Making an IMPACT on Career Development for Early- and Mid-career Faculty

Endocrinology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 162 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J Sikora ◽  
Rebecca B Riggins ◽  
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Nuclear Receptors ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
New Faculty ◽  
New Ideas

Abstract Nuclear receptors (NRs) are critically important in normal and disease physiology. Recent advances have created opportunities to expand our success in NR basic and translational research, but this field lacks a platform to lay the collaborative groundwork for aspiring and upcoming leaders in the field. NR IMPACT (Interdisciplinary Meeting for Progress And Collaboration Together) is a new collaborative group designed specifically for early- and midcareer faculty who study NRs in their many forms. A unique goal of NR IMPACT is to also directly address career challenges for early- and mid-career faculty. NR IMPACT held an inaugural conference in September 2020 and developed a roadmap identifying 5 major structural and science policy challenges facing early- and mid-career faculty. NR IMPACT identified potential best practices, resources needed, and key action items to address these issues. NR IMPACT is a first of its kind cohort dedicated to building a foundation for the scientific and professional growth of investigators studying NRs, and supporting new collaborations that will advance new paradigms in NR biology. Our unique focus on career development will enhance the success of current faculty and remove hurdles for new faculty, creating a robust pipeline of investigators with exciting new ideas to advance NR biology. The growth of NR IMPACT will build a strong peer-mentoring cohort that can be a unique resource for researchers and a prototype peer group for other disciplines.

Abstract NS20: Improving Stroke Evidenced-Based Best Practices Across a Multi-State Healthcare System

Stroke ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Camp ◽  
Ann Mroz ◽  
Tina Cronin ◽  
Maria Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Patient Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Group Development ◽  
Quality Metrics ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
Conference Calls ◽  
Evidenced Based ◽  
Get With The Guidelines

Background and Purpose: As a National effort to provide a framework to improve stroke best practices, a multi- center healthcare system with 48 hospitals across ten states established a stroke collaborative working group. The purpose was to develop a forum to standardize and improve stroke evidenced-based best practices with sister facilities. Methods: A questionnaire was developed and distributed to the stroke collaborative group. A telephone conference was held to review survey results and organizational trends from the 2010 Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) stroke quality metrics. Three quality metrics, dysphagia screening, patient education and door to needle (DTN) were initially identified along with establishing three subcommittees to focus upon improving best practices for each of these measures. Educational webinars, best practice successes and barriers were shared on monthly conference calls as well as a development of an email stroke distribution list serve to improve communication. Results: The three chosen GWTG stroke quality metric score aggregates from 2010 to 2013 second quarter were: dysphagia screen 78.8% to 85.7%, patient education 86% to 94.6%, DTN 60 minutes or less 31% to 72.8% with a mean DTN time of 91 minutes to 68.8 minutes. Conclusion: Formation of a stroke collaborative group for this organization had a positive effect on improving stroke best practices. Areas of focus identified were standardized best practice processes which included creation of system-wide electronic stroke order sets, development of staff and patient educational materials, implementation of templates and development of a DTN challenge. As the Stroke Collaborative expanded three additional working subcommittees were established, Patient Satisfaction, Emergency Medical Service collaboration and Stroke Support Group Development. In conclusion facilitation of communication and collaboration utilizing individual talents and resources is an effective way to improve stroke evidenced-based best practice across a multi-state healthcare system.

Ubiquitous Game-Based Learning in Higher Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 106-129
Author(s):  
Anna Kasimati ◽  
Sofia Mysirlaki ◽  
Hara Bouta ◽  
Fotini Paraskeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
New Ideas

The rise of mobile broadband devices and services has significantly changed the role of mobile devices in people's daily lives by enabling the provision of innovative applications and services anywhere, anytime. Despite the fact that new ideas and innovation mainly occur within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), the adoption of mobile and ubiquitous technologies by HEIs is still in its early stages. This chapter attempts to provide a framework to support Higher Education Institutions towards implementing mobile and ubiquitous, game-based learning activities. Aligned with the objective of this book, this chapter presents some examples and best practices of implementing this framework towards achieving the learning goals of future professionals in the fields of electronic and ubiquitous commerce.

An Ideation Framework for Service Process Improvement

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Kaner ◽  
Reuven Karni
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Process Redesign ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Current State ◽  
Successful Design ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Improvement Methodologies

Service delivery processes play a key role in the competitiveness of modern organizations. Their effectiveness and efficiency are a consequence of successful design of new processes and improvement of existing processes. Improvement methodologies commonly focus on generic steps serving as a road map for moving a process from its current state along a guided path to better performance. However, these methodologies ignore the crucial step of methods for modifying processes, which often necessitate the generation of new improvement alternatives; generally based on “randomized” brainstorming rather than on systematic triggering of new ideas and reusing past improvements. The authors’ framework comprises and integrates 21 goal determinants to be achieved through process redesign, 32 best practices describing possible process modifications, 40 TRIZ inventive principles for generating new improvement ideas, and case-based reasoning (CBR) for retaining and reusing past improvements. This paper illustrates the application of the proposed methodology using an example of an inbound telesales process.

Best practices for the management of thymic epithelial tumors: A position paper by the Italian collaborative group for ThYmic MalignanciEs (TYME)

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 76-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Imbimbo ◽  
Margaret Ottaviano ◽  
Milena Vitali ◽  
Alessandra Fabbri ◽  
Giovanni Leuzzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
Thymic Epithelial Tumors ◽  
Epithelial Tumors

scholarly journals Peer Mentoring at the Uganda Cancer Institute: A Novel Model for Career Development of Clinician-Scientists in Resource-Limited Settings

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren Phipps ◽  
Rachel Kansiime ◽  
Philip Stevenson ◽  
Jackson Orem ◽  
Corey Casper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Senior Faculty ◽  
Middle Income

Cancer centers are beginning to emerge in low- and middle-income countries despite having relatively few oncologists and specialists in related fields. Uganda, like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, has a cadre of highly motivated clinician-scientists-in-training who are committed to developing the capacity for cancer care and research. However, potential local mentors for these trainees are burdened with uniquely high demands on their time for clinical care, teaching, institutional development, advocacy, and research. Facilitated peer mentoring helps to fill skills and confidence gaps and teaches mentoring skills so that trainees can learn to support one another and regularly access a more senior facilitator/role model. With an added consultant component, programs can engage limited senior faculty time to address specific training needs and to introduce junior investigators to advisors and even potential dyadic mentors. Two years after its inception, our facilitated peer mentoring career development program at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala is successfully developing a new generation of researchers who, in turn, are now providing role models and mentors from within their group. This program provides a practical model for building the next generation of clinical scientists in developing countries.

Then: Pedagogy and Best Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (11) ◽  
pp. 950-951
Author(s):  
Edward C. Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Professional Growth

This article describes the nature and benefits of involvement with NCTM Conferences as a contributor to individual and collegial professional growth.

GLBIMR, one of the premier B-schools of India, is organizing International Conference on “Innovations in Technology: A Roadmap for Achieving Global Competitiveness (ICIT-2K16)” on September 10, 2016, Saturday

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Editorial Board
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
New Products ◽  
Business Value ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Global Forum ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
New Ideas

International Conference (ICIT-2K16) aims to provide a global forum to present and discuss research on Innovations in Technological Fields among academicians and practitioners. Firms need to constantly evolve and explore new ideas for offering not only new products but also targeting new methods of production, new markets, sustainable development etc. Use of innovations in technology to create business value is multi-disciplinary. Conference endeavours to showcase research ideas from academia along with best practices by industry experts resulting in rich discussions and fuel future course of action.

Public Sector Organizations

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dick Grote
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
City Governments ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Parole Boards

Who's coming up with the best new ideas for managing people's performance on the job? Surprisingly, some of the most innovative work in developing new approaches to performance management is being done these days by organizations in the public sector. When executives look for breakthrough thinking and best practices, their best sources frequently turn out to be state agencies and city governments, federal bureaucracies, and your local pardons and parole boards.

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