, Jiangsu Province
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Nummela N, Vissak T, Francioni B. The interplay of entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial internationalization: an illustrative case of an Italian SME. Int Entrep Manag J 2022. [PMCID: PMC7256338 DOI: 10.1007/s11365-020-00673-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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This study describes SME internationalization as a process that combines entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial behaviour. We bring in insights from prior literature and use an illustrative case study of an Italian SME to demonstrate the interplay of entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial behaviour during the internationalization process. Our study shows that the combination of entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial internationalization cannot be fully explained with existing International Entrepreneurship literature or other internationalization theories, as they do not take into account the nonlinear nature of internationalization or explain why the process seems to reach a ‘glass ceiling’ beyond which it does not progress. The study concludes with a conceptual framework providing an alternative explanation. Based on our conceptual reasoning we propose that predominantly non-entrepreneurial internationalization can occur without developing a clearly defined internationalization strategy. Additionally, we argue that low commitment to internationalization prevents capability development and may lead to nonlinear internationalization. Furthermore, we suggest that family involvement may moderate a firm’s international entrepreneurial orientation, consequently leading to more non-entrepreneurial internationalization.
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- Niina Nummela
- Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland
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- School of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Narva Rd. 18-4031, 51009 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Communication Sciences, Humanities and International Studies, Cultures, Languages, Literatures, Arts, Media (DISCUI), University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Via Saffi, 15, 61029 Urbino, Italy
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Iwatsuki J, Kondo T, Takahashi N, Takami H, Nishigori H, Bustos-Villalobos I, Aleksic B, Kasuya H, Ban N, Yagi T, Skokauskas N. Problem-Based Learning in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Perspective from Japan. Adv Med Educ Pract 2021; 12:1329-1335. [PMID: 34815728 PMCID: PMC8605793 DOI: 10.2147/amep.s333958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Japanese higher education institutions have long been striving for the globalization of medical education. Nagoya University (NU) adopted PBL as a means of enhancing intercultural awareness in globalizing medical education by working with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, under the Trondheim NTNU-Nagoya (TroNa) partnership for mobility and internationalization of child and mental health studies. This study aims to assess students' attitudes towards PBL and to suggest future developments in this form of education by introducing common PBL scenarios experienced at NTNU and NU. METHODS Two 90-minute PBL sessions were conducted at NU. Ten groups of medical students were formed, each consisting of up to 10 students, and students were asked to fill in a questionnaire developed to assess their understanding of, attitudes to and satisfaction with the classes. We investigated three different groups of questions on: NU medical students' general impressions of PBL; their impressions of PBL in child and adolescent psychiatry (CAP); and their impressions of PBL in specific case scenarios. Correlations between each of the questions from the three groups were evaluated using multivariate analysis. RESULTS Overall, a majority of the NU medical students were satisfied with PBL, while a small number preferred traditional lecture-style learning (5%). More than half of the students agreed that PBL increased their understanding and interest in CAP (53%), although some male students felt that the amount of time spent was insufficient (20.3%). Correlations were seen for students who thought that PBL enhanced their understanding of and interest in CAP. Regarding case scenarios, most students (82.5%) agreed that PBL helped them to develop clinical problem-solving skills. CONCLUSION The study found an overall positive attitude towards PBL, PBL in CAP and the specific PBL case scenario presented.
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- Junko Iwatsuki
- International Collaboration Planning Center, Institute of International Education and Exchange, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Present Affiliation is Office for International Education and Exchange, Faculty and Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Center for Postgraduate Clinical Training and Career Development, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Postgraduate Clinical Training and Career Development, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of General Medicine/Family & Community Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Education for Community-Oriented Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Postgraduate Clinical Training and Career Development, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Medical Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of International Medical Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of International Medical Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of International Medical Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Medical Education Center, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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Alareqe NA, Roslan S, Nordin MS, Ahmad NA, Taresh SM. Psychometric Properties of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III in an Arabic Clinical Sample Compared With American, Italian, and Dutch Cultures. Front Psychol 2021; 12:562619. [PMID: 34566736 PMCID: PMC8458952 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.562619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory MCMI–III is a multidimensional measure of psychopathology with excellent construct validity, test-retest reliability as well as internal consistency. Factor analysis of the MCMI-III has produced mixed results, extracting parsimonious three-factor solutions, or replicating the original four-factor solution in psychiatric samples from Western countries. However, little work has been done on the psychometric properties of the MCMI–III, using non-Western psychiatric samples. Outpatients (N = 212) completed the MCMI–III during a semi-structured interview. Eight exploratory factor analysis (EFA) methods were used to explore the underlying structure of MCMI–III. Skewness, kurtosis, and descriptive statistics confirmed that scales of MCMI–III were normally distributed. High-internal consistency was found. The eight EFA methods applied to the 24 clinical scales identified a consensual three-factor solution: factor I (internalizing psychopathology; 18 scales), factor II (externalizing psychopathology; 4 scales) and factor III (psychological disturbance; 2 scales), accounting for a total of 72% of the common variance. Regarding the cross-cultural equivalence of the MCMI–III structure, Tucker's congruence coefficient (Φ) was used and confirmed that internalizing (F1) and externalizing psychopathology (F2) factors obtained in this study are similar to high vs. low psychopathology and emotional constraint factors provided by American study of Haddy et al. (2005) (Φ was 0.86 and 0.97). These two factors are also similar to the general adjustment and antisocial acting out factors provided by the American study of Craig and Bivens (1998) (Φ was 0.82 and 0.96). The first two factors in this study also reflect high similarity with the factor solutions obtained with the Italian and Dutch versions of MCMI-III (Rossi et al., 2007; Pignolo et al., 2017). Despite using a psychiatric sample from a non-Western culture, the two factors identified for this MCMI–III Arabic version were similar to those reported on studies with MCMI–III, using primarily Western samples (Craig and Bivens, 1998; Rossi et al., 2007).
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- Department of Foundations of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
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- Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, International Islamic University Malaysia, Selayang, Malaysia
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- Department of Foundations of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
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- Department of Foundations of Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Malaysia.,Department of Kindergarten, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen
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Mok KH, Montgomery C. Remaking higher education for the post‐COVID‐19 era: Critical reflections on marketization, internationalization and graduate employment. Higher Education Quarterly 2021; 75:373-380. [PMCID: PMC8239816 DOI: 10.1111/hequ.12330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This Special Issue was conceived and developed following a series of international conferences held in Asia, with a particular focus on critically reflecting upon higher education development in the region from broader social and political economy perspectives. Some of the papers in this Special Issue were selected from presentations in the East Asia Social Policy (EASP) Research Network Conference successfully held in Taiwan in 2018, while others were chosen from international events held at Lingnan University in Hong Kong presenting critical reviews and reflections on internationalization, marketization and graduate employment of higher education in Asia. This introductory article puts the discussions of the selected papers in this issue in context, with critical reflections on the key issues being examined in these papers. The Special Issue is published when the world is still confronting the unprecedented global health crisis resulted from the outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic. This article discusses the higher education development trends in Asia through the massification, diversification and internationalisation processes in transforming the higher education system and examines how these development trends are affected by the COVID‐19 crisis.
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- Ka Ho Mok
- Institute of Policy StudiesLingnan UniversityHong KongChina
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Kudo K, Isobe N, Ueda S, Tomimatsu S, Moriyama T, Shimizu S. Barriers to International Telemedicine Conferencing: A Survey of the National University Hospital Council of Japan. Telemed J E Health 2021; 28:433-439. [PMID: 34185602 PMCID: PMC8968836 DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Introduction: Telemedicine conferencing is expected to become commonly used internationally. However, national reports on internationally related telemedicine are limited, and related activities and challenges in each country are unclear. In this study, we aimed to clarify the current status and barriers to international telemedicine conferencing in Japan. Methods: The questionnaire was sent to the Internationalization Project Team (I-PT) representatives in all 43 Japanese National University Hospitals. The total of 167 assigned staff comprised 86 medical staff in charge of internationalization (MI) and 81 technical staff in telemedicine (TT). Results: The response rate was 93% (40/43 universities) from 88 staff (44 MI and 44 TT). Most respondents (75%) stated that they had not been active in international telemedicine conferencing during the past 3 years, although a videoconferencing system was installed in 93% of universities. A total of 65% respondents felt that barriers to promoting telemedicine and conferencing existed. Most (43%) respondents reported staff shortage as the most serious barrier overall. Five TT (19%) felt that the most serious barrier was difficulty with English communication, although no MI selected this as a barrier. More MI than TT felt that technical issues were the most serious barrier (MI: 4/29, TT: 1/27). Conclusions: International telemedicine conferencing was found to be insufficiently active in I-PT of Japan, although the installed equipment and technical expertise of TT seemed adequate. This indicates that merely assigning MI and TT to an I-PT is not enough and that improved cooperation between both MI and TT at each university hospital is needed. Establishment of a structured international telemedicine center in each university hospital is to be suggested to accelerate the activities in Japan.
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- Kuriko Kudo
- Telemedicine Development Center of Asia, International Medical Department, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Telemedicine Development Center of Asia, International Medical Department, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Telemedicine Development Center of Asia, International Medical Department, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Telemedicine Development Center of Asia, International Medical Department, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Telemedicine Development Center of Asia, International Medical Department, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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Deuel RP. Governing the Discourse of Internationalization in the USA: The Influence of Higher Education Professional Associations. High Educ Policy 2021; 35:873-893. [PMID: 34594094 PMCID: PMC8185496 DOI: 10.1057/s41307-021-00237-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Higher education professional associations (HEPAs) are well-established agents of knowledge production and have been influential in shaping higher education policies and practices. In the context of US international higher education, HEPAs have contributed to the rise of 'internationalization' as a discursive practice. Proposing an analytical framework that takes up Foucauldian analysis of discourse and studies in governmentality, this paper examines a corpus of ACE and NAFSA reports in order to trace the emergence of internationalization and its lines of transformation as both a regime of truth and a regime of practice in the context of US higher education over the last 30 or so years. The findings of this study illustrate that since its emergence in the 1980s, HEPAs have participated in the transformation of internationalization from a discourse of exchange to a discourse of competition.
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- Ryan P. Deuel
- Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Bárbara Larrañeta, Lucia Naldi. Globalization, de-globalization, and re-globalization: Some historical context and the impact of the COVID pandemic. Business Research Quarterly 2021; 24. [ DOI: 10.1177/23409444211008904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many of the weaknesses in our current systems of government and commerce. In this essay, I provide some historical context to the recent era of “hyper-globalization.” I then present multiple factors—economic, social, political, technological, and governance-related—that collectively explain why globalization has peaked and is on the retreat. Following this, I use the analogy of a three-legged stool to explain the importance of recalibrating the economy, state, and society so as to realize a healthier alignment among them. Finally, I look at where globalization might be going next and the implications for firms, concluding with some lessons that we can take away from the COVID crisis. JEL CLASSIFICATION: M10, M16, M19
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Drawing on the evolution of socio-geographical imaginaries of scholarly journals published in Chile, this article provides a picture of the socio-historical trajectories of internationalization of scholarly journals and communities in that part of the (semi-)periphery of science. In order to break with the presentism of many contemporary discussions, the analysis covers a relatively long period of time, from the end of the nineteenth century until the first decades of the twenty-first century. However, based on an inductive analysis of the journals, the article particularly focuses on the rise of nationalist and regionalist orientations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the intensification of the pressures for internationalization in more recent decades. Building on the findings, the article concludes highlighting key elements and making some general observations on the internationalization processes in the semi-periphery of science.
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- Tomás Koch
- Ghent University, Belgium
- Playa Ancha University, Chile
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- Ghent University, Belgium
- London School of Economics and Political Science, England
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- Ghent University, Belgium
- Research Foundation Flanders, Brussels, Belgium
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Francesco Debellis, Emanuela Rondi, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Alfredo De Massis. Riding the waves of family firm internationalization: A systematic literature review, integrative framework, and research agenda. Journal of World Business 2021; 56. [ DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2020.101144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Despite the proliferation in research efforts, family firm (FF) internationalization scholarship suffers from fragmentation, theoretical limitations, and empirical indeterminacy, leaving important facets unexplored. This article’s purpose is to unpack how this body of research has evolved over time and interfaces international business (IB) theory. We conduct a systematic literature review of relevant theoretical and empirical studies covering the last 30 years of research and comprising 134 articles. Our study contributes to this corpus of knowledge by identifying and discussing four evolutionary waves of FF internationalization research. We further advance an integrative framework that offers a comprehensive understanding of the state-of-the-art as well as promising avenues for future research at the intersection of IB and FFs.
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Jing Lu, Jun Wang. Corporate governance, law, culture, environmental performance and CSR disclosure: A global perspective ☆. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 2021; 70. [ DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2020.101264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This paper investigates the impact of corporate governance and culture background on firms’ environmental performance and CSR disclosure from a global perspective. It provides evidence of a positive relationship between environmental performance and CSR disclosure, supporting the voluntary disclosure theory. We find that common internal corporate governance best practices (such as CEO non-duality, ESG committees and gender diversified boards) are associated with better environmental performance and more disclosure of CSR related information. Debt is an effective internal governance vehicle and positively affects firms’ environmental performance and CSR disclosure. Cross-listed firms perform better environmentally and disclose more CSR information. Firms residing in countries with stronger legal systems have less voluntary CSR disclosure, implying that external governance is functional and may partially serve as a substitute for internal governance. In terms of culture influence, we find that firms in countries with low power distance, individualism, femininity, high uncertainty avoidance, and long-term orientation perform better environmentally. Firms in low power distance, collectivistic, feminine, long-term oriented, high uncertainty avoidance and restrained countries disclose more CSR information.
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Hege I, Sudacka M, Kononowicz AA, Nonnenmann J, Banholzer J, Schelling J, Adler M, Espinoza B, Garrido MA, Radon K. Adaptation of an international virtual patient collection to the COVID-19 pandemic. GMS J Med Educ 2020; 37:Doc92. [PMID: 33364371 PMCID: PMC7740015 DOI: 10.3205/zma001385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic posed new global challenges for teaching. We met these challenges as an international collaboration by adapting a collection of virtual patients for clinical reasoning training to this novel context.
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- Inga Hege
- Universität Augsburg, Med. Fakultät, Medical Education Sciences, Augsburg, Germany
- Klinikum der LMU München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Germany
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- Jagiellonian University Medical College, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Education, Krakow, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University Medical College, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine, Krakow, Poland
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- Klinikum der LMU München, Center for International Health, Munich,Germany
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- Klinikum der LMU München, Center for International Health, Munich,Germany
- Klinikum der LMU München, Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Munich,Germany
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Dorri S, Abedi A, Mohammadi N. Nursing education in the path of globalization: Promotion or challenge? J Educ Health Promot 2020; 9:269. [PMID: 33282974 PMCID: PMC7709778 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_775_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Globalization has been attracted by great literature and papers of many disciplines in recent years. Although globalization has considerable social, political, and economic effects, it has turned to an important challenge in health-care systems. Nursing, as the largest part of the health system in the world, has also been affected by globalization. The purpose of the present paper is to critique globalization and its impacts on the nursing profession. This review article was conducted by searching for reliable internet resources in the English language on the impact of globalization on nursing. Published articles were searched until 2018, and related articles were extracted in three stages: 1-selection of articles by reading abstract, 2-selection with an overview of the text, and 3-selection with a full review of the article's text. According to the literature of globalization, we categorize and discuss the nursing areas that are affected by globalization in nine areas: global nursing development, nurses emigration,information interchange and interactions in nursing, higher education in nursing, professional territory, nursing specialization, professional ethics, management and supervision, and professional independence. The intensity of globalization effects on the nursing profession has not been the same in all societies, and factors such as compliance of society, culture, and technology are among the most important factors that affect it. Globalization is an inevitable process and brings with itself many prominent promotions such as global nursing development and important challenges such as nursing emigration and ethical issues.
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- Safoura Dorri
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Critical Care Nursing, Nursing Care Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Gartmeier M, Reimer M, Huber J, Epstein N, Fischer MR, Berberat PO. International mobility of students in the medical disciplines from a comparative perspective. GMS J Med Educ 2020; 37:Doc34. [PMID: 32566736 PMCID: PMC7291386 DOI: 10.3205/zma001327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Objective: We analyze the extent to which students of human, veterinary and dental medicine complete study-related stays abroad (frequency, type and duration of stays abroad and countries visited). Furthermore, we investigate the possible correlations between completed stays abroad and the duration of studies, the completion of a doctorate and entering professional life. Methods: The data come from a written cross-sectional survey of 742 graduates of their respective study programs at Bavarian universities. The evaluation was carried out using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Results: Slightly more than half of the surveyed students completed study-associated stays abroad, with notable differences between the three study programs. The students most frequently completed internships abroad lasting an average of nine weeks. Switzerland was the most common country of destination for the stays abroad. Furthermore, there were no or only weak correlations between stays abroad, the duration of studies and progress towards a doctorate or the commencement of professional employment abroad. There were no correlations with the stress experienced as part of initial employment after graduation. Conclusion: The results clearly indicate that stays abroad are quite usual for students in the medical disciplines and are almost standard in the study of human medicine. The selection of the countries visited indicates that the primary goal of the students' stays abroad is to deepen their competence with a view to later employment in their home country.
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- Martin Gartmeier
- Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital rechts der Isar, TUM Medical Education Center, Munich, Germany
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- Bayrisches Staatsinstitut für Hochschulforschung und Hochschulplanung, Munich, Germany
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- LMU Munich, Hospital University Munich, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, Munich, Germany
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- LMU Munich, Hospital University Munich, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, Munich, Germany
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- LMU Munich, Hospital University Munich, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, Munich, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital rechts der Isar, TUM Medical Education Center, Munich, Germany
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Kunaviktikul W, Turale S, Stone TE. Developing leadership and capacity building: Reflections of a nurse leader. Nurs Health Sci 2018; 20:411-414. [PMID: 30525296 DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Globally, leadership in nursing and healthcare is vital to develop professional skills and knowledge to improve both practice and population health. Much can be learned from the leadership experiences of others, such as Professor Wipada Kunaviktikul from Thailand, a well-known nursing leader. Among her many life achievements, she is a founding member of the Editorial Board of Nursing & Health Sciences and was invited to share her life story with readers. Her life story includes experiences of leadership and capacity building in health, administration and education, across many organizations nationally and internationally. She describes how her early experiences contributed to her later achievements, such as working to establish international relationships, networks and collaborating centers, and English-language nursing degrees and training courses for Thai and international students. Nurses and other health professionals can reflect on how her values and commitment to nursing excellence have shaped her leadership style to the present time. The importance of role models and mentors in capacity building for leadership is emphasized in her personal leadership development and in the development of other leaders. In conclusion, leadership suggestions are given for future and present nursing leaders.
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- Wipada Kunaviktikul
- Office of the Dean, Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Office of the Dean, Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Office of the Dean, Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Fradkin C. The Impact of Non-Brazilian Contribution on the Publishing Performance of Psychology Journals in Brazil. Front Psychol 2018; 9:1934. [PMID: 30374320 PMCID: PMC6196258 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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There is considerable variability in publishing performance among psychology journals in Brazil. However, research as to why is very scarce. This study empirically examined the relationship between non-Brazilian contribution and publishing performance, among these journals. A total of 746 articles from the top-18 psychology journals in Brazil were coded for study type, international collaboration, and non-Brazilian contribution. Analyses revealed that publishing performance was associated with the following: (i) international collaboration and (ii) non-Brazilian contribution. Collaboration with, and contribution from, English-speaking authors was more prevalent among the higher performing journals; while contribution from non-Brazilian Ibero-American authors was more prevalent among the lower performing journals. These findings suggest that publishing performance for psychology journals in Brazil may be strongly tied to non-Brazilian contribution. Implications may be relevant to journal publishers and editors, as well as arbiters of scientific policy.
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- Chris Fradkin
- Departamento de Psicologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States
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Psychologists from the United States are extremely prominent in psychological science, publishing more articles and receiving more citations than researchers from other nations. In this brief article, I review some previous research on this "nation gap" in psychology and highlight relevant data from journals published by the Association for Psychological Science. I then discuss some possible explanations for the nation gap and touch on some of its implications for thinking about scholarly merit and scientific eminence. I hope that the research and data discussed here will stimulate further consideration of the role of author nationality for both judgments of scholarly merit and psychological science more generally.
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Rezaei H, Yousefi A, Larijani B, Dehnavieh R, Rezaei N, Adibi P. Internationalization or globalization of higher education. J Educ Health Promot 2018; 7:8. [PMID: 29417068 PMCID: PMC5791431 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_25_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Studies about globalization and internationalization demonstrate different attitudes in explaining these concepts. Since there is no consensus among Iranian specialists about these concepts, the purpose of this study is to explain the concepts of internationalization and globalization in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a systematic review done in the first half of 2016. To explain the concept of globalization and internationalization, articles in Scientific Information D atabase, Magiran database, and Google Scholar were searched with the keywords such as globalization, scientific exchange, international cooperation, curriculum exchange, student exchange, faculty exchange, multinational cooperation, transnational cooperation, and collaborative research. Articles, used in this study, were in Persian and were devoted to internationalization and globalization between 2001 and 2016. The criterion of discarding the articles was duplicity. RESULTS As many as 180 Persian articles were found on this topic. After discarding repetitive articles, 64 remained. Among those, 39 articles mentioned the differences between globalization and internationalization. Definitions of globalization were categorized in four categories, including globalization, globalizing, globalization of higher education, and globalizing of higher education. Definitions about internationalization were categorized in five categories such as internationalization, internationalization of higher education, internationalization of the curriculum, internationalization of curriculum studies, and internationalization of curriculum profession. CONCLUSION The spectrum of the globalization of higher education moves from dissonance and multipolarization to unification and single polarization of the world. One end of the spectrum, which is unification and single polarization of the world, is interpreted as globalization. The other side of the spectrum, which is dissonance and multipolarization, is interpreted as globalizing. The definition of internalization is the same as that of globalizing. In other words, it is possible to say that internalization is similar to globalizing but different from globalization.
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- Habibolah Rezaei
- Center of Medical Education Research, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, Molecular Immunology Research Center, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Integrative Functional Gastroenterology Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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"Modernization of Chinese medicine for twenty years" committee. [Summary of development in scientific researches of traditional Chinese medicine in twenty years(1996-2015)]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2016; 41:4085-9. [PMID: 28933071 DOI: 10.4268/cjcmm20162201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The modernization strategy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been implemented for 20 years. A great deal of basic and innovative researches have been done on basic theory of TCM, effective substance, efficacy evaluation, action mechanism, intracorporal metabolic process, safety evaluation, clinical evaluation and quality standards. As a result, a series of remarkable achievements in scientific research have been generated and promoted the interpretation of the connotation of TCM, supported the industry development of TCM and accelerated internationalization of TCM.
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Leung D, Carlson E, Kwong EEY, Idvall E, Kumlien C. Exploring research cultures through internationalization at home for doctoral students in Hong Kong and Sweden. Nurs Health Sci 2017; 19:525-531. [PMID: 28884948 DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Revised: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cultural skills are fundamental to developing global academic scholars. Internationalization at home can facilitate the acquisition of these skills without students having to go abroad. However, research on the effect of internationalization of higher education is scarce, despite apparent benefits to incorporating cultural sensitivity in research. Further, little is known about the role information and communication technology plays. In this pilot study, we describe the experience of doctoral students with an internationalization-at-home program, and its impact on developing an understanding about different research cultures. Eight doctoral nursing students from Sweden and Hong Kong participated in five webinars as "critical friends". The study followed a descriptive, qualitative design. The results demonstrated that students observed cultural differences in others' research training programs. However, while cultural differences reinforced friendship among local peers, they challenged engagement with critical friends. Challenges led to the perception of one another not as critical friends but as "distant" friends. We discuss the possible reasons for these outcomes, and emphasize a need to nurture connectivity and common goals. This would prepare students to identify, translate, and recognize cultural differences to help develop knowledge of diverse research cultures.
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- Doris Leung
- School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.,Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Care Science, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Care Science, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.,Department of Vascular Disease, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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Zhu Z, Fu D, Gui Y, Cui T, Wang J, Wang T, Yang Z, Niu Y, She Z, Wang L. Innovative development path of ethnomedicines: the interpretation of the path. Front Med 2017; 11:32-47. [PMID: 28220457 DOI: 10.1007/s11684-016-0495-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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One of the primary purposes of the innovative development of ethnomedicines is to use their excellent safety and significant efficacy to serve a broader population. To achieve this purpose, modern scientific and technological means should be referenced, and relevant national laws and regulations as well as technical guides should be strictly followed to develop standards and to perform systemic research in producing ethnomedicines. Finally, ethnomedicines, which are applied to a limited extent in ethnic areas, can be transformed into safe, effective, and quality-controllable medical products to relieve the pain of more patients. The innovative development path of ethnomedicines includes the following three primary stages: resource study, standardized development research, and industrialization of the achievements and efforts for internationalization. The implementation of this path is always guaranteed by the research and development platform and the talent team. This article is based on the accumulation of long-term practice and is combined with the relevant disciplines, laws and regulations, and technical guidance from the research and development of ethnomedicines. The intention is to perform an in-depth analysis and explanation of the major research thinking, methods, contents, and technical paths involved in all stages of the innovative development path of ethnomedicines to provide useful references for the development of proper ethnomedicine use.
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State-of-the-art papers from around the globe addressing current topics in education were published in the FEMS Microbiology Letters virtual Thematic Issue 'Education' in November 2015 (http://femsle.oxfordjournals.org/content/thematic-issue-education), which was innovative and well received by microbiologists and other educators. Its unique content is reviewed here to facilitate broader access and further discussions in the professional community. Best practice in supporting school teaching and exposing students to concepts from other disciplines is presented in context of inspiring the next generations, where also historical microbiology can be drawn upon. Technology-enhanced education is discussed including its applications (e.g. lecture podcasts for flipped learning, learning from experts via videoconference). Authentic learning is covered with examples of research-led teaching, water and showerhead biofilm analyses and participation in the International Genetically Engineered Machines competition. Enhancing employability is focussed on, including supporting personal development and work-readiness in general and for the changing nature of the microbiology profession. International mobility develops international awareness but challenges teachers. Teaching training, teaching excellence and dissemination of best practice are reviewed. Times of challenge and change in the Higher Education landscape motivate us to improve educational approaches and frameworks, so that we are prepared for new topics to emerge as current topics in education.
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- Beatrix Fahnert
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, PO Box 911, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK
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Knipper M, Baumann A, Hofstetter C, Korte R, Krawinkel M. Internationalizing Medical Education: The Special Track Curriculum 'Global Health' at Justus Liebig University Giessen. GMS Z Med Ausbild 2015; 32:Doc52. [PMID: 26604994 PMCID: PMC4647159 DOI: 10.3205/zma000994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Internationalizing higher education is considered to be a major goal for universities in Germany and many medical students aspire to include international experiences into their academic training. However, the exact meaning of “internationalizing” medical education is still poorly defined, just as is the possible pedagogic impact and effects. Against this background, this article presents the special track curriculum on global health (in German: Schwerpunktcurriculum Global Health, short: SPC) at Justus Liebig University Giessen, which was established in 2011 as a comprehensive teaching program to integrate international perspectives and activities systematically into the clinical years of the medical curriculum. The report of the structure, content, didactic principles and participants’ evaluations of the SPC is embedded into a larger discussion of the pedagogic value of a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on “global health” in medical education, that explicitly includes attention for health inequities, social determinants of health and the cultural dimensions of medicine and health abroad and “at home” (e.g. in relation to migration). We conclude that if properly defined, the emerging field of “global health” represents a didactically meaningful approach for adding value to medical education through internationalizing the curriculum, especially in regard to themes that despite of their uncontested value are often rather weak within medical education. The concrete curricular structures, however, have always to be developed locally. The “SPC” at Giessen University Medical School is only one possible way of addressing these globally relevant issues in one particular local academic setting.
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- Michael Knipper
- Justus Liebig University Giessen, Institute for History of Medicine, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University Giessen, Medical Students, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University Giessen, Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus Liebig University Giessen, Institute of Nutritional Science, Giessen, Germany
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Rybak N, Koster M, Gilbert EB, Flanigan T. Building international collaborations from the ground up: Brown University partnerships in Haiti and Ukraine. R I Med J (2013) 2013; 96:33-37. [PMID: 23641450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The world is becoming more interconnected with a need for a global approach to healthcare. Brown University has remained a leader in global health through clinical service, education, cutting edge research and dedication to the development of sustainable global partnerships. We describe two programs from the ground up in Haiti and Ukraine, and the important lessons learned in their development. The path towards the development of global health programs in Ukraine and Haiti both illustrate that although circumstances may vary between global health programs, the recipe for successful collaboration is the same: identifying specific needs, developing strong and sustained partnerships, and addressing barriers by crafting effective solutions to ongoing challenges.
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- Natasha Rybak
- Medicine and pediatrics infectious disease fellow at The Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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Supported by the "Special Fund for Key Academic Journals" of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, World Journal of Gastroenterology (WJG) has become a high-impact international clinical medical journal due to the great efforts of Professor Lian-Sheng Ma, Editor-in-Chief, and his team over several years. Now, WJG has successfully achieved a high degree of internationalization and sets a good example for other Chinese academic journals.
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