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De Juan Pardo MA, Fuster P, Gallart A, Rodríguez E, Wennberg L, Martin-Ferreres ML. Fostering leadership competence and satisfaction in nursing undergraduates through a student-led conference: A quasi-experimental pre-post study. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 2021; 98:104748. [PMID: 33517182 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Numerous benefits have been reported for student-led conferences, such as increased leadership. This competence has been recognized as important for nurses so as to ensure the provision of safe and high-quality care in complex environments. However, research has yet to examine empirically the impact of student-led conferences on students' leadership behaviours. OBJECTIVES To examine the impact that participation in a student-led conference had on the self-perceived leadership competence of nursing undergraduates. DESIGN Quasi-experimental single group pre-post intervention study. SETTING Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. PARTICIPANTS 31 students enrolled in two elective modules offered during the final year (fourth year) of a nursing degree programme. METHODS Pre-post assessment of self-perceived leadership behaviours among nursing students involved in planning and organizing a scientific conference. In addition to carrying out the tasks of organizing the Conference, all students participated as co-authors of an oral communication, thus being able to develop both cognitive and non-cognitive domains. Leadership was measured using ES_SALI scale, the Spanish version of the Self-Assessment Leadership Instrument. RESULTS Involvement in the student-led conference led to a statistically significant increase in self-perceived leadership competence among nursing undergraduates (p < .001). Both the total ES_SALI score and scores on each of its four dimensions (Strategic thinking, Emotional intelligence, Impact and influence, and Teamwork skills) increased significantly, and the percentage change was above 8% in all cases (p < .01). The greatest increase (10.99%) corresponded to the 'Impact and influence' dimension of leadership. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that student-led conferences are an effective way of helping nursing undergraduates to develop their leadership competence.
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- M A De Juan Pardo
- Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
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Shome S, Meysman P, Parra RG, Monzon AM, Palopoli N, White B, Rahman F, Hassan M, Özkeserli Z, Ashano E, Hughitt VK, Uzair Khan M, Murphy DJ. ISCB-Student Council Narratives: Strategical development of the ISCB-Regional Student Groups in 2016. F1000Res 2016; 5. [PMID: 28105301 PMCID: PMC5224681 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.10420.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Regional Student Groups are groups established and managed by the ISCB-Student Council in different regions of the world. The article highlights some of the initiatives and management lessons from our 'top-performing' Spotlight Regional Student Groups (RSGs), RSG-Argentina and RSG-UK, for the current year (2016). In addition, it details some of the operational hurdles faced by RSGs and possible solutions.
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- Sayane Shome
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program,, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
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- Advanced Database Research and Modeling group (ADReM), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Biomedical Informatics Research Network Antwerp (biomina), University Hospital Antwerp/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Protein Physiology Laboratory, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA-CONICET-IQUIBICEN, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Quantitative and Computational Biology Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany
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- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Unidad de Físico Química, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fundación Instituto Leloir-IIBBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Genomics and Computational Biology Research Group, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Wales, UK
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- Genomics and Computational Biology Research Group, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Wales, UK
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- Medical Biotechnology Program, Bioinformatics Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Immuno-virology and Vaccine Development Unit, Medical Biotechnology Department, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria; Bioinformatics Research Group, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA; Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
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- Biotechnology and biotechnology program. Institute of integrative biosciences, CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences, KPK, Pakistan
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- Genomics and Computational Biology Research Group, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Wales, UK
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White B, Fatima V, Fatima N, Das S, Rahman F, Hassan M. Highlights of the 2 (nd) Bioinformatics Student Symposium by ISCB RSG-UK. F1000Res 2016; 5. [PMID: 27239284 PMCID: PMC4870987 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.8445.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Following the success of the 1
st Student Symposium by ISCB RSG-UK, a 2
nd Student Symposium took place on 7
th October 2015 at The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK. This short report summarizes the main highlights from the 2
nd Bioinformatics Student Symposium.
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- Algorithms and Bioinformatics Group, King's College London, London, UK
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- Eukaryotic Evolution Research Group, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
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- Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK
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- School of Computing and Mathematics, University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK
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- School of Computing and Mathematics, University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK
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