An Evaluation of the 2020 Change to the Saudi Emergency Residency Program Assessment

Background Several changes have been made to the assessment component of Saudi residency training programs. Among those is the implementation of three examinations over the course of the year. Aim We aimed to explore the emergency residents’ perspective on the change in the number of examinations, and the impact of such changes in terms of time management, knowledge gain, and social life. Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out from September to October 2022, using an electronic survey targeting emergency board trainees. Results One hundred and nine emergency residents enrolled, of whom 64.2% were male. The majority, 45%, were from the central province. Junior-level residents (R1) represented 26.6% of the sample, while R2 (second year) comprised 18.3%, R3 (third year) comprised 38.5%, and 16.5% were senior (R4) level. More than half of the participants, 56 % (n=61), did not support the change from one to three examinations and believed that it had a negative influence on knowledge gain and clinical skills. The influence of the change on time management stands out as a negative impact, in addition to its impact on social life and annual leave arrangements. Conclusions The support for three examinations throughout the year was low; a contributing factor to this may be the sudden changes effected by those tests on training and time management. A re-evaluation of testing culture and involving residents in decision-making might generate acceptance.

Determinants of Effective Whistle Blowing: A Case Study of Perception of Employees of Brothers Textile Mills Limited Medium Size Public Limited Quoted Company from Textile Sector.

The organizations face lot of problems like malpractices, wrongdoing and expropriation. These problems occur due to the system failure of the organizations. Whistle blowing is policy which helps to prevent from the wrongdoing and other illegal activities. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors and investigate the significance of these factors for the effective whistle blowing. For conducting this research a public limited quoted company has been selected from textile sector. The research approach is quantitative. Quantitative research is essentially collecting numerical data to explain a particular phenomenon. A survey methodology has been adopted for this research. A listed company on the basis of predetermined criteria in order to materialize the study has been selected from the companies listed on Lahore stock exchange. Employees of the company have been taken as population frame. The researcher used the stratified random sampling technique for making the homogeneous sub groups before the sampling. The data for this research has been gathered by using a structured self reporting questionnaire. The questionnaire has been designed on Likert scale. Structured questions were used to obtain the responses from the respondents. For analyzing the data, the descriptive statistics were calculated. The independent samples t-test has been used for analysis with the help of the SPSS. The results show that there is no significant difference of employee's perception between the groups the employees about the whistle blowing exists according to the variables.