Post‐Baccalaureate Program Biochemistry Content as a Predictive Indicator of Health Professional School Admissions and Success

This study describes and provides qualitative analysis of an innovative, inter-professional (IP) geriatrics curriculum focused on team-based care with healthy older adults in a home-based community setting. The curriculum consisted of five, four-hour didactic and experiential sessions over one academic year. Dental, medical, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, and physician assistant students were placed into teams led by IP faculty from each health professional school. Teams met with a community-dwelling older adult three times. At the program’s conclusion, students responded to the reflective question “What is the most important learning experience you expect to take away from the geriatric inter-professional training? A qualitative analysis of student responses revealed four common themes from all five professions aligning with curricular goals: (1) health professional roles/scope of practice, (2) geriatric care and health outcomes, (3) team communication/collaboration, and (4) advocating for one’s own profession. As sites for institutional clinical training become scarcer for health professions’ trainees, this study offers both a novel, IP, geriatrics curriculum with didactic/experiential learning through community partnerships in a home-based setting and a reflective evaluation.

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The Role of School Counselors in Meeting Students’ Mental Health Needs: Examining Issues of Professional Identity

Professional School Counseling ◽

10.1177/2156759x0001600502 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 (5) ◽

pp. 2156759X0001600 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Lorraine Dekruyf ◽

Richard W. Auger ◽

Shannon Trice-Black

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Professional ◽

Professional Identity ◽

School Counselors ◽

Mental Health Professional ◽

School Counselor ◽

Health Needs ◽

Professional School ◽

Mental Health Needs ◽

Educational Leader

The professional identity of school counselors has evolved over time. This article traces the historical context driving this evolution, and suggests it is time for the profession to conjoin the roles of educational leader and mental health professional. This proposal is prompted by heightened awareness of unmet student mental health needs, referrals that go unmet, school counselors displaced by other mental health providers in schools, the potential loss of the unique school counselor role, and the natural link between the mental health professional role and the array of personal-social factors that impact student achievement. A conjoint professional school counselor identity that includes the roles of both educational leader and mental health professional positions school counselors to better respond to all students, including those with mental health needs. This article discusses potential roadblocks and offers suggestions for action.

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The Role of Education in Breastfeeding Success

Food and Nutrition Bulletin ◽

10.1177/156482659601700427 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Veronica Valdés ◽

Janine Schooley

Keyword(s):

Health Professional ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Professional School ◽

Multiplier Effect ◽

Professional Institution ◽

Information Skills ◽

And Training ◽

Different Levels ◽

School Curricula

Many of the factors that have contributed to the decline in breastfeeding around the world can be overcome by education and support. Examples of successful approaches to education at different levels (mother, health professional, institution) that impact breastfeeding are discussed. For example, because breastfeeding is a learned behaviour for both mother and baby, providing the mother with information, skills, and support for the breastfeeding process is integral to her ability to breastfeed successfully. In addition, because the health professional plays a pivotal role in the success or failure of breastfeeding it is essential I that education and training of health professionals be adequately addressed. By using an approach to healthprofessional education that builds on a highly trained core and spreads to all levels through a built-in multiplier effect, improvement of breastfeeding practices can be assured. In order to sustain these results, however, health-professional school curricula must include adequate information on the science of lactation and the clinical management of breastfeeding The experience of Chile's National Breastfeeding Programme is used to illustrate the power of education at each of these levels in influencing the success of breastfeeding and the feasibility of using education of both mothers and health professionals as a way of preserving this incredible natural resource.

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An Understanding of Students' Perspectives Toward Diversity at a Midwestern Health Professional School: A Phenomenological Study

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1307 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marilee J Bresciani

Keyword(s):

International Students ◽

Health Professional ◽

Students Of Color ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Professional School ◽

Racial Climate ◽

Student Needs ◽

Climate Assessment ◽

Professional Institution ◽

Upper Level

As a result of a recent student needs and satisfaction survey, a Midwestern health professional school conducted a phenomenological study to better understand the students' perceptions toward diversity within their institution. The specific purpose of the climate assessment was to explore, through the perceptions of the students, the diverse cultural and racial climate of this Midwestern health professional institution. Students defined diversity broadly and five themes identifying students' needs in regards to diversity emerged: 1. The need for students to be respected, no matter what their difference, by the faculty and their peers. 2. The need for students of color not to be stereotyped and to be treated with respect. 3. The international students' need to not feel so isolated. 4. The need for the students to not be gender stereotyped. 5. The questioning of the need to diversify faculty and, more importantly, upper level administration.

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MAMS: A Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Rich Collaborative Bridge Program to Doctoral Graduate and Health Professional School

The FASEB Journal ◽

10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.535.15 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (S1) ◽

Author(s):

Mark Taylor

Keyword(s):

Molecular Biology ◽

Health Professional ◽

Professional School ◽

Bridge Program ◽

Doctoral Graduate

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Assessing Social Skills in Health Professional Services

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759.21.3.173 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 173-181

Author(s):

Francisco Gil ◽

Jesús Sanz ◽

María Paz García-Vera ◽

José M. León ◽

Silvia Medina ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Health Services ◽

Health Professional ◽

Aggressive Behavior ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Intervention Program ◽

Professional Services ◽

Quality Of Health Services

Abstract. The quality of health services depends on the contribution of all the professionals involved in the system, including certain groups, usually forgotten and underrated, such as the health-transport technicians (HTT). With the aim of improving this group's performance, an intervention program, focusing on the development of the workers' technical and social skills, was designed in a collective of enterprises. Information about the first stage of this program, consisting of the assessment of these workers' social skills, is offered in this study. A specific questionnaire was developed: The Health-Transport Technicians Social Skills Questionnaire (HTT-SSQ), made up of three scales (assertive, passive, and aggressive behavior). It was administered to a large sample (N = 530) from the above-mentioned association. The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were analyzed, with quite satisfactory indexes of internal consistency and factor validity, and the group's deficiencies (excess or deficit) were evaluated.

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