scholarly journals Understanding the Role of Academic Partners as Technical Assistance Providers: Results from an Exploratory Study to Address Precarious Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3903 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tessa Bonney ◽  
Christina Welter ◽  
Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner ◽  
Lorraine Conroy
Keyword(s):  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Sustainable Change ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Precarious Work ◽  
Knowledge To Action ◽  
Content Expert ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The University

Universities may be well poised to support knowledge, skill, and capacity-building efforts to foster the development of multi-level interventions to address complex problems. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) engaged organizations interested in developing policy- and systems-level initiatives to address the drivers of precarious work in a six-meeting Action Learning (AL) process, in which the researchers served as technical assistance (TA) providers focused on facilitating learning and promoting critical thinking among participants. This exploratory qualitative study examined the role, facilitators, challenges, and impacts of university facilitation in this context. A total of 22 individuals participated in this study, including UIC TA providers, content expert TA providers from labor-focused organizations, and TA recipients from health-focused organizations. Results from interviews and a focus group highlight the utility of a university connecting organizations from different disciplines that do not traditionally work together, and suggest that the TA provided by UIC helped participants think concretely about precarious work and ways in which their organizations might work collaboratively to bring about sustainable change. Findings from this study suggest that university facilitation using an AL approach may be effective in increasing knowledge to action.

scholarly journals The Role of Community Coordinated Efforts in Combating the Opioid Overdose Crisis: The Pennsylvania Opioid Overdose Reduction Technical Assistance Center

Commonwealth ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn S. Mirigian ◽  
Marco F. Pugliese ◽  
Janice L. Pringle ◽  
Monica F. Gaydos
Keyword(s):  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Opioid Overdose ◽  
Implementation Framework ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
Implementation Evaluation ◽  
Data Assessment ◽  
The University ◽  
Safety First

The Pennsylvania Opioid Overdose Reduction Technical Assistance Center (TAC) was developed by the University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy, Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) and funded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) in response to the need for local coordination and supported efforts to address the growing number of opioid overdoses in Pennsylvania. This article outlines the TAC’s initiatives to address this crisis in 42 counties across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, stressing the importance of communication and collaboration both within and between communities, such as public health, public safety, first responders, physicians, the criminal justice system, and families. The TAC uses the Implementation Framework (IF) developed by Dr. Janice Pringle to achieve accurate data assessment and the effective implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of programs.

Community Development and Place-Based Neighborhood Change

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry M. Gant
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Neighborhood Change ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
The University

Abstract: This chapter describes the model of community development used by the University of Michigan School of Social Work’s Technical Assistance Center (UMSSW/TAC). The chapter presents a definition and description of community development as a distinct model of community practice. The chapter discusses the goals of community development, core values and principles of community development. The chapter summarizes the role of place based initiatives in community development. The limits and challenges of discerning the evidence base of the effectiveness of community development are reviewed, and an emerging perspective of possibilities of evidence based community development is outlined. The chapter ends with thoughtful considerations about the tactical use of community development within municipal communities during Detroit’s more recent times of turbulent economic, financial and political change.

scholarly journals Identification of Errors in Pediatric Prescriptions and Interventions to Prevent Errors: A Survey of Community Pharmacists

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara W. Brown ◽  
Lauren M. Oliveri ◽  
Kirsten H. Ohler ◽  
Leslie Briars
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Total Prescription ◽  
Retail Setting ◽  
The University ◽  
Error Risk ◽  
Prescription Volume

OBJECTIVES Assess the competency of community pharmacists in identifying errors in pediatric prescriptions and to determine how often pharmacists perform interventions known to mitigate the likelihood of error. The study sought to recognize factors that may impact the pharmacist's ability to identify and mediate these errors, and to detect barriers that limit the role of the pharmacist pediatric patient care. METHODS A survey was distributed through the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy Alumni Network and the Illinois Pharmacists Association email listservs. Pharmacists practicing in a retail setting within the last 5 years were included. Three prescription scenarios for commonly used pediatric medications with corresponding questions were created to assess a pharmacist's ability to identify errors. Demographics pertaining to the pharmacist and the practice site, as well as information about dispensing practices, were collected. Logistic regression was used to identify factors that might impact the pharmacists' ability to identify errors. RESULTS One hundred sixty-one respondents began the survey and 138 met inclusion criteria. In 15% to 59% of scenario-based questions, pharmacists did not appropriately identify errors or interventions that would decrease the likelihood of error. Correct identification of doses was associated with total prescription volume in one scenario and with pediatric prescription volume in another scenario. Pharmacists did not consistently label prescriptions for oral liquids in milliliters or dispense oral syringes. Barriers to pharmacist involvement included availability and interest of the caregiver, ability to contact prescriber, and pharmacy staffing. CONCLUSION Community pharmacists did not consistently identify medication errors or use interventions known to mitigate error risk.

The Egalitarian Mentor

Rebel Genius ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara H. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Model Building ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
Clinical Aspects ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Brain Organization ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Medicine And Philosophy ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
The University

This chapter contextualizes the 1943 paper by Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts on the logic of neural activity through McCulloch’s emerging institutional roles at the University of Illinois at Chicago—both in psychiatry research and as an egalitarian mentor. His performance of this identity at a crucial stage in his career facilitated his turn to the more clinical aspects of brain organization as well as his model-building practices, which converged in his rhetoric of providing a foundational basis for the ever-expanding discipline of psychiatry. The chapter discusses the role of the Rockefeller Foundation and of Nicolas Rashevsky’s group in mathematical biophysics at the University of Chicago as key institutional contexts for McCulloch’s work with Pitts. Rather than simply a precursor to later work in artificial intelligence, their work signified a burgeoning practice of applying mathematics and logic to problems in the biomedical sciences, as well as continued fluidity between science, medicine, and philosophy.

“Sustainability Education” Practices at the Universities from a Developing Country Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Faruk Bhuiyan ◽  
Md Hafij Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Vision Statements ◽  
Sustainable Education ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
The University

Developing countries have been facing more challenges to sustainability than the developed countries. This chapter evaluates the current sustainable education practices among the universities in Bangladesh and proposes a revised multi-level framework to enhance sustainability education practices among the universities. Based on the opinion of the staff and students of the top 10 public and private universities (according to the University Grant Commission report 2018) in Bangladesh, the study found evidence of the inclusion of sustainability issues onto the faculty's mission and vision statements, but very few are incorporated into the program curricula. In addition, dearth of sustainability training to the teachers provokes their failure of providing education for sustainable development. Considering the findings, this chapter proposes the importance and role of regulatory authorities teachers, students, professionals, and corporate people enhancing sustainable education practices at the university level.

Recovering the Midwestern Ethos of Journalism Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Jane Yeahin Pyo ◽  
Nikki Usher
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
The University ◽  
Journalism Research ◽  
Back To The Land

This chapter is a reminder that practice and theory have gone hand in hand since the beginning of professional journalism. However, this history and this partnership have been lost somewhat, particularly when it comes to PhD research. By calling back to the land-grant mission at the universities home to the first schools of journalism in the United States (the University of Missouri, the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin), the chapter recalls how the focus on skills and on understanding mass communication was aligned with the mission of journalism education. The chapter examines the founding of the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois and its PhD program that focused on applied journalism and mass communication research, explaining the role of legendary journalism scholar James Carey in recentering (and decentering) the tension between practice and research.

The Interaction of the University with External Partners: Trends, Experience, Industry Specifics

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 5-13
Author(s):  
А. Тихонов ◽  
A. Tihonov ◽  
М. Федотова ◽  
M. Fedotova ◽  
В. Коновалова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Triple Helix ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Moscow Aviation Institute ◽  
Triple Helix Model ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Educational Structures ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The University

The article deals with the role of universities from the perspective of socio-economic development of society on the basis of the «triple helix» model. The work of educational structures (universities) is considered as a complex network of interaction with: other universities; multi-level educational organizations; enterprises, business, government agencies. The authors identify areas, possible forms and results of interaction between the University and various partners for the formation of youth labor activity. A number of examples in this article are based on the experience of the Department of «personnel Management» of the Moscow Aviation Institute.

The Role of Visual Attention in Head-Up Displays: Design Implications for Varying Symbology Intensity

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. May ◽  
Christopher D. Wickens
Keyword(s):  
Visual Attention ◽  
Event Detection ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Focused Attention ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
The University ◽  
Cruise Flight

Twenty pilots from the University of Illinois flew a low fidelity simulator during cruise flight. The intensity of the display symbology was manipulated in three different weather conditions to influence the discriminability of the instrumentation. The symbology was displayed in either head-up or head-down locations, with equivalent optical distances and display formats. Half of the subjects flew with a conformal symbology set, while the other half flew with a partially conformal symbology set. Responses to near and far domain events were measured, and tracking error of the three axes of control was calculated. The results revealed a head-up advantage to the far domain event detection and a head-down advantage to the near domain event detection. Performance in the head-up condition approached that of the otherwise superior head-down condition when an appreciable contrast between the symbology and the background environment was provided. The results are discussed in terms of an effect of the modulation of focused attention.

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