Physiotherapy and osteoporosis: practice behaviors and clinicians’ perceptions—a survey

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meena M. Sran ◽  
Karim M. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Practice Behaviors

Teaching Note: Analyzing Families in Cultural Context: A Teaching Tool

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Miriam Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Teaching Tool ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Accreditation Standards ◽  
Practice Behaviors

This teaching note describes the author's experience with a multidimensional tool designed to facilitate student learning about family assessment within a cultural context. Using their own families as the system of analysis, students engaged in data gathering and organizing, interpretation, and presentation of a multi - generational family. The author links this tool to 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards practice behaviors; highlights and discusses family maps and a family cultural poem, “I Am From,” as the central components of this teaching tool; and provides recommendations for its use. Students’ “I Am From” poems are included as illustrations.

scholarly journals Algorithm to detect pediatric provider attention to high BMI and associated medical risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy B Turer ◽  
Celette S Skinner ◽  
Sarah E Barlow
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Chart Review ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Medical Risk ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
Diagnosis Codes ◽  
Manual Review ◽  
Clinician Practice ◽  
High Bmi

Abstract We developed and validated an algorithm that uses combinations of extractable electronic-health-record (EHR) indicators (diagnosis codes, orders for laboratories, medications, and referrals) that denote widely-recommended clinician practice behaviors: attention to overweight/obesity/body mass index alone (BMI Alone), with attention to hypertension/other comorbidities (BMI/Medical Risk), or neither (No Attention). Data inputs used for each EHR indicator were refined through iterative chart review to identify and resolve modifiable coding errors. Validation was performed through manual review of randomly selected visit encounters (n = 308) coded by the refined algorithm. Of 104 encounters coded as No Attention, 89.4% lacked any evidence (specificity) of attention to BMI/Medical Risk. Corresponding evidence (sensitivity) of attention to BMI Alone was identified in 96.0% (of 101 encounters coded as BMI Alone) and BMI/Medical Risk in 96.1% (of 103 encounters coded as BMI/Medical Risk). Our EHR data algorithm can validly determine provider attention to BMI alone, with Medical Risk, or neither.

Healthcare Providers’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Practice Behaviors for Educating Patients About Advance Directives: A National Survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 387-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances R. Nedjat-Haiem ◽  
Tamara J. Cadet ◽  
Anup Amatya ◽  
Shiraz I. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Seriously Ill Patients

Background: Advance care planning for end-of-life care emerged in the mid-1970’s to address the need for tools, such as the advance directive (AD) legal document, to guide medical decision-making among seriously ill patients, their families, and healthcare providers. Objective: Study aims examine providers’ perspectives on AD education that involve examining (1) a range of attitudes about educating patients, (2) whether prior knowledge was associated with practice behaviors in educating patients, and (3) specific factors among healthcare providers such as characteristics of work setting, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that may influence AD education and documentation. Design: To examine providers’ views, we conducted a cross-sectional, online survey questionnaire of healthcare providers using social media outreach methods for recruitment. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional survey design to examine the proposed aims. Healthcare providers, recruited through a broad approach using snowball methods, were invited to participate in an online survey. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine providers’ views toward AD education. Results: Of 520 participants, findings indicate that most healthcare providers said that they were knowledgeable about AD education. They also viewed providing education as beneficial to their practice. These findings suggest that having a positive attitude toward AD education and experiencing less organizational barriers indicate a higher likelihood that providers will educate patients regarding ADs. Conclusion: Various disciplines are represented in this study, which indicates that attitudes and knowledge influence AD discussions. The importance of AD discussions initiated by healthcare providers is critical to providing optimal patient-centered care.

Performance-Based Individualized Educational Applications of the Computer in Continuing Medical Education

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-387
Author(s):  
Ruth Colvin Clark ◽  
Phil R. Manning
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Prescribing Practices ◽  
Educational Impact ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
Diagnostic Management ◽  
Educational Applications ◽  
Assisted Instruction ◽  
Memory Support

Computers may have greatest educational impact on adult professional learners rather than as delivery devices for Computer Assisted Instruction in undergraduate settings. The applications of computers to medical education is reviewed with emphasis on recent application of computer capabilities to provide practicing physicians with memory support, profiles of practice for needs assessment, and diagnostic/management algorithms. The strategy of providing physicians with ongoing practice-related feedback in the form of confidential review of their prescribing practices is described as a model of an educational intervention which can be readily adapted to computer technology and would facilitate professional growth in adult learners which would be both timely and directly related to individual practice behaviors.

Race, Practice Behaviors and the NASW Code of Ethics

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinika Jayaratne ◽  
Tom A. Croxton ◽  
Debra Mattison
Keyword(s):  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Practice Behaviors

Facilitating CSWE's Social Justice Competency in Baccalaureate Social Work Courses

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-73
Author(s):  
Simon Funge ◽  
Nancy Meyer-Adams ◽  
Chris Flaherty ◽  
Gretchen Ely ◽  
Jeffrey Baer
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Policy Positions ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Education

The Council on Social Work Education identifies social justice as one of 10 core competencies in its 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards. Educators can find it daunting to address this particular competency. The National Association of Social Workers' Social Work Speaks can provide a practical guide for educating students in the policy positions of social work's primary professional association. This article offers uses of these materials that can infuse social justice concepts into foundation coursework, mitigating not only some of the challenges associated with teaching this content but also fostering the expected practice behaviors associated with the social justice competency. This model can apply to teaching strategies pertaining to the other nine competencies. Examples of assignments and methods for assessment are provided.

The Angler in the Environment: Social, Economic, Biological, and Ethical Dimensions

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Catch And Release ◽  
Practice Behaviors ◽  
Negative Impacts

<i>Abstract</i> .—Recreational fishing is popular worldwide. However, the potential negative impacts of this leisure activity can influence the sustainability of targeted fish stocks. Although management strategies are frequently used to control the actions of anglers, participants themselves must ultimately be confident that changes in their behavior will lead to the conservation of recreational fish stocks before regulations are followed and best practices adopted. Directly involving recreational anglers in research used to quantify the value of best practices, such as in the case of catch and release, can help reinforce the notion among anglers that best practice behaviors facilitate conservation and sustainable exploitation. Using the framework of citizen science and the principles of experiential education (immersion, involvement, ownership, and legacy), we present a case study whereby recreational anglers were directly involved in research that tested how attributes of catch-and-release fishing for bonefish <i>Albula </i> spp. can influence the postrelease survival. By accompanying anglers to the shallow flats and actively involving them in hands-on research aimed at addressing relevant behaviors in the context of catch and release, such programs can promote an increased awareness and sense of personal ownership over the research question and the conservation benefits that it intends to facilitate. With data generated through direct involvement, the participation of recreational anglers in our research culminated in the development of a best practices brochure about catch and release for bonefish. It is our experience that research programs involving recreational anglers need to be well conceived and structured so as to adequately balance the quality of the experience for the participants with the need for generating quality data. Welldesigned “research angler” programs as a form of tourism or even ecotourism could help scientists not only to enhance their ability to conduct fisheries research, but also to broaden the impacts of their research program and the speed at which best practices are adopted.

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