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Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) are complications resulting from patient handling at health services, which have turned into an important care focus in recent decades and represent an important public health problem, due to the fact that they are preventable through simple care acts like hand washing. The aim in this study was to characterize the knowledge, skills and attitudes of nursing and medical students about HCAI. A descriptive and analytical observation study was undertaken in the undergraduate programs in nursing and medicine offered at a federal public university in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Data were collected between September and December 2011, in a non-casual and judgment sample of 61 students, 28 from the nursing program (6th semester) and 33 from the medicine (7th semester). Data were collected with the help of a questionnaire and an observation instrument. For the statistical processing of the data, the software SPSS was used, and the Chi-Square test was applied to measure the correlation between knowledge, skills and attitudes among nursing and medical students. The ethical premises of resolution 196/96 were complied with. The study group was 70.5% female, with a mean age of 22.6 years ( 1.9). Most students indicated they had contact with the theme HCAI in their undergraduate program, 100% in nursing and 87.9% in medicine, but informed that the contents addressed were only partially sufficient for the sake of professional performance with emphasis on this theme. As observed, the knowledge of most nursing and medical students about HCAI is good; concerning attitude, 100% of the nursing and 93.9% of the medical students are interested in enhancing their knowledge about HCAI; with regard to attitude, 100% of the nursing and 93.9% of the medical students are interested in expanding their knowledge about HCAI: only 35.7% of nursing and 15.1% of medical students employed the correct hand washing technique. In conclusion, nursing and medical students tend to graduate with deficient knowledge and skills about HCAI, as the contents addressed during their undergraduate program do not produce solid knowledge, resulting in deficient skills to prevent HCAI in patient care, and do not arouse interest in assuming an attitude to gain further knowledge about the theme. / As InfecÃÃes Relacionadas à AssistÃncia à SaÃde (IRAS) sÃo complicaÃÃes decorrentes da manipulaÃÃo do paciente em serviÃos de saÃde, que se tornaram importante foco de atenÃÃo nas Ãltimas dÃcadas, representando sÃrio problema de saÃde pÃblica, pelo fato de ser prevenÃvel por meio de simples cuidado, como a higiene das mÃos. O objetivo do estudo foi caracterizar o conhecimento, a habilidade e atitude de acadÃmicos de enfermagem e medicina relacionados Ãs IRAS. Trata-se de um estudo observacional, de carÃter descritivo e analÃtico, realizado nos cursos de graduaÃÃo em Enfermagem e Medicina de universidade pÃblica federal de Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. A coleta de dados ocorreu de setembro a dezembro de 2011, a amostra foi nÃo casual e de julgamento com 61 acadÃmicos, sendo 28 do curso de Enfermagem (6 semestre) e 33 de Medicina (7 semestre). A coleta de dados foi atravÃs de questionÃrio e instrumento de observaÃÃo. Os dados foram processados estatisticamente com o software SPSS e o teste Qui-Quadrado foi utilizado para medir a correlaÃÃo entre conhecimento, habilidade e atitude entre os acadÃmicos de Enfermagem e Medicina. Foram respeitados os preceitos Ãticos da resoluÃÃo 196/96. O grupo estudado foi constituÃdo por 70,5% de mulheres, com mÃdia de idade de 22,6 anos ( 1,9). A maioria dos acadÃmicos relatou contato com o tema IRAS durante a graduaÃÃo, 100% Enfermagem e 87,9% Medicina, porÃm informaram que o conteÃdo abordado foi parcialmente suficiente para o desempenho profissional com Ãnfase nessa temÃtica. Observou-se que os acadÃmicos de Enfermagem e Medicina possuÃam na sua maioria conhecimento eficaz sobre IRAS; quanto à atitude 100% dos acadÃmicos de Enfermagem e 93,9% de Medicina possuÃam interesse em ampliar seus conhecimentos em IRAS; quanto à habilidade em higiene das mÃos, apenas 35,7% dos acadÃmicos de enfermagem e 15,1% de medicina empregaram a tÃcnica correta. Concluiu-se com este estudo que os acadÃmicos de enfermagem e medicina tendem a egressar da graduaÃÃo com dÃficit de conhecimento e habilidade sobre IRAS, pois os conteÃdos abordados durante a graduaÃÃo de ambos nÃo gera conhecimento sÃlido, portanto estes acadÃmicos passam a ter habilidades deficientes para assistÃncia ao paciente, prevenindo IRAS, assim como nÃo gera interesse para que detenham de atitude de busca por maior conhecimento sobre tal temÃtica.

This study was designed to assess the role of secondary education in the employability of operators in the South African automotive industry. Five types of secondary education are referred to, namely, a secondary education including Mathematics and Science as subjects; a matriculation with Mathematics as a subject; a secondary education inclusive of Science as a subject; a technical type Grade 12 qualification and a general form of secondary education. A two-phase aptitude testing selection process, employing three sub-tests from the Differential Aptitude Test (DAT-K) and five from the Trade Aptitude Test (TRAT) batteries, was utilised to assess whether there were significant differences in aptitude test scores of applicants with different types of secondary education. These aptitude measures were administered to 2 463 preselected respondents. Descriptive statistics such as median, mode and frequency distribution graphs were used. Statistical analysis was also carried out, using the Chi-square test of independence, to determine the differences in aptitude test results obtained by the groups in the study. The study‟s findings revealed that the type of Grade 12 qualification held by applicants is an important criterion to be considered in the selection of automotive operators. The findings specifically indicated that a secondary education that included Mathematics and/or Science as subjects resulted in notable performance in the aptitude instruments employed in this study. The findings are broadly relevant to the South African automotive industry and are of value to human resource practitioners, educators, social scientists and other researchers.

The purpose of this experiment is to examine one previously untested premise of the validity generalization model proposed by Schmidt and Hunter on test validity. The sample consisted of 307 subjects who were tested on measures constructed to be examples of contaminated, deficient, relevant and ultimate criteria. These criteria were correlated to a predictor, student GPA. The predictor-criteria relationship was observed over various sample sizes ranging from n = 25 to n = 300. The validity coefficients were hypothesized to change over increasing sample sizes in the same pattern as the other artifacts from Schmidt and Hunter's validity generalization model. Student GPA was obtained from a biographical data sheet and this raw score was correlated through the use of Pearson Product-Moment correlations to raw scores on each of four quizzes, representing the four criteria. These correlations were then analyzed to determine if they follow four hypothesized patterns supporting the patterns of Schmidt and Hunter's controllable artifacts. The results of the study indicated that the four hypotheses of various patterns resulting among the four criteria generally supported Schmidt and Hunter's validity generalization model. Further investigation to determine more completely the extent of the effects of the uncontrollable artifacts is suggested as this exploratory study represents the first laboratory investigation of the effect of sample size on criterion contamination and criterion deficiency in the validity generalization model.