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Computer literacy and attitudes towards information & communication technology (ICT): A survey among health professionals at Hospital Selayang / Abdul Hafeez Ahmad Hamdi
Full text linkTo use technology effectively for the advancement of patient care, health care professionals must possess a variety of computer skills. Hospital Selayang was one of the hospital which using Total Hospital Information System (THIS). This project aimed to assess the computer literacy level and basic computer skills among health professionals (doctors, pharmacists, nurses, and assistant Pharmacists) at Hospital Selayang. Sixty five self administered questions were distributed during the Continuous Medical Education (CME) sessions at Hospital Selayang. Over 300 questionnaires were distributed, 25 I questionnaires were answered giving the response rate of 83.6%. The survey responses reflected the opinions of health professional at Hospital Selayang with different department, educational background, and working experienced. Majority (205 ,86.1 %) of respondents have used a computer prior to joining the hospital (p< .05), and 200 (84 %) of respondents have a computer at their home (p< .05). Respondents working status and age significantly influenced computing knowledge. Generally health care professionals reported favorable attitude toward ICT where 230 (97%) agreed that they intend to use IT in their further practice (p< .05). It can be conclude that most of the health professionals at Hospital Selayang meet the minimum information technology competencies necessary to perform their work efficiently however medical databases skills and internet surfing skills were identified as those in greatest need of improvement. Strategies to enhance computer skills among health professionals also have been proposed
Technology acceptance of Pharmacy Information System (PIS) among pharmacy workers in public health facilities under health department of federal territory of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya / Abdul Hafeez Ahmad Hamdi
Full text linkIntroduction: Pharmacy Information System(PIS) has the potential to improve
organizational performance. Ministry of Health (MOH) has taken strategic initiatives to
transform pharmacy in public health sector towards a more efficient and effective health
system using a single standardize system. Regardless of the potential benefits of the system,
the success and effectiveness of implemented PIS cannot be fully realized if such
application has a poor technology acceptance among pharmacy workers. This study was
aimed to identify the determinants which influence the technology acceptance of PIS
among pharmacy workers using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology
(UTAUT). Methodology: This study was a cross-sectional, multicenter, online web survey
that was conducted among PIS users (pharmacists and pharmacist assistants) who worked
in hospitals, public health clinics, and health district offices under the Health Department
of Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur And Putrajaya. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
with AMOS Ver 23 was used to identify the determinants of pharmacy workers behavior
intention to use the PIS. Result: A total of 105 returned questionnaires which represented
a response rate of 82.6%. Descriptive statistics in this study suggested that pharmacy
workers have a positive perception towards PIS. The results of the measurement model
showed that the model in this study has achieved unidimensionality, goodness-of-fit,
construct reliability, and validity. The model in this study provided a powerful explanation
of the behavior intentions among pharmacy workers to use PIS (R2
: 0.73). The results of
structural equation modeling showed that performance expectancy (β:0.26, p<0.05), effort
expectancy (β:0.34 p<0.05), social influence (β:0.25, p<0.05), and facilitating conditions
(β:0.23 p<0.05) were all significant determinants of behaviour intention to use PIS.
Conclusion: The UTAUT model is useful in explaining pharmacy workers behavior
intention to use PIS. Pharmacy workers who believed the system to be easy to use, increase
their job performance, supported by their colleague and top management, the existence of
sufficient resources and knowledge are more likely to accept the system. Health
organization management should continue developing programs that support pharmacy
workers performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and social
influence to ensure successful implementation and sustainability of recently implemented
PIS in the public sector
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Measuring Portfolio Performance Acknowledgement
No full textI dedicate this thesis to my beloved parents and teacher (Prof. Abdul Hafeez Sh), who played the most vital role in my upbringing and grooming. Today what ever I am is due to virtue of their nurture and prays. My Degree (Master in Financial Mathematics) would not been completed without their support and encouragement. May Allah bless them.
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