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Assessing the Feasibility of Wearable Devices for Physiological Monitoring and Heat Risk Prediction in Outdoor Agricultural Workers.

Authors: Sousan S, Mizelle E, Wu Q, Wu R, Iverson G, Popoviciu C, Hemedinger D, Loyola E, Hood T, Ramirez M, Balanay JA
Journal: American journal of industrial medicine
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Abstract

Midwifery is one of the medical professions and one of the vital fields in the health care system. The education of this field is a collection of theoretical sciences and practical and skillful activities. In practice, more than 50% of midwifery students’ time is spent in bedside clinical training, and bedside education is therefore a vital component of their professional preparation []. Medical science education is the infrastructure for providing efficient human resources in the field of health; It includes two main parts theoretical and clinical education. Clinical training is the connecting link between the theoretical content of medical students and providing clinical services to patients. Clinical education can be considered as an activity that facilitates learning in the clinical environment, in which the clinical instructor and the student participate equally, and its purpose is to create measurable changes in the student to perform clinical care [, ]. Clinical education is a structured process in which students acquire practical skills by working directly with patients under supervision. It bridges theoretical knowledge with clinical application and aims to develop confidence, critical judgment, and problem-solving abilities. Through guided practice, students prepare to provide independent, competent patient care, which represents a measurable outcome of successful clinical instruction. It is to recruit students to perform clinical care [, ]. In general, the purpose of clinical activities and experiences in clinical education is to provide confidence and independence in performing therapeutic measures, critical judgment, and problem-solving, which is possible through the application of theoretical knowledge in practice. Normally, medical schools combine theoretical training programs with clinical or practical training so that the education of students is complete []. Considering the rapid changes in healthcare environments, the more productive the clinical training is, the more students’ efficiency will be. Today, the policymakers of the World Health Organization acknowledge the importance of the midwifery profession and it’s training more than ever before []. The aim of midwifery education is to train committed experts in the field of midwifery education and services. So that they can provide and maintain the health of mothers and children in society with the necessary efficiency and skill and provide extensive quality health and midwifery services. Therefore, improving the quality of midwifery education is vital for improving the health of mothers and babies []. The quality of education is one of the concerns that university systems always strive to achieve. In recent decades, significant efforts have been made in the field of continuous improvement of the quality of higher education and achieving the goals of university systems. The quality of education is one of the most important factors in improving the scientific level of societies and the ranking of universities; along with the two factors of cost and time, it is considered the three basic factors of universities and higher education institutions, but the quality has received serious attention more than the other two factors, and if the quality is improved, the costs decrease and productivity increases [].