scholarly journals Simulation: A complex pedagogical space

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Rooney ◽  
Sofia Nyström
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Flight Simulators ◽  
Number Of Layers ◽  
New Directions

Simulation is a pedagogy that has been widely used in a number of educational settings (e.g., aviation, transport, social work, nursing education). While it can take numerous forms, it often involves an assortment of high-tech equipment (e.g., flight simulators, manikins) that seek to replicate real settings. Specifically, this paper provides an empirically driven exploration of how simulation laboratories, used in the professional education of nurses, and medical and other health professionals in higher education settings, are practised. Informed by sociomaterial understandings, the paper problematises and disrupts homogeneous understandings of the simulation space as found in much of the health sciences literature. This is done by providing a number of layers ranging from accounts of simulation in literature and empirically driven accounts of simulation in action through to more abstract discussion. The paper is attentive to both the distinct materiality of the spaces involved and the human activities the spaces engender. This dual focus enables the consideration of spatial injustices as well as new directions for the development of simulation pedagogies.

scholarly journals A competency-based approach to professional training of prospective nurses in the context of rehabilitation care reforms in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 166-175
Author(s):  
Natalia Rudakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Rational Approach ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Rehabilitation Care

In present conditions of turbulent development of scientific and technological progress, reforms of Ukrainian educational system and integration into European educational space, high quality training and professional orientation of medical workers, especially nurses, is highly needed. The baccalaureate nurse should obtain a high level of knowledge and competence in all areas of their work. This is primarily due to the involvement of baccalaureate nurses in extraordinarily complex medical procedures, usage of high-tech equipment in specialized institutions, and independent decision-making related to the implementation of palliative care in health care institutions. Because of these changes, nursing should become an independent medical profession, and one of the prerequisites for this is the modernization and improvement of nursing training programs at the level of a higher education (bachelor and master levels). The article analyzes the research on the development of medical education in the context of reforming the medical field in times of global crisis. The author presents a retrospective analysis of nursing education development in Ukraine in the middle of the 20th –the first half of the 21st century; a parallel is drawn with the existing state qualification requirements and areas of professional training for nurses of different levels of education. The author of the article indicates the necessity of a rational approach to the training of prospective nurses and substantiates the directions of nursing education development in the context of modern health care reform by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. It is argued the importance of developing not only hard skills, but also soft skills of prospective medical workers, especially within the framework of a narrow specialization during the period of study in higher education institutions. Keywords: medical education, rehabilitation support, nursing, competence, educational reforms.

scholarly journals Letter to editor regarding article “Clinical inter-professional education activities: Students’ perceptions of their experiences”

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-143
Author(s):  
Yohane Gadama ◽  
George Chimatiro ◽  
Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Sciences

We read with great interest the publication entitled, “Clinical inter-professional education activities: Students’ perceptions of their experiences”1. Ntsiea, V et al., reviewed data gathered from post-inter-professional education (IPE) feedback forms from students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand. The IPE activity was attended to by 309 students from the following fields: Physiotherapy, Medicine, Clinical associates, Occupational therapy, Biokinetics, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, Oral Science, Speech, and Audiology. The authors found that participating in the IPE activity made students gain appreciation and respect for other health professionals’ roles and scope

scholarly journals Education Into Policy: Embedding Health Informatics to Prepare Future Nurses—New Zealand Case Study

JMIR Nursing ◽  
10.2196/16186 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e16186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Honey ◽  
Emma Collins ◽  
Sally Britnell
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Nursing Informatics ◽  
Future Health

Background Preparing emerging health professionals for practicing in an ever-changing health care environment along with continually evolving technology is an international concern. This is particularly pertinent for nursing because nurses make up the largest part of the health workforce. Objective This study aimed to explore how health informatics can be included in undergraduate health professional education. Methods A case study approach was used to consider health informatics within undergraduate nursing education in New Zealand. This has led to the development of nursing informatics guidelines for nurses entering practice. Results The process used to develop nursing informatics guidelines for entry to practice in New Zealand is described. The final guidelines are based on the literature and are refined using an advisory group and an iterative process. Conclusions Although this study describes the development of nursing informatics guidelines for nurses entering practice, the challenge is to move these guidelines from educational rhetoric to policy. It is only by ensuring that health informatics is embedded in the undergraduate education of all health professionals can we be assured that future health professionals are prepared to work effectively, efficiently, and safely with information and communication technologies as part of their practice.

scholarly journals Education Into Policy: Embedding Health Informatics to Prepare Future Nurses—New Zealand Case Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Honey ◽  
Emma Collins ◽  
Sally Britnell
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Nursing Informatics ◽  
Future Health

BACKGROUND Preparing emerging health professionals for practicing in an ever-changing health care environment along with continually evolving technology is an international concern. This is particularly pertinent for nursing because nurses make up the largest part of the health workforce. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore how health informatics can be included in undergraduate health professional education. METHODS A case study approach was used to consider health informatics within undergraduate nursing education in New Zealand. This has led to the development of nursing informatics guidelines for nurses entering practice. RESULTS The process used to develop nursing informatics guidelines for entry to practice in New Zealand is described. The final guidelines are based on the literature and are refined using an advisory group and an iterative process. CONCLUSIONS Although this study describes the development of nursing informatics guidelines for nurses entering practice, the challenge is to move these guidelines from educational rhetoric to policy. It is only by ensuring that health informatics is embedded in the undergraduate education of all health professionals can we be assured that future health professionals are prepared to work effectively, efficiently, and safely with information and communication technologies as part of their practice.

Theatrology, the New Cultural Management School in Romania

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Ivona Tătar-Vîstraş
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
National Theatre ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Management School

Abstract We are witnessing a paradigm shift regarding the theatrologist’s position in the Romanian theatre environment. While, until recently, theatrology meant cultural journalism, this definition is no longer sufficient or attractive for secondary school graduates. Romania’s higher education offer has changed increasingly in the last years, in the attempt to keep up with the requirements of the labour market; the solution was provided by the area of cultural management. Every last faculty in this sector covers the new direction of study and research. This article seeks to investigate the existing educational offers, which should allow an understanding and a new complete image of the theatrologist in Romania; in our opinion, this image will have an increasing impact on the national theatre community, shaped, of course, by the new directions of study.

STUDENTS INTEREST IN CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION NURSES IN HEALTH EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN BANYUMAS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Rahmaya Nova Handayani ◽  
Adiratna Sekarsiwi
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Support System ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Continuing Professional Education ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
System Method

Introduction. Types of nursing education in Indonesia are vocational, academic and professional. Professional education is higher education after an undergraduate program that prepares students to have jobs with specific skill requirements. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that affect student interest in continuing professional education nurses based on perception, motivation and support system. Method. The study design was a descriptive analytic cross-sectional approach. Unstratified sampling using random sampling with a sample of 111 respondents in health education institutions in karisidenan Banyumas, there are Harapan Bangsa Purwokerto Institute of Health Science, Purwokerto Muhammadiyah University, Jenderal Sudirman University.Data was analysed by using multivariate logistic regression. Results. The results of the study showed that no correlation  perception, motivation, and support system of nurses Profession election interest in health education institutions in-karisidenan Banyumas (p=0,999; 0,956; 0,135).Discussion. The most dominant factor affecting the interest of the nurse profession was support system.Keywords: interest, perception, motivation, support system, professional nurses

INTERNATIONAL GRANT COOPERATION AS A TOOL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

2018 ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
Milan Chmura
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
European Countries ◽  
International Project ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Education And Development

The education and development of university teachers have its justifcation and its importance is signifcant not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad. This study provides an analysis of further professional education of university teachers in the Czech Republic and in selected European countries. Subsequently, it presents an international project with participants from the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland, which, ultimately, plays a role in the improvement of the quality of higher education.

scholarly journals The relationship between empathy and altruistic motivations in nursing studies: a multi-method study

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Messineo ◽  
Luciano Seta ◽  
Mario Allegra
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Care Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Young Males ◽  
Young Females

Abstract Background The efficient management of relational competences in healthcare professionals is crucial to ensuring that a patient’s treatment and care process is conducted positively. Empathy is a major component of the relational skills expected of health professionals. Knowledge of undergraduate healthcare students’ empathic abilities is important for educators in designing specific and efficient educational programmes aimed at supporting or enhancing such competences. In this study, we measured first-year undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes towards professional empathy in clinical encounters. The students’ motivations for entering nursing education were also evaluated. This study takes a multi-method approach based on the use of qualitative and quantitative tools to examine the association between students’ positive attitudes towards the value of empathy in health professionals and their prosocial and altruistic motivations in choosing to engage in nursing studies. Methods A multi-method study was performed with 77 first-year nursing students. The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) – Health Professions Student Version was administered. Students’ motivations for choosing nursing studies were detected through an open question and thematically analysed. Using explorative factor analysis and principal component analysis, a dimensional reduction was conducted to identify subjects with prosocial and altruistic motivations. Finally, linear models were tested to examine specific associations between motivation and empathy. Results Seven distinct themes distinguishing internal and external motivational factors were identified through a thematic analysis of students’ answers regarding their decision to enter a nursing degree course. Female students gained higher scores on the empathy scale than male ones. When students’ age was considered, this difference was only observed for younger students, with young females’ total scores being higher than young males'. High empathy scores were positively associated with altruistic motivational factors. A negative correlation was found between external motivational factors and the scores of the Compassionate Care subscale of the JSE. Conclusions Knowing the level of nursing students’ empathy and their motivational factors for entering nursing studies is important for educators to implement training paths that enhance students’ relational attitudes and skills and promote the positive motivational aspects that are central to this profession.

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