scholarly journals European Educational Programmes in Health Emergency and Disaster Management: An Integrative Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (21) ◽  
pp. 11455
Author(s):  
Juana Perpiñá-Galvañ ◽  
Rocío Juliá-Sanchis ◽  
Érika Olmos-Castelló ◽  
Salvador Mollá-Pérez ◽  
Ángela Sanjuan-Quiles
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Virtual University ◽  
Master's Degrees ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All

There is a need for trained health professionals who can swiftly respond to disasters occurring worldwide. Little is known about whether the currently available programmes in disaster management are in line with the recommendations of expert researchers. Our objective was to qualitatively review the characteristics of European educational programmes in health emergency and disaster management and to provide guidance to help improve their curricula. We carried out an integrative review to extract the main characteristics of the 2020/21 programmes available. We identified 34 programmes, the majority located in Spain, the UK or France. The primary qualification types awarded were master’s degrees, half of them lasting one year, and the most common teaching method was in person. Almost all of the programmes used a virtual university classroom, a third offered multidisciplinary disaster management content and teachers, and half of them employed situational simulations. The quality of European educational programmes in health emergency and disaster management has improved, especially in terms of using more practical and interactive teaching methodologies and in the inclusion of relevant topics such as communication, psychological approaches and evaluation of the interventions. However, generally, the educational programmes in disaster management have not yet incorporated the skills related to the intercultural and interprofessional awareness aspects.

scholarly journals Where has all the chocolate gone? A national survey assesses the effects of recent legislation to improve the nutritional quality of English secondary-school vending

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 1394-1402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Matthews ◽  
Michael Nelson ◽  
Asha Kaur ◽  
Mike Rayner ◽  
Paul Kelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Food ◽  
Whole School ◽  
Inventory Survey ◽  
Whole School Approach ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Government Legislation ◽  
Academic Year

AbstractObjectiveObesity levels are rising in almost all parts of the world, including the UK. School food offers children in Great Britain between 25 % and 33 % of their total daily energy, with vending typically offering products high in fat, salt or sugar. Government legislation of 2007 to improve the quality of school food now restricts what English schools can vend. In assessing the effect of this legislation on the quality of English secondary-school vending provision, the response of schools to these effects is explored through qualitative data.DesignA longitudinal postal and visit-based inventory survey of schools collected vending data during the academic year 2006–2007 (pre-legislation), 2007–2008 and 2008–2009 (both post-legislation). Interviews with school staff explored issues of compliance. Product categorisation and analysis were carried out by product type, nutrient profiling and by categories of foods allowed or prohibited by the legislation.SettingEnglish secondary schools.SubjectsA representative sample of 279 schools including sixty-two researcher-visited inventory schools participated in the research.ResultsSchool vending seems to have moved towards compliance with the new standards – now drinks vending predominates and is largely compliant, whereas food vending is significantly reduced and is mostly non-compliant. Sixth form vending takes a disproportionate share of non-compliance. Vending has declined overall, as some schools now perceive food vending as uneconomic. Schools adopting a ‘whole-school’ approach appeared the most successful in implementing the new standards.ConclusionsGovernment legislation has achieved significant change towards improving the quality of English school vending, with the unintended consequence of reducing provision.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN PROFESSIONAL KEGURUAN DALAM MATA KULIAH MICRO TEACHING

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mashuri Mashuri
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Professional Teacher ◽  
Almost All

The quality of education is really determined by various factors, but the most dominant and important is a teacher's professionalism. Almost all effort on curriculum reform and teaching method implementation, is depends on the teachers ultimately. Any teachers lack of ability of the teaching material, teaching strategy, motivate the students to achieve high perpformance, will not improve the quality of education. The teacher acts as one crucial component in educational system. Therefore, since at the very the beginning, the ability of micro teaching practice at a college should be prepared well in order to be a professional teacher in the future. In the modern education system, teacher candidates are required to have professional skills that include the ability to plan learning, learning implementation, and learning evaluation. Without mastering all these aspects, the teacher will not be able to achieve the learning objectives optimally.

Telemedicine in oculoplastic and adnexal surgery: clinicians’ perspectives in the UK

2021 ◽  
pp. bjophthalmol-2020-318696
Author(s):  
Swan Kang ◽  
Laxmi Raja ◽  
Dawn A Sim ◽  
Peter B M Thomas ◽  
Daniel G Ezra
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Support ◽  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Poor Access ◽  
The Future ◽  
Barriers To Implementation ◽  
Adnexal Surgery ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

Background/AimsThe COVID-19 has facilitated a paradigm shift in the sphere of ophthalmic telemedicine: its utility is no longer limited to providing care to remote regions, rather it is expeditiously being adopted as the new standard of care. The aim of our paper is to explore the current attitudes of oculoplastic surgeons towards telemedicine and its utility in the present landscape and its prospects in the future.MethodsA 39-item questionnaire was distributed to consultant oculoplastic surgeons practising across the UK and anonymised responses were collected and analysed.ResultsThe COVID-19 pandemic has allowed rapid implementation of telemedicine services in oculoplastic departments across the UK with 86.6% of the respondents incorporating telemedicine into the routine clinical practice. Clinicians reported a statistically significant increase in utility of telemedicine, confidence in using telemedicine and quality of infrastructure available to employ telemedicine following the COVID-19 outbreak. The greatest utility of telemedicine is in triaging, postoperative assessment and eyelid lesion assessment. Main barriers to implementation of telemedicine included difficulties in conducting clinical examinations, lack of administrative support and poor access to digital technologies for patients. Overall, most clinicians were satisfied with the impact of telemedicine services and almost all experts foresee themselves continuing to use telemedicine in the future.ConclusionsTelemedicine has become an integral part of the oculoplastic service delivery since the COVID-19 pandemic its use is likely to continue. Further development of digital infrastructure and improvement of clinical examination capabilities are required to enable its wider adoption.

scholarly journals A Frontier for Engineering

2001 ◽  
Vol 123 (01) ◽  
pp. 52-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihail C. Roco
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Electronics ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Nanoscale Science And Engineering ◽  
One Year ◽  
Nanoscale Science ◽  
Almost All

This article kicks off an initiative by mechanical engineering magazine to delve into the topic of nanotechnology. Because of the high-risk/high return and interdisciplinary nature of the research and development, and the potential social implications, the National Nanotechnology Initiative has received the government’s support. The essence of nanotechnology is the ability to work at the atomic, molecular, and supramolecular levels, in a scale of about 1 to 100 nanometers, to create, manipulate, and use materials, devices, and systems that have novel properties and functions because of the small scale of their structures. There has been an explosion of discoveries in the last few years, and development is expected to accelerate in the next decade. Many scientific advancements exceed the projections made just one year ago, in areas such as molecular electronics, guided self-assembly, medicine, and DNA processing. Nanoscale science and engineering promise to restructure almost all industries toward the next industrial revolution, and to assure the quality of life in an increasingly crowded planet with shrinking energy and materials resources and less environmental endurance.

Palliative radiotherapy: what do nurses know?

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (18) ◽  
pp. 1202-1206
Author(s):  
Kim Hayden ◽  
Michael Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Diagnosis ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Symptom Control ◽  
Palliative Radiotherapy ◽  
Nursing Knowledge ◽  
Control Option ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Purposive Sample

Background: palliative radiotherapy can improve quality of life for patients who are symptomatic of advanced cancers. However, this treatment modality is underused and is often mistimed, which negates its potential benefit. Aim: the aim of this study was to assess nursing knowledge of palliative radiotherapy in the context of caring for patients with a cancer diagnosis. Methods: a quantitative method of research was employed using a questionnaire to assess palliative radiotherapy knowledge among a purposive sample of 162 oncology and palliative care nurses. Findings: the response rate was 48.14%. More than half of respondents reported their knowledge of radiotherapy as insufficient for their practice and almost all agreed they would benefit from more education. Conclusion: nurses require more training to identify when palliative radiotherapy would be an effective symptom control option; specific areas of focus for developing future radiotherapy educational programmes are highlighted.

Atypical Anti-Psychotics in the Real World -A Naturalistic Comparative Outcome Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Taylor ◽  
M Turner ◽  
L Watt ◽  
D Brown ◽  
M Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Atypical Antipsychotics ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Outcome Study ◽  
Routine Monitoring ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Uk

Background: There are few real life independent comparative studies of atypical antipsychotics. We prospectively examined five commonly used atypical antipychotics in the UK, without support from the pharmaceutical industry. Method: Prospective naturalistic systematic clinical evaluation. Patients being newly prescribed atypical anti-psychotics over a one year period were assessed by psychiatrists at initiation and after six months treatment using five outcome measures: clinical global impression; positive and negative psychotic symptoms; drug related side effects; and quality of life. Results: 373 patients participated in total. Olanzapine and risperidone produced statistically significant reductions in all ratings at stx months. Amisulpride, clozapine, and quetiapine were also studied. There was limited variance between the different drugs, although some sample sizes were small. Conclusion: Atypical anti-psychotics were found to be clinically effective, and produced similar outcomes. Routine monitoring of outcomes in psychiatry is feasible.

Analisis Benchmarking Terhadap Kinerja Perusahaan Kontraktor Di Dinas Pupr Kota Blitar

REVITALISASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Dessy Kusuma Wardani ◽  
Edy Swasono
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Satisfaction ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Community Satisfaction ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Acquisition Rate ◽  
One Year ◽  
Construction Product

This study aims to identify the dominant factors of the successful implementation of benchmarking on the performance of contracting companies and test the significance of the application of benchmarking on the performance of contracting companies. The research sample was saturated samples of 65 qualified contractor companies. The method and type of research used were correlational methods of multiple regression analysis using SPPS. The results of the study concluded that 1.Benchmarking significantly influences the performance of contracting companies in the Blitar City DPUPR; 1. The ranking of success factors for the Blitar City contractor companies in the process of implementing benchmarking (1) planning, (2) data collection, (3) acception and action and (4) analysis; 2.Benchmarking has proven to significantly improve company performance as measured by increasing (1) Corporate Finance (2) Company productivity, (3) DPUPR Consumer Satisfaction, (4) Community Satisfaction, (5) Quality of the company's construction technical personnel, (6) Satisfaction employee work, (7) Project acquisition rate in one year, (8) Effective completion of construction work, (9) Construction product quality.

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