Preclinical Lectures in Medical Formation: Professionalism, Ethics and Responsibility

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 118-118
Author(s):  
Cristian Cezar Login ◽  
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Simona Clichici ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Professional Values ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Ethical Attitudes ◽  
Starting Point

"Future doctors are the result of the present-day medical education and they bear the professional and attitudinal imprint of their mentors and instructors. The academic interaction between students and professors represents a key element in the scientific and professional training of future health care providers. Preclinical disciplines represent the foundation of the medical training system, on which the student will develop and integrate clinical skills. Therefore, preclinical topics have to offer accurate and updated information, working paradigms, and approaches to the development of professional values and ethical attitudes. Taking as starting point the teaching experience of the authors, we focused on the analysis of the interaction between three key concepts – professionalism, ethics and responsibility – concerning both the instructor and the student. These interrelated concepts will be approached from the viewpoint of all participants, instructors and students, in the contemporary context of the enormous volume of ever-changing scientific information and of the easy access to it. In order to select accurate data needed today and equally oriented towards future, information should always be filtered. The instructor is responsible not only to provide students with scientific data but also to stimulate and to develop flexibility, openness and critical thinking, while respecting ethical values. Through the offered scientific content, approaches, professional values and ethical attitudes, instructors transmit to the students a model of integrity in profession, ethics and responsibility, which will have consequences on the way they will choose to practice health care and medical research professions. "

Workplace Fatigue Within Summer Camp: Perspectives From Camp Health Care Providers and Directors

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-87
Author(s):  
Alexsandra Dubin ◽  
Barry A. Garst ◽  
Tracey Gaslin ◽  
Beth E. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Summer Camps ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Negative Impacts

Background: Summer camps engage millions of youth in enrichment opportunities during the summertime while employing a substantial young adult workforce to provide high-quality programs and services to camp participants. Workplace fatigue has been implicated in camp-related injury and illness events, yet few studies have targeted fatigue among camp employees. Purpose: This study aimed to better understand how fatigue impacted employee performance as well as strategies for reducing the negative impacts of fatigue within camp settings. Methodology/Approach: Focus groups were conducted with camp health care providers and directors, and their responses were analyzed using directed content analysis. The analysis process was guided by sensitizing concepts from the literature. Findings/Conclusions: Emergent themes suggested that camp-related fatigue is conceptualized as a construct of time, types, and causes; is a distinct experience leading to setting-specific outcomes; is managed using administrative and peer supports; and is sometimes perceived in positive ways. Implications: This exploratory study highlighted the unique challenges associated with working in a camp setting and the potential development of fatigue as a starting point informing future research. It suggests that future research should include a broader study population, including frontline staff, as well as possible quantitative measures.

scholarly journals Experiences of homosexual patients’ access to primary health care services in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal

Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nokulunga H. Cele ◽  
Maureen N. Sibiya ◽  
Dudu G. Sokhela
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health

Background: Homosexual patients are affected by social factors in their environment, and as a result may not have easy access to existing health care services. Prejudice against homosexuality and homosexual patients remains a barrier to them seeking appropriate healthcare. The concern is that lesbians and gays might delay or avoid seeking health care when they need it because of past discrimination or perceived homophobia within the health care thereby putting their health at risk.Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of homosexual patients utilising primary health care (PHC) services in Umlazi in the province ofKwaZulu-Natal (KZN).Method: A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study was conducted which was contextual innature. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 participants. The findings of this study were analysed using content analysis.Results: Two major themes emerged from the data analysis, namely, prejudice against homosexual patients by health care providers and other patients at the primary health care facilities, and, homophobic behaviour from primary health care personnel.Conclusion: Participants experienced prejudice and homophobic behaviour in the course of utilising PHC clinics in Umlazi, which created a barrier to their utilisation of health services located there. Nursing education institutions, in collaboration with the National Department of Health, should introduce homosexuality and anti-homophobia education programmes during the pre-service and in-service education period. Such programmes will help to familiarise health care providers with the health care needs of homosexual patients and may decrease homophobic attitudes.

scholarly journals Viewpoint: Health literacy and patient portals

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulong Gu ◽  
Martin Orr ◽  
Jim Warren
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Patient Portal ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Patient Portals ◽  
Health Consumer ◽  
Improve Patient

Health literacy has been described as the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Improving health literacy may serve to promote concordance with therapy, engage patients in their own health care, and improve health outcomes. Patient portal technology aims at enabling patients and families to have easy access to key information in their own medical records and to communicate with their health care providers electronically. However, there is a gap in our understanding of how portals will improve patient outcome. The authors believe patient portal technology presents an opportunity to improve patient concordance with prescribed therapy, if adequate support is provided to equip patients (and family/carers) with the knowledge needed to utilise the health information available via the portals. Research is needed to understand what a health consumer will use patient portals for and how to support a user to realise the technology?s potential.

scholarly journals Start making sense: Art informing health psychology

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 205510291876004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ad A Kaptein ◽  
Brian M Hughes ◽  
Michael Murray ◽  
Joshua M Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Expressive Writing ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Positive Effects

Growing evidence suggests that the arts may be useful in health care and in the training of health care professionals. Four art genres – novels, films, paintings and music – are examined for their potential contribution to enhancing patient health and/or making better health care providers. Based on a narrative literature review, we examine the effects of passive (e.g. reading, watching, viewing and listening) and active (e.g. writing, producing, painting and performing) exposure to the four art genres, by both patients and health care providers. Overall, an emerging body of empirical evidence indicates positive effects on psychological and physiological outcome measures in patients and some benefits to medical training. Expressive writing/emotional disclosure, psychoneuroimmunology, Theory of Mind and the Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation are considered as possible theoretical frameworks to help incorporate art genres as sources of inspiration for the further development of health psychology research and clinical applications.

scholarly journals Trustworthy Augmented Intelligence in Health Care

2022 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott Crigger ◽  
Karen Reinbold ◽  
Chelsea Hanson ◽  
Audiey Kao ◽  
Kathleen Blake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Quadruple Aim ◽  
Regulatory Systems ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Reducing Costs

AbstractAugmented Intelligence (AI) systems have the power to transform health care and bring us closer to the quadruple aim: enhancing patient experience, improving population health, reducing costs, and improving the work life of health care providers. Earning physicians' trust is critical for accelerating adoption of AI into patient care. As technology evolves, the medical community will need to develop standards for these innovative technologies and re-visit current regulatory systems that physicians and patients rely on to ensure that health care AI is responsible, evidence-based, free from bias, and designed and deployed to promote equity. To develop actionable guidance for trustworthy AI in health care, the AMA reviewed literature on the challenges health care AI poses and reflected on existing guidance as a starting point for addressing those challenges (including models for regulating the introduction of innovative technologies into clinical care).

Electronic Health Records in Developing Countries: The Role Of Intelligent Devices

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
O Kalesanwo ◽  
SO Kuyoro ◽  
D Aleburu ◽  
VO Nwaocha ◽  
AA Adenrele
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Intelligent Devices ◽  
Electronic Health

The collection and storing of medical records pertaining to the health status of patients in an electronic form so as to allow; easy access, information sharing and making better medical decisions among other things is known as an Electronic Health Record (EHR). Data generated by health care providers from patient‟s diagnosis, prescription, health monitoring and other health related issues were basically kept on paper. However, the rapid proliferation of data has led to the advancement of effective management of these data to help bring about better decision making and also improvement in health care delivery. This paper highlights the importance of EHR, its role in delivering better health care and the development of a nation, taking cognizance of its adoption level in both the developed and developing countries. Strategic solution of integrating intelligent devices (Chatbots and glass) to burgeon the implementation of EHR so as to improve the overall health care of the populace of developing nations was proposed. Keywords: Electronic Health Record, Intelligent systems, Chatbots, Glass

“Home Burial” and “Dead Baby”: Poetic Perspectives in Medical Education

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lois LaCivita Nixon ◽  
Delese Wear
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
William Carlos Williams ◽  
Robert Frost ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Good Care ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Child's Death

This article illustrates the use and value of literature in increasing one's sensitivity and compassion in areas extending beyond the prescribed boundaries of medical training and practice. “Home Burial” by Robert Frost and “Dead Baby” by William Carlos Williams portray in different ways the anguish and despair of parents after a child's death. If anatomy, biochemistry, and micro-biology prepare health care providers for the clinical dimensions of their work, these poems attend to other attributes of good care giving.

scholarly journals Increasing Gender Awareness to Reduce Harm in Health Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
Alex Iantaffi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Gender Identities ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Gender Awareness ◽  
Competent Health Care

In this guest editorial, the author first discusses how gender is a historical and biopsychosocial construct. This means that there are many aspects of gender besides identity, such as gender expressions, roles and experiences. They address how this issue highlights some of these aspects but that these are not exhaustive, given the topic. They highlight how being able to consider our own gender identities, roles, expressions and experiences is an essential starting point if we are to be competent health-care providers. Finally, they suggest that stories might be one way to learn about aspects of gender we may not be as familiar with, as they allow us to connect emotionally, not just cognitively, with these aspects.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Human and Robot Personality in Health Care Human-Robot Interaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connor Esterwood ◽  
Lionel P. Robert
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Impact

Robots have become vital to the delivery of health care and their personalities are often important to understanding their effectiveness as health care providers. Despite this, there is a lack of a systematic overarching understanding of personality in health care human-robot interaction. This makes it difficult to understand what we know and do not know about the impact of personality in health care human-robot interaction (H-HRI). As a result, our understanding of personality in H-HRI has not kept pace with the deployment of robots in various health care environments. To address this, the authors conducted a literature review that identified 18 studies on personality in H-HRI. This paper expands, refines, and further explicates the systematic review done in a conference proceedings [see: Esterwood (Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, 2020, 87–95)]. Review results: 1) highlight major thematic research areas, 2) derive and present major conclusions from the literature, 3) identify gaps in the literature, and 4) offer guidance for future H-HRI researchers. Overall, this paper represents a reflection on the existing literature and provides an important starting point for future research on personality in H-HRI.

scholarly journals Managed care, capitation, and the future of nephrology.

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1618-1623
Author(s):  
T I Steinman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Managed Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Service ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Future

Within the next decade, it is predicted that more than 90% of the United States population will receive its health insurance through managed care. Capitation will be the reimbursement mechanism to health care providers as the major way of controlling costs. Currently, managed care has had little experience with capitation payments for chronically ill patients, who consume large financial and physical resources. The end-stage renal disease (ESRD) population represents a vulnerable group of patients, and their care may be compromised in a capitated environment. Nephrologists will need to serve as advocates for ESRD patients through a mechanism of quality of care, driven by a continuous quality improvement model. Cost-effective delivery of care will occur as nephrologists join together to form Independent Practice Associations (IPAs). In this article, the role of a nephrologist in a capitated environment is outlined in detail, and background for the basis of managed care growth is provided as a framework for understanding the change in our health care delivery system. After formation of a nephrology IPA, there will most likely be a linkage with a management service organization (MSO). A business plan driven by the highest principles will allow nephrologists to work together as a cohesive force in accepting global risk capitated contracts. The starting point is for ESRD care, and the future includes pre-ESRD care.

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