The Gaps between Knowing and Doing in Hearing Aid Fitting Management

Evidence based practice has become an important aspect in many healthcare provisions to improve patient outcomes. Investigating the gaps between knowing and doing in audiology practice will provide future directions for successful service delivery. The purpose of this study was to explore “know-do” gaps related to professional awareness and attitude in hearing aid fitting management (HAFM) by analyzing data of a questionnaire. It consisted of 22 questions focusing on 11 HAFM components. Each component had two sub-questions involving levels of the importance and practice for HAFM. Respondents answered each question based on subjective judgments for their own hearing aid fitting services with a Visual Analogue Scale. A total of 51 responses from hearing care professionals were collected and the scores for knowing and doing were compared. The results showed overall high scores in doing and knowing responses; however, there were significant “know-do” gaps demonstrating higher knowing scores than doing scores across all HAFM components. The largest “know-do” gaps were observed in three components mostly implemented during follow-up sessions which indicate the need to improve their corresponding services and practical guidelines emphasizing the follow-up services.

Effect of current doctor-patient relationship on the profession recognition of medical students / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Objective To investigate and analyze the effect of current doctor-patient relationship on profession recognition of medical students and to make some accommodations for medical education. Methods Questionnaire was conducted among 800 medical students in North Sichuan Medical College concerning the aspects of recognition of doctor-patient relationship,profession recognition and effect of current doctor-patient relationship on profession recognition . Data statistics was done by SPSS 19 . 0 . Differences were analyzed by frequency,chi-square test by α=0.05 standard and Spearman correlation analysis. Results 67.6%(536/793)of the surveyed students thought that the current doctor-patient re-lationship exerted effect on their job concepts. According to the results of Spearman correlation analysis between current doctor-patient relationship(X)and effect of current doctor-patient relationship on future job con-cepts(Y),correlation coefficient was 0 . 088 ,P=0 . 013<0 . 05 . Conclusions Effect of current doctor-patient relationship on profession recognition of medical students results from health care policy, school education and society,therefore,university should improve related education .