低至中等收入国家的学生的奖学金计划是否会影响公共卫生士课程的结果?
Pasipanodya Ian Machingura1, Saran Shantikumar2, Olukemi Solabomi Babalola3
1University of Zimbabwe.
MedEdPublish (2016)
|December 13, 2023
概括
通过人民联合奖学金计划获得财政援助的学生,甚至那些申请但没有成功的学生,在公共卫生教育中表现出更好的模块完成率和合格率. 这突出了奖学金.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生教育 公共卫生教育
- 在线学习在线学习
- 健康 专业发展 专业发展
背景情况:
- 人民开放获取教育倡议 (Peoples-uni) 提供士级公共卫生教育.
- 一个奖学金计划存在,以减少学生的财务障碍.
- 开放式教育资源和志愿者教师将成本降至最低.
研究的目的:
- 测试获得奖学金的学生是否有更好的模块完成率和通过率.
- 确定与成功的奖学金申请相关的因素.
- 评估奖学金地位对学生学业成绩的影响.
主要方法:
- 获取了1499名学生 (2009-2017年) 的入学和模块结果数据.
- 采用多变量后勤回归来分析影响奖学金成功的因素及其与模块完成/通过的关联.
- 对那些获得奖学金的学生进行了比较,申请了但没有成功,并且没有申请.
主要成果:
- 42%的学生完成了一个模块,34%通过了一个模块.
- 34%的学生申请了奖学金,成功率为57%.
- 经过对共变量进行调整后,奖学金获得者 (aOR 2.3) 和未获奖申请者 (aOR 1.9) 与未申请者相比,通过模块的可能性明显更高.
结论:
- 获得奖学金的学生,甚至那些申请不成功的学生,都表现出更高的模块完成率和通过率.
- 这项奖学金计划在改善学生成绩方面似乎取得了成功.
- 建议继续提供奖学金,以支持低资源环境中的能力建设和改善人口健康.
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