Twelve Tips for Enhancing Student Learning Experience in the Operating Room

Student learning within the Operating Room (OR) is complex and challenging, especially for medical students who heavily rely upon structured learning plans. Medical students’ OR-based surgical learning experience is heterogenous, unstandardized, and inadequate for many reasons. There is a growing need to evaluate the learning modalities and models that we currently use for medical graduates’ OR-based learning process, create a balance between structured and opportunistic learning encounters and incorporate previously identified factors that have been known to influence the quality of OR-based learning positively. In continuation with our previous work on OR-based learning, here we argue for a structured OR-based learning plan that embodies appropriate learning models and teaching methodologies and focuses on a comprehensive plan that justifies a local needs analysis and addresses factors influencing the quality of OR-based student learning to produce enhanced learning outcomes.

An Assessment of a Contigency Model of Management Accounting Practices in Manufacturing Sector of Pakistan

With the help of contingency model the researcher has tried to examine the way in which alignment among different contingent variables and MA practices can improve performance of manufacturing sector of Pakistan. Out of the variables examined, the hypothesis suggest that the advance manufacturing technology pertaining to management accounting practices, strategy pertaining to both management accounting practices and performance of corporation, structure pertaining to management accounting practices, market orientation pertaining to performance of the corporation and competitive environment pertaining to management accounting practices are in line with many earlier researches i.e. in these cases alternative hypothesis was supported whereas size of the corporation and qualification ofaccountant pertaining to both management accounting practices and performance of the corporation, structure pertaining to performance of the corporation, top management support and market orientation pertaining to management accounting practices and finally competitive environment pertaining to performance of the corporation were not in line with previous researches, i.e. the researcher fails to reject to null hypothesis. As far as influence of management accounting practices on performance of corporation; its mediating influence on the relationship between strategy, structure and performance of a corporation in Pakistani manufacturing sector are concerned, these were found to be in line with earlier researches i.e. in these cases alternative hypothesis was supported. Methodology: Explanatory (causal) research design was utilized in this study. Stratified sampling technique was used to collect primary data of manufacturing corporations of Pakistan through questionnaire. To assess the contingency model of management accounting practices in manufacturing sector of Pakistan, various test of validity, reliability along with regression and mediation analysis were applied. Finally interviews with industry professionals were also carried out to have a better understanding of contingency model. Practical Implications: This study will not only enhance the understanding regarding different management accounting practices followed by manufacturing sector of Pakistan xii and the factors affecting it but also helps management to identify the factors effecting companies performance. Research Limitations: At first the performance of corporation was measured throughout by using qualitative methods instead of quantitative methods which lacks objectivity. Secondly, the research has been carried out on one sector i.e. manufacturing.Thirdly the data was not longitudinal i.e. information was compiled at specific point in time. Furthermore, this study depends upon a questionnaire that is certainly not free from biasness. Originality/value: By placing a management accounting techniques in a contingency model a progression will be made by the researcher with respect to Pakistan to the extent that management accounting practices can be used in a contingency model to assess the effect of these practices on listed manufacturing company’s performance. As researcher has not found such type of effort with respect to developing county like Pakistan, therefore, a theoretical progress in knowledge may be accomplished through this research.