A pilot study of the contribution of empathy to burnout in Salvation Army Officers

Work & Stress ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Gross
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Salvation Army ◽  
Army Officers ◽  
Salvation Army Officers

Eric Henry Stoneley Burhop, 31 January 1911 - 22 January 1980

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 131-152 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Salvation Army ◽  
Engineering Student ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Army Officers ◽  
One Year ◽  
Physics Department ◽  
Salvation Army Officers ◽  
Shell Ionization

Eric Henry Stoneley Burhop was born on 31 January 1911 at Hobart, Tasmania, of parents who were Salvation Army officers in poor financial circumstances. Because of the itinerant nature of his parents’ work he often had to change schools. Nevertheless, it soon became apparent that he possessed ability far above the average and his parents were prepared to sacrifice much to give him an opportunity to pursue his education through secondary school and early university until he was able to pay his own way with scholarships. He attended Ballarat and then Melbourne High School before entering Melbourne University as an engineering student in 1928. After one year he changed over to read science, specializing in physics. In 1929 he was awarded an Aitchison Bursary which assisted him financially through the remainder of his undergraduate career. He graduated B.Sc. with first class honours in physics in 1931 and then undertook an M .Sc. course in that subject. At the same time, because of his mathematical ability and interest, he completed the final honours course in mathematics to obtain the B.A. degree in 1932. Professor T . H. Laby, F .R .S., head of the Physics Department at Melbourne University, who took a close interest in promising students, realized that Burhop was exceptional and encouraged him to work towards a scientific career. The research problem for the M .Sc. which Laby proposed was quite a challenging one for the time— the determ ination of the probability of K shell ionization by electron impact, from measurements of the intensity of X -ray emission as a function of electron energy.

Unique needs: Salvation Army officers in retirement and end-of-life care

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Allen Stevens ◽  
Rhonda Shaw ◽  
Peter Bewert ◽  
Mavis Salt ◽  
Jennifer Ma
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Salvation Army ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Army Officers ◽  
Salvation Army Officers

Towards a ‘Social Anthropology’ of End-of-Life Moral Deliberation: A Study of Australian Salvation Army Officers

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-317
Author(s):  
Andrew Cameron ◽  
Bruce Stevens ◽  
Rhonda Shaw ◽  
Peter Bewert ◽  
Mavis Salt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Salvation Army ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Pain Medications ◽  
Army Officers ◽  
Wish To Hasten Death ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
Salvation Army Officers

A research project by the Schools of Theology and Psychology of Australia’s Charles Sturt University surveyed a large sample of Salvation Army officers. This article considers survey responses to two questions relating to end-of-life care: the use of pain medications that may shorten life, and the cessation of fluid and food intake. The results of the analyses are evaluated in terms of Michael Banner’s proposal that moral theology should more assiduously converse with ‘patient ethnographic study’, which the survey instantiates to some extent. Banner’s proposal and the results of the survey are contrasted to Peter Singer’s analytical moral philosophical dictums on end-of-life care. The results are also compared to a metastudy by Andrea Rodríguez-Prat and Evert van Leeuwen of 14 ethnographic studies of those who wish to hasten death at the end of life. We conclude that respondents exemplify a form of moral reasoning that is embedded within Christian spirituality; counters the assumptions of Singer’s approach; contrasts the diminishment of ‘meaning’ at the end of life, as seen in Rodríguez-Prat and van Leeuwen; and deserves further respectful ethnographic study.

Paramedic student empathetic attitudes towards homelessness: a mixed methods pilot study

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-282
Author(s):  
Shamant Prakash ◽  
Shannon Brown ◽  
Michelle Murphy ◽  
Brett Williams
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Salvation Army ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
Social Advocacy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Group A

PurposeCurrent statistics highlight the increasing prevalence of homelessness in Australia, however, there is scant research regarding empathy and homelessness in the paramedic literature. Research in other areas of healthcare demonstrates that interaction with the homeless can positively impact empathetic attitudes and also highlights the opportunity to examine if these results are consistent or generalisable to the Australian paramedic profession. Therefore, the aim of our study was to explore paramedic students' empathetic attitudes towards homelessness.Design/methodology/approachA sequential mixed method design study was undertaken using a repeated measures and focus group approach. Paramedic students participated in clinical experience, involving interactions with the homeless. This entailed participating in at least four shifts (11 pm – 5 am) where students gained experience at the Salvation Army Health Café or with the Youth Street Teams in Melbourne, Australia. Empathy levels of the paramedic students toward homelessness, both pre- and post- were measured using the Medical Condition Regard Scale (MCRS) and the Health Professionals' Attitudes Toward the Homeless Inventory (HPATHI). A focus group with student participants was also conducted to obtain further detailed information about their perceptions of the experience.FindingsA total of 20 students participated (100% response rate). Statistically significant (p < 0.05) increases were observed on the MCRS pre- to post- data with total mean scores of 48.35 (SD ± 8.33) and 51.65 (SD ± 5.56), respectively. On the HPATHI a statistically significant (p < 0.0001) increase in Personal Advocacy was observed. Eight of these students took part in a subsequent focus group. Following thematic analysis of the focus group, a number of common themes were identified that included: communication, empathy and rapport, and a change in perception and attitude.Originality/valueThe results of this pilot study demonstrate that through participation in a project involving experience interacting with the homeless population, paramedic students showed a greater level of empathy towards the homeless. Increases in empathetic regard, social advocacy and personal advocacy were also found.

Pilot study on criteria in cavity preparation-facts or artifacts?

1973 ◽  
Vol 37 (11) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Salvendy ◽  
WM Hinton ◽  
GW Ferguson ◽  
PR Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Cavity Preparation

A Pilot Study of Early Storybook Reading With Babies With Hearing Loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 3397-3412
Author(s):  
Michelle I. Brown ◽  
David Trembath ◽  
Marleen F. Westerveld ◽  
Gail T. Gillon
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Eye Contact ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Storybook Reading ◽  
Book Selection ◽  
Turn Taking ◽  
Parent Child

Purpose This pilot study explored the effectiveness of an early storybook reading (ESR) intervention for parents with babies with hearing loss (HL) for improving (a) parents' book selection skills, (b) parent–child eye contact, and (c) parent–child turn-taking. Advancing research into ESR, this study examined whether the benefits from an ESR intervention reported for babies without HL were also observed in babies with HL. Method Four mother–baby dyads participated in a multiple baseline single-case experimental design across behaviors. Treatment effects for parents' book selection skills, parent–child eye contact, and parent–child turn-taking were examined using visual analysis and Tau-U analysis. Results Statistically significant increases, with large to very large effect sizes, were observed for all 4 participants for parent–child eye contact and parent–child turn-taking. Limited improvements with ceiling effects were observed for parents' book selection skills. Conclusion The findings provide preliminary evidence for the effectiveness of an ESR intervention for babies with HL for promoting parent–child interactions through eye contact and turn-taking.

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