Community Health projects as part of a core clinical clerkship: Teaching research skills in a community setting

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Reuben ◽  
Stephen R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Clinical Clerkship ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Teaching Research

scholarly journals Teaching Research Skills to Pediatric Housestaff • 1927

1998 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 328-328
Author(s):  
David K Rassin ◽  
Karen E Shattuck ◽  
Constance D Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Research Skills ◽  
Teaching Research

Moral distress of undergraduate nursing students in community health nursing

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 2340-2350
Author(s):  
Rowena L Escolar Chua ◽  
Jaclyn Charmaine J Magpantay
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Moral Distress ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Senior Year ◽  
Community Health Nursing ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Institutional Review ◽  
The People ◽  
Health Nursing

Background: Nurses exposed to community health nursing commonly encounter situations that can be morally distressing. However, most research on moral distress has focused on acute care settings and very little research has explored moral distress in a community health nursing setting especially among nursing students. Aim: To explore the moral distress experiences encountered by undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students in community health nursing. Research design: A descriptive qualitative design was employed to explore the community health nursing experiences of the nursing students that led them to have moral distress. Participants and research context: The study included 14 senior nursing students who had their course in Community Health Nursing in their sophomore year and stayed in the partner communities in their junior year for 6 and 3 weeks during their senior year. Ethical considerations: Institutional review board approval was sought prior to the conduct of the study. Self-determination was assured and anonymity and confidentiality were guaranteed to all participants. Findings: Nursing students are vulnerable and likely to experience moral distress when faced with ethical dilemmas. They encounter numerous situations which make them question their own values and ideals and those of that around them. Findings of the study surfaced three central themes which included moral distress emanating from the unprofessional behavior of some healthcare workers, the resulting sense of powerlessness, and the differing values and mindsets of the people they serve in the community. Conclusion: This study provides educators a glimpse of the morally distressing situations that often occurs in the community setting. It suggests the importance of raising awareness and understanding of these situations to assist nursing students to prepare themselves to the “real world,” where the ideals they have will be constantly challenged and tested.

scholarly journals Integrating Research Skills Training into Non-Research Methods Courses.

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Jules Woolf
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Short Discussion ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Classroom Strategies ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Study Participants

Research skills are a valued commodity by industry and university administrators. Despite the importance placed on these skills students typically dislike taking research method courses where these skills are learned. However, training in research skills does not necessarily have to be confined to these courses. In this study participants at a Cracker Barrel session (a series of short discussion sessions) discussed the issue of teaching research skills in non-research methods courses. Specific classroom strategies were identified along with issues related to the concept of research and the development of a research ethos among students and faculty.

scholarly journals Teaching research skills to student pharmacists: A multi-campus, multi-semester applied critical care research elective

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 735-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Smith ◽  
Andrea Sikora Newsome ◽  
W. Anthony Hawkins ◽  
Christopher M. Bland ◽  
Trisha N. Branan
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Care Research ◽  
Teaching Research

High School Research and Critical Literacy: Social Studies With and Despite Wikipedia

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houman Harouni
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
School Students ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Online Encyclopedia

Drawing on experiences in his social studies classroom, Houman Harouni evaluates both the challenges and possibilities of helping high school students develop critical research skills. The author describes how he used Wikipedia to design classroom activities that address issues of authorship, neutrality, and reliability in information gathering. The online encyclopedia is often lamented by teachers, scholars, and librarians,but its widespread use necessitates a new approach to teaching research. In describing the experience, Harouni concludes that teaching research skills in the contemporary context requires ongoing observations of the research strategies and practices students already employ as well as the active engagement of student interest and background knowledge.

scholarly journals Assessing effectiveness of a novel mid-upper arm circumference Z-score tape in a community setting in Guatemala

2019 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikaela A. Miller ◽  
Kristen Mallory ◽  
Manolo Escobedo ◽  
Ana Cecilia Tarot ◽  
Susan Abdel-Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Nutritional Risk ◽  
Anthropometric Measurement ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Upper Arm ◽  
Community Health Volunteers ◽  
Arm Circumference ◽  
Mid Upper Arm Circumference

Abstract Background Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) is an independent anthropometric measurement used to identify malnutrition in children. While much research has been dedicated to applying fixed estimates of MUAC to identify cases of malnutrition in children under 5 years of age, far less has been done with age-specific MUAC Z-score values across the continuum of age from birth through adolescence. Methods The present study examined the effectiveness of a novel MUAC Z-score tape, in the hands of community health volunteers, to identify children over the age of 5 who would benefit from nutritional rehabilitation. In January of 2019, 112 community health volunteers working within Children International in Guatemala were trained to use the MUAC Z-score tape and asked to collect measurements on children or youth in their communities. Results Of the 818 MUAC Z-score tape measurements obtained by volunteers, 88.26% (722/818) were concordant with nutritional risk status as predicted by BMI Z-score, and 90.95% (744/818) were concordant with MUAC Z-score tape measurements made by field medical staff. MUAC Z-scores identified 87.10% (27/31) of the severely or moderately undernourished children as determined by the BMI Z-score who would be candidates for the nutrition rehabilitation program (Z-score ≤ − 2) along with an additional six children that would not have been classified as such with BMI Z-score. A qualitative survey distributed to the volunteers showed moderate rates of understanding of nutritional risk using the tape, and 62.50% reported the tape was easy to use. Conclusions These quantitative and qualitative findings suggest that with more in-depth training and education the MUAC Z-score tape is a viable, low-cost, low-burden alternative for community-level nutritional status assessment among the population served by Children International in Guatemala.

scholarly journals Beyond the single course: teaching research throughout the curriculum

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-171
Author(s):  
Paula A. Mazzer ◽  
Bethany Melroe Lehrman
Keyword(s):  
Research Skills ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Laboratory Courses ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Level Student

Our STEM majors arrive on campus as rule followers—“Tell me what to do, and I’ll do it,” is their refrain. To break this mindset, we redesigned our suite of laboratory courses to scaffold research throughout the program. Every laboratory incorporates both discipline-specific and research-specific skills. Foundational courses introduce research skills, leading to upper level student-driven research. This model should be extensible to any curriculum and makes research an integral part of the undergraduate career.

Are ‘Digital Natives’ Equipped to Conquer the Legal Landscape?

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bates
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Precise Nature ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
The University

AbstractThere is no doubt that the ‘Google Generation’ or ‘Digital Natives’ are entering legal education with a very different set of skills than those who came before them. In this article Daniel Bates examines the precise nature of the skillset of those beginning their legal careers, and considers his experiences teaching research skills to law students at the University of Cambridge for over a decade. Furthermore, he considers how students' educational and cultural background in the areas of research and information literacy should inform the teaching of legal skills.

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