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Computer-Based Testing and Construction of an Item Bank Database for Medical Education in Korea (의학교육에서 컴퓨터바탕검사와 문항은행 데이터베이스 구축)

  • Huh, Sun
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.11-15
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    • 2014
  • A number of medical schools in Korea have been using computer-based testing (CBT) for evaluating their students' scientific and/or clinical performance since the early 1990s. Introducing CBT to medical education would have several advantages: first, presenting figures and audio-video files of clinical content is simple with CBT, making it possible to evaluate medical students' competency with navigating more realistic clinical situations at minimum cost; second, CBT enables automatic item analysis and score reporting. To establish CBT, constructing an item bank with item parameters such as difficulty or discriminating parameters will be needed. To select more psychometrically sound items, analysis of the items according to item response theory is necessary. CBT has already been introduced in high stakes tests like the United States Medical Licensing Examination and the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination. The National Health Personnel Examination Board in Korea is also planning to introduce a CBT-based version of the National Medical Examination soon. Thus all medical schools in Korea will need to introduce CBT and construct item banks to prepare their students for their licensing examinations and to measure the students' competency more accurately.

A Study on Strategies to Improve the Hospital House-staff Training Systems - In the Perspective of the Training Directors of the Hospital - (전공의 수련교육제도의 발전 방안에 관한 연구 - 수련부장의 인식도 조사결과를 기초로 -)

  • Kim, Gi-Chul;Ha, Ho-Wook;Hwang, In-Kyoung
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.120-146
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    • 2001
  • This study was carried out to provide the essential information in improving the graduate medical education in Korea. For the study, a survey targeting the directors of GME of nationwide teaching hospitals was performed with a questionnaire asking the questions such as the director's perception on the quality of GME, trainees' salary level, trainees' specialty selection tendency, training system and its duration. The collected data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, and $x^2$-test. The results were as follows: 1. The survey were executed on 240 teaching hospitals in Korea and the response rate was 66.2% (159 hospitals replied). 2. The bigger a hospitals is the better in Quality of education. Larger hospitals tend to have better status in all items including medical specialists' experience, contents of medical curriculum, general environment for medical education and medical trainees's salary level. The result supported the general perception on the positive relationship between hospital size and Quality of GMA. 3. Providing convenience for medical trainees who prepares for the medical specialist Qualifying examination didn't affect the results of the examination. 4. The directions of GME have a perception that the trainees give positive impact on financial performance of their hospitals. This seems to be one of the reasons that hospitals try to retain as many trainees as possible. 5. The directors of GME considered medical trainees as an educate, and most of them responded positively on the need of governmental supports for the education cost and the trainee's salary. Considering above results, it seems that GME would get more social attention and the trainees' impact on hospitals operation would be increased more than before. In response to these trends, hospitals would find out the ways to lower dependency on trainees, and this change of attitude of hospitals on the GME would cause problems in operation of hospitals and GME itself. In order to prevent these problems the policy on GME should be directed in following ways. 1. The contents of Qualifying examination for specialist should be improved. 2. The curriculum of GME should be strictly followed. 3. The status of trainee in a hospital has to be defined as eductee. 4. Government has to support a half of the education cost and salary of trainee. 5. The distribution of the trainee among the hospital group have to be based on total available. 6. The financial support and welfare of trainee should be improved gradually and systematically.

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A Study on the Realities and Improvement Plan for Professional Qualification System concerning the Private Security in Korea -centering around the Examination Qualified for Security Guard- (한국 시큐리티자격제도의 실태 및 발전방안 -신변보호사 자격제도를 중심으로-)

  • Lee, Sang-Chul;Ahn, Sung-Cho
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.15
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    • pp.243-264
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    • 2008
  • Recently the private security industry is showing rapid growth compared with the different types of industry. However, it is not prepared the device for the system to verify the professional qualification of the security guards. To protect individual life and property, body and security guards have to be qualified professionally. For it the role of professional qualification systems is emphasized. The problem of the certification of the qualification about the security guard to play the role to protect a body / life of the individual and property are the part to need necessarily as the quality problem of the individual and the trust of the people. The settlement of the qualification system which is such system can induce the development of the security industry with social trust. The certified security certification is needed and how to control the security quality to get better service to the clients. The professional qualification system to be carrying out with America and Japan is fixed through the cooperation of the business world and steady research for the qualification system plan, these are giving the trial of the qualification system of a security of Korea full of the suggestion. This study will do this to the basis which a necessity about the qualification system of the security man emphasis and considerate professional qualification system concerning the private security development plan around the Bodyguard Qualifying Examination which are carried out at twice by the Korea Security Association and the Korean Institute of Security. In summary to meet the social demand professional qualification for the security guards will be drawn from the analyses of civil security qualification systems.

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Implementation of School Finding Application in the Smart Phone (스마트 폰을 이용한 학교 찾기 어플리케이션 구현)

  • JANG, Seung-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.102-112
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    • 2015
  • In this paper we propose an application that can help you to find a school near you easily using smart phone GPS capabilities and Google map mounted on Android system. We use a shortest path algorithm to search near destinations. You can take advantage of the developed application when finding public places or destinations. Schools have usually been used as places for disaster evacuation, entrance examination, and qualifying examination. Even though you are not the young who use the smart phone easily, anyone can find a destination school easily with the proposed application of this paper.

A Study on Projection of Demand and Supply for Paramedic in the Emergency Medical Services Act (1급응급구조사의 수급에 관한 연구 -응급의료에관한법률을 중심으로-)

  • Uhm, Tai-Hwan
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.55-64
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    • 2003
  • The purposes of this study which was conducted by applying three projection formulae to the data from admission quota for paramedic of the Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development the number of ambulances the number of emergency medical centers of the Ministry of Health & Welfare and rate of successful candidates of annual report of the National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board were to find out demand and supply of paramedic from 2002 to 2045 and to expand scope of practice of paramedic in Korea. The conclusions from this study were summarized as follows; (1) The simple formulae derived from the projection formula of the Economic Planning Board were applied under the present Emergency Medical Services Act including qualifying over 3-years experienced EMT-Basic for paramedic examinee, stationing paramedic or EMT-Basic or physician or nurse per ambulance, stationing paramedic or EMT-Basic per emergency medical center and under the amended Emergency Medical Services Act including qualifying only paramedic graduate for paramedic examinee, stationing 4.5 paramedics per ambulance, stationing 10 to 2 paramedics per emergency medical center. (2) It was estimated that on the American basis of 5.6 EMTs per 10,000 in 1996, the number of paramedics under the present act will reach the basis before 2020, the number of paramedics under the amended act will reach the basis about 2040. (3) It was estimated that on the basis of 22,000 paramedics demanded from the number of ambulances, the number of emergency medical centers in 2001, the number of paramedics under the present act will reach the basis before 2015, the number of paramedics under the amended act will reach the basis about 2030. (4) There was relationship between requirements for emergency medical centers scope of practice of paramedic in the act and demand-supply of paramedic, this necessitates surveys, studies, amendment of the act, legalization for expanded scope of practice of paramedic including EMD, instructor, teacher of safety. (5) This study which includes only expanded scope of practice of paramedic and projection for paramedic in the act needs complementary studies such as decision-making process in health manpower policy and so on.

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An Analysis of Upbringing Program for Informal Environmental Educator in Environmental NGOs (환경 NGO의 사회환경교육자 양성 프로그램 분석)

  • Koh, Woon-Mee;Seo, Woo-Seok
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.187-195
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    • 2005
  • The objectives of this study were to analyze present status and to suggest for the future upbringing programs for informal environment educator of Environmental NGOs in Korea. Based on the findings from reviewing environmental educators’ certification systems in Environmental NGOs, the following suggestions should be considered for improving the certification systems. 1) Government and environmental NGOs should adopt a certification system by implementing qualifying examination for employing specification of informal environmental educator. 2) Applicants to obtain a certification of informal environmental educator in environmental NGOs should be qualified through standard processes including taking required curriculum and programs. They must be evaluated informal environmental educator’ ability accurately through their portfolio, teaching ability, professional responsibilities and so on. 3) Standardized curriculum and programs should be adopted by government for the initial preparation of environmental educators reflecting the guidelines from the KOSEE (The Korean Society for Environmental Education) and NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) in the future.

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Nurses and Overseas Employment - Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools(CGFNS) Qualifying Examination (간호원과 해외취업 - 어디까지 왔나 : 관심끈 미해외간호원 자격시험)

  • 대한간호협회
    • The Korean Nurse
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    • v.17 no.2 s.94
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 1978
  • 본회는 한국간호원의 미국 진출 문호를 넓히기 위해 작년말경부터 주한 미대사관을 비롯 미국내에 설립된 해외간호원 자격시험위원회와 끈질긴 교섭 끝에 근년 10월 4일 국내에서 처음으로 길을 터 놓는 한편 본 국내에서의 회원들의 관심을 끌고 있다. 이 시험을 관장하는 $\ulcorner$미해외간호원자격시험위원회$\lrcorner는 미 보건교육 및 복지국의 보건사업부서의 제안으로 설립된 독자적이고 비영리적인 단체이며, 이 시험의 목적은 미국으로 이민 오려는 외국간호원의 미국내의 주등록면허시험(RN)을 칠 수 있는 사전시험으로서 간호원의 수준을 높여 전문직책임을 보장하는데 있다고 한다. 본회는 처음으로 실시되는 이 시험제도가 한국 간호원들에게 효율적으로 운영될 수 있도록 최선의 역할을 찾고 있으며, 그 일환으로서 합격률을 높이기 위해 단기보수교육프로그램을 계획 실시하는 등 미국진출의 뜻을 품고 있는 회원들에게는 절호의 기회가 될 것이다. 이 시험은 전세계에서 30개국의 32개소에서 10월 4일 동시에 실시된다.

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A study of problems&solutions of the domestic field blasting (국내 현장발파의 문제점과 해결책에 관한 고찰)

  • Jang, Hyeong-Du
    • Proceedings of the KSEE Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.27-46
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    • 2006
  • Field blasting engineers who took a degree from university, and passed the national qualifying examination of blaster, and took a prescribed course by national commend, and got a license of blasting from the national police agency are the foundation of a society of explosive&blasting of south Korea. By their view, we want to find problems of the domestic fiend blasting, and to think about solutions. I hope they become the world's best blasting engineer.

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A Study on the Curricular Development of the Dept. of Landscape Architecture in Junior Colleges (專門大學 造景科 敎育課程 修正開發에 關한 硏究)

  • Ahn, Seong-Ro;Yoon, Keun-Young;Kim, Hak-Beom
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.18 no.3 s.39
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    • pp.99-113
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    • 1990
  • The purpose of this study was to prepare some more up-dated and advanced curriculum in Landscape Architecture in Junior College education to bring up a leading professional who can meet the changing social needs. To achieve this goal, the data about the actual employment status of graduates, current relevant systems and legistations, the questionnaires of Landscape companies, graduates and undergraduates, and the current relevant curriculum of domain 6 junior colleges and Japanese relevant curriculum was gathered and analyzed The results are as follows ; 1. Currently the majority of the graduates are employed in Construction field, but the employment trend of graduates shows diversification and subdividing as following 5 fields, that is Construction, Design, Maintenance, Administration and Indoor Landscaping. 2. It is essential to bring up a Landscape Technician who has a Landscape Certificate of qualifications(esp. 2nd class). 3. Lately, the actual Practice came to be one item of the qualifying examination, so the subjects of Landscape Design, Landscape Construction and Landscape Estimation Should be emphasized, Accordingly, current curriculum should be revised. 4. Currant curriculum model(1979) made by the Ministry of Education doesn't play a real and adequate role and should be up-dated in view of the current curriculum of domain 6 junior colleges has no regular standards. In preparation for new standardized curriculum model, following criterior could be suggested, that is, ratio of the Major Required Subjects vs. The Major Optional Subjects would be 50 : 50, and the Major Optional Subject would be 48 credits which is 150% of the Required Credits(32 credits) 5. The subjects such as Basic Agriculture, Afforestation, Nature Conservation, Sketch, Civil Engineering, Landscape Seminar and Modelling Practice would be deleted in the curriculum model established in 1983. 6. The subjects such as Perspective Practice, Indoor Landscaping, Landscape Legislation and Landscape Design( III ) could be newly opened to meet the social needs, to prepare for the qualifying examination and to serve well in the employment fields. 7. The subjects of Surveying ( I ) & ( II ) would be unified into one Subject as Surveying, and some in view of the average situation of 6 junior colleges. 8. It is urgent to open some subject related to computer. At first, An Introduction to Computer could be recommended in the cultural studies course and Landscape Computer Technique as the Major Optional Subjects.

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Task Performance and Analysis of Organ Transplantation Coordinators in Korea (장기이식 코디네이터의 직무분석)

  • Kim, Hyung Sook;Yoo, Yang Sook;Cho, Ok Hee
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.246-255
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: Along the process of organ transplantation, coordinators perform complex professional roles, playing as a key person among recipients, donors, family members and medical staffs. The purpose was to analyze the tasks of organ transplantation coordinators using DACUM method and to establish the basis for standardizing them in accordance with relevant laws and systems. Methods: Participants were consisted of 78 transplantation coordinators working at the medical centers in Korea. The questionnaire was administered to analyze the criticality, difficulty and frequency of task elements. Results: The job of organ transplantation was classified into five duties, 13 tasks, and 84 task elements. The five duties were recipient management, donor management, organ donation activation management, organ transplantation administration, and professional capability development. On the four-point scale: donor management was the duty with the highest criticality (3.68), organ donation activation management was the duty of highest difficulty (2.96), and recipient management was the duty of the highest frequency (3.32). Conclusion: This study will be useful for developing an educational program and as a reference of nurse practitioner qualifying examination. It is necessary to develop a comprehensive educational program for transplantation coordinators in order to support them to take their complex roles successfully.