“Bridging the Gap”: School Nurse Experiences Providing Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Students and Their Parents/Guardians

School systems are often not set up to support transgender and gender diverse (TGD) students, which results in unsafe and unsupportive environments and other institutional barriers to helping TGD students thrive. An important factor to students' feeling safe and supported in schools may be their relationship with school nurses. The purpose of this study was to describe school nurses' experiences working with TGD students and their parents/guardians, their role in working with this community, and the challenges nurses face when trying to serve TGD students. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 23 school nurses across a Midwestern state. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes: gender-affirming education and interpersonal collaboration, bridging the gap between TGD youth and parents/guardians, gender-affirming care and confidentiality, and navigating parental acceptance and gender-affirmation. School nurses expressed a strong desire to support TGD students but lack the structure and training within schools.

Automated Orchestration of Online Educational Collaboration in Cloud-based Environments

Integrated collaboration environments (ICEs) are widely used by corporations to increase productivity by fostering groupwide and interpersonal collaboration. In this article, we discuss the enhancements of such environment needed to build an educational ICE (E-ICE) that addresses the specific needs of educational users. The motivation for the research was the Małopolska Educational Cloud (MEC) project conducted by AGH University and its partners. The E-ICE developed by MEC project fosters collaboration between universities and high schools by creating an immersive virtual collaboration space. MEC is a unique project due to its scale and usage domain. Multiple online collaboration events are organized weekly between over 150 geographically scattered institutions. Such events, aside from videoconferencing, require various services. The MEC E-ICE is a complex composition of a significant number of services and various terminals that require very specific configuration and management. In this article, we focus on a model-driven approach to automating the organization of online meetings in their preparation, execution, and conclusion phases. We present a conceptual model of E-ICE-supported educational courses, introduce a taxonomy of online educational services, identify planes and modes of their operation, as well as discuss the most common collaboration patterns. The MEC E-ICE, which we present as a case study, is built in accordance with the presented, model-driven approach. MEC educational services are described in a way that allows for converting the declarative specification of E-ICE application models into platform-independent models, platform-specific models, and, finally, working sets of orchestrated service instances. Such approach both reduces the level of technical knowledge required from the end-users and considerably speeds up the construction of online educational collaboration environments.

Supply chain collaboration: differing perspectives of Brazilian companies

PurposeThis article examines the extent of collaboration experienced by 191 Brazilian shippers, logistics service providers (LSPs) and carriers in their logistics operations in urban freight transport. This study investigates relationships over time, the type of service and the nuances associated with the frequency of meetings, frequency of technical visits and frequency of training.Design/methodology/approachThe authors carried out a component analysis and, based on factor loadings, calculated indexes for use in non-linear canonical correlations to evaluate company-level differences in perceptions of the degree of collaboration and strength of relationship over time.FindingsThe results indicate that in the triad, LSPs are the strongest supporters of collaboration over time regardless of whether the logistics service is shared or dedicated; shippers demonstrate the weakest support for collaboration and prioritize relationships of one to three years in length. Carriers seek to develop short-term relationships and participate actively in meetings and technical visits because they strongly support strategic and interpersonal collaboration. Carriers also follow LSPs in terms of strategic and interpersonal collaboration and shared logistics services.Originality/valueThis article contributes to understanding the perceptions of interactions among specific logistics collaboration elements related to strategic, tactical and interpersonal relationships that the Brazilian companies face in their daily urban freight transport.

ANALISIS INTERPERSONAL COLLABORATION DALAM KESELAMATAN PASIEN

latar belakang : Keselamatan (safety) telah menjadi isu global termasuk juga untuk rumah sakit. Ada enam sasaran keselamatan pasien di rumah sakit yaitu ketepatan identifikasi, peningkatan komunikasi efektif, peningkatan keamanan obat yang perlu diwaspadai, kepastian tepat lokasi, tepat prosedur, tepat pasien operasi, pengurangan resiko infeksi terkait pelayanann kesehatan pengurangan resiko pasien jatuh Tujuan : untuk mengetahui akreditas rumah sakit dengan keselamatan pasien. Metode penelitian : literature review dengan cara menganalisis artikel, jurnal maupun text book. Artikel yang digunakan 14 referensi yang diterbitkan sepuluh tahun terakhir yang menggunakan google scholar, google book dan science direct. Hasil : Tujuan Sasaran Keselamatan Pasien adalah untuk mendorong rumah sakit agar melakukan perbaikan spesifik dalam keselamatan pasien. Sasaran ini menyoroti bagian-bagian yang bermasalah dalam pelayanan rumah sakit dan menjelaskan bukti-bukti serta solusi dari konsensus para ahli dalam permasalahan ini. Sistem yang baik akan berdampak pada peningkatan mutu pelayanan rumah sakit dan keselamatan pasien.. Kesimpulan : terdapat 6 sasaran dalam keselamatan pasien seperti diatas dan hal tersebut termasuk dalam akreditasi rumah sakit.

KOLABORASI ANTAR TENAGA KESEHATAN KHUSUSNYA PERAWAT DENGAN DOKTER DI RUMAH SAKIT

latar belakang : Keselamatan (safety) telah menjadi isu global termasuk juga untuk rumah sakit. Ada enam sasaran keselamatan pasien di rumah sakit yaitu ketepatan identifikasi, peningkatan komunikasi efektif, peningkatan keamanan obat yang perlu diwaspadai, kepastian tepat lokasi, tepat prosedur, tepat pasien operasi, pengurangan resiko infeksi terkait pelayanann kesehatan pengurangan resiko pasien jatuh Tujuan : untuk menerapkan interpersonal collaboration dalam kelamatan pasien dirumah sakit. Metode penelitian : literature review dengan cara menganalisis artikel, jurnal maupun text book. Artikel yang digunakan 14 referensi yang diterbitkan sepuluh tahun terakhir yang menggunakan google scholar, google book dan science direct. Hasil : Komunikasi dianggap efektif bila tepat waktu, akurat, lengkap, tidak mendua (ambiguous), dan diterima oleh penerima informasi yang bertujuan mengurangi kesalahan-kesalahan dan meningkatkan keselamatan pasien. Komunikasi dapat berbentuk verbal, elektronik, atau tertulis. Komunikasi yang jelek dapat membahayakan pasien. Kesimpulan : Keselamatan (safety) telah menjadi isu global termasuk juga untuk rumah sakit. Ada enam sasaran keselamatan pasien di rumah sakit. Upaya pengembangan faktor yang mendukung budaya keselamatan pasien perlu terus digalakkan oleh organisasi pemberi pelayanan kesehatan.

Effects of Cross-Training on Medical Teams’ Teamwork and Collaboration: Use of Simulation

Previous research in the US Navy demonstrated that cross-training enhances teamwork and interpersonal collaboration. Limited data exists on cross-training effectiveness in medical education. This research aimed to assess whether cross-training would have similar effects on medical teams. A multidisciplinary pair of resident participants—consisting of one physician and one pharmacist—was randomly assigned to cross-training or current training condition. The training experience involved one video-based content module (training a pharmacist’s task of pharmacokinetic dosing and a physician’s task of intubation) and one simulation-based practice scenario (collaborative treatment of an unstable critically ill simulated patient). Interprofessional pairs randomized to cross-training condition participated in both the content module and practice scenario in the alternative professional role whereas pairs randomized to current training condition participated in their own professional role. Pairs also participated in pre- and post- training assessment scenarios in their own professional role. Teamwork and interprofessionalism were measured immediately following assessment scenarios. Knowledge assessments were conducted at the start and end of the scenario sequence. Multidisciplinary pairs experiencing cross-training showed a significant improvement in teamwork (increased by 6.11% vs. 3.24%, p < 0.05). All participants demonstrated significant improvement in knowledge scores (increase of 14% cross-training, p < 0.05, and increase of 13.9% control, p < 0.05). Our project suggests that cross-training can improve teamwork in interprofessional medical teams.

Humanistic values as a system-forming principle of the professional activity of a teacher

Critically important question concerns the problem of humanistic values as a system-forming principle of the professional activity of a teacher. That is motivated by the necessity of solving the task of educating a humanistically-oriented student in the framework of a damaged value paradigm. The article proves the values in the professional activity of the teacher and emphasizes the role of humanistic values as a system-forming principle of the professional activity of a teacher. That is important in the framework of the humanistic ethics. The article shows that the focus of humanistic ethics has always been under consideration. Moreover that is important to show that the key vision of the humanistic ethics is the knowledge of a man which is necessary concerning the values and norms of life as an individual, and society as a whole. It shows that humanistic ethics consider humanistic values to be accepted by all higher forms of culture and common to these forms. The authors of the article analyze humanistic values and find it is important to show that some scientists identify humanistic and universal values. The article shows that humanism values is a system-forming principle of the professional activity of a teacher and it helps the teacher to form, to educate and to develop the human in a child, participate in his up-bringing process. Thus, the teacher aims not to remain outside his field of humanistic vision. The article analyzes the factors affecting the effectiveness of the realization of values. Moreover the article describes the fact that moral values are becoming humanistic values. To do so, it is necessary to consider interpersonal collaboration between a student and a teacher. Humanistic approach has a big role. The authors of the paper believe the importance of reflection-in-itself-reflection and-in-another in a teaching process for further warm cooperation between a student and a teacher as well as understanding of the role and mechanisms of humanistic values. The essence of normative professional activity of the teacher is revealed.

Group Collaboration in Education

When we collaborate, there is an interaction between two or more individuals who are working together to achieve a particular goal. “Teachers who use collaborative approaches tend to think of themselves less as expert transmitters of knowledge to students, and more as expert designers of intellectual experiences for students, as coaches or mid-wives of a more emergent learning process” (Smith & McGregor, n.d., ¶ 1). In certain environments, collaboration may be more difficult to achieve; it does not occur by simply putting individuals together and asking them to work collectively (Galagher, Kraut, & Egido, 1990). Friend and Cook’s (1992) definition of collaboration emphasizes goal orientation: “Interpersonal collaboration is a style of direct interaction between at least two co-equal parties voluntarily engaged in shared decision making as they work toward a common goal” (p. 5). Collaboration is further defined as “a process through which parties who see different aspects of a problem [or issue] can constructively explore their differences and search for solutions that go beyond their own limited vision of that is possible” (Gray, 1989, p. 5).