scholarly journals Improving Competences of Newly Qualified Professionals

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Tosolini
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Considerable Increase ◽  
Real Space ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intervention Model ◽  
The Real ◽  
Main Effect

Introduction: Very little research has been done on the transition of newly qualified professionals onto the working field. They often feel vulnerable, due to the differences between them and the experienced professionals. With present study the researcher wanted to investigate whether introducing newly qualified professionals to a specific theoretical model, can help improve their competence in the field of deafblindness and reduce the gap between newly qualified professionals at the start of their careers and expert professionals. The study was specifically aimed at an intervention in applying the Real Space Blend Model to improve competences in the interpretations of gestures of persons with CDB in both groups of professionals. Method: The study used a qualitative design based on individual video-analyses and focus groups. Results: In two of the newly qualified professionals a considerable increase in the number of gestures was seen. Such an increase was also found for one of the expert professionals. Two other expert professionals showed a little change in the overall number of gestures. From the thematic analysis, different themes came forward for each focus group. Newly qualified professionals seemed overall more confident after the intervention, while experienced professionals seemed to have more difficulties grasping the model of Real Space Blends. The expert professionals felt more aware about their identification of gestures in practice. Conclusion and discussion: The training did improve competences in newly qualified professionals. The main effect was an increase in confidence in their abilities. Experienced professionals, on the other hand, experienced more difficulties in learning how to use the model of the Real Space Blends, but found the model very useful in practice to add on the Diagnostic Intervention Model. Some limitations of this study were the small amount of participants and that there were more experienced professionals than newly qualified professionals. More extensive research on the transition of newly qualified professionals is recommended.

scholarly journals Establishing Psychological Safety to Obtain Feedback for Training Programs: A Novel Cross-Specialty Focus Group Exchange

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-459
Author(s):  
Daniel Saddawi-Konefka ◽  
Shannon E. Scott-Vernaglia
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Formative Feedback ◽  
The Other ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Rich Information ◽  
Fear Of Retaliation

ABSTRACT Background Formative feedback from residents is essential to improve residency programs, and focus groups may provide rich information. However, residents may withhold information due to fear of retaliation or speak less candidly to please focus group moderators. Objective We assessed participant perceptions and utility of feedback obtained from a confidential focus group exchange between 2 residency programs. Methods Anesthesiology and pediatric programs at the same institution participated in 2017. Residents voluntarily provided program feedback during 1 of 2 confidential focus groups for each program. Each focus group was moderated by the program director (PD) of the other specialty. The PDs used thematic analysis to identify themes for use by the respective programs in improvement efforts. An anonymous survey was distributed after the focus groups to collect participant perceptions (quantitative and narrative) on this approach. Results Thirteen residents of 140 (9.3%) participated (7 anesthesiology, 6 pediatrics). Thematic feedback from focus groups was largely consistent with known issues, although novel information was also obtained (eg, pediatric interns wanted earlier one-on-one meetings with their PD). Survey data suggest that residents were able to share more meaningful feedback than they would otherwise, and they did not feel that having an external moderator (a PD who may have been unfamiliar with the specialty) was a barrier to discussion. The approach required 6 hours of time for each PD and approximately $200 for dinners. Conclusions The focus group exchange required modest resources, was perceived as safe by residents, and generated robust, actionable feedback for the programs.

scholarly journals Creativity Unbound: The Interaction of Disciplinary Contexts and Extradisciplinary Thinking in Creative Processes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Peacock ◽  
Gregory Tate ◽  
Rebecca Hoyle
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores how academics in different disciplines articulate the role creativity plays in their work. Instead of attempting to test a pre-existing theoretical model of creativity, 32 qualitative interviews and 4 focus groups were conducted in which 7 academics working in diverse fields were encouraged to explore creativity in their own terms and discuss the extent to which it was relevant in their disciplines. Thematic analysis of their data generated a number of themes; those presented here describe the relationship between creativity and disciplinarity. Participants in different fields shared a tendency to characterise creative work as drawing on ideas and practices commonly utilised in their particular discipline but also requiring methods and styles of thinking falling outside those norms. Creative work in academic disciplines, therefore, may require both a fluency in one’s own disciplinary ways of working and the capacity to transcend those conventions when required. Practitioners in different disciplines placed different degrees of emphasis on these two elements and drew upon different language when describing the relationship between them. This paper uses these points of comparison to investigate how ideas about creative working interact with and sometimes transcend disciplinary contexts.

scholarly journals Convergence of Conceptual Innovation Model to Reduce Challenges Faced by the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises’ (SMEs) in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarnima Warda Andalib ◽  
Hasliza Abdul Halim
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
The Other ◽  
Constraint Factor ◽  
Soft Systems ◽  
Conceptual Innovation ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Financial Regulatory

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh have been growing for the preceding two decades in various ways. Even though these enterprises exert an important effect on the national economy of the country, they face certain challenges and suffer in quite a manner. To reduce the suffering and help deal with these unavoidable challenges, SME foundations in Bangladesh have been working a lot to assist these enterprises. Usually, the challenges are financial, regulatory, or innovation performance-related. Since the enterprises are focused on particular products and their manifestation and production, performing innovatively within these organizations becomes quite a constraint factor. In this paper, a qualitative method was applied with soft systems, where an innovation model was commenced to reduce the challenges and constraints of SMEs in Bangladesh. From the literature, 50 articles were analyzed, a content and thematic analysis was done, and eight main challenges were highlighted and finalized. On the other hand, a focus group discussion among 10 entrepreneurs in Bangladesh was done, where collected data were stored in the NVIVOMac tool, transcribed, and coded, and 55 open codes were identified. These open codes were transferred to 20 axial codes and 8 themes to construct a conceptual innovation model for SMEs in Bangladesh by applying soft systems techniques to connect the themes to each other.

scholarly journals Education and training policies for research integrity: Insights from a focus group study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishma Labib ◽  
Natalie Evans ◽  
Rea Scepanovic ◽  
Panagiotis Kavouras ◽  
Andrea Reyez Elizondo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Research Integrity ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Formal Element ◽  
Inductive Thematic Analysis ◽  
And Training

Education is important for fostering research integrity (RI). Although RI training (a formal element of RI education) is increasingly provided, there is little knowledge on how research stakeholders view institutional RI education and training policies. Here, we present insights about research stakeholders’ views on what research institutions should take into account when developing and implementing RI education and training policies. We conducted 30 focus groups, engaging 147 participants in 8 European countries. Using a mixed deductive-inductive thematic analysis, we identified five themes: 1) RI education should be available to all; 2) education and training approaches and goals should be tailored; 3) motivating trainees is essential; 4) both formal and informal educational formats are necessary; and 5) institutions should take into account various individual, institutional, and system-of-science factors when implementing RI education. Our findings suggest that institutions should make RI education attractive for all, and tailor training to disciplinary-specific contexts.

Nursing Group Empowerment: Instrument Revision

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-19
Author(s):  
Christina L. Sieloff ◽  
Marty Downey ◽  
Rebecca L. Muller
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Student Nurse ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Group Empowerment

Background and Purpose:The Sieloff–King Assessment of Group Empowerment Within Organizations (SKAGEO) has demonstrated consistent reliability and validity, although past participants reported the need for revisions to further improve its clarity and ease of use in research. The purpose of this research was to use focus groups to revise the SKAGEO.Methods:Two focus groups were held (seven RNs and one student nurse). Thematic analysis was used to analyze the focus group discussions.Results:Five major themes, and eleven subthemes, were identified as areas for future revisions to further improve the instrument’s clarity and use in research.Conclusions:Revisions in the SKAGEO, based on the areas identified by the focus groups, would result in an instrument that would more easily be understood and incorporated into research.

Corpus Mysticum et Representationem: Hildegard of Bingen's Scivias and Ordo Virtutum

1996 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Kobialka
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Real Space ◽  
Institutional Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Objective Knowledge ◽  
The Real ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Theatre Studies ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Ever since the project of supplying objective knowledge was challenged by the debates about colonialism, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity, academics from different fields have begun to share a conception of knowledge as representational, differing primarily in the accounts of how their, “representations” are related to objects that are represented. Understandably, Plato's and Aristotle's definitions of mimesis have acquired new currency. According to Plato, whenever “you see one, you conceive of the other.” According to Aristotle, the relationship between techne and phusis is contained in the formulation that, on the one hand, art imitates nature; on the other hand, art carries to its end what nature is incapable of effecting. Both Plato and Aristotle perceive mimesis as the process of either epistemological or ontological repetition or doubling in which “one” (thought or subject) becomes “two” (thought or subject doubles as idea or object), in theatre studies, for example, the prevailing tradition defines representation in terms of a promise of a performative act. Such an act signifies that the “I” or “we” making the promise understands or knows the problem, the object, or the text and will be able to transfer it from nature, that is, from the real space, to the theatrical, “imaginary” space where the declaration of its existence and the formulation of its speech will be staged in a tight spotlight. This process is authorized by an institutional structure that safeguards the promise, its execution, and its use.

scholarly journals Understanding How Parenting & Family Literacy Centres Help Families Experiencing Poverty & Immigration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanore Jane Realmo
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Family Literacy ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Ecological Systems Theory

This study examines the various ways in which Parenting and Family Literacy Centres (PFLC) can support families in relation to needs that arise from poverty and immigration. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory was used as a theoretical lens in this study. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data collected from 12 focus groups. Three main themes related to immigration and poverty and the supports from PFLCs emerged from the data analysis: (1) Environment; (2) Resources; and (3) Socializing. The findings present the parents’ responses from their participation in the focus group and are an indication of how parents believe PFLCs can support them. Implications of these results are discussed and recommendations for educators are provided.

scholarly journals Defining what a ‘carer’ is and the role they play in in-patient mental healthcare: A focus group study with patients, carers and clinicians

BJPsych Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysegul Dirik ◽  
Justina Kaselionyte ◽  
Domenico Giacco ◽  
Stefan Priebe
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Perceived Helpfulness

Background The value of carer involvement has been extensively researched and promoted. However, the field lacks exploration of conceptual issues, which might help to explain why there are widespread difficulties in putting policy into practice in this area, as implementation rates remain low internationally. Aims This qualitative study explored patients’, carers’ and clinicians’ perspectives on the role of carers in mental healthcare, particularly with regards to in-patient settings. Method Sixteen focus groups were conducted with patients, carers and clinicians who have current or previous experience of in-patient settings. A thematic analysis was conducted on the transcripts, exploring two key domains: (a) what a ‘carer’ is, and (b) how the ‘carer’ role is described within the context of the hospital environment. Results Participants diverged in their opinions of what the ‘carer’ role entails, and the perceived helpfulness of it. Issues unique to the in-patient setting were identified, such as the role of the hospital environment in enabling or being a barrier to carer involvement. These differing perspectives and contextual factors had an impact on the position of carers in the hospital setting, as they could be viewed as helpful, a hindrance or as passive visitors, depending on the perspectives of clinicians. Conclusions More clarity and agreement is needed between patients, carers and clinicians in terms of how the ‘carer’ role is defined. This has the potential to improve carers’ experience of involvement in hospital settings.

Defining Service and Education in Pediatrics

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (13) ◽  
pp. 1193-1200
Author(s):  
Debra Boyer ◽  
Josh Gagne ◽  
Jennifer C. Kesselheim
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Pediatric Residents ◽  
Pediatric Residency ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
Definition Of

Program directors (PDs) and trainees are often queried regarding the balance of service and education during pediatric residency training. We aimed to use qualitative methods to learn how pediatric residents and PDs define service and education and to identify activities that exemplify these concepts. Focus groups of pediatric residents and PDs were performed and the data qualitatively analyzed. Thematic analysis revealed 4 themes from focus group data: (1) misalignment of the perceived definition of service; (2) agreement about the definition of education; (3) overlapping perceptions of the value of service to training; and (4) additional suggestions for improved integration of education and service. Pediatric residents hold positive definitions of service and believe that service adds value to their education. Importantly, the discovery of heterogeneous definitions of service between pediatric residents and PDs warrants further investigation and may have ramifications for Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and those responsible for residency curricula.

scholarly journals El surrealismo de Octavio Paz: La hija de Rappaccini

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
María Elena Isibasi Pouchin
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Nathaniel Hawthorne ◽  
Real Space ◽  
The Other ◽  
Octavio Paz ◽  
The Real ◽  
Intermediate Space

This essay explains how La hija de Rappaccini, Octavio Paz’s only play, displays the different aspects of the Mexican author’s poetics which are theoretically explored and exemplified in works such as El arco y la lira, Las peras del olmo as well as Los hijos del limo. In fact, in his rewriting of a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne —who, on his part, was inspired by diverse European and Asiatic traditions—, the author’s surrealistic core is evident in the construction of spaces pertaining to diverse levels of conscience. Thus, three spaces overlap, a "real" one, an illusory one, and an "intermediate" one. The intermediate space acts like an interface between the other two spaces; it works as a bridge that can only be crossed by Juan, who, in spite of belonging to the space of reality, manages to enter the illusory or inner one, for love. The rules that govern both universes and the life of the characters that shape them are opposed. The love theme works as a vehicle for the reflection about the coincidence between microcosm (the illusory space) and macrocosm (the real space), a recurring theme in the work of Octavio Paz.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document