Student-led fellowships: developing partnerships to identify best practice and promote change

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Matheson ◽  
Nicola Poole
Keyword(s):  
Student Voice ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Development Unit ◽  
Joint Ownership ◽  
Institutional Drivers

In 2011/2012 Cardiff Metropolitan University instigated a Student-Led Teaching Fellowship Scheme, which unlike other similar schemes sought to develop joint ownership between the University’s Learning and Teaching Development Unit (LTDU) and the Students’ Union (Cardiffmet SU), providing the opportunity for closer partnership working. Through establishing categories and criteria and developing an evidence-based nomination system the Fellowships have provided the opportunity to develop a shared understanding of both institutional drivers and pedagogic practice and have enabled a larger platform for the dissemination of best practice to both staff and students. In capturing the student voice it has been possible to recognise and evidence what students value and use this in a variety of ways to promote best practice. This case study seeks to demonstrate how the Student-led Teaching Fellowships have and can be used to instigate change within the institution together with identifying remaining challenges and opportunities for future development.

Piloting Online Submission and Online Assessment with GradeMark

2014 ◽  
pp. 125-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trudy Ambler ◽  
Yvonne Breyer ◽  
Sherman Young
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Electronic Assessment ◽  
Online Submission ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Online technologies are becoming ubiquitous in higher education and present both challenges and opportunities for those involved in learning and teaching. This chapter reports on the research-enhanced implementation of Electronic Assessment Management (EAM) within one faculty of a university in Sydney, Australia. This research was conducted as a qualitative case study. Questionnaires were used to investigate staff and student experiences of EAM, and the researcher's reflective practice made it possible to capture important details of the implementation process mediated through the researchers as participants. The research found enormous potential in EAM implementation for cultural transformation in learning and teaching. The authors argue that the move to EAM is now a viable option for universities. The combination of a rapidly evolving higher education landscape, evidence from exploring both staff and student experiences of engaging with EAM, and the benefits which the transition offers for the professional development of academics make the use of EAM essential for reasons of both pedagogy and efficiency.

scholarly journals Clinical audit as a tool to optimize contracted private healthcare provision: Testing the waters in resource-deprived Greece

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 205031211983873
Author(s):  
Kyriakos Souliotis ◽  
Christina Golna ◽  
Vasiliki Mantzana ◽  
Sotirios Papaspyropoulos ◽  
Anastasios Koutsovasilis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Clinical Audit ◽  
Private Insurance ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Care Organization ◽  
Healthcare Provision ◽  
Private Healthcare

Background and Aims: Clinical audit is applied to optimize clinical practice and quality of healthcare services while controlling for money spent, critically in resource-deprived settings. This case study reports on the outcomes of a retrospective clinical audit on private hospitalizations, for which reimbursement had been pending by the Health Care Organization for Public Servants (OPAD) in Greece. This case study is the first effort by a social insurance organization in Greece to employ external clinical audit before settling contracted private healthcare charges. Methods: One thousand two hundred hospitalization records were reviewed retrospectively and a fully anonymized clinical audit summary report created for each one of them by a team of clinical audit experts, proposing evidence-based cuts in pending charges where medical services were deemed clinically unnecessary. These audit reports were then collated and analysed to test trends in overcharges among hospitalized insureds per reason for hospitalization. Results: The clinical audit report concluded that 17.4% of a total reimbursement claim of €12,387,702.18 should not be reimbursed, as it corresponded to unnecessary or not fully justifiable according to evidence-based, best practice, medical service provision. The majority of proposed cuts were related to charges for medical devices, which are borne directly by social insurance with no patient or private insurance co-payment. Conclusion: Clinical audit of hospital practice may be a key tool to optimize care provision, address supplier-induced demand and effectively manage costs for national health insurance, especially in circumstances of budgetary constraints, such as in austerity-stricken settings or developing national healthcare systems.

scholarly journals Diagnosis, Management and Return to Sport of a 16-year-old Patient with a Chiari I Malformation: A Case Report and Literature Review.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
MaKenna L. Turk ◽  
Kelly Schmidt ◽  
Melanie L. McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Return To Sport ◽  
Chiari I Malformation ◽  
Athletic Trainer ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Practice Recommendations ◽  
Chiari I ◽  
Access To Medical Care

This CASE report presents a 16-year-old female volleyball, basketball and track & field athlete who was diagnosed with a Chiari I Malformation following a concussion. Surgical decompression was recommended and performed 3 months following her initial diagnosis. This patient presented unique challenges due to her age, desire to return-to-sport, and the lack of access to medical care due to living in a rural area. There are few evidence-based best-practice recommendations for the management and return-to-sport of Chiari I Malformation patients, particularly for post-surgical Chiari I Malformation cases. This case study discusses the treatment and return-to-sport process for the patient, and also provides a comprehensive review of the published literature on patients attempting to return-to-sport following Chiari I Malformation diagnosis. Additionally, this case report suggests and explores the utilization of an athletic trainer to reconcile various barriers in management and return-to-sport evident in this case and the reviewed literature.

scholarly journals Evidence-Based Practice Approach Over Three Visits in the Management of a Patient with Tibio-Femoral Osteoarthritis: A Case Study

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sjaan Gomersall ◽  
Maureen McEvoy
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Osteoarthritis Of The Knee ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Physiotherapy Student ◽  
Future Health Care ◽  
Practice Approach

Supervised training is essential for developing an evidence-based practice (EBP) approach for future health care clinicians. While the skills associated with asking a research question, accessing databases for best research evidence (BRE), and appraising this evidence can be taught in the classroom, the day-to-day application into patient management needs to be taught, and there is a lack of best practice models for this. This case study of a patient with osteoarthritis of the knee demonstrates over a series of three clinic visits how EBP can be used as a framework for guiding assessment and management from the perspective of a final year physiotherapy student.

scholarly journals Digital Learning and Teaching in the Age of COVID-19 Pandemic : Challenges, Opportunities,and Solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-161
Author(s):  
Nadiah Abidin ◽  
Wahidin Septa Zahran ◽  
Trie Andari Ratna Widyastuti ◽  
Vita Vitisia ◽  
Saktisyahputra
Keyword(s):  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world and changed the map of education. Higher education institutions have been forced to close and hold digital learning classes to cope with governmental regulations prohibiting face-to-face interactions. This includes STIAMI Institute of Social and Management Science branch Bekasi City. With a total of 2593 students, 130 lecturers, and 60 campus administration staffs, civitas academica of Institut STIAMI Bekasi have been inevitably learning and working from home since February 2020. Such change has caused challenges and opportunities. Hence, the following paper tries to dissect students', lecturers', and campus administrations' perspectives about digital learning and teaching. The method used in the research is qualitative with case study approach, incorporating in-depth interviews and observations. Based on the results, all parties perceived full digital learning and teaching as best decision to cut the pandemic chain, although found it as a challenge and have experienced mental health and technical problems, yet found positive outcomes that lead to education without boundaries. Thus, it is recommended to hold private and group consultations; interactive workshops; local-national-international cooperations to ensure digital learning and teaching in the long run becomes bearable, productive, and beneficial for everyone involved.  

Creating unity through celebrating diversity: A case study that explores the impact of music education on refugee background students

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renée Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Practice Elements ◽  
The Arts ◽  
General Experience ◽  
The Impact

This article reports the findings of a case study that investigated the impact of music education on students in an F-12 school in Victoria, Australia that is considered as having a high percentage of young people with a refugee background. Key findings from this research indicated that music education had a positive impact on this group of young refugee students, which related to three primary themes: fostering a sense of wellbeing, social inclusion (a sense of belonging), and an enhanced engagement with learning. While some of these impacts were not always clearly distinguished from the more general experience of school, the students did identify some best practice elements of music learning and teaching that link to these three themes in a number of interrelated contexts. This research raises important questions about the ways in which education might be approached in schools with a high percentage of refugee background students and reaffirms the necessity of music and the arts as an important component.

scholarly journals Online Education and the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Case Study of Online Teaching during Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nastaran Peimani ◽  
Hesam Kamalipour
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Uk

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a critical challenge for the higher education sector. Exploring the capacity of this sector to adapt in the state of uncertainty has become more significant than ever. In this paper, we critically reflect on our experience of teaching urban design research methods online during the early COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. This is an exploratory case study with a qualitative approach with an aim to inform resilient practices of teaching in the face of public health emergencies. Drawing on the experience of teaching the Research Methods and Techniques subject during lockdown, we discuss the rapid transition from face-to-face to online teaching and point to the challenges and opportunities in relation to the learning and teaching activities, assessment and feedback, and digital platforms. This paper concludes by outlining some key considerations to inform the development of more adaptive and resilient approaches to online teaching in the context of unprecedented global health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. We argue that it is critical to move beyond fixed pedagogical frameworks to harness the productive capacities of adaptive teaching.

scholarly journals Use of Evidence in Acute Stroke Decision-Making: Implications for Evidence-Based Medicine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothe Langlois-Therien ◽  
Brian Dewar ◽  
Ross Upshur ◽  
Michel Shamy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Medical Decision Making ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Physician Decision Making ◽  
Prescriptive Model ◽  
Based Medicine

Evidence-Based Medicine proposes a prescriptive model of physician decision-making in which “best evidence” is used to guide best practice. And yet, proponents of EBM acknowledge that EBM fails to offer a systematic theory of physician decision-making. In this paper, we explore how physicians from the neurology and emergency medicine communities have responded to an evolving body of evidence surrounding the acute treatment of patients with ischemic stroke. Through analysis of this case study, we argue that EBM’s vision of evidence-based medical decision-making fails to appreciate a process that we have termed epistemic evaluation. Namely, physicians are required to interpret and apply any knowledge — even what EBM would term “best evidence” — in light of their own knowledge, background and experience. This is consequential for EBM as understanding what physicians do and why they do it would appear to be essential to achieving optimal practice in accordance with best evidence.

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