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Publication Metadata only The effect of Transition to Adulthood Training Program for mothers of young adults with intellectual disability on family quality of life and perceived stress level: a pilot randomized controlled study(Sage Publications Inc, 2024) Aydın, Ayfer; Umaç, Eyşan Hanzade; Erdem, İpek Bertan; Graduate School of Health Sciences; Koç Üniversitesi Engelli Çocuk ve Ailelerine Destek Merkezi (EÇADEM) / The Support Center for Disabled Children and their Families (EÇADEM)Families cannot easily identify and cope with the changing health problems and needs of children transitioning into adulthood. This pilot randomized controlled study aims to improve the family's quality of life and reduce mothers' perceived stress levels by implementing an educational program (Transition to Adulthood Training Program - TATP). A total of 33 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities were randomly assigned to the groups. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Beach Center Family Quality of Life (BCFQOL), and Perceived Stress Scale. The intervention group showed a significant increase in the BCFQOL mean score rather than the control group (p<.001). There was a significant decrease in the perceived stress scores of the mothers in the intervention group after the TATP training sessions (p<0.05). The TATP intervention not only increased the quality of family life for these mothers but also led to a reduction in their perceived stress levels.Publication Metadata only Impact of a new gynecologic oncology hashtag during virtual-only ASCO Annual Meetings: an X (Twitter) social network analysis(JMIR Publications Inc., 2024) Bhandoria, Geetu; Uwins, Christina; Vidal-Alaball, Josep; Fuster-Casanovas, Aina; Ahmed, Wasim; Bilir, Esra; Graduate School of Health SciencesBackground: Official conference hashtags are commonly used to promote tweeting and social media engagement. The reach and impact of introducing a new hashtag during an oncology conference have yet to be studied. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conducts an annual global meeting, which was entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Objective: This study aimed to assess the reach and impact (in the form of vertices and edges generated) and X (formerly Twitter) activity of the new hashtags #goASCO20 and #goASCO21 in the ASCO 2020 and 2021 virtual conferences. Methods: New hashtags (#goASCO20 and #goASCO21) were created for the ASCO virtual conferences in 2020 and 2021 to help focus gynecologic oncology discussion at the ASCO meetings. Data were retrieved using these hashtags (#goASCO20 for 2020 and #goASCO21 for 2021). A social network analysis was performed using the NodeXL software application. Results: The hashtags #goASCO20 and #goASCO21 had similar impacts on the social network. Analysis of the reach and impact of the individual hashtags found #goASCO20 to have 150 vertices and 2519 total edges and #goASCO20 to have 174 vertices and 2062 total edges. Mentions and tweets between 2020 and 2021 were also similar. The circles representing different users were spatially arranged in a more balanced way in 2021. Tweets using the #goASCO21 hashtag received significantly more responses than tweets using #goASCO20 (75 times in 2020 vs 360 times in 2021; z value=16.63 and P <.001). This indicates increased engagement in the subsequent year. Conclusions: Introducing a gynecologic oncology specialty-specific hashtag (#goASCO20 and #goASCO21) that is related but different from the official conference hashtag (#ASCO20 and #ASCO21) helped facilitate discussion on topics of interest to gynecologic oncologists during a virtual pan-oncology meeting. This impact was visible in the social network analysis.Publication Metadata only Ultrasound curricula of student education in Europe: summary of the experience(Georg Thieme Verlag, 2020) Prosch, Helmut; Radzina, Maija; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Nielsen, Michael Bachmann; Baumann, Sven; Ewertsen, Caroline; Jenssen, Christian; Kosiak, Wojciech; Kratzer, Wolfgang; Lim, Adrian; Popescu, Alina; Mitkov, Vladimir; Schiavone, Cosima; Wohlin, Martin; Wüstner, Matthias; Cantisani, Vito; N/A; Kabaalioğlu, Adnan; Doctor; N/A; Koc University Hospital; N/ABackground: Despite the increasing role of ultrasound, structured ultrasound teaching is only slowly being integrated into the curricula of medical schools and universities all over Europe. Aim: To survey the current situation at European universities regarding the integration of ultrasound in student medical education and to report on models of student ultrasound training from selected European universities. Methods: A questionnaire survey focusing on the implementation of curricular ultrasound education was sent out to the 28 presidents of the national ultrasound societies of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB), who were asked to distribute the questionnaires to the medical universities of their countries. Results: Overall, 53 questionnaires were returned from 46 universities in 17 European countries. In most of the universities (40/46 universities, 87%), the theoretical background of ultrasound is taught. However, in only a minority of universities is ultrasound integrated in anatomy courses (8/46 universities, 17%) or basic science courses (16/46 universities, 35%). Practical skills in ultrasound are taught in 56% of the universities (26/46 universities) and tested in a practical exam in seven of the responding universities (15%). The number of hours in which ultrasound was taught ranged from one to 58 (mean, seven). The respondents reported that lack of time and limited faculty funding were major hurdles. Conclusion: According to our survey, only a minority of European universities has integrated ultrasound into the preclinical curriculum thus far. Future EFSUMB initiatives will continue to promote the introduction of ultrasound as an integrative part of the core curriculum of student medical education, and the preparation of proper teaching material.Publication Metadata only Social competence in children with autism(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019) Yavuz, H. Melis; Korkmaz, Barış; Department of Psychology; Selçuk, Bilge; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 52913Objectives: This paper investigates the associations of social competence with cognitive representation and communication skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), by measuring these skills in an expansive way through assessing both mental and internal-state understanding, and verbal and non-verbal communication. Methods: The data were collected from 45 Turkish children (M-age=8.52 years, SD=3.05, min-max=3-14) with a diagnosis of ASD. Individual assessments were used to measure mental- and internal-state understanding. Teacher-rated scales were used to assess child's verbal and non-verbal communication skills, and social competence. Results: The results showed that social competence, cognitive representation, verbal and non-verbal communication skills were all significantly associated, but over and above cognitive representation skills and verbal communication, non-verbal communication had a salient role in adaptive social relationships of children with ASD. Conclusions: These findings have important applied implications for intervention studies and suggest that improvements of non-verbal communication skills in children with ASD might be important for increasing their positive social relations.Publication Metadata only IUBMB/PSBMB 2019 conference/plenary: mentoring in postgraduate training and the role of organization for PhD education in health sciences in European system(Wiley, 2020) N/A; N/A; Orer, Hakan S.; Faculty Member; School of Medicine; 53477A vibrant and sustainable research environment is essential to establish a thriving PhD program. Organization for PhD Education in Health Sciences in European System, a European platform to promote best practices in PhD education in health sciences, published a guideline entitled "Best Practices for PhD Training." The guideline includes comprehensive recommendations and suggestions on different components of the PhD program, of which supervision is an essential one. A working supervisor-student relationship based on mutual respect, responsibility, and participation is essential for the success of a PhD thesis. Supervisors should be active researchers and receive training to develop their supervising skills. They serve as role models in academic life, both scientifically and ethically. The appointment of a co-supervisor, besides the principal one, is strongly encouraged not only to increase the efficiency in monitoring the student progression but also to defuse interpersonal conflicts. Institutional regulations should include the duties and responsibilities of the supervisor. A contract prepared by the institution and signed by the supervisor and the student could help specify the task and may serve as a starting point. In case of a conflict, grievance mechanisms also need to be clear and explicit. Supervisors ought to assist the career development of the students and guide them to become independent researchers. Unfortunately, different surveys showed that there is widespread discontent among the students about their supervisors. Performance pressure on both students and supervisors create enormous tension. Students feel stressed about their career prospects. Institutional policies should consider these stress points to enhance the wellbeing of students as well as the faculty.Publication Metadata only Knowing the abcs: teaching the principles of radiology to medical students in Turkey(BioMed Central, 2022) Dogru, Omer Faruk; Yucel, Umut; Balci, Ayse Sena; Duran, Munevver; Kamel, Serageldin; Patel, Parth; Elsayes, Khaled M.; N/A; Altınmakas, Emre; Doğan, Hakan; Ayas, Görkem; Other; Researcher; Undergraduate Student; School of Medicine; School of Medicine; School of Medicine; 143682; 327614; N/ABackground: Radiology education in Turkey is mainly taught during clinical years of medical school and often lacks main principles. Exposure to the fundamentals of radiology at an early stage of medical education may drastically help students generate a better understanding of radiology and expand their interest in the specialty. With the Principles of Radiology Course that we provided, pre- and post-session tests, and assessment survey at the end of the course, we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of such an online course among Turkish medical students. Methods: A total of nine online sessions on imaging modalities principles was developed by radiology professors. Each session was given through Zoom by radiologists from different U.S.-institutions to Turkish medical students from state (n = 33) and private (n = 8) universities. Pretests and post-tests were given to participants via Qualtrics before and after each session, respectively. Paired two-sample t-tests were conducted to detect the variance and p=-.05 was used as the significance level. An evaluation survey was distributed at the end of the course to collect their feedback through SurveyMonkey. Results: A total of 1,438 predominantly Turkish (99.32%) medical students engaged with this course. An average of 506 students completed both pre-test and post-test. There was a statistically significant (p < .001) increase in the scores in post-test (mean[range]:7.58[5.21-8.53]) relative to pre-test (mean[range]:5.10[3.52-8.53]). Four hundred and thirty-nine participants (F/M:63.33%/35.54%) completed the end-of-course survey. A total of 71% and 69.70% of the participants strongly agreed that the course would be useful in their clinical practice and had increased their understanding of radiology. They also reported that their level of confidence in the subjects had increased 68% and reached a weighted average of 3.09/4. The survey revealed that 396 (90.21%) of the participants strongly or somewhat agree that introductory principles and concepts should be presented in earlier years of medical education. Compared to in-person education, 358 (81.55%) found the course extremely or very convenient. Conclusion: Online lecture series consisting of the principles of the radiological imaging modalities can be offered to Turkish medical students to enhance their grasp of the various imaging modalities and their correct clinical application.Publication Metadata only Can school teachers? willingness to teach ASD-inclusion classes be increased via special education training? uncovering mediating mechanisms(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2021) Department of Psychology; N/A; Sakarya, Yasemin Kisbu; Doenyas, Ceymi; Faculty Member; PhD Student; Department of Psychology; Koç University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM) / Koç Üniversitesi Translasyonel Tıp Araştırma Merkezi (KUTTAM); College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 219275; 277852Changing teacher willingness to teach inclusive classes is critical in achieving optimal outcomes for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study investigated the mechanisms underlying the effects of a teacher training in special education strategies for students with ASD on mainstream school teachers? behavioral intentions toward inclusive education. Specifically, the role of attitudes and autism self-efficacy were explored as mediators in this process. The sample comprised 763 mainstream school teachers from eleven cities in Northeastern Turkey who participated in an intensive training that included special education strategies for students with ASD, evidence-based special education applications, and inclusive education practices. Statistical mediation analyses revealed that the training increased teachers? willingness to teach inclusive classes and intention to implement special education techniques in the regular education classroom through increasing their autism self-efficacy. However, though attitudes toward inclusive education was a significant predictor of both willingness to teach inclusive classes and intent to use special education techniques, the training did not improve attitudes. Based on these findings, additional strategies or components to change attitudes toward inclusive education were recommended to be integrated into the teacher training programs on special education strategies for inclusive education.Publication Metadata only Psychometric testing of the Turkish version of the skin cancer and sun knowledge scale in nursing students(Springer, 2018) Haney, Meryem Ozturk; Arkan, Gulcihan; Cengiz, Burcu; N/A; N/A; Bahar, Zühal; Beşer, Ayşe; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; School of Nursing; School of Nursing; 3918; 143490The present study aimed assesses the nursing students' knowledge of skin cancer and sun and their sun protection behaviors. This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed from May to June 2014 with a convenience sample of 376 undergraduate nursing students from one nursing faculty located in Izmir. Mean age of the students was 21.56 +/- 1.96 years. The mean score that the females obtained from the level of knowledge and protection behaviors scales was significantly higher than that of the males. Older age group (>= 22 years) obtained higher scores on the knowledge and protection behaviors scales than younger group (<= 21 years). Nursing students' knowledge of, and behavior regarding, skin cancer and sun health were insufficient. Equipping them with the necessary knowledge and behaviors related to skin cancer and sun health by developing training programs and strategies on the issue is of utmost importance.Publication Metadata only Perceptions of Turkish health professional students toward the effects of the interne of things (IOT) technology in the future(2019) Bodur, Gönül; Gürsoy, Nazlı Gül; N/A; N/A; Koç University Hospital; N/AAim: The aim of this study is to determine the perceptions of Turkish health professional students toward the effects of IoT technology. Background: The twenty-first century has a potential for social, cultural, economic and even political changes due to technological developments. Students should be aware of new technological trends that will influence their profession in the future to be ready for them. Design: A descriptive and cross-sectional study. Settings: At two well-established universities (a public and a private university) in a metropolitan city in Turkey with a total of 473 students. Methods: The study was carried out using an information form and a foresight questionnaire for IoT developed by the researchers. The data were analyzed using parametric tests with SPSS. Results: Of the participants, 70.8% were female, 81.6% were studying at a public university, 61.3% were senior nursing students, and 38.7% were senior medical students. A majority of the students stated that the IoT technology will affect future medical and nursing practices. The nursing students obtained the highest mean score on the item "Basic physical measurements such as blood sugar, heart rate and ECGs will be easier using IoT technology" (7.36 +/- 2.27), and the lowest mean score (5.36 +/- 2.82) on the item "Robot physicians and nurses developed through IoT technology will provide patient healthcare in the future". The nursing and medical students' opinions regarding the future of IoT technology focused on the issues such as smart vital follow-up of patients, mobile health, patient data security, biomedical applications, wearable technologies, and nursing practices in chronic diseases and home care. Conclusions: The results of this study indicated that IoT technology should be involved in nursing and medical education, and further studies should be conducted to integrate technological trends into healthcare and nursing practices. Implications for Nursing Practice and Health Policies: The future of IoT technology will focus on subjects such as vital follow-up of patients, monitoring patients with wearable technologies, and nursing practices in chronic diseases and home care. Competency in IoT technology should be included as a requirement in healthcare faculties' professional development policies and programs.