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2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Rose Skywark ◽  
Elizabeth Chen ◽  
Vichitra Jagannathan

Background: Our instructional team at the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill led an innovative project that used IDEO.org's design thinking process to create a brand-new interdisciplinary graduate course, housed in the school of public health, titled Design Thinking for the Public Good. We offer our course design process as a case study of the use of design thinking for course design.Methods: We collected data and generated insights through a variety of inspiration, ideation, and implementation design thinking methods alongside members of our three stakeholder groups: (2) faculty who teach or have taught courses related to design thinking at our higher education institution; (2) design thinking experts at ours and other institutions and outside of higher education; and (3) graduate students at our institution.Results: We learned that interdisciplinary design thinking courses should include growth-oriented reflection, explicit group work skills, and content with a real-world application.Conclusions: Our course design process and findings can be replicated to design courses regardless of area of study, level, or format.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Alfonso Tortorella

The current management of patients with schizophrenia is marked by a lack of personalization. After the diagnosis is made, a second-generation antipsychotic is usually prescribed based on the current clinician’s preferences, sometimes accompanied by a psychosocial intervention which is typically not evidence-based and not targeted to the specific needs of the individual patient. In this opinion paper, some steps are outlined that could be taken in order to address this lack of personalization. A special emphasis is laid on the clinical characterization of the patient who has received a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Considerations are put forward concerning the assessment of the negative dimension in ordinary clinical practice, which is often neglected; the evaluation of cognitive functioning using a simple test battery which requires limited professional training and takes no more than 15 min to administer; the evaluation of social functioning using a validated instrument focusing on personal care skills, interpersonal relationships, social acceptability, activities, and work skills; and the assessment of the unmet needs of the person (including practical, social, and emotional needs, and existential or personal recovery). The implications of the assessment of these domains for the formulation of the management plan are discussed.


2021 ◽  
pp. 095042222110697
Author(s):  
James D Byrd ◽  
Douglas L Smith ◽  
Marilyn M Helms

Service learning for business students is an important activity for learning professionalism while adding volunteer and leadership experiences to their resume. The purposeful inclusion of in-field volunteerism in the accounting curriculum by participation in the USA’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program each spring offers a host of additional benefits for students, as well as their communities and educational institutions. To better understand and identify these stakeholder benefits, the authors surveyed participants and found that students gained both career building work skills and community and social awareness, while community participants increased their personal satisfaction. Given the overall student benefits from participation, the second phase of the exploratory research examined ways to increase student participation for future VITA programs, because the success of any VITA program depends on both the strength and the presence of sufficient student volunteers. Faculty suggestions for recruiting are presented along with areas for future research.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (24) ◽  
pp. 5838
Author(s):  
Giulia M. Giordano ◽  
Luigi Giuliani ◽  
Andrea Perrottelli ◽  
Paola Bucci ◽  
Giorgio Di Lorenzo ◽  
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Impairment in functioning since the onset of psychosis and further deterioration over time is a key aspect of subjects with schizophrenia (SCZ). Mismatch negativity (MMN) and P3a, indices of early attention processing that are often impaired in schizophrenia, might represent optimal electrophysiological candidate biomarkers of illness progression and poor outcome. However, contrasting findings are reported about the relationships between MMN-P3a and functioning. The study aimed to investigate in SCZ the influence of illness duration on MMN-P3a and the relationship of MMN-P3a with functioning. Pitch (p) and duration (d) MMN-P3a were investigated in 117 SCZ and 61 healthy controls (HCs). SCZ were divided into four illness duration groups: ≤ 5, 6 to 13, 14 to 18, and 19 to 32 years. p-MMN and d-MMN amplitude was reduced in SCZ compared to HCs, independently from illness duration, psychopathology, and neurocognitive deficits. p-MMN reduction was associated with lower “Work skills”. The p-P3a amplitude was reduced in the SCZ group with longest illness duration compared to HCs. No relationship between P3a and functioning was found. Our results suggested that MMN amplitude reduction might represent a biomarker of poor functioning in SCZ.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Lynelle Osburn ◽  
Monica Short ◽  
Katrina Gersbach ◽  
Fredrik Velander ◽  
Ndungi Mungai ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 66-87
Author(s):  
Marika Mäkinen

In this study, twelve young students on the autism spectrum were interviewed on preparation for working life, employment guidance, the challenges and strengths of the autism spectrum, and suitable teaching methods. Interviews were supported by a structured and illustrated questionnaire. The data were analysed using key statistics. The results showed that, from the students’ perspective, the most important issues in preparation for work are familiarisation with different jobs, guidance in searching for a suitable job, evaluation of the suitability of the working environment, integration of occupational safety into work skills, and acquiring conversational skills in the workplace. The selection of a suitable working environment is clearly emphasised before transitioning to work. Acquiring and keeping a job require investing in social situations and skills in studying. The structuring should be flexible and adaptable according to situations and personal needs. Educationally, social interaction, social skills, and communication should form a coherent whole. The main goal for everyday life ought to be communicative and based on a structure for acquiring different skills. The results can be utilised in a vocational education and training (VET) context, because they support the importance of preparatory education as part of these studies. In addition, the results can also be used in on-the-job learning plans for VET.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 942-942
Author(s):  
Daniel Kaplan ◽  
Keith Chan

Abstract Agency-based supervision is essential to skilled practice and staff retention, directly impacting the quality of services. The Supervisory Leaders in Aging (SLA) program was designed to strengthen supervision of the aging services workforce. SLA was implemented in four states and trained 134 social work supervisors. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel, comprehensive, and practice-informed measure of supervisory best-practices in gerontological social services. The primary outcome for the SLA program was the Practice Inventory for Supervision in Aging Services (PISAS), which evaluated the frequency of recent use of best practices as identified by the project team and vetted by instructors and an interdisciplinary advisory board. Reliability and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine its psychometric properties. Findings demonstrated the scale had good internal consistency reliability (ɑ = 0.88). Confirmatory factor analyses indicated a three-factor solution, 1) Gerontological Social Work Skills, 2) Program Development Skills, and 3) Supervision and Leadership Skills, accounting for 72% of the variability in the 27 items. Gerontological Social Work Skills captured best practices regarding mental health in late life, heightening awareness of elder abuse, and working with families. Program Development Skills captured assessment, measuring outcomes, and translating evidence into practice. Supervision and Leadership Skills captured individual supervision, group supervision and leadership in interdisciplinary practice. Results indicated that PISAS is a reliable and valid measure of use of best practices in gerontological social work supervision. Further implications and limitations of this measure in assessing outcomes of gerontological education and training programs are discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 677
Author(s):  
Wayan Astika Darmayanti ◽  
Wuryaningsih Dwi Sayekti ◽  
Raden Hanung Ismono

The aims of this research were to study the level of nutritional status, work skills, work experience, and foreman leadership style as well as its effect on the productivity of pineapple harvesting labor in PT Great Giant Pineapple Department Plantation Group 4. The research is conducted by surrvey method at PT Great Giant Pineapple Department Plantation Group 4,Labuhan Ratu Sudistrict, East Lampung Regency. Data is collected in August-September 2019. The total respondent for this research are 50 workers are chosen by purposive method. Analyzed by quantitative descriptive and multiple linear regression. The result of this research showed the level nutrition status of labor was normal with good work skills, work experience of less than a year, the leadership style applied was democratic and level of labor productivity was moderate. The laor productivity was influenced by skills, work experience, foreman leadership style, age and education.Keywords : experience, foreman, nutritional status, productivity, skills.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2125 (1) ◽  
pp. 012072
Author(s):  
Yanping Li ◽  
Yong Li

Abstract Measuring the content of dissolved gas components in transformer insulating oil by gas chromatography is an important means to judge the internal potential faults of oil filled electrical equipment in the process of operation supervision. The necessary work skills of power grid operators include the ability to detect the content of dissolved gas in transformer oil and judge the operation state of transformer. This paper introduces a preparation method and equipment of transformer standard oil. It can quickly prepare standard oils with various gas component contents. The standard oil quantity value is accurate, the data stability period is greater than 90 days, and the uncertainty is less than 5%. The equipment can be used for training and evaluation of transformer oil gas chromatographic analysis practitioners and calibration of transformer oil on-line gas chromatograph.


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