China: A Country Study

Worden, Robert L.; Savada, Andrea M.; Dolan, Ronald E.

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“…Despite the drive to make up the shortfall in personnel the disruption of the years from 1958 to 1976 continues to affect the quality of medical education (Worden et al . 1987).…”

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Improvement of neonatal care in Zhejiang Province, China through a self-instructional continuing education programme

Tm¹,

Zhu²,

Kh³

1994

Medical Education

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Major upheavals have taken place in medical education in the last three decades in China. This has meant that at every level there are personnel with a wide range of training backgrounds. Continuing education programmes to ameliorate the situation have been seen as a priority of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH). However, many of the training courses offered are too academic in approach and do little to raise standards of clinical care. The shortcomings in neonatal education are particularly acute and this is reflected in the relatively high neonatal mortality rate. At the request of Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Public Health (BOPH), Project HOPE, an American non-governmental organization (NGO), collaborated with Zhejiang Medical University (ZMU) on the development of a neonatal outreach programme. The programme was self-instructional in approach with individual hospitals having autonomy in the mode of implementation of the programme. There were 225 participants in four county level hospitals. Cognitive knowledge test scores improved by an average of 56%. Observation of clinical practices showed that 54% improved following the programme, with 34% meeting the criteria set by the modules. An inventory of facilities showed that of a list of essential items an average of 38% were present before the programme compared with 76% after completion of the programme. As a result of the success of the programme it is being expanded into a comprehensive teaching and evaluation package for use throughout Zhejiang Province and Eastern China.

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“…Despite the drive to make up the shortfall in personnel the disruption of the years from 1958 to 1976 continues to affect the quality of medical education (Worden et al . 1987).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improvement of neonatal care in Zhejiang Province, China through a self-instructional continuing education programme

Tm¹,

Zhu²,

Kh³

1994

Medical Education

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“…Several features of Chinese society make it an especially appropriate environment in which to investigate these issues. China has a communist political system, interpreted, at least by many in the West, as one in which individual rights and autonomy are often subordinated to group goals, centralized planning, and the authority of the Communist Party elite (Mackerras, 2001;Worden, Savada, & Dolan, 1988). China's general cultural orientation has been described as collectivist, in contrast to the individualist orientation believed by some to characterize Western societies (e.g., Triandis, 1989).…”

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Chinese Adolescents' Reasoning About Democratic and Authority‐Based Decision Making in Peer, Family, and School Contexts

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This study explored the judgments and reasoning of Chinese adolescents (13-18 years of age) from 3 regions of mainland China (N = 574) regarding procedures for making decisions involving children in peer, family, and school contexts. Participants evaluated 2 democratic decision-making procedures (majority rule and consensus) and decision making by adult authorities for 2 decisions embedded in each social context. Judgments and reasoning about decision-making procedures varied by social context and by the decision under consideration, and evaluations of procedures became more differentiated with increasing age. The findings reveal that concepts of rights, individual autonomy, and democratic norms (majority rule) are salient aspects of Chinese adolescents' social reasoning and are used to evaluate critically existing social practices.

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“…Initially, the provision of services was focused on retired civil servants or cadres (Worden, Savada, & Dolan, 1987) with the intention of supporting personal well-being and ongoing cultural engagement. The organizer Cun Li explained that due to the relative newness of such ideas in China, the lifelong learning policies were initially challenging.…”

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The meaning of learning piano keyboard in the lives of older Chinese people

Southcott

2015

International Journal of Lifelong Education

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Across the globe populations are ageing and living longer. Older people seek meaningful ways of occupying and enjoying their later years. Frequently, this takes the form of learning a new skill, in this case playing the piano keyboard. From the initial act of commitment to learning comes a raft of related aspects that influence the learner, their family and their community. This qualitative study investigates the keyboard learning experiences of 16 Chinese older amateur keyboard learners who actively participate in group keyboard lessons at Tangshan Older People University, China. This article uses a phenomenological qualitative research approach to explore the meaning of playing keyboard in their later life. This research utilized a case study design. The data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The data show how keyboard learning contributes to older adult by providing ways for maintaining emotional well-being, physical well-being, experiencing lifelong learning and realizing their achievement through performance.

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China: A Country Study

Cited by 36 publications

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Improvement of neonatal care in Zhejiang Province, China through a self-instructional continuing education programme

Improvement of neonatal care in Zhejiang Province, China through a self-instructional continuing education programme

Chinese Adolescents' Reasoning About Democratic and Authority‐Based Decision Making in Peer, Family, and School Contexts

The meaning of learning piano keyboard in the lives of older Chinese people

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