Beliefs and behaviours of radiographers and other health professionals concerning radiation protection safety in a high-volume Greek public hospital. Development of a new measuring instrument

Radiography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Chatzis ◽  
E. Brilakis ◽  
D. Papadopoulou ◽  
V. Giannouli ◽  
M.-A. Stamouli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Hospital Development

scholarly journals 1112. #EducationInTheTimeofCOVID: Using Twitter to Disseminate Evidence-Based Medicine during a Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S586-S587
Author(s):  
Caroline G Coleman ◽  
Timothy T Daugherty ◽  
Yooree G Chung ◽  
Angel X Xiao ◽  
Amy C Sherman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Clinical Syndrome ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Twitter Analytics ◽  
Large Audience ◽  
Based Medicine

Abstract Background The medical community has used Twitter as a learning tool during the COVID-19 pandemic to digest the high volume of rapidly evolving literature. However, Twitter contains educational content of varying quality and accuracy. To address this issue, we created and disseminated visual abstracts of COVID-19 literature on Twitter to educate health professionals. Methods Fellows and faculty members from multiple institutions collaborated with Emory University medical students to create visual abstracts of published COVID-19 literature (Figure 1). ID fellows and faculty identified and summarized 10-15 high-impact COVID-19 articles each week. Medical students created visual abstracts for each article, which fellows or faculty reviewed for accuracy. We disseminated them on Twitter (@JenniferSpicer4, 4,373 followers) and our website (Figure 2). We measured engagement with tweets using Twitter Analytics. Figure 1: COVID-19 Visual Abstract Example Figure 2: Website hosting COVID-19 weekly literature summaries and visual abstracts (https://med.emory.edu/departments/medicine/divisions/infectious-diseases/covid19-roundup/) Results Since March 2020, we have created, reviewed, and disseminated 139 graphics with 116 student authors and 33 fellow/faculty reviewers across three academic institutions (Table 1). Topics included public health & prevention, virology & basic science, epidemiology, transmission & infection control, clinical syndrome, diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccinology, and ethics & policy. Tweets had a median of 9,300 impressions (interquartile range [IQR] 5,432-13,233) with 766 engagements (IQR 432-1,288) and an engagement rate of 8.6% (IQR 7.1%-10.0%) (Table 2). Each tweet had a median of 25 retweets (IQR 17-38) and 55 likes (IQR 34-81). A few tweets had significantly higher metrics; maximum values were 84,257 impressions, 9,758 engagements, 19.0% engagement rate, 239 retweets, and 381 likes. In addition to disseminating graphics on Twitter, we received requests to use them as teaching aids from multiple health professionals worldwide, and the visual abstracts have been translated into Spanish and disseminated on Twitter and Instagram via @MEdSinFrontera. Table 1: Descriptive Statistics of COVID-19 Visual Series Table 2: Twitter Metrics for COVID-19 Visual Series (as of 6/10/2020) Conclusion Engagement rates with our visual abstracts were high, demonstrating the power of Twitter. ID educators can use visual abstracts to summarize and disseminate accurate information to a large audience on social media, which is especially important in the setting of an emerging infection. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

scholarly journals Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome: the complexity of nursing care during hospitalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Cardim Novaes ◽  
Monique de Sales Norte Azevedo ◽  
Carolina Fernandes Falsett ◽  
Adriana Teixeira Reis
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Oxygen Therapy ◽  
Invasive Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Continuous Care ◽  
Airway Clearance ◽  
Congenital Zika Syndrome

ABSTRACT Objectives: to classify the degree of dependence on nursing care required by children with Congenital Zika Syndrome during hospitalization and to analyze their complexity. Methods: this is a descriptive, observational and quantitative study carried out in a pediatric ward of a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected from hospitalization records between June 2017 and April 2018. Results: 54% of the population studied showed a degree of dependence equivalent to semi-intensive care. On 37.5% of hospitalization days, patients required non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation; 31.5% had spontaneous breathing requiring airway clearance by aspiration and/or oxygen therapy. Conclusion: Congenital Zika Syndrome represents a challenge for health professionals due to its uniqueness. In this study, it is expressed by demands for complex and continuous care in hospitalization and in preparation for discharge, requiring semi-intensive nursing care.

Strengthening radiation protection education and training of health professionals: conclusions from an IAEA meeting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenia Vassileva ◽  
Kimberly E Applegate ◽  
Graciano Paulo ◽  
Eliseo Vano ◽  
Ola Holmberg
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Train The Trainer ◽  
International Consultation ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
And Training

Abstract In March 2021 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organised an online Technical Meeting on Developing Effective Methods for Radiation Protection Education and Training of Health Professionals with attendance of 230 participants representing 66 Member States and 24 international organizations, professional bodies and safety alliances. By means of a pre-meeting survey, presentations by experts, topical panel discussions and post-meeting feedback to the meeting summary, the meeting identified strengths, common weaknesses and possible solutions and actions for improving radiation protection education and training of health professionals. Available guidelines and resources for radiation protection training were also reviewed. The meeting discussion resulted in a strong consensus for the need of: (a) international guidance on education and training in radiation protection and safety for health professionals, (b) an international description of minimum standards of initial and ongoing competence and qualification in radiation protection for relevant professional groups, considering the available recommendations at international and regional levels. The proposed actions include provisions for train-the-trainer credentialing and facility training accreditation, balance between the online and face-to-face training, improved on-the job training, as well as improved inclusion in training programmes of aspects related to application of new technologies, ethical aspects, development of communication skills, and use of software tools for improving justification and optimisation. The need for making the ongoing training practical, applicable, and useful to the trainee was highlighted. The international consultation initiated by the IAEA was appreciated as a good approach to understand and promote coordination and collaboration at all levels, for best results in education and training in radiation protection of health professionals. Implementing such a holistic approach to education and training in radiation protection would contribute towards qualification and competence of health professionals needed to ensure application of high standards for quality and safety in medical uses of ionizing radiation.

Therapeutic hypothermia at an urban public hospital: Development, implementation, experience and outcomes

Heart & Lung ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renaud M. Gueret ◽  
John M. Bailitz ◽  
Ashima S. Sahni ◽  
Aiman Tulaimat
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Hypothermia ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Hospital Development ◽  
Implementation Experience

scholarly journals 'He moved then?’: The management of worry-indicative information requests in moderate and high-risk fetal ultrasounds

Calidoscópio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-192
Author(s):  
Minéia Frezza ◽  
Ana Cristina Ostermann
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Fetal Ultrasound ◽  
Risk Pregnancy ◽  
Information Requests ◽  
Specific Phase

The present study analyzes video-recorded fetal ultrasound scans held in a moderate and high-risk pregnancy ward at a Brazilian public hospital. Informed by Multimodal Conversation Analysis (Mondada, 2018), it investigates the ethnomethods participants employ to manage worry-indicative concerns whose presentation is initiated by pregnant women in a medical exam that does not typically comprise a specific phase for that (Nishizaka, 2010, 2011b, 2014). The analysis shows that pregnant women orient to three environments to request worry-indicative information: (i) topic, (ii) image, (iii) phase transition, tailoring the design of their requests to each particular environment. The findings reveal that pregnant women are highly agentive in finding optimal opportunities to raise their concerns and to mobilize health professionals to respond to them. The physicians performing the scans respond to those requests while dealing with the contingencies inherent to the context of fetal ultrasounds and that have implications in attending to the requests. The results unveil the interplay between the pregnant women’s ethnomethods of raising concerns where ‘normality’ is constantly at stake and the health professionals’ ethnomethods in attending to those demands while orchestrating the distinct semiotic resources involved in the multiactivity setting of ultrasound scans.

Opinions of health professionals about the humanization of labor and birth and its operationalization in the context of their practice

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 2189
Author(s):  
Lucas Amaral Martins ◽  
Luzia Wilma Santana da Silva ◽  
Ninalva De Andrade Santos ◽  
Emanuelle Caires Dias Araújo Nunes ◽  
Aline Cristiane De Souza Azevedo Aguiar
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
The Family ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Recursos Humanos ◽  
The One

ABSTRACTObjective: to know the perceptions of health professionals on the humanization in delivery and birth and its operationalization in the context of the praxis in health. Methodology: this is a descriptive-exploratory and qualitative study, carried out in a public hospital with 21 subjects identified with fictitious names, through individual semi-structured interviews recorded on magnetic tapes, performed in the maternity facilities and later on fully transcribed. The content analysis was driven by the interactive model, consisting in categories, something which resulted in a detailed procedure until reaching its understanding, and, finally, data verification in the preparation of the final remarks. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, under the Protocol 123/2009. Results: the data analysis resulted in two thematic axes: “the behaviors used to perform the delivery: counterpart between the delivery recommended by the Program for Humanization of Prenatal Care and Birth (PHPB) and the one put into practice” and “the family accompanying the delivery: perceptions from the team. Conclusions: humanization is a vast process, slow, and complex which faces resistance, since it involves behavior changes that arouse suspicion and fear. The new is always challenging, that is, PHPB is still a young program with very few insertions in the academic field and the system of care for women still lacks human, structural, and material resources to achieve its effective operationalization. Descriptors: humanized delivery; public policies; health personnel; family.RESUMOObjetivo: conhecer as percepções dos profissionais de saúde acerca da humanização no parto e no nascimento e a operacionalização no contexto de sua práxis em saúde. Metodologia: estudo descritivo-exploratório, de abordagem qualitativa, realizada nas dependências de uma maternidade pública, com 21 sujeitos, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada individuais gravadas em fitas magnéticas, e, posteriormente, transcritas na íntegra e identificadas com nomes fictícios. A análise de conteúdo foi guiada pelo modelo interativo, configurando-se em categorias, que se traduziu num procedimento minucioso até alcançar sua compreensão. Esse estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, com número de protocolo nº 123/2009. Resultados: da análise dos dados resultaram dois eixos temáticos: As condutas utilizadas para realização do parto: contraposto entre o parto preconizado pelo PHPN e o executado, e A família no acompanhamento do parto: percepções da equipe. Considerações finais: a humanização é um processo amplo, demorado e complexo ao qual se oferecem resistências, pois envolve mudanças de comportamento que despertam receio e medo. O novo é sempre desafiante, ou seja, o PHPN é um programa jovem ainda com pouquíssimas inserções no meio acadêmico e o sistema de assistência à mulher ainda carece de recursos humanos, estruturais e materiais para a sua efetiva inserção. Descritores: parto humanizado; políticas públicas; pessoal de saúde; família.RESUMENObjetivo: conocer las percepciones de los profesionales de salud acerca de la humanización en el parto y nacimiento y la operacionalización en el contexto de la praxis en salud. Metodología: esto es un estudio descriptivo-exploratorio y cualitativo, realizado en hospital público con 21 sujetos identificados con nombres ficticios, por medio de entrevistas semi-estructuradas individuales grabadas en cintas magnéticas, realizadas en la dependencias de la maternidad y después transcriptas en su totalidad. El análisis de contenido fue guiado por el modelo interactivo, se configurando en categorías, lo que se tradució en un procedimiento minucioso hasta alcanzar su compreensión, y, por fin, la verificación de los datos en la elaboración de las consideraciones finales. Esto estudio fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética de la Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, bajo el Protocolo 123/2009. Resultados: del análisis de los datos resultaron dos eje temáticos: “las conductas utilizadas para realización del parto: contrapunto entre el parto recomendado por el Programa de Humanización en el Prenatal y Nacimiento (PHPN) y lo ejecutado” and “la familia en el acompañamiento del parto: percepciones del equipo”. Conclusiones: la humanización es un proceso amplio, demorado y complejo al que se ofrecen resistencias, porque se trata de cambios en el comportamiento que despiertan recelo y miedo. Lo nuevo es siempre un reto, es decir, PHPN sigue siendo un programa joven aún con muy pocas inserciones en el mundo académico y el sistema de atención a la mujer aún carece de recursos humanos, estructurales y materiales para atingir su operacionalización efectiva. Descriptores: parto humanizado; políticas públicas; personal de salud; familia.

scholarly journals Burnout syndrome and associated factors among health professionals of a public hospital

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márcia Ebling ◽  
Mary Sandra Carlotto
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Psychosocial Variables ◽  
Sociodemographic Data

OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of burnout syndrome (BS) dimensions and their relationship with sociodemographic data, working variables, psychosocial variables, job satisfaction, hardiness, self-efficacy, and common mental disorders among health professionals of a public hospital. METHOD: This cross-sectional study assessed 234 health professionals working at a public hospital in southern Brazil. Participants answered the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Hardiness Scale, The General Self-Efficacy Scale, the Self-Reporting Questionnaire, and a questionnaire specifically designed for the present study to assess sociodemographic and variables related to work. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: An association was identified between the three dimensions of BS and sociodemographic data, variables related to work, psychosocial variables, hardy personality traits, and common mental disorders. CONCLUSION: The study allowed to define a risk profile for BS, namely male, young, undergraduate workers, with a low income, who see a large number of patients per day, physicians, government employees, absence of commitment, control and challenge (hardy personality traits), low self-efficacy, job dissatisfaction, presence of common mental disorders, and intention to change career, institution, or position at current institution.

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