Confidentiality in professional practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 182-184
Author(s):  
John Finch
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Neuroscience Nursing ◽  
To Come

Practitioners of neuroscience nursing are likely to come by knowledge of a delicate nature concerning their patients, and having such knowledge may play an essential part in treatment. It is critical to disentangle confidentiality from the related notions of privacy, secrecy and tact in professional practice. John Finch provides his analysis

Transitioning Business for a Circular Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan EVANS
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Operational Model ◽  
New Vision ◽  
To Come ◽  
Space Requirements

This case study explores the strategic business opportunities, for Lane Crawford, an iconic luxury department store, to transition in a circular economy towards sustainability. A new experimentation framework was developed and conducted among cross departmental employees, during a Design Lab, with intention to co-create novel Circular Economy business concepts towards a new vision: the later was a reframe of the old system based on the principles of sustainability; to move beyond a linear operational model towards a circular economy that can contribute to a regenerative society. This work draws on both academic and professional experience and was conducted through professional practice. It was found that innovative co-created concepts, output from the Design Lab, can create radical change in a circular economy that is holistically beneficial and financially viable; looking forward to extract greater value a)Internal organization requires remodeling to transform towards a circular economy; b)Requirement for more horizonal teams across departments vs solely vertical; c)New language and relationships are required to be able to transition towards a circular economy; d)Some form of physical and virtual space requirements, for cross-disciplinary teams to come together to co-create; e)Ability to iterate, learn and evolve requires agency across the business

scholarly journals Technologies for Raising Professional Competence in Teachers Working in Inclusive Educational Institutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-165
Author(s):  
A.V. Zakharova ◽  
M.S. Staroverova
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Education System ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Specialist Training ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
To Come ◽  
Russian Education

This paper focuses on the issues of raising professional competence in teachers working in inclusive educational organisations and outlines the main strategies of specialist training within master’s programmes. It is emphasized that one of the most essential components of graduate education is the development of professional (practice-oriented) competencies during training at networking educational institutions, which would make future specialists able to solve professional tasks of any difficulty and to come up with new schemes for professional activity in the context of the transformation of the Russian education system.

What is yet to come? Couples living with dementia orienting themselves towards an uncertain future

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin Nilsson ◽  
Anna Olaison
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Analytic Method ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
Communicative Practice ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
Uncertain Future ◽  
To Come ◽  
Epistemic Stances

Dementia is a chronic illness that not only has substantial effects on the life as well as future for the individuals diagnosed, but also affects those with whom these individuals have relationships. This has implications that need to be addressed by professional practice, not least since social work research has shown that the support available for couples managing dementia is insufficient. There are few studies today of how couples jointly talk about their future with dementia and how they adapt to it as a couple and as individuals. Therefore, this article explores how couples in which one of the spouses has a diagnosis of dementia jointly talk about an uncertain future with dementia. The study benefits from using the conversation analytic method when studying video-recorded interactions among 15 couples living with dementia. The results show that either or both spouses can actively request knowledge about the progression of dementia, but at the same time, the spouses without dementia express awareness of the uncertainty that is connected to a future with dementia. Moreover, either or both spouses may also express contentment with “not knowing.” In all examples, one or several of the participants alternate between taking epistemic stances of knowing and unknowing as well as ascribing stances to others, and spouses can display similar or oppositional stances. The findings suggest a need for developing communicative practice for couples to jointly talk about dementia, as well as a need for social workers to find ways of providing emotional support.

scholarly journals Enhancing professional practice and professionalism among Canadian rural paramedics

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Grenier ◽  
Julia Van Vuuren ◽  
Evelien Spelten
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Clinical Expertise ◽  
University Environment ◽  
World Cafe ◽  
To Come ◽  
The University

Introduction The scope of paramedic practice is being redefined and expanded. Professional development and clinical expertise are not only necessary for paramedics to perform their clinical functions and operational responsibilities, they are at the very core of their professionalisation. Professionalisation is a complex process, and the degree to which it can accomplished will impact society’s perception of the profession – and its trust in it – for years to come. This study investigated ways to enhance professional practice, from the point of view of the main healthcare providers in a rural area of Ontario, Canada. Methods A qualitative analysis informed by action research methodology was used. The research design was staged and consisted of focus groups and a World Café. The data were coded and organised into themes, using thematic analysis, and were triangulated with the literature. Results Three key themes emerged from the World Café and focus group conversations including current enablers of professionalisation; system components that promote professionalism; and community of practice to support professional development and clinical expertise. Conclusion Paramedic practice is evolving. This should be reflected in clinical practice and education, and more paramedic-led research. Paramedic training may need to move from the college to the university environment to reflect equal standing with colleagues in the broader healthcare system. This study shows strong motivation among paramedics and management to enhance professional practice and professionalism. To achieve this, a culture of trust, developing engagement and communication strategies and establishing a community of practice are crucial.

scholarly journals Managing a Curriculum Innovation Process

Pharmacy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Jacinthe Lemay ◽  
Pierre Moreau
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Curriculum Innovation ◽  
Current State ◽  
Parallel Change ◽  
To Come ◽  
Innovative Curriculum

Curriculum reform is a long-term project that needs to be managed through detailed strategy. To create this strategy, the management team has to analyse the current situation by doing a thorough environmental scan and by identifying the gap between the current state and the desired program. To be implemented, the vision of the new program needs to rely on the generation of several potential avenues to come up with optimal solutions, likely involving some form of innovation. Indeed, to come up with the most promising ideas, there needs to be an environment conducive to reflection and experimentation. Throughout the phases of analysis, decision making and implementation, specific activities need to be organised to engage college members. Furthermore, such a profoundly impacting project needs to include a parallel change management strategy to account for expected human resistance, both individual and collective (internal culture). This article proposes a method and several concrete actions to help leaders and managers support the development and implementation of a new and innovative curriculum to promote and support advancement of local professional practice.

scholarly journals Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change: From Concepts to Reality Report on a symposium held at Carrefour Forêts 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (01) ◽  
pp. 13-27
Author(s):  
Nelson Thiffault ◽  
Patricia Raymond ◽  
Jean-Martin Lussier ◽  
Isabelle Aubin ◽  
Samuel Royer-Tardif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Forest Research ◽  
Mixed Species ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
To Come ◽  
Research Initiatives

As part of the Carrefour Forêts 2019 Conference, the forest research branch of Quebec’s Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs and the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre of Natural Resources Canada organized jointly the symposium “Adaptive silviculture to climate change: from concepts to reality”. The symposium brought together a hundred actors from the forest sector including engineers, biologists, technicians, private woodlot owners, professors, researchers and students. Speakers from different regions of Quebec and Vermont shared current knowledge related to adaptive silviculture in order to nurture reflexion and dialogue about actions that can be taken today to help forests to adapt with the anticipated changes. The symposium covered the theoretical framework of adaptive silviculture, then offered case studies of different ecosystems, innovative tools or research initiatives. The symposium also included presentations by practitioners who described the challenges and opportunities offered by adaptive silviculture in their professional practice. Based on an interactive discussion, participants identified increased drought events, partial cuttings and mixed-species plantations as important topics on which researchers and practitioners should interact in years to come.

scholarly journals Poisoning the Well, or How Economic Theory Damages Moral Imagination

2014 ◽  
pp. 183-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Care Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Relationship

Contemporary mainstream economics has widely “poisoned the well” from which people get their ideas about the relationship between economics and ethics. The image of economic life as inherently characterized by self-interest, utility- and profit-maximization, and mechanical controllability has caused many businesspeople, judges, sociologists, philosophers, policymakers, critics of economics, and the public at large to come to tolerate greed and opportunism, or even to expect or encourage them. This chapter raises and discusses a number of counterarguments that might be made to the charge that current dominant professional practice is having negative ethical effects, as well as discussing some examples of the harms inflicted in the areas of law, care work, the environment, and ethics itself.

Different worlds: The cadences of context, exploring the emotional terrain of school principals’ practice in schools in challenging circumstances

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarlath Brennan ◽  
Gerry Mac Ruairc
Keyword(s):  
Professional Practice ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Strong Basis ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

The centrality of emotions in the personal and professional practice of school leaders is by now well established in scholarship. Much of the investigation that has been carried out over the years provides a strong basis and rationale for the data presented in this paper. This study sought to explore the extent to which the socio-economic context of the school impacts the emotional timbre of the interactions of school principals and to seek to establish how this group of leaders manage the emotional drivers of their different socio-economic contexts. This paper specifically focuses on principals' perspectives on the impact children’s social worlds and their associated lives have on how leadership practice is shaped, from the point of view of the playing out of emotions in school. Qualitative research using multiple, in-depth interviews and shadowing as research tools, was utilised to focus on the emotional experiences of the principals in the study. This approach enabled the research to come as close as possible to understanding the meaning principals make of their lived experiences from their subjective point of view. Most of the data presented here will explore the perspectives of leaders working in schools in some of the most disadvantaged and marginalised communities in Ireland.

Investor-State Dispute Settlement under NAFTA Chapter 11: The Shape of Things to Come?

1998 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 263-290
Author(s):  
J. Anthony VanDuzer
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Minimum Standards ◽  
The North ◽  
State Behaviour ◽  
Nafta Chapter 11 ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Right

SummaryRecently, there has been a proliferation of international agreements imposing minimum standards on states in respect of their treatment of foreign investors and allowing investors to initiate dispute settlement proceedings where a state violates these standards. Of greatest significance to Canada is Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which provides both standards for state behaviour and the right to initiate binding arbitration. Since 1996, four cases have been brought under Chapter 11. This note describes the Chapter 11 process and suggests some of the issues that may arise as it is increasingly resorted to by investors.

Scanning Electron Microscopy-cuticular Lesions on the Roundworm Ascaris Suum

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 114-115
Author(s):  
P. A. Madden ◽  
W. R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Secondary Electron ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Freeze Dried ◽  
Silver Paint ◽  
To Come ◽  
Scanning Electron

The intestinal roundworm of swine is pinkish in color and about the diameter of a lead pencil. Adult worms, taken from parasitized swine, frequently were observed with macroscopic lesions on their cuticule. Those possessing such lesions were rinsed in distilled water, and cylindrical segments of the affected areas were removed. Some of the segments were fixed in buffered formalin before freeze-drying; others were freeze-dried immediately. Initially, specimens were quenched in liquid freon followed by immersion in liquid nitrogen. They were then placed in ampuoles in a freezer at −45C and sublimated by vacuum until dry. After the specimens appeared dry, the freezer was allowed to come to room temperature slowly while the vacuum was maintained. The dried specimens were attached to metal pegs with conductive silver paint and placed in a vacuum evaporator on a rotating tilting stage. They were then coated by evaporating an alloy of 20% palladium and 80% gold to a thickness of approximately 300 A°. The specimens were examined by secondary electron emmission in a scanning electron microscope.

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