KIBOGORA POLYTECHNIC SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL

A Smart Learner to Smart Employee: Moodle as a Smart E-learning Platform to Strengthen the Smartness of University Students in a Developing Country

journaladmin journaladmin — 2022-10-26

It is said that there is no country which is better than its education system. Education systems define in general the overall targets of countries. In the current study, researchers intended to investigate students and lecturers’ perceptions about the attainment of the smartness required at work by the mean of using Learning Management System (Moodle) as well as integrating technology into teaching and learning activities. The study was qualitative, the thematic approach was used to analyze qualitative views collected from a sample of university’s lecturers and students. The results revealed that Moodle can strengthen lecturers and students’ attitudes to cope with technological use. It was also found that university teaching staff and students have to spend much efforts to acquire new technological skills to serve education systems in developing countries. Students and lecturers’ perceptions positively supported that Moodle as well as other Learning Management System when used properly may influence learning and teaching conditions for better attaining the required skills to become smart employees. The study recommended the use of Moodle and the continuation of researching on what could motivate both students and lecturers in their everyday lives.

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Patients Understanding of Diabetes and Self-Management in Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK)

Gabriel Makiriro — 2022-10-26

Non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, account for 36% of total deaths in Rwanda. Integration of diabetes self-management education improves patient glycemic control. This study assessed the understanding of diabetes and self-care practices among patients who have diabetes at Kigali University Teaching Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali: CHUK). A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on people with diabetes attending CHUK from December 18^th, 2017, to April 30^th, 2018. Ninety-five participants were enrolled in this study, with a mean age of 56 years. 87.4% of participants had type 2 diabetes, 85.3% received information on diabetes from medical staff, and 40.0% had diabetes for less than 5 years. The mean knowledge score among the participants was 12.2±2.2/20 (range 5-16), however, the majority of participants did not know the etiology of diabetes and 45.3% did not know the role of the urine test. Only 36.8% of participants knew the recommended diabetic meal plan and 47.4% knew the normal fasting blood glucose range. The mean score for attitude and practice towards diabetes were respectively 5.2±1.0/6 and 6.2±1.4/10. Poor practice was observed in physical activity where 49.5% of participants never exercised. There was good knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding diabetes and self-management among participants in general. However, there exists inadequate knowledge on the etiology of diabetes, the role of regular urine tests, fasting blood glucose normal values and diabetic meal plan, and poor practice of exercise among participants. Programs that promote awareness of diabetes and self-management education among patients with diabetes should be developed, enhanced, and utilized for better disease control.

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Hospital Service Quality and Patients’ satisfaction within Soddo Christian Hospital PLC, Walaitta Region, Southwestern Ethiopia

Sibomana Providence — 2022-10-26

In this paper about Hospital service quality and patient satisfaction have been considered as significant factors for any Hospital that is looking forward to succeed, the research tested a service quality model SERVQUAL to measure patient’s satisfaction with the delivery of service. Five main dimensions of the service quality model SERVQUAL which were applied are tangibility, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. The model was applied to the customers who had previous experience from Soddo Christian Hospital. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the factors that contribute to customer satisfaction at Soddo Christian Hospital. The study helps to examine and understand the factors influenced in determining customer satisfaction. Usable samples of 250 questionnaires were collected out of 302 that were distributed to the patients. SPSS software was used to do reliability analysis and regression analysis. The findings showed that there is a significant relationship between contextual factors and customer satisfaction as the correlation coefficient of 0.730 indicate high correlation between responsiveness dimension and customer satisfaction. The analysis indicated that responsiveness of perceived quality have direct relationship with customer satisfaction compared to other contextual factors. Furthermore, this paper reports that customer satisfaction depend on service quality as there is statistical significance of the predictor hospital service quality (F5, 225= 52.395 and p<.000), has probability occurrence of by chance only of less than 0.001) this confirms that, there is statistical significance at 1% level between hospital service and patient satisfaction.

There is moderate positive significant relationship with patient satisfaction as the perceived correlations of four dimensions are: Tangibility (r = .635), Reliability (.r = .645), Assurance (r = .620) and Empathy (r = .622) respectively.

Evaluating the impact of model village project in Nyamasheke district: Special references of Gihombo and Kirimbi sectors

Providence Sibomana — 2022-10-26

Project sustainability depends upon beneficiaries’ involvement in its operations which include but not limited to identification, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reporting etc. One of the most prominent issues of the present times to address is beneficiaries’ involvement. The present study was conducted under guidance of an objective as to determine the extent to which beneficiaries participated in project management and to measure the relationship between beneficiaries’ participation and project sustainability. The study targeted 500 households headed by vulnerable women located in Gihombo and Kilimbi sectors from Nyamasheke district. By using Slovin’s formula a representative sample of 223 was drawn. The questionnaire was used as an instrument to collect data. The SPSS version 16 was used for descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. The study revealed that beneficiaries participated in all project phases but not in all activities. The beneficiaries’ participation at the initiation phase their involvement in needs assessment was at 54.3%, into the project design, the setting of objectives included beneficiaries at 52.9%. Along the project implementation, the beneficiaries were poorly involved, only 23.8% were part of buying livestock, 83.4% in information sharing and 74% of the beneficiaries were included in the project reporting.

After calculating the Spearman correlation by using SPSS, the coefficient is 0.123 which indicates the positive correlation between the beneficiaries’ involvement and project sustainability. The significant value of 0.067 is less than the Spearman correlation coefficient (0.123) which means that the correlation between the two variables is statistically significant.

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