The purpose of this research study is to (1) understand how to professionally and personally support Afghan pre-medical students and medical trainees; (2) understand the barriers Afghan students face in pursuing a career in medicine or healthcare (3) develop and evaluate a mentorship program for Afghan pre-medical students and medical trainees.
To study intellectual humility and its development across the lifespan.
A case study of ten biomedical engineering programs in which two universities collaborate on at least a Ph.D. degree. The intent is to identify circumstances that lead to successful inter-university collaboration as measured by research output, including publications and patents, along with patent citations.
The Alzheimer's Association is providing essentiALZ training to long-term care staff across the state of Florida. This study will evaluate learner's knowledge gained during the training, care provider confidence, competence, translation to practice, and organizational outcomes such as job satisfaction. Long-term care staff in the state of Florida who have taken the essentiALZ training will be eligible to participate in a one-time, online survey.
PharmAlliance is a global partnership between the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and UCL School of Pharmacy. Numerous achievements such as publications, grants, student exchanges, and teaching innovations have resulted from this international alliance. Existing research, however, does not look into specific characteristics of successful international collaborations. In this observational study, collaborators in PharmAlliance will be surveyed and interviewed in order to determine characteristics of successful international teams in pharmacy and more broadly.
I will be interviewing parents who use an online patient portal to speak with their children's pediatrician. I will be asking questions about how these communications go and how they feel about these interactions. I am conducting this study to learn more about patients' opinions about how doctors communicate, and these opinions will help me make recommendations to help doctors communicate more effectively.
This qualitative study seeks to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital projects conducted by special collections libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. Specifically, this research will utilize case studies to analyze the shift to digital resources following the closure of universities in the spring of 2020, and compare this data to the current operations of special collections libraries at both a public and private university.
The purpose of this study is to obtain better knowledge on how information is valued. How do businesses identify and obtain valuable information for effective productivity? How do they manage information that they do not value? Is there such thing as information overload in their organization and how do they manage it? How do they share information to potential customers? This study wants a better understanding of the flow of information within an organization and what would they do to either maintain or acquire better services?
Identify the bias and algorithms of TikTok's recommender system and to see how the bias of recommendation algorithms affects user experience.
This project will explore the potential implications of polygenic scores for social traits by surveying biobank members and interviewing scientists who develop or could use polygenic scores for social traits.