scholarly journals Lessons From an Evaluation of a Training Program of Paid Eldercare Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 710-710
Author(s):  
Liat Ayalon
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Social Program ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Funding Stream

Abstract The present study is based on a three-year evaluation of an Israeli training program for local paid elder care workers, called “community care.” Interviews were conducted with all stakeholders involved in the program, including program developers, facilitators, funders, trainees, dropouts, employers, and older care recipients. Qualitative thematic analysis was used, supplemented by quantitative data concerning the program’s inputs, outputs and outcomes. The program had multiple strengths, including a substantial funding stream and a highly skilled and committed team. Yet, out of 130 participants (in the 7 training programs evaluated), only 94 completed the program and 31 were later employed as care workers. Three main challenges to the efficacy of the training program were identified. The findings stress the importance of adequately conducting the appropriate needs assessment prior to embarking on a new social program and illustrate the tension between an ideal prototype and real-life constraints.

scholarly journals Government-assisted Refugees in Toronto's LINC Classes: An Exploration of Perceived Needs an Barriers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dunja Metikos Debeljacki
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Language Training ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
The City ◽  
Permanent Residents

Studies on any aspect of the resettlement of government-assisted refugees (GARs) in Canada are scarce. This lack of research is particularly prominent in the area of GARs' experience in official language-training programs. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitataive data, this paper is the first examination of the perceived needs and barriers of GARs in Language and Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC), a federally-funded langauge training program for newly arrived permanent residents. The study focuses on the LINC program in the City of Toronto. Analysis of quantitative data suggests that GARs have high drop-out and low graduation rates from LINC classes compared to other immigrants. Interviews with key informants parallel the findings from the quantitative data, but also identify significant difficulties faced by GARs both inside and outside the LINC classroom. This study contributes to an enhanced understanding of the settlement needs of GARs and advocates for the development of both new and improved programs and services for GARs in Canada.

scholarly journals Turning Community Elder Care into a Profession: Insights from Trainees, Developers, Employers and Supervisors

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5867
Author(s):  
Aya Ben-Harush ◽  
Liat Ayalon ◽  
Shiri Shinan-Altman
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Elder Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Care Worker ◽  
Community Care Workers

This study explores the process of turning elder care into a profession, by giving a voice to different professionals who took part in developing and implementing a new Israeli training program for community care workers. The program attempts to offer a response to the shortage of paid long-term carers for older adults by turning community elder care into a profession. Interviews with graduates, trainees who dropped out of the program, developers, employers and supervisors from three regions of the training program were conducted. Analysis explored attempts to transition community care from an occupation to a profession. The community care worker’s role and its uniqueness in comparison to the traditional paid long-term care worker are discussed. The difficulties that stem from the ambiguity of the definition of this new occupation are described.

scholarly journals Virtual environment pedestrian training programs for children: a review of the literature

SURG Journal ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shantelle Novak
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Simulated Environment ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Pedestrian Injuries

Pedestrian injuries are among the most frequent and serious causes of injury to children. Exploration of an appropriate and effective training program is needed. Many children’s pedestrian training programs have been implemented in the past in attempts to alleviate this problem, but they have been unsuccessful in transferring the knowledge the children learned to actual behaviours exhibited. Literature suggests developing a program where children can not only learn about safe pedestrian behaviours, but be given the opportunity to discuss possible actions and outcomes with their peers under guidance of an adult. To help children in the generalization of knowledge to behaviour, training programs should also give children the chance to practice newly learned skills in a simulated environment using computer-based technology. Virtual environment training programs have been successful in the past, especially computer games, which are both educational and entertaining and thus appealing to children. According to literature, development of a virtual environment pedestrian training program appropriate for the child’s current cognitive abilities will allow them to practice safe pedestrian practices. The skills learned from such a program can directly transfer to behaviours in real-life situations, and would contribute to decreasing the prevalence of childhood pedestrian injuries.

scholarly journals Government-assisted Refugees in Toronto's LINC Classes: An Exploration of Perceived Needs an Barriers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dunja Metikos Debeljacki
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Language Training ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
The City ◽  
Permanent Residents

Studies on any aspect of the resettlement of government-assisted refugees (GARs) in Canada are scarce. This lack of research is particularly prominent in the area of GARs' experience in official language-training programs. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitataive data, this paper is the first examination of the perceived needs and barriers of GARs in Language and Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC), a federally-funded langauge training program for newly arrived permanent residents. The study focuses on the LINC program in the City of Toronto. Analysis of quantitative data suggests that GARs have high drop-out and low graduation rates from LINC classes compared to other immigrants. Interviews with key informants parallel the findings from the quantitative data, but also identify significant difficulties faced by GARs both inside and outside the LINC classroom. This study contributes to an enhanced understanding of the settlement needs of GARs and advocates for the development of both new and improved programs and services for GARs in Canada.

70. Supporting IMG integration into residency trainings

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
S. Glover Takahashi ◽  
M. Alameddine ◽  
D. Martin ◽  
S. Verma ◽  
S. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Residency Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Medical Trainees ◽  
Personal Wellness

This paper is describes the design, development, implementation and evaluation of a preparatory training program for international medical trainees. The program was offered for one week full time shortly before they begin their residency training programs. First the paper reports on the survey and focus groups that guided the learning objectives and the course content. Next the paper describes the curriculum development phase and reports on the topical themes, session goals and objectives and learning materials. Three main themes emerged when developing the program: understanding the educational, health and practice systems in Canada; development of communication skills; and supporting personal success in residency training including self assessment, reflection and personal wellness. Sample lesson plans and handouts from each of the theme areas are illustrated. The comprehensive evaluation of the sessions and the overall program is then also described. The paper then summarizes the identified key issues and challenges in the design and implementation of a preparatory training program for international medical trainees before they begin their residency training programs. Allan GM, Manca D, Szafran O, Korownyk C. Workforce issues in general surgery. Am Surg. 2007 Feb; 73(2):100-8. Dauphinee, WD. The circle game: understanding physician migration patterns within Canada. Acad Med. 2006 (Dec); 81(12 Suppl):S49-54. Spike NA. International medical graduates: the Australian perspective. Academic Medicine. 2006 (Sept); 81(9):842-6.

52. Simulation based training improves resident competence in the performance of critical resuscitation procedures

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
I. Rigby ◽  
I. Walker ◽  
T. Donnon ◽  
D. Howes ◽  
J. Lord
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Procedural Skills ◽  
Simulation Based

We sought to assess the impact of procedural skills simulation training on residents’ competence in performing critical resuscitation skills. Our study was a prospective, cross-sectional study of residents from three residency training programs (Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine) at the University of Calgary. Participants completed a survey measuring competence in the performance of the procedural skills required to manage hemodynamic instability. The study intervention was an 8 hour simulation based training program focused on resuscitation procedure psychomotor skill acquisition. Competence was criterion validated at the Right Internal Jugular Central Venous Catheter Insertion station by an expert observer using a standardized checklist (Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) format). At the completion of the simulation course participants repeated the self-assessment survey. Descriptive Statistics, Cronbach’s alpha, Pearson’s correlation coefficient and Paired Sample t-test statistical tools were applied to the analyze the data. Thirty-five of 37 residents (9 FRCPC Emergency Medicine, 4 CCFP-Emergency Medicine, 17 CCFP, and 5 Internal Medicine) completed both survey instruments and the eight hour course. Seventy-two percent of participants were PGY-1 or 2. Mean age was 30.7 years of age. Cronbach’s alpha for the survey instrument was 0.944. Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient was 0.69 (p < 0.001) for relationship between Expert Assessment and Self-Assessment. The mean improvement in competence score pre- to post-intervention was 6.77 (p < 0.01, 95% CI 5.23-8.32). Residents from a variety of training programs (Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine) demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in competence with critical resuscitation procedural skills following an intensive simulation based training program. Self-assessment of competence was validated using correlation data based on expert assessments. Dawson S. Procedural simulation: a primer. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2006; 17(2.1):205-13. Vozenilek J, Huff JS, Reznek M, Gordon JA. See one, do one, teach one: advanced technology in medical education. Acad Emerg Med. 2004; 11(11):1149-54. Ziv A, Wolpe PR, Small SD, Glick S. Simulation-based medical education: an ethical imperative. Acad Med. 2003; 78(8):783-8.

PRACTICAL BASE OF FORMULATING RETRAINING PROGRAMS ON ETHNIC MINORITY AFFAIRS KNOWLEDGE FOR CADRES, CIVIL SERVANTS UP TO 2030

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Dung ◽  
Giang Khac Binh
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Political System ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
The Political ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past

As developing programs is the core in fostering knowledge on ethnic work for cadres and civil servants under Decision No. 402/QD-TTg dated 14/3/2016 of the Prime Minister, it is urgent to build training program on ethnic minority affairs for 04 target groups in the political system from central to local by 2020 with a vision to 2030. The article highlighted basic issues of practical basis to design training program of ethnic minority affairs in the past years; suggested solutions to build the training programs in integration and globalization period.

PyDOSS: An open-source Python-based communicable disease outbreak surveillance system designed and used in a COVID-19 community care facility (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Fang ◽  
Jonathan Kia-Sheng Phua ◽  
Terrence Chiew ◽  
Daniel De-Liang Loh ◽  
Lincoln Ming Han Liow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Increased Risk

BACKGROUND During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, community care facilities (CCF) were set up as temporary out-of-hospital isolation facilities to contain the surge of cases in Singapore. Confined living spaces within CCFs posed an increased risk of communicable disease spread among residents. OBJECTIVE This inspired our healthcare team managing a CCF operation to design a low-cost communicable disease outbreak surveillance system (CDOSS). METHODS Our CDOSS was designed with the following considerations: (1) comprehensiveness, (2) efficiency through passive reconnoitering from electronic medical record (EMR) data, (3) ability to provide spatiotemporal insights, (4) low-cost and (5) ease of use. We used Python to develop a lightweight application – Python-based Communicable Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (PyDOSS) – that was able perform syndromic surveillance and fever monitoring. With minimal user actions, its data pipeline would generate daily control charts and geospatial heat maps of cases from raw EMR data and logged vital signs. PyDOSS was successfully implemented as part of our CCF workflow. We also simulated a gastroenteritis (GE) outbreak to test the effectiveness of the system. RESULTS PyDOSS was used throughout the entire duration of operation; the output was reviewed daily by senior management. No disease outbreaks were identified during our medical operation. In the simulated GE outbreak, PyDOSS was able to effectively detect an outbreak within 24 hours and provided information about cluster progression which could aid in contact tracing. The code for a stock version of PyDOSS has been made publicly available. CONCLUSIONS PyDOSS is an effective surveillance system which was successfully implemented in a real-life medical operation. With the system developed using open-source technology and the code made freely available, it significantly reduces the cost of developing and operating CDOSS and may be useful for similar temporary medical operations, or in resource-limited settings.

Strategies for Facilitating Ongoing Communication Between Clinical Education Coordinators and Preceptors

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Sara Nottingham
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Athletic Training ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Phone Calls

Communication between athletic training programs and preceptors is not only an accreditation requirement, but also a mechanism to foster effective clinical education experiences. Communicating regularly with preceptors can provide them with feedback and help demonstrate their value to the athletic training program. Improved communication between academic and clinical education has been identified as a need in athletic training. Ongoing communication can be facilitated in a variety of formal and informal ways, including preceptor newsletters, site visits, questionnaires, meetings, and phone calls. Clinical education coordinators should select methods of communication that meet the needs of their program and preceptors.

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