Teaching Skills of Health Professionals

1989 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROD A. LORENZ
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Teacher Behaviors ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Analytic Method ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Education Process ◽  
Improve Health

The purpose of this paper is to describe an analytic method that focuses on health professionals' teaching skills. The method involves comparing live or recorded teacher behaviors with operational definitions of 20 skills known to influence learning outcomes, and assigning numerical ratings on a four-point scale. The videotapes prepared for this symposium are rated and compared with other sessions recorded in health care settings. Virtually all patient educators could improve their teaching skills substantially. Although many questions about teaching skills and education process remain unanswered, available data clearly justify training to improve health professionals' teaching skills.

scholarly journals Defining and Achieving Health Equity in Genomic Medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Jooma ◽  
Michael J. Hahn ◽  
Lucia A. Hindorff ◽  
Vence L. Bonham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Genomic Medicine ◽  
Genomic Research ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
Improve Health

The potential of genomics to improve health comes with the peril that the benefits will not be equitably available to all populations. Existing health disparities can be exacer­bated if the implementation of genomic medicine does not intentionally focus on health equity. Defining what health equity means in the context of genomics and outlining how it can be achieved is impor­tant for the future of the field. Strategies to improve health equity include addressing underrepresentation of diverse popula­tions in genomic research, investigating how genomic services can be deployed in diverse health care settings and underserved communities, increasing workforce diversity, supporting infrastructure development out­side traditional research centers, and engag­ing communities and health care providers. By employing these strategies, the genomic research community can advance health equity in genomic medicine. Ethn Dis. 2019;29(Suppl 1):173-178; doi:10.18865/ed.29.S1.173.

scholarly journals Health professionals’ perceptions about physical activity promotion in diabetes care within primary health care settings in Oman

Heliyon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. e00495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thamra S. Alghafri ◽  
Saud M. Alharthi ◽  
Samiya Al-balushi ◽  
Yahya Al-Farsi ◽  
Zakiya Al-busaidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Diabetes Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Primary Health Care Settings

scholarly journals Cooperate, coordinate, communicate or collaborate?

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Sandra G Leggat
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Institute Of Medicine ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Individual Outcomes ◽  
System Components ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Competitive Behaviour ◽  
Improve Health

IN HEALTH CARE we use these ?C? words regularly ? describing what health professionals, patients, consumers, politicians and managers need to do to improve health care systems. A snapshot of each of these is provided below. The Institute of Medicine?s Crossing the Quality Chasm report suggested that cooperation among clinicians was a priority.1 Yet game theorists have long shown that cooperation results in better individual outcomes than competitive behaviour. 2 Driven to achieve the best outcomes, people will choose to cooperate more often than they choose to compete. Most recently, game theory analysis has even been applied to the evolution of cancer, with the resulting conclusion of ?malignancy from cooperation?3 ? tumours grow because it is the nature of cells to cooperate. Given this tremendous innate ?force? for cooperation, why is there the appearance of less cooperation among health system components than we would like?

scholarly journals Defining and Achieving Health Equity in Genomic Medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 173-178
Author(s):  
Sonya Jooma ◽  
Michael J. Hahn ◽  
Lucia A. Hindorff ◽  
Vence L. Bonham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Genomic Medicine ◽  
Genomic Research ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Traditional Research ◽  
Improve Health

The potential of genomics to improve health comes with the peril that the benefits will not be equitably available to all populations. Existing health disparities can be exacer­bated if the implementation of genomic medicine does not intentionally focus on health equity. Defining what health equity means in the context of genomics and outlining how it can be achieved is impor­tant for the future of the field. Strategies to improve health equity include addressing underrepresentation of diverse popula­tions in genomic research, investigating how genomic services can be deployed in diverse health care settings and underserved communities, increasing workforce diversity, supporting infrastructure development out­side traditional research centers, and engag­ing communities and health care providers. By employing these strategies, the genomic research community can advance health equity in genomic medicine. Ethn Dis. 2019;29(Suppl 1):173-178; doi:10.18865/ ed.29.S1.173.

scholarly journals Whanau meetings in the hospital: Uncovering the unique role of social workers

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Haultain ◽  
Andrew Thompson ◽  
Matalau Loli ◽  
Joanne Herd ◽  
Susan Comber
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Hospital Social Workers ◽  
Family Meetings

Social workers in health care settings frequently play a major role in working with patients, families and other health professionals to utilise family meetings to improve communication and outcomes. This article describes a quality related project undertaken by a group of hospital social workers to explore effective social work practice in family meetings. The study identifies five essential practice activities as significant in supporting effective whanau meeting practice.

INFORMATION(AL) MATTERS: BIOETHICS AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa S. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Traditional Health Care ◽  
Sphere Of Influence ◽  
Blind Spots

In this essay, I argue that the way American bioethics has traditionally conceived of the distinction between public and private has given rise to some ethically problematic blind spots in its analyses to date. Furthermore, I argue that bioethics's view of the public and private spheres has reinforced a shortsighted view of bioethics's analytical sphere of influence. In particular, it has led bioethics to conceptualize issues largely from the perspective of health professionals, eschewing analyses of the problems of health and health information that patients and their intimates face outside of professional relationships and traditional health-care settings. It has also led some bioethical analyses to reflect, and to some degree reinforce, relationships of power that they might instead challenge.

Knowledge, attitude and practices on developmental surveillance and screening among health professionals in Indian health care settings: An exploratory sequential mixed methods study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Kritika Jain ◽  
John Solomon ◽  
Selvam Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Developmental Surveillance ◽  
Developmental Care ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Study Results

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of health care professionals in pediatric settings on developmental surveillance and screening programs and also to identify the barriers and facilitators during its implementation. METHODS: The data were collected from health professionals involved in pediatric developmental care, practicing in various hospitals, clinics and nursing homes in a suburban city on west coast of Southern India. The study involved cross-sectional exploratory sequential mixed method design which included a quantitative questionnaire survey on health professionals (n= 52) followed by qualitative face-to-face interviews with chosen respondents who participated in the survey (n= 8). The survey data are reported with descriptive statistics, and interview data are subjected to inductive content analysis for deriving codes, categories and themes. RESULTS: The study results indicate that health professionals involved in pediatric developmental care in Indian health care settings have fair knowledge and a favorable attitude towards the use of developmental surveillance and screening. Furthermore, the facilitators and barriers of implementation have been reported. The strategies outlined by interview respondents to improve adherence to implementation have been discussed. CONCLUSIONS: The practice of developmental surveillance and screening is limited despite favorable knowledge and attitude among health professionals in pediatric developmental care and is dependent on health care organizational setup.

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