scholarly journals A health sciences library promotes wellness with free yoga

2019 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tallie Casucci ◽  
Donna Baluchi
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Mental Health Benefits ◽  
Exercise Activity ◽  
Feedback Data ◽  
Online Feedback ◽  
Trial Series

Background: Yoga is a popular physical exercise activity with mental health benefits. Public and academic libraries have offered free yoga as their primary movement-based program.Case Presentation: In an attempt to bolster wellness and connect to the health sciences community, an academic health sciences library offered free yoga as a ten-week trial series in summer 2016. At the end of the trial series, weekly attendance and online feedback data determined that this series should continue.Conclusions: Yoga provides health professionals and students with a welcomed midday break from a stressful work environment. Additionally, by partnering with yoga instructor trainee programs, the financial burden is low for the library.

Leading Through a Crisis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mary Piorun ◽  
Regina Fisher Raboin ◽  
Jessica Kilham ◽  
Martha Meacham ◽  
Vivian Okyere
Keyword(s):  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Leadership Team ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Conscious Decision

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lamar Soutter Library was faced with moving off campus and into a remote work environment. As the crisis unfolded, it was critical for staff to experience a unified leadership team that was dedicated to their well-being, empathetic to the unprecedented situation, and committed to providing exceptional service. At that time, library leaders made a conscious decision to apply the principles of servant leadership as the framework for how, as a team, the library would see its way through the pandemic. What follows is a case study in the application of servant leadership in an academic health sciences library during the COVID-19 crisis.

scholarly journals Digital Management Systems in Academic Health Sciences Laboratories: A Scoping Review

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 739
Author(s):  
Margareth Timóteo ◽  
Emanuelle Lourenço ◽  
Ana Carolina Brochado ◽  
Luciana Domenico ◽  
Joice da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Experimental Medicine ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
High Staff Turnover ◽  
Digital Management ◽  
Good Laboratory ◽  
Management Reporting

Good laboratory practices (GLP) increase the quality and traceability of results in health sciences research. However, factors such as high staff turnover, insufficient resources, and a lack of training for managers may limit their implementation in research and academic laboratories. This Scoping Review aimed to identify digital tools for managing academic health sciences and experimental medicine laboratories and their relationship with good practices. Following the PRISMA-ScR 2018 criteria, a search strategy was conducted until April 2021 in the databases PUBMED, Web of Sciences, and Health Virtual Library. A critical appraisal of the selected references was conducted, followed by data charting. The search identified twenty-one eligible articles, mainly originated from high-income countries, describing the development and/or implementation of thirty-two electronic management systems. Most studies described software functionalities, while nine evaluated and discussed impacts on management, reporting both improvements in the workflow and system limitations during implementation. In general, the studies point to a contribution to different management issues related to GLP principles. In conclusion, this review identified evolving evidence that digital laboratory management systems may represent important tools in compliance with the principles of good practices in experimental medicine and health sciences research.

scholarly journals Examining the Determinants of Healthcare Workers’ Performance: A Configurational Analysis during COVID-19 Times

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5671
Author(s):  
Benito Yáñez-Araque ◽  
Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino ◽  
Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano ◽  
Víctor-Raúl López-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Good Level ◽  
Configurational Analysis ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
The Times

The evaluation of the work performance of health professionals has focused the interest of scientific research in recent decades as a basis for improving the quality of health services. The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed countries’ health systems to the limit and had previously unknown consequences on the job performance of health professionals. In this context, what are the determinants of performance? There are numerous studies that link job performance with other variables that directly affect it, such as leadership, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and work environment. However, there are no studies that jointly relate all these variables, and even less in the field of health. The main objective of this work is to analyse how these variables are configured together to generate a good level of performance of health professionals during the times of COVID-19. To do this, a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is carried out, an appropriate method that will allow finding the joint causal effects of key variables in human resources to ensure a good level of job performance in health organizations. The study reveals that leadership and commitment are the two key drivers of performance. The data confirm that the “recipe” to achieve a good level of performance consists of the combination of leadership, commitment, and a good work environment. Additionally, in the case of less satisfied workers, linking leadership and commitment is a sufficient condition.

scholarly journals Online Training Course on COVID-19

BioMedica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2S) ◽  
pp. 78-80
Author(s):  
Nasir Shah
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Training ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
The World

<p>In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, global trend for launching online courses and trainings regarding risk factors, acquisition, diagnosis, clinical presentation, management and prevention of COVID-19 is cresting. Department of Family Medicine at University of Health Sciences Lahore introduced a 2-hours online course where a total of 39993 health professionals from all over the world were enrolled and 32000 participants completed the course with encouraging feedback.</p>

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