scholarly journals Making the Ancestors Proud:

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-72
Author(s):  
Janice Fournillier
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Experimental Writing ◽  
Standard English ◽  
American University ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Personal Experiences

This article incorporates experimental writing which combines interior monologue written in Trinidadian Creole and Standard English. As importantly, the article explores personal experiences and responses to issues of assessment, promotion and tenure in an American university within the larger context of the relevant literature.

A Sea of Whiteness: Teaching Sexuality through a New Sociology at a U.S. American University

2021 ◽  
pp. 0092055X2110224
Author(s):  
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Social Location ◽  
Structural Level ◽  
American University ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

This article connects sociological analyses of race to sexuality to rethink the teaching of the sociology of sexualities. Through the use of the image of the sea, I locate whiteness as a root for the challenges in current pedagogical approaches at my institution, knowing that it is merely an example of multiple others facing similar problems at the structural level. Using autoethnography as a method to illustrate personal experiences in the classroom and the institution, I engage in two interrelated topics that structure this article. First, I explore how teaching sexualities studies from a sociological angle requires teaching about power. In the second part, I delve into how a neoliberal engagement with individualism and students’ singular social location influence the potential in students’ learning. The discussion and concluding parts propose thinking through some of the previous teaching on the sociology of sexualities to create it anew.

al-Khāl, Yūsuf (1917–1987)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dounia Badini
Keyword(s):  
Spoken Language ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
Experimental Poetry ◽  
Poetic Language ◽  
American University ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
American University Of Beirut ◽  
Philosophy Department ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Literary Circles

Yūsuf al-Khāl was a Lebanese poet and writer, born in 1917 in Syria. He graduated in 1944 from the Philosophy Department at the American University of Beirut where he taught Arabic literature. In 1948 he went to America where he became involved with renewal literary circles. In 1955, he went back to Lebanon with a well-conceived purpose of announcing a second Arab poetic renaissance. In 1957, he founded the magazine Shi‘r (Poetry), which ran until 1964, then from 1967 to 1970. Shi‘r was the most professional avant-garde Arabic magazine dedicated to poetry. Through it, he took pains to support new experimental poetry that aimed to change the poetic language, making it closer to spoken language in terms of the lexicon, structures, and music; to make modernity accessible to the Arab reader through translations of foreign experiences; to renew the themes of poetry by expressing enriching personal experiences. Although he published several works (a novel, a play, poetry, essays, and translations), he is recognized above all as the leader of the modernist Shi‘r movement.

scholarly journals The Evolution and Changing Context of Social Work Education

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelden R. Gelman
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Faculty Position ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Practice Experience ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
Work Education ◽  
High Degree

The nature of social work education has changed dramatically over the course of my academic career: From the degree(s) required for a faculty position to the number of years of practice experience; from expectations for research and publication, to criteria for promotion and tenure; from residential instruction to distance education; from an emphasis on foundation curriculum to practice competencies and outcomes; and, from a commitment to service to a quest to be the highest “ranked” program within the highest ranked institution. Given that change is an ongoing phenomenon, it is difficult to anticipate curriculum direction or plan one’s career path with a high degree of certainty. The future is often determined by external events, fate, where you are at a specific time, the assistance of others, and the opportunities that are presented. These changes and the evolution of social work education as a field of professional practice can best be demonstrated by reflecting on my own experiences in becoming a faculty member and serving in various academic positions over the last 45 years. The contrast between my personal experiences and those of the typical student in 2014 may help demonstrate some of the changes that have occurred in social work education over the intervening years.

scholarly journals SUPERVISION FOR ADVOCACY: SUPPORTING SELF-CARE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
KATHLEEN J. FARKAS ◽  
JAROSLAW R. ROMANIUK
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Periodical Literature ◽  
Supervisory Relationships ◽  
Trauma Informed Care ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Difficult Times ◽  
Original Approach ◽  
Supervisory Practice

The objective is to examine the intersection of advocacy for social change, the individual’s emotional costs of advocacy, and the use of trauma informed care in supervisory practice to encourage and support advocates and their work.  Supervision models exist, but none address the needs of advocates who might become targets for scorn and persecution. The literature on trauma informed care provides a direction to improve the support and supervision of advocates, especially those who use their personal experiences as examples in their work. We reviewed data bases and relevant literature regarding supervision and the principles of trauma informed care.  Periodical literature was reviewed for examples of those affected personally and professionally by their advocacy efforts. Review of the literature revealed little new knowledge on supervision but provided a base to apply the principles of trauma informed care to support and encourage advocacy for social change. This paper suggests the use of trauma informed care in supervisory relationships and advocacy work. This is an original approach to encourage and uphold advocates in difficult times.

scholarly journals Seventy Years Since the Establishment of the Skopje Military Hospital, 1944-2014

PRILOZI ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-231
Author(s):  
Doncho Donev ◽  
Ilija Gligorov ◽  
Andreja Naumovski
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Military Health ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Status ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Units ◽  
The Village

AbstractAim: To present the phases and activities over the period of the existence and work of the Military Hospital in Skopje, from its establishment in 1944 to its transformation on 01.01.2010.Methods: A retrospective study based on available archive materials, encyclopaedias and other sources of information and review of the relevant literature, and personal experiences, observations and memories of the authors and others.Results: During the War of 1941-1945, the larger military units formed hospitals. On 15.11.1944, the hospital of the Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Macedonia was moved from the village Gorno Vranovci to Skopje. The Military Hospital in Skopje received the status of permanent hospital of the 5th Army, and from 1945-1963 worked at the “Crescent” facility. After the earthquake in 1963, due to damage, it was partly moved to the hospital in Nish, and partly dispersed in pavilions. In 1971 a new military medical complex was put into operation, in which most belonged to the Military Hospital in Skopje. Until 1992 the military sanitation service was under the command of the then Yugoslav People's Army, and then was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence of R. Macedonia. From 10.04.1992 to 2.06.1992 it served as a Military Hospital of the Army of R. Macedonia and then as the “Centre of Military Health Institutions” until 26.10.2001. Then it was renamed the Military Hospital of the Army of R. Macedonia until March 2008, when converted to the Ministry of Defence as “Military Health Service - Military Hospital”. On 01.01.2010 the Military Hospital was reshaped into: PHI Eighth of September City General Hospital, Skopje, and the Military Medical Centre.Conclusion: The Military Hospital in Skopje over the period of its existence has been one of the key specialist-consultative and hospital facilities in the health system in R. Macedonia for providing health care to military beneficiaries and the civilian population.

scholarly journals Views from the executive suite: lessons from the introduction of performance management

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanming Liang ◽  
Peter F Howard
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Senior Executive Service ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Executive Suite ◽  
Key Steps ◽  
Senior Health

Performance management introduced to the senior health executive levels in the New South Wales public health care system included the senior executive service in 1989 and, as a key element of that service, performance agreements in 1990. This is the first qualitative study examining senior health executives? personal experiences of these changes. In consideration of what has been learnt from the most relevant literature and this study, this paper concludes that the introduction and implementation performance management is a continuous process. This process includes the key steps of planning, measuring, monitoring and evaluating. It can be used as a means to achieve overall effective organisation performance by bringing in a two-way management process for the organisation and its senior health executives.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hydrogen Peroxide Fumigation, Part 2: Verifying and Validating Hydrogen Peroxide Fumigation Cycles

2020 ◽  
pp. 153567602092109
Author(s):  
Daniel Kümin ◽  
Monika Gsell Albert ◽  
Benjamin Weber ◽  
Kathrin Summermatter
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Biological Indicators ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Chemical Indicators ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Process Controls

Introduction: Part 1 of this two-part series describes the use of hydrogen peroxide as a fumigant and compares it with other fumigants on the market. Technical requirements are outlined while considering physical and biological limitations of the system. This second part focuses primarily on the use of process controls to verify and validate hydrogen peroxide fumigations. Finally, a model encompassing the entire fumigation process is presented. Methods: Part 2 of the series focuses on the authors’ long-time personal experiences in room and filter fumigation using various fumigation systems and is supplemented with relevant literature searches. Results: The reader is introduced to the planning and implementation of fumigation process validations. Biological indicators help users develop safe and efficient processes. Chemical indicators can be used as process controls, while measuring physical parameters will help avoid condensation of hydrogen peroxide. How many biological and chemical indicators and what type should be applied for cycle development are additionally explained. Discussion: It is important to consider numerous technical requirements when planning to implement hydrogen peroxide fumigation at an institution. Also, considerable thought needs to go into the verification and validation of the fumigation process. Conclusions: Part 1 of this series presents an overview of different fumigation systems based on hydrogen peroxide on the market and their technical requirements. Part 2 focuses on validation and verification of hydrogen peroxide fumigation while considering the entire fumigation process. The two parts together will serve users as a guide to establishing hydrogen peroxide fumigations at their facilities.

Sustainability can start with a garden!

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Newsome
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Personal Perspective ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Big Picture ◽  
On Line ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to provide a readily accessible synopsis of a complex subject and consider sustainability from a personal experiential level right through to a big picture study in the context of sustainable cities. Design/methodology/approach A combination of personal experiences, on-line sources and research papers were used to trace the complex human dilemma of achieving sustainability in city environments. Although a difficult task for many people to embrace, the study presented here forwards the idea that it is possible for individuals, communities and governments to make a positive contribution by engaging in the garden city concept. Findings This paper provides a context and study on the complexities surrounding achieving sustainable cities, yet at the same time providing some insight as to what can be achieved if all levels of society are engaged. Research limitations/implications This paper emphasises the issues surrounding and importance of sustainable cities and considers a tangible goal for city dwellers at all levels of society. Practical implications This paper enables an appreciation of the role urban gardens, right through to the role that appropriate government policy, can play in contributing to, developing and conserving greenspace in cities. Social implications This paper fosters a simplified understanding of the potential of citizen contribution providing there is some awareness and the motivation to make a difference. Originality/value The study offers a brief personal perspective and connects this with relevant literature to build a case that urban sustainability, although complex, is achievable even though it may take small steps in gaining the necessary momentum.

scholarly journals Critical Autoethnography in Pursuit of Educational Equity: Introduction to the IJME Special Issue

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry Marx ◽  
Julie L. Pennington ◽  
Heewon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Educational Equity ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Critical Autoethnography

In this introduction to the special issue of IJME, we highlight critical autoethnography’s potential for connecting the deeply personal experiences of race, gender, culture, language, sexuality, and other aspects of marginalization and privilege to the broader context of education in society. We discuss critical autoethnography as an interdisciplinary, blurred genre that transforms to fit the academic backgrounds, interests, and critical orientations of its authors. All contributors to this special issue situate their take on the genre in relevant literature and provide sociocultural critique in explicit and implicit ways. 

scholarly journals Dysphagia management during COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the literature and international guidelines

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-274
Author(s):  
Sibel Eyigör ◽  
Ebru Umay
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
World Order ◽  
The Novel ◽  
New World Order ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Effective Diagnosis ◽  
New Strategies

In this review, we present the safest and most effective diagnosis and treatment approaches to dysphagia during the novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the light of available data, relevant literature, and personal experiences. Evaluations for dysphagia patients should be based on clinical assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic and instrumental assessment should be planned for very few number of patients. The main approach to rehabilitation must depend on compensatory methods, texture-modified foods, and postural strategies. Direct treatment methods should be avoided and home-based exercise programs should be encouraged. It is also obvious that there is a need for the development of new strategies for telemedicine/telerehabilitation practices in the new world order.

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