Lev B Horodyskyj, Chris Mead, Zack Belinson, Sanlyn Buxner, Steven Semken, Ariel D Anbar
Habitable Worlds: Delivering on the Promises of Online Education
Astrobiology
introduction recent years government bangladesh encouraged private sector involvement producing midlevel health cadres including medical assistants mas number mas produced increased significantly assessed students characteristics educational services competencies perceived attitudes towards health service delivery rural areas used mixed method approach using quantitative questionnaire survey qualitative key informant interviews roundtable discussion methods altogether five public schools 238 students 30 private schools 732 students included statistical analyses performed using stata v12 qualitative data analyzed thematically findings majority students public 66 private medical assistant training schools mats 61 rural backgrounds spent majority time classroom learning public 45 versus private 42 written essay exam common form students performance assessment compared students public mats students private mats confident different aspects educational areas including managing emerging health needs p0001 evidencebased practice p0002 critical thinking problem solving p002 use itcomputer skills p0001 students aware adequate facilities rural areas public 71 private 65 perceived working rural areas offer several benefits including use learnt skills friendly rural people opportunities reallife problem solving etc study provides current picture mats students characteristics educational services competencies perception towards working rural areas students private public sectors showed greater level willingness serve rural health facilities results promising improve health service delivery particularly rural hardtoreach areas bangladesh