An investigation of virtual golf in the Republic of Korea from a marketing perspective.

A transition from the BPharm to the PharmD degree in five selected countries

“…Each country created a different process to handle the transition to an all-PharmD programme, but mostly had the process of school accreditation mandated by the appropriate regulatory bodies (Table 3). The barriers to the transition in most of countries are insufficient numbers of academic staff and preceptors in the clinical pharmacy area; insufficient experienced preceptors and training sites; barriers to providing clinical pharmacy activities in some countries due to a high volume of prescriptions and pharmacy workforce shortage 18,28,52,54,55,58,60,62,63,67. Finally, there still needs to be a framework or a set of indicators to measure and monitor the impact/outcome of the PharmD degree.…”

“…There is the need to build infrastructure for the pharmacy practice experiences such as networking with training sites and preceptors. There is also a need to develop facilities and resources; in particular funds, manpower and knowledge 58…”

Virtual Golf, “Exergaming”, Using Virtual Reality for Healthcare in Older Adults: Focusing on Leisure Constraints, Participation Benefits, and Continuous Participation Intention

“…Based on the collected age information, the survey respondents were divided into three groups: Group 1, young adults (18-35 years); Group 2, middle-aged adults (36-55 years); and Group 3, older adults (56-69 years). In this study, the factors used to measure leisure constraints and the continuous participation intention of survey respondents were applied to questionnaires modified by Choi [23], who investigated consumer behaviors toward virtual golf from a marketing perspective. The participation constraint factor consists of four sub-factors: (a) cost (three items), (b) health (three items), (c) confidence (three items), and (d) social (three items).…”

“…The simulation system provides VR based on club head speed, the angle of the club face, the spinning rate, direction, distance, and realistic visuals of the landscape, slope, fairway, rough, and sand bunker [21,22]. Additionally, the basic posture, rules, and field environment related to golf can be learned by beginners in virtual settings, much like a real golf course [23]. Furthermore, virtual golf has been shown to solve real golf problems.…”