ASPiH Conference 2019 keynote paper. Quality improvement through simulation: a missed opportunity?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-195
Author(s):  
Paul O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Delivery Of Healthcare ◽  
Simulation Research ◽  
Emergency Procedures ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Improving Patient Care ◽  
And Training

As the use of simulation has become more established in the delivery of healthcare education and training, there has been a corresponding increase in healthcare simulation research. Simulation-based research can be divided into research about simulation (answers research questions in which the focus is on simulation itself) and research through simulation (simulation as a method/tool for research). However, there are barriers, particularly for smaller less well-resourced simulation centres, that may prohibit participation in research. Therefore, it is suggested that quality improvement (QI) through simulation may be a pragmatic way in which simulation centres of all sizes can contribute to improving patient care beyond education and training. QI is defined as systematic, data-guided activities designed to bring about immediate, positive changes in the delivery of healthcare. Although not the case in healthcare, other industries routinely used simulation to support QI. For example, in aviation simulation is used to inform the design of the working environment, the appropriate use of technology, to exercise emergency procedures and to ‘re-fly’ flights following an adverse event as part of the mishap investigation. Integrating simulation within healthcare QI can support the development of novel interventions as well helping to address heretofore intractable issues.

scholarly journals Digital Tools as an Enabler for Educational and Training Processes: The Case Study of REFUGEEClassAssistance4 Teachers Project

Proceedings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Ourania Areta ◽  
Karel Van Isacker
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
And Training

Digitalization has transformed all aspects of life, from social interactions to the working environment and education, something that accelerated with the emergence of COVID-19. The same stands for education and training activities, where the use of digital tools has been gradually advancing and become merely online because of the virus. This brought forth the need to discuss further the applications, benefits, and challenges of digital tools within the framework of the education and training process, and the need to study examples of successful applications. This study aims to support both these requirements by presenting the case study of REFUGEEClassAssistance4Teachers project and its outcomes.

Prestige versus Practicality—A Dilemma for the Engineering Profession

1985 ◽  
Vol 199 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
K McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
The Past ◽  
Social Prestige ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Training

British engineers have claimed that their important contributions to economic and social well-being, based on their achievements as practical people, have gone unrecognized or unrewarded. Yet over the past thirty years efforts to boost the social prestige of British engineers appear to have undermined the social arrangements which fostered the strong practical ethos. Increasing reliance on the full-time educational system is tending to raise social prestige through bringing the ‘all graduate profession’ and through trends to recruitment from higher social backgrounds. Yet these trends have been associated with a fall in traditional and recognizable training. This paper examines both the nature of the ‘practical’ tradition and efforts to raise ‘prestige’ and asks whether the engineering profession is caught on the horns of an irresolvable dilemma—to boost either prestige or practicality. The paper concludes that in principle the British pattern of education and training has much to commend it still, with the strong emphasis on training elements in a working environment. But it is argued that its success will depend on engineers and their employers becoming much more active in the field of training.

scholarly journals Improved Biosafety and Biosecurity Measures and/or Strategies to Tackle Laboratory-Acquired Infections and Related Risks

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huasong Peng ◽  
Muhammad Bilal ◽  
Hafiz Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Salmonella Spp ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Laboratory Workers ◽  
And Training

Herein, we reviewed laboratory-acquired infections (LAIs) along with their health-related biological risks to provide an evidence base to tackle biosafety/biosecurity and biocontainment issues. Over the past years, a broad spectrum of pathogenic agents, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, or genetically modified organisms, have been described and gained a substantial concern due to their profound biological as well as ecological risks. Furthermore, the emergence and/or re-emergence of life-threatening diseases are of supreme concern and come under the biosafety and biosecurity agenda to circumvent LAIs. Though the precise infection risk after an exposure remains uncertain, LAIs inspections revealed that Brucella spp., Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Rickettsia spp., and Neisseria meningitidis are the leading causes. Similarly, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as hepatitis B (HBV) and C viruses (HCV), and the dimorphic fungi are accountable for the utmost number of viral and fungal-associated LAIs. In this context, clinical laboratories at large and microbiology, mycology, bacteriology, and virology-oriented laboratories, in particular, necessitate appropriate biosafety and/or biosecurity measures to ensure the safety of laboratory workers and working environment, which are likely to have direct or indirect contact/exposure to hazardous materials or organisms. Laboratory staff education and training are indispensable to gain an adequate awareness to handle biologically hazardous materials as per internationally recognized strategies. In addition, workshops should be organized among laboratory workers to let them know the epidemiology, pathogenicity, and human susceptibility of LAIs. In this way, several health-related threats that result from the biologically hazardous materials can be abridged or minimized and controlled by the correct implementation of nationally and internationally certified protocols that include proper microbiological practices, containment devices/apparatus, satisfactory facilities or resources, protective barriers, and specialized education and training of laboratory staffs. The present work highlights this serious issue of LAIs and associated risks with suitable examples. Potential preventive strategies to tackle an array of causative agents are also discussed. In this respect, the researchers and scientific community may benefit from the lessons learned in the past to anticipate future problems.

Low-Skill Workers, Technology, and Education: A New Vision for Workforce Development Policy

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Gatta
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Market Status ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Family Demands ◽  
Work Education ◽  
And Training

Meeting the education and training needs of low-skill working adults will require a transformation of United States workforce development policy. A significant component of this transformation is the development of education and training programs that are crafted around the needs of these workers. Traditional classroom based learning — which is inflexible in time and place — presents a series of barriers to low-skill adults. This article documents the relationship between educational attainment and labour market status in the US. It explores the extent to which the use of technology and online learning may help to equalise access to education and training by providing learning opportunities that can better incorporate working adults' work, education and family demands.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan, Pendidikan dan Pelatihan, dan Lingkungan Kerja terhadap Kinerja Anggota Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja di Kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Arson ◽  
Bambang Mantikei ◽  
Usup Riassy Christa
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Positive Leadership ◽  
Work Atmosphere ◽  
And Training

The purpose of this study were to analyze the influence of leadership style, education and training, and working environment on performance of civil service police member (Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja/Satpol PP) in Kotawaringin Timur regency. A descriptive quantitative analysis was used to examine 88 personnel of the unit. The results indicate that, first, leadership style has no definite and significant effect on personnel‘ performance. Secondly, education and training have a significant effect on members‘ performance. Lastly, a pleasant working environment has positively affected the personals‘ performance. This research suggests strengthening a positive leadership model that can make the work atmosphere more comfortable, increasing employees‘ engaged and enthusiastic so that they are willing to put their potency in order to complete the task.

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