Career Development Education by Universities in the United States of America : Perspective from the Case Studies of Internship Programs(Cultivation of Mechanical Engineers in the 21 Century : From Elementary Education to Continuing Education)

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the contents of each state’s occupational therapy (OT) regulatory board requirements regarding licensees’ acquisition of continuing education units in the United States of America. Methods: Data related to continuing education requirements from each OT regulatory board of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the United States were reviewed and categorized by two reviewers. Analysis was conducted based on the categorization of the continuing education requirements and activities required, allowed, and not allowed/not mentioned for continuing education units. Results: Findings revealed non-uniformity and inconsistency of continuing education requirements for licensure renewal between OT regulatory boards and was coupled with lack of specific criteria for various continuing education activities. Continuing education requirements were not tailored to meet the needs of individual licensee’s current and anticipated professional role and job responsibilities, with a negative bias towards presentation and publication allowed for continuing education units. Few boards mandated continuing education topics on ethics related to OT practice within each renewal cycle. Conclusion: OT regulatory boards should move towards unifying the reporting format of continuing education requirements across all states to reduce ambiguity and to ensure licensees are equipped to provide ethical and competent practice. Efforts could be made to enact continuing education requirements specific to the primary role of a particular licensee. Finally, assigning the amount of continuing education credits to be awarded for different activities should be based on research evidence rather than arbitrary determination.

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Conservation of earthen architecture in the United States of America: Some case studies

Earthen Architecture: Past, Present and Future ◽

10.1201/b17392-49 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 285-292

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Case Studies ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

Earthen Architecture

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Qualitative Assessment of Deliberation

The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198747369.013.34 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 677-694

Author(s):

Mark Bevir ◽

Quinlan Bowman

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Case Studies ◽

Deliberative Democracy ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

Speech Analysis ◽

Qualitative Assessment ◽

The Political ◽

Qualitative Approaches ◽

Comparative Case Studies

This chapter discusses three qualitative approaches to the assessment of deliberative participation: speech analysis, ethnography, and comparative case studies. In discussing these approaches, it considers exemplars of “problem-driven” research. With respect to research on deliberative democracy, problem-driven research may be characterized as research that is inspired by, and that seeks to contribute to the resolution of, substantive problems associated with the political project of deliberative democracy. The chapter illustrates what problem-driven research looks like by considering three qualitative exemplars of it: one involving speech analysis, another involving ethnography, and a third involving comparative case studies. Each exemplar is concerned with when and how citizens deliberate. Empirical evidence is primarily drawn from the United States of America, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

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Morals in the United States of America: Are they in their death throes?

Annales Etyka w życiu gospodarczym ◽

10.18778/1899-2226.21.4.02 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 11-20

Author(s):

John A. Cook

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Pharmaceutical Industry ◽

Complex Systems ◽

Case Studies ◽

United States Of America ◽

Food Industry ◽

The United States ◽

The Political ◽

Good Sense ◽

Governmental Institutions

This article explores the ethics of large complex systems in the United States of America in three major case studies: the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry and the political/governmental institutions. Using the simple Aristotelian heuristic of good sense, good character and good will, the conclusion is that ethics is not a high priority due in large part to the relentless pursuit of large sums of money at any cost.

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