Cannabis Training Opportunities for Healthcare Professionals

Background: The provision and use of telecare services implies new ways of working for home healthcare staff. To gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for sound telecare practice, staff are in need of thorough training opportunities. Simulation has been suggested as a useful approach to prepare healthcare professionals for providing telecare services. The aim of this study was to test and evaluate a simulation-based telecare training program for qualified healthcare professionals and explore whether it met intended training objectives from the perspective of the trainees.Methods: A total of 14 healthcare professionals working in home healthcare services participated in up to two training sessions, each across two separate days. Data were collected by way of four tape-recorded focus group interviews and field notes from non-participant observations of eight simulation sessions, and were analysed by way of systematic text condensation.Results: The analysis resulted in seven categories addressing trainees’ experiences of partaking in simulated virtual visits; their perceptions of simulation-based telecare training; and their views on the main learning outcomes from the simulation-based training program in question.Conclusions: Simulation-based training provides trainees with realistic insight into the knowledge and skills required for new ways of working through telecare and can thus be a useful way of preparing healthcare professionals for the delivery of telecare services such as virtual home healthcare visits.

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Ethnogeriatrics: Development and Application of the Cohort Analysis Tool

Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations ◽

10.1044/cds21.2.37 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 37-52

Author(s):

Melen McBride

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Cohort Analysis ◽

Analysis Tool ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Clinical Tool ◽

Research Activities ◽

Key Concepts ◽

Practice Teaching ◽

Language Pathology ◽

Significant Factors

Ethnogeriatrics is an evolving specialty in geriatric care that focuses on the health and aging issues in the context of culture for older adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds. This article is an introduction to ethnogeriatrics for healthcare professionals including speech-language pathologists (SLPs). This article focuses on significant factors that contributed to the development of ethnogeriatrics, definitions of some key concepts in ethnogeriatrics, introduces cohort analysis as a teaching and clinical tool, and presents applications for speech-language pathology with recommendations for use of cohort analysis in practice, teaching, and research activities.

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The Preschool Stuttering Screen for Health Care Professionals

Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders ◽

10.1044/ffd21.2.59 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 59-62

Author(s):

Joseph Donaher ◽

Christina Deery ◽

Sarah Vogel

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Health Care ◽

Differential Diagnosis ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Developmental Profile

Healthcare professionals require a thorough understanding of stuttering since they frequently play an important role in the identification and differential diagnosis of stuttering for preschool children. This paper introduces The Preschool Stuttering Screen for Healthcare Professionals (PSSHP) which highlights risk factors identified in the literature as being associated with persistent stuttering. By integrating the results of the checklist with a child’s developmental profile, healthcare professionals can make better-informed, evidence-based decisions for their patients.

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Competition Spurs Enhanced Doctoral Training Opportunities

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.ae.09092004.1 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 1-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gloriajean L. Wallace

Keyword(s):

Doctoral Training ◽

Training Opportunities

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Telepractice Training for Early Intervention with Children who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp1.sig9.60 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (9) ◽

pp. 60-67

Author(s):

Kristina M. Blaiser ◽

Diane Behl

Keyword(s):

Early Intervention ◽

Hard Of Hearing ◽

Communication Disorders ◽

Staff Support ◽

Early Intervention Services ◽

Part C ◽

Training Courses ◽

Part C Early Intervention ◽

Training Opportunities

Telepractice is an increasingly popular service delivery model for serving individuals with communication disorders, particularly infants and toddlers who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) served under Part C Early Intervention programs (Behl, Houston, & Stredler-Brown, 2012). Recent studies have demonstrated that telepractice is effective for providing children who are DHH and their families with access to high quality early intervention services (Behl et al., 2016; Blaiser, Behl, Callow-Heusser, & White, 2013). While telepractice has grown in popularity, there continues to be a lack of formalized training opportunities to help providers become more familiar with telepractice (Behl & Kahn, 2015). This paper outlines online training courses for providers, families, and administrators of programs for children who are DHH. Recommendations for follow up training and staff support are included.

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