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Design, implementation, and evaluation of faculty member evaluation process using electronic 360-degree method
Background
The evaluation of faculty members plays a vital role in the successful implementation of educational programs and in improving the quality of university performance. Evaluation of faculty members by students is the most common type of evaluation, but it is not a complete mechanism for evaluating the role of faculty members. Since the evaluation of faculty members at the Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences was based on students, the researchers decided to conduct this study in order to designing, implementing and evaluating of faculty member evaluation process using electronic 360-degree method.
Methods
This study was a developmental research project conducted in 2022 and included three stages of design, implementation, and evaluation. Evaluation checklists for faculty members were developed through expert panel methods. A descriptive-analytical study with a cross-sectional approach was employed, utilizing researcher-made questionnaires to gauge satisfaction levels with the 360-degree evaluation method. Validity and reliability of the questionnaires were confirmed by experts. Data from 373 students and 48 faculty members were analyzed using SPSS software and statistical tests.
Results
Results indicated that evaluation sources and the weight of each source included students (40%), vice-chancellor (20%), head of department (30%), and peers (10%). Both faculty members and students expressed high satisfaction with the electronic 360-degree evaluation system. There was a significant difference in faculty members' satisfaction based on gender and age.
Conclusions
Given this satisfaction, university administrators are encouraged to adopt the 360-degree evaluation method to gain a comprehensive understanding of faculty performance.
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Becoming More Resilient during COVID-19: Insights from a Process Evaluation of Digital Resilience Training
Resilience training is gaining attention as a strategy to build students’ resistance to adversity and promote their mental well-being. However, owing to inconsistencies and variations in the content and delivery of resilience training, more work is needed to examine students’ experiences and preferences to address issues relating to intervention fidelity. This study adopted a qualitative approach in exploring students’ experience of synchronous and asynchronous versions of a digital resilience training program. Seventeen students were interviewed using a semi-structured virtual face-to-face interview via Zoom. The thematic analyses unveiled four themes: embarking on a journey toward resilience, discovering strategies to develop resilience, finding a balance to benefit from resilience skill enhancement, and instilling resilience in the everyday. Future resilience training should consider students’ workload and interactivity to enhance their engagement. As being resilient is associated with better mental well-being, the findings of this study may support the development of future wellness programs.
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Auditing good government in Africa : public sector reform, professional norms and the development discourse
\"The inability of many democratic governments in Africa to govern effectively has been an important factor in the many problems that the continent and its constituent countries have faced over the past decades. The question for scholars has been in learning what has caused the endemic failure of public institutions throughout Africa and understanding how to create good government in the future of the continent. Strongly supported by empirical evidence, this book challenges the existing literature on the subject by breaking with the traditional notion among academics that the key to good government in Africa is through the creation of unique administrative structures, or at the very least developing significantly adapted foreign structures with an emphasis on the specific structure of African societies. Instead the author contrasts this notion with theories from other research fields suggesting that public officials are likely to be interested in following professional norms and that organizations generally strive to imitate each other, regardless of geographical location. This book presents rich original empirical research from the field of state audit in Sub-Saharan Africa where the above different theoretical approaches are empirically explored. The research results contradict many assumptions made in the literature on development and points to the importance of adding other dimensions, such as professional norms, to nuance the discussion of the future of the African continent. \"-- Provided by publisher.
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Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings: Protocol for a Pilot Study of the MENTUPP Intervention
Depression and anxiety are the most prevalent mental health difficulties in the EU, causing immense suffering and costing the global economy EUR 1 trillion each year in lost productivity. Employees in construction, health and information and communications technology have an elevated risk of mental health difficulties. Most mental health interventions for the workplace have been targeted at larger companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often overlooked despite most people being employed in SMEs. The MENTUPP intervention aims to improve mental health and wellbeing and reduce depression, anxiety, and suicidal behaviour. The MENTUPP project involves the development, implementation, and evaluation of a multilevel intervention targeting both clinical and non-clinical mental health issues and combating the stigma of mental (ill-)health, with a specific focus on SMEs. The intervention is underpinned by a framework of how to create a mentally healthy workplace by employing an integrated approach and has been informed by several systematic reviews designed to understand organisational mental health interventions and a consultation survey with key experts in the area. The intervention is facilitated through the MENTUPP Hub, an online platform that presents interactive psychoeducational materials, toolkits, and links to additional resources in an accessible and user-friendly manner. This paper presents the pilot study protocol for delivering the MENTUPP intervention in eight European countries and Australia. Each intervention country will aim to recruit at least 23 participants in 1–3 SMEs in one of the three high-risk sectors. The central aim of the pilot study will be to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and uptake of the MENTUPP intervention across the target SMEs. The findings will contribute to devising the protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) of the MENTUPP intervention. Findings from this study will also be used to inform the optimisation phase of the MENTUPP intervention which will aim to improve the materials and the implementation of the intervention as well as enhancing the evaluation strategy which will be employed for the cRCT.
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Using Google Analytics as a process evaluation method for Internet-delivered interventions: an example on sexual health
The study aimed to demonstrate the potential of Google Analytics as a process evaluation method for Internet-delivered interventions, using a website about sexual health as an example. This study reports visitors' behavior until 21 months after the release of the website (March 2009-December 2010). In total, there were 850 895 visitors with an average total visiting time (i.e. dose) of 5:07 min. Google Analytics provided data to answer three key questions in terms of process evaluation of an Internet-delivered intervention: (i) How do visitors behave?; (ii) Where do visitors come from? and (Hi) What content are visitors exposed to? This real-life example demonstrated the potential of Google Analytics as a method to be used in a process evaluation of Internet-delivered interventions. This is highly relevant given the current expansion of these interventions within the field of health promotion.
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Process Evaluation of a Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture Program in Rural Areas of Tehran Province, Iran
Objective: A nutrition-sensitive agriculture program was developed and implemented in Iran, to improve the nutrition status of rural and nomadic women. We conducted a process evaluation to show the program implementation status. Methods: This is a mixed-methods cross-sectionalstudy conducted in Tehran Province. We acquired qualitative data from documents, in-depth semi-structured interviews, and focus group discussions. We collected quantitative informationthrough program reports and a cross-sectional study. We performed a thematic content analysis to analyze the qualitative data using MAXQDA software and used SPSS to analyze the quantitativedata. Results: Program implementation was adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the pandemic, context evaluation also recognized other barriers including recourse and structural-cultural constrains. The previous knowledge and experience of rural women and their readiness to accept the program were some facilitators of the program implementation. Based on the cross-sectional study results, about 21% and 23.8 % of women definitely received bothtrainings (nutrition and vegetable gardening) and vegetables seeds respectively. Conclusions: Our results provide evidence for policymakers and planners that could be effective in program redesign or improving the implementation process.
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What Makes Leadership Training Work? – A Process Evaluation
This study investigated how contextual circumstances, managers’ mental models,
and intervention design and implementation facilitated or hindered the development
of leadership performance during leadership training. Managers (n = 59) in local
government municipalities participated in managerial behaviour training over a period
of three months. Leadership performance was assessed by subordinates of these
managers before (n = 406) and after (n = 377) the training period. The participating
managers reported on contextual circumstances and their mental models before
the training started. Data on implementation was collected from the participating
managers and the trainers at the end of each of the six training sessions.
Transfer of leadership training was facilitated by managers’ support from their superior
management and managerial colleagues and hindered by taxing job demands in
terms of role stressors. The participating managers’ readiness for change improved
the transfer of the training. Participants’ and trainers’ assessments of intervention
activities showed that the training worked very well throughout; that is, the average
ratings of the intervention activities were very high. Thus, there was no opportunity to
detect any impact on the transfer of specific intervention activities. This study shows
the importance of managers’ working conditions in providing managers with good
opportunities to develop as leaders.
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Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopic observations: 2. Using isotopic diagnostics to understand the mid and upper tropospheric moist bias in the tropics and subtropics
Evaluating the representation of processes controlling tropical and subtropical tropospheric relative humidity (RH) in atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs) is crucial to assess the credibility of predicted climate changes. GCMs have long exhibited a moist bias in the tropical and subtropical mid and upper troposphere, which could be due to the mis‐representation of cloud processes or of the large‐scale circulation, or to excessive diffusion during water vapor transport. The goal of this study is to use observations of the water vapor isotopic ratio to understand the cause of this bias. We compare the three‐dimensional distribution of the water vapor isotopic ratio measured from space and ground to that simulated by several versions of the isotopic GCM LMDZ. We show that the combined evaluation of RH and of the water vapor isotopic composition makes it possible to discriminate the most likely cause of RH biases. Models characterized either by an excessive vertical diffusion, an excessive convective detrainment or an underestimated in situ cloud condensation will all produce a moist bias in the free troposphere. However, only an excessive vertical diffusion can lead to a reversed seasonality of the free tropospheric isotopic composition in the subtropics compared to observations. Comparing seven isotopic GCMs suggests that the moist bias found in many GCMs in the mid and upper troposphere most frequently results from an excessive diffusion during vertical water vapor transport. This study demonstrates the added value of water vapor isotopic measurements for interpreting shortcomings in the simulation of RH by climate models. Key Points Water vapor isotopes= observational diagnostics to evaluate RH in GCMs Excessive vertical diffusion= widespread cause of moist bias in GCMs Parameterized processes =larger uncertainty for RH than large‐scale circulation
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