Developing confidence in Oral and Maxillofacial Dental Core Trainees; a national review of the trainee experience

Purpose: Primary health care (PHC) reform, especially efforts to implement interdisciplinary teams, has implications for dietetic practice. A consistent, clear vision of the registered dietitian’s (RD’s) role in PHC is needed to develop a successful advocacy agenda. Methods: The Dietitians of Canada (DC) Central and Southern Ontario Primary Health Care Action Group organized a four-step process to engage dietitians in developing an advocacy agenda for RD PHC services in Ontario. Two facilitated workshops brought together dietitian opinion leaders to enhance the understanding of current roles, find common ground, and develop a shared vision. All DC members were invited to review the draft vision, and feedback was integrated into a revised vision. Results: Registered dietitians saw PHC reform through many lenses, and were uncertain about how reforms would affect their practices. In a national review, the majority of reviewers (approximately 85% of 270) supported the draft vision; additional clarity was needed on resources and the breadth of services that RDs would provide. Conclusion: Development of a PHC vision for RDs should be helpful in advocating for dietitian services in PHC.

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The Need for a National Review of the Federal Fire Safety R&D Issues and Activities

Journal of Applied Fire Science ◽

10.2190/pj3a-l52y-6c29-7dxv ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

Vahid Motevalli

Keyword(s):

Fire Safety ◽

National Review

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News on the Right

10.1093/oso/9780190913540.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Research ◽

Meaning Making ◽

Rhetorical Analysis ◽

The United States ◽

Right Wing ◽

Quantitative Research Methods ◽

Fox News ◽

National Review ◽

Interdisciplinary Field ◽

The Right

This volume seeks to initiate a new interdisciplinary field of scholarly research focused on the study of right-wing media and conservative news. To date, the study of conservative or right-wing media has proceeded unevenly, cross-cutting several traditional disciplines and subfields, with little continuity or citational overlap. This book posits a new multifaceted object of analysis—conservative news cultures—designed to promote concerted interdisciplinary investigation into the consistent practices or patterns of meaning making that emerge between and among the sites of production, circulation, and consumption of conservative news. With contributors from the fields of journalism studies, media and communication studies, cultural studies, history, political science, and sociology, the book models the capacious field it seeks to promote. Its contributors draw upon a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods—from archival analysis to regression analysis of survey data to rhetorical analysis—to elucidate case studies focused on conservative news cultures in the United States and the United Kingdom. From the National Review to Fox News, from the National Rifle Association to Brexit, from media policy to liberal media bias, this book is designed as an introduction to right-wing media and an opening salvo in the interdisciplinary field of conservative news studies.

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G109(P) Transforming education and trainee experience using quality improvement

10.1136/archdischild-2020-rcpch.86 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

H Zhu ◽

I Ng ◽

R Tresman ◽

S Cooke ◽

E Routh ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Improvement ◽

Trainee Experience

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Consultant staffing in UK congenital cardiac services: a 10-year survey of leavers and joiners

Open Heart ◽

10.1136/openhrt-2021-001723 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. e001723

Author(s):

David Steven Crossland ◽

Richard Ferguson ◽

Alan Magee ◽

Petra Jenkins ◽

Frances A Bulock ◽

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Keyword(s):

Turnover Rate ◽

Adult Congenital Heart Disease ◽

Staff Retention ◽

High Turnover ◽

National Review ◽

Adult Congenital ◽

Level 1 ◽

The Uk ◽

Cardiac Surgeons ◽

Work Abroad

ObjectivesTo report the numbers of consultant congenital cardiac surgeons and cardiologists who have joined and left UK practice over the last 10 years and explore the reasons for leaving.MethodsRetrospective observational questionnaire study completed between 11 June 2019 and 1 July 2020 by UK level 1 congenital cardiac centres of 10-year consultant staff movement and reasons suggested for leaving UK practice.ResultsAt survey completion there were 218 (202 whole time equivalent (WTE)) consultant cardiologists and surgeons working within level 1 centres made up of 39 (38 WTE) surgeons, 137 (128.5 WTE) paediatric cardiologists, 42 (35.5 WTE) adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) cardiologists. 161 (74%) consultants joined in the last 10 years of whom 103 (64%) were UK trained. There were 91 leavers giving a staff turnover rate 42% (surgeons 56%, paediatric cardiologists 42%, ACHD cardiologists 29%). Of those, leaving 43% moved to work abroad (surgeons 55%, paediatric cardiologists 40%, ACHD cardiologists 67%). Among the 65 reported reasons for leaving 16 were financial, 9 for work life balance, 6 to working conditions within the National Health Service (NHS) and 12 related to the profession in the UK including six specifically highlighting the national review process.ConclusionsThere has been a high turnover rate of consultant staff within UK congenital cardiac services over the last 10 years with almost half of those leaving moving to work overseas. Financial reasons and pressures relating to working in the NHS or the specialty in the UK were commonly reported themes for leaving. This has major implications for future planning and staff retention within this specialised service.

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