A-188 Starting Well: Creating Training Opportunities for Graduate Students Interested in Neuropsychological Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1243-1243
Author(s):  
Diomaris Safi ◽  
Albert Miranda ◽  
David M Sylva
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Neuropsychology ◽  
Training Models ◽  
Practicum Students ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Wide Variability ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Practicum Experiences ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Practicum Student ◽  
Training Opportunities

Abstract Objective Practicum experiences are critical to internship readiness. While established guidelines for practicum training in clinical neuropsychology exist, the application of such guidelines across training sites has received little attention. The objective of this study is to compare practicum training models across different sites. Methods We surveyed training supervisors regarding the cost and benefit of training practicum students in their setting. Results Despite wide variability across settings, results indicated that on average, practicum sites spent around 6 hours per week in direct active training and onboarding during the first 1–3 months of the training year. After 3–4 months, the hours spent on supervision decreased to about 1–2 hours of individual supervision and 1–2 hours of group supervision per week. By the 8th month, each practicum student provided the clinic with approximately 36 hours of direct service (considered an administrative benefit to the clinic). Conclusion Training practicum students is a labor of love, with overall net administrative benefits to the clinic. An advantage was seen in settings with multiple trainees, trainees at multiple levels, and tiered supervision models with access to diverse didactic experiences.

scholarly journals Cooperating Teachers’ Roles and Responsibilities in a MATESOL Practicum

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Payant ◽  
John Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Cooperating Teachers ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Practicum Students ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Written Descriptions ◽  
Practicum Experiences ◽  
Practicum Student

Responding to a gap in relevant literatures, this study explores cooperating teachers’ perceptions of their roles and responsibilities as contributors to the practicum experiences of preservice teachers of English as a second language who were pursuing a master’s degree. Research tools featured focus group and individual interviews with 11 cooperating teachers who were working with practicum students. Findings include a perceived lack of communication between cooperating teachers and practicum course instructors, inadequate written descriptions of cooperating teachers’ roles and responsibilities, missed opportunities to develop more fully the quality of cooperating teacher-practicum student collaborations, as well as cooperating teachers’ recommendations for enhancing the practicum experiences of those involved.

Voice in French corporate training: A critical issue in developing employee capability

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilip Subramanian ◽  
Bénédicte Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Critical Issue ◽  
Training Outcomes ◽  
Training Models ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Human Resource Policies ◽  
Organizational Configurations ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Individual Voice ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Training Opportunities

The article discusses the impact of organizational configurations on employees’ training capabilities. Inspired by the capability approach, it uses qualitative data to question under what organizational conditions firms in France provide their employees with the opportunities and means to participate not just in training programmes, but in those programmes they have reason to value. The results suggest the existence of three different training models – skill-updating, skill-developing and capability-enhancing – depending on the choice processes involved, the importance they accord to employee agency, and the training outcomes. While human resource policies offering training opportunities are important in French organizations, enabling individual capability ultimately depends on employee participation schemes. The article further argues that this goal cannot be achieved through collective voice alone; in vocational training, individual voice plays an equally central role.

Interventional Pulmonology: The Role of Simulation Training and Competency-Based Evaluation

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (06) ◽  
pp. 747-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihir Parikh ◽  
Hans Lee ◽  
Neeraj Desai
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Learning Curves ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Interventional Pulmonology ◽  
Training Outcomes ◽  
Training Models ◽  
Medical Education And Training ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
The Cost ◽  
And Training

AbstractMedical education and training are becoming more complex endeavors as technological and research advancements lead to new tools and methods to care for patients. In recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in medical education to competency-based assessments. Another important recent development in medical education has been the increasing use of simulation-based learning for procedural training. Interventional pulmonology (IP) is a relatively young and rapidly evolving procedural-based subspecialty. There are several well-validated competency-based assessment tools available to measure training adequacy in many of the most commonly performed procedures in IP. These tools have been shown to improve learning curves and training outcomes. The extent of how widely these tools are being used in clinical and educational spheres, however, remains unclear. Moreover, several commonly performed procedures in IP have no or limited validation tools currently available. Standardized training using simulation has also been shown to lead to positive training outcomes as compared with more traditional training models. However, widespread adoption of simulators has been limited due to the cost and availability.

Economic Losses Associated with Chronic Mental Disorder in a Developing Country

1984 ◽  
Vol 144 (5) ◽  
pp. 475-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Westermeyer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Major Mental Disorder ◽  
Wide Variability ◽  
The Cost

SummaryThis study was undertaken in a society without psychiatric services to assess the economic losses associated there with major mental disorder. Such data are important in assessing the cost/benefit of services for major mental disorders.A survey was conducted in 27 representative villages of Laos, each containing about 200–300 people; 35 mentally ill subjects were identified. Data were obtained on expenditure for treatment, loss of productivity, and other economic losses (eg., destruction of property); demographic data and clinical rating scales were also obtained, and compared with economic variables.The data show wide variability in expenditures for treatment, but losses of productivity were consistently high; acute losses, while impressive due to their suddeness and obvious wastefulness, were comparatively small relative to others. Demographic data were not associated with loss in productivity. Certain psychopathological parameters, ie., more psychopathology, less productivity, were inversely correlated with productivity. Psychosocial function scales were strongly and directly correlated with productivity.

UI-Assisted Worksharing as an Alternative to Layoffs: The Canadian Experience

ILR Review ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Reid
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Typical Case ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Percent Reduction ◽  
Canadian Experience ◽  
The Hours ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost ◽  
To Receive ◽  
And Training

This study describes and analyzes an experimental program established in Canada in 1977 under which layoffs were avoided in twenty-four firms by reducing the hours worked of all employees and taking advantage of a temporary modification of unemployment insurance legislation that allowed workers to receive UI benefits for the day or so each week that they no longer worked. Employees generally favored the plan because, in the typical case of a 20 percent work reduction, they received an extra day of leisure per week while experiencing only a 5 percent reduction in after-tax income. Most employers also favored the plan because they avoided several costs of layoffs, such as the cost of hiring and training replacements for laid-off workers who do not respond to recall. For various reasons the federal government did not continue the program when the experiment ended in 1979, but in January 1982 the government again implemented the program on a temporary basis. The author argues that UI-assisted worksharing is more efficient and more equitable because it can greatly reduce the distributional inequities of unemployment.

scholarly journals Research on the price of harvesters in the secondary market as an aspect of changing their technical condition

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
M.A. Piskunov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Secondary Market ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Large Spread ◽  
The Hours ◽  
Operation Factor ◽  
The Cost ◽  
General Regression

In the timber industry complex of Russia, medium-sized and small enterprises with a volume of timber harvesting up to 100 thousand cubic meters per year occupy a share of 48% in the total vol-ume. Most of these enterprises do not have the capacity to purchase new harvesters. An alternative to the new harvesters are the harvesters from the secondary market. Thus the study of changes in the technical condition of harvesters during their operation is an actual study for Russia. The data on the models, age, number of hours worked and the cost of harvesters that are offered on the secondary market was collected. 202 commercial offers were collected. In total there are 31 harvesters under 5 years of operation; 99 harvesters from 5 to 10 years of operation; 56 – from 10 to 15 years of operation; and 16 – older than 15 years of operation. There are 73 John Deere harvesters (including the outdated Timberjack models), with 8 tracked vehicles, 29 Ponsse harvesters; 49 Komatsu harvesters (including the out-dated Valmet models) with 4 harvesters based on a tracked excavator; 37 harvesters of different models made on the basis of tracked excavators and 18 harvesters of other models. Hypothetically assuming that there is a connection between the price of the harvester and its condition, correlations were analyzed between the price and the age of the harvester and between the price and the number of worked hours of the harvester. The relationship between the price and the age is described by power and exponential curves, with coefficients of determination of 0.56 and 0.54, respectively. Filtering data by power range (160-205 kW) and by model (three models were considered: John Deere 1270; Ponsse Ergo; Komatsu 931) did not lead to clear certainty about the form of regression, although it slightly increased the coefficient of determination. There are groups of factors that can influence the type of regression: the seller's factor, the repair factor, the operation factor, and the technical characteristics factor, but determining the degree of influence of these groups requires additional research. The dependence between the price and the number of worked hours is characterized by a very weak relation due to a large spread of data owing to incorrect values of the hours marked by sellers. General regression trends for harvesters are consistent with data for other types of tractors. But to determine unambiguity in regressions requires the accumulation of empirical data on the reliability of machinery and changes in their price over a number of years.

Cyclical Learning Rates (CLR’s) for Improving Training Accuracies and Lowering Computational Cost

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rushikesh Chopade ◽  
Aditya Stanam ◽  
Anand Narayanan ◽  
Shrikant Pawar
Keyword(s):  
Binary Classification ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Learning Rate ◽  
Classification Problems ◽  
Pleural Thickening ◽  
Training Models ◽  
Learning Rates ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
One Class Classifier ◽  
The Cost

Abstract Prediction of different lung pathologies using chest X-ray images is a challenging task requiring robust training and testing accuracies. In this article, one-class classifier (OCC) and binary classification algorithms have been tested to classify 14 different diseases (atelectasis, cardiomegaly, consolidation, effusion, edema, emphysema, fibrosis, hernia, infiltration, mass, nodule, pneumonia, pneumothorax and pleural-thickening). We have utilized 3 different neural network architectures (MobileNetV1, Alexnet, and DenseNet-121) with four different optimizers (SGD, Adam, and RMSProp) for comparing best possible accuracies. Cyclical learning rate (CLR), a tuning hyperparameters technique was found to have a faster convergence of the cost towards the minima of cost function. Here, we present a unique approach of utilizing previously trained binary classification models with a learning rate decay technique for re-training models using CLR’s. Doing so, we found significant improvement in training accuracies for each of the selected conditions. Thus, utilizing CLR’s in callback functions seems a promising strategy for image classification problems.

Miniaturized Spectrophotometric Method for Quantification of Tannins in Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) Fruit Peel Dried Extracts

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-331
Author(s):  
Juliana Machado Brêtas ◽  
Diego Beltrão Pereira ◽  
Isabela Costa César ◽  
Gerson Antônio Pianetti
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Spectrophotometric Method ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Punica Granatum ◽  
Fruit Peel ◽  
Total Polyphenols ◽  
Wide Variability ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Punica Granatum L

Background: Punica granatum L. (pomegranate) is one of the oldest edible fruits used for the treatment of countless diseases. The bioactivity of this fruit is mainly related to tannins, especially elagitannins. P.granatum fruit peel dried extracts (PPDEs) are widely marketed today and the lack of accessible quality control methods is a key to the variable and questionable quality of these products. Objective: To develop a miniaturized spectrophotometric method for quantification of tannins in commercial PPDEs. Method: Spectrophotometric method using Folin-Ciocalteu reagent was developed and validated for quantification of total polyphenols and polyphenols not adsorbed by hide powder in 17 samples of commercial PPDEs. Tannins content was calculated by the difference between total polyphenols and polyphenols not adsorbed by hide powder contents and expressed as pyrogallol. The UV/Visible microplate spectrophotometer was operated at 760 nm. Results: The developed miniaturized method was precise, accurate, selective and linear, and has no rotational or translational matrix effect. This method significantly reduced the cost of the analysis: 82.2% with reagents, 84.7% in electricity consumption, and 56.3% in the total analysis time. The wide variability in tannins contents in commercial PPDEs (<1% to 14.20%) shows the importance of quality control, ensuring the therapeutic effect and safety of the extracts. Conclusion: A miniaturized spectrophotometric method was successfully developed and fully validated, being appropriate for quantification of tannins of PPDEs in quality control routine analysis, as it showed to be a simple and cheaper method.

9. Clinical and Practicum Education in the Professions: The Student Voice

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Ralph ◽  
Randy Wimmer ◽  
Keith Walker
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Student Voice ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Interpersonal Conflicts ◽  
Practicum Students ◽  
Professional Challenges ◽  
Personal Contribution ◽  
Clinical Program ◽  
Practicum Experiences ◽  
Professional Disciplines

Undergraduate students in professional education programs typically rate their clinical or practicum experiences as teh most important component of their entire pre-service preparation.  This essay addresses the value of students’ views regarding the effectiveness of practicum programs. We summarize the views of 546 post-practicum students from three professional disciplines (engineering, nursing, and teacher education), concerning what they considered to be the most positive and negative aspectsof their respective practicum/clinical field-experiences.Our data analysis revealed three positive themes across the disciplines: the supportive interrelationships that students experienced; their own professional achievements; and their personal contribution to the welfare of their clients/pupils. Three negative elements also emerged: individual personal/professional challenges; site-based interpersonal conflicts; and policy or procedural problems with the program. Implications are raised for practicum administrators regarding the contribution of the student voice to clinical program enhancement.

An Analysis of the Market for Systems Reliability Assurance Services

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (s-1) ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Arnold ◽  
James C. Lampe ◽  
John J. Masselli ◽  
Steve G. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Market Demand ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Assurance Services ◽  
Software Product ◽  
Total Profit ◽  
Standard Report ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

As the accounting profession enters new assurance markets, many decisions as to the best manner in which such services can be provided must be addressed. For instance, the traditional audit/attest-reporting model may not provide adequate information to justify the cost of assurance services in some situations. Alternatively, potential clients may turn to other assurance providers who are willing to provide better quality services and/or more informative assurance reporting. In this study, we examine the impact of a two-tier reporting model on the market demand for assurance services on software product reliability. One tier uses the traditional binary report common with audit/attest services where a standard report notes whether a software product achieves a minimum standard, while the other tier of reporting provides for a graded assessment of multiple levels of quality. The results indicate that when a graded report that differentiates high-quality vendors from moderateor low-quality vendors is available (1) high-quality vendors are willing to pay for the report, (2) buyers are willing to pay a premium for the reduced risk associated with a highquality opinion, and (3) high-quality vendors are able to drive other vendors with inferior products out of the market. When only a binary report is available, the market is more confused and chaotic. Vendors are not able to signal quality clearly; the high-quality vendor is not able to dominate the market; there is less vendor demand for the assurance report; buyers are unable to determine their desired product and make less total profit. These results have several implications for the accounting profession and researchers as they work on the design of new assurance service models.

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