Effective Communication and Conflict Management Workshop for Nursing Interns: Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Delhi, India

Introduction: Communication is an important skill required in health care settings to deal with many problems including conflict management. Nurse serves patients in challenging environment with limited infrastructure, overcrowded wards and OPD, which poses the challenge of conflict and its management. Method: Two workshops on the topic of communication and conflict management for nursing interns were conducted, these included various methods of teaching such as lecture and role-plays and interactive activities based on real-life situations. Data were collected on a pretested feedback forms and responses were obtained on 5-point Likert scale and also by open-ended questions. Result: Majority of the nurse interns strongly agreed/ agreed that the topics were appropriate, increased their knowledge and they would recommend the workshop to their peers in future. They had learnt how to overcome barriers (93.61%), professional communication (87.23%), and good communication skills (72.34%). Other take home messages, were, be a good listener, simple and precise message and empathy. They had also learnt various styles to solve conflict (95.48%). Conclusion: Student nurses were keen to learn about the effective communication and conflict management and were willing to implement learning at workplace.

Acceptability and perceived effectiveness of a single-session mindfulness intervention for medical residents

Introduction: Medical residents report high levels of stress, with many work-related demands contributing to their experience of heightened stress. Mindfulness training has been suggested as a beneficial strategy for stress management with residents; however, many mindfulness programs are time-consuming, and compliance with conventional mindfulness training programs becomes challenging given the intense, competing time commitments of residency. The present study sought to evaluate the acceptability and perceived effectiveness of a single-session, mindfulness-based stress management workshop for medical residents.Methods: Residents (n = 142) from family medicine, internal medicine and general surgical residency programs participated in a 1.5-hour mindfulness workshop in 2016 and completed: a measure of workshop satisfaction immediately post-workshop; a measure of adherence to suggested strategies 4–6 weeks post-workshop; and measures of stress, mindfulness and positive and negative affect immediately post-workshop and 4–6 weeks post-workshop.Results: Results revealed high levels of satisfaction with the workshop. Participants who used the recommended strategies over the 4 to 6-week post-workshop period reported significant increases in mindfulness and significant decreases in stress at follow-up.Conclusions: Results suggest single-session mindfulness training can be beneficial for residents who use the strategies effectively; however, ensuring strategy use following training is challenging. Future research is needed to investigate facilitators and barriers to strategy use.

An investigation into the role of the quantity surveyor in the value management workshop process

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the value management workshop process and specifically identifies the roles and responsibilities of the quantity surveyor within this. Information accrued is then used to develop a novel template value management workshop that provides a platform for educating future quantity surveying and other construction professionals. Design/methodology/approach This research adopts a mixed philosophical epistemological design that uses interpretivism with elements of postpositivism. Specifically, a cross-sectional study of extant literature informs the development of a structured questionnaire that is posed to focus group participants (consisting of experienced industrial practitioners) to secure qualitative feedback and validate the template. Findings Research findings reveal that the roles and responsibilities of the quantity surveyor in the value management workshop process have hitherto received scant academic attention. Additionally, literature has revealed that available information on workshop content is limited, leading to ineffective studies. There has also been a miscommunication among construction practitioners in relation to the quantity surveyor’s role in the workshop process. Following extensive research, a novel template has been created which identifies the content of each workshop session alongside the roles and responsibilities of the quantity surveyor (and other construction professionals) which can be used for educational purposes. Originality/value The literature revealed that scant academic and professional governing body(ies) attention has been paid to the education and training of future generations of quantity surveyors involved in value management. Specifically, there is limited applied case study evidence to investigate this phenomenon and, hence, the workshop curricular presents advance knowledge in this respect and provides a practical template solution.

FAIR data and data management requirements in a comparative perspective: Horizon 2020 and FWF policies

Based on our input to the Data Management Workshop, held during the Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2019 in Obergurgl, we provide a comparative perspective on the open data and data management requirements in the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme and those of a national funder, the Austrian FWF, in this paper. We conclude that, although there are some differences in terminology and specific requirements, both the FWF and Horizon 2020 DMPs essentially cover the same ground.

Testing the Effectiveness of Transfer Interventions Using Solomon Four-Group Designs

How to enhance the transfer of training remains an important question, and to some extent, post-training interventions can provide an answer. The purpose of this study was to validate inconclusive findings on the effectiveness of two post-training transfer interventions. This study used Solomon four-group design to filter out the effects of pretest sensitization and history, which are threats to the internal and external validity but have rarely been checked in previous transfer studies. Management study undergraduate students were randomly divided into two groups: pretested and unpretested groups. After a time management workshop, the students were randomly subdivided into three additional groups based on the following conditions: full relapse prevention (RP); proximal plus distal goal setting (GS); and the control group. Although results from both intervention groups were not significantly different from those of the control group, a significant difference was found between full RP and proximal plus distal GS in terms of self-reported time-management behavioral change. It is difficult to conclude whether post-training interventions enhance the transfer of training. Further ideas for improving research designs were explored, such as increasing the time intervals between training and interventions so that trainees have opportunities to attempt transfers before the interventions.

Peningkatan Manajemen Rumah Baca Melalui Aplikasi Slims 8 di Masjid Ar-Ridlo Desa Belung Kecamatan Poncokusumo Kabupaten Malang

Improved management of reading houses in the Ar-Ridlo Mosque, Belung Village, Poncokusumo, Malang District. The application used is SLIMS 8. The Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS) is an open source library management system (library management system) licensed under GPL v3. The steps we have taken are making a cataloging module, making a tracking module, creating a circulation module, making a membership management module, making a collection inventory module, making a series of serial management modules and a workshop on reading house management based on Slims 8. A management workshop has been conducted with material install programs, carry out an inventory of books, register members, save and borrow activities, member card printing and book numbers

Sosialisasi Pengelolaan Sampah Di Desa Sukarapih Sebagai Upaya Preventif Pencemaran Sungai Citarum

Sungai Citarum merupakan sungai terpanjang di Indonesia. Sebagai sumber air yang digunakan oleh masyarakat, sungai Citarum belum memenuhi standar kelayakan yang diharapkan. Salah satu masalah yang menyebabkan hal ini adalah pencemaran sungai oleh sampah. Salah satu daerah aliran sungai (DAS) yang merupakan hulu dari sungai Citarum terletak di Desa Sukarapih. Dengan demikian, melalui program "Kuliah Kerja Nyata Citarum Harum (KKN) Desa Sukarapih" diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kualitas sanitasi dan kebersihan sungai Citarum. Berbagai program kegiatan telah dilakukan, salah satunya adalah sosialisasi pengelolaan sampah Sungai Citarum ke berbagai lapisan masyarakat di Desa Sukarapih. Kegiatan selanjutnya adalah menyelenggarakan lokakarya (Workshop) pengelolaan sampah untuk siswa Sekolah Dasar Magarluyu, Desa Sukarapih, Kecamatan Sukasari, Kabupaten Sumedang. Diperoleh korelasi yang signifikan (P=0,018) dari hasil pengajuan lokakarya kepada siswa Sekolah Dasar mengenai kesadaran diri dalam menjaga kebersihan sungai. Sementara korelasi yang tidak signifikan diperoleh (P=0,253) dari hasil penyampaian seminar ke berbagai lapisan masyarakat desa. Citarum River is the longest river in Indonesia. As a source of water used by many communities, Citarum River has not met the proper eligibility standards. One problem that causes this is the pollution of the river through garbage. One of the river basins (DAS) which is the upstream of the Citarum river is located in Sukarapih Village. Thus, through the program "Citarum Harum Social Service (KKN) Sukarapih Village" is expected to improve the quality of sanitation and cleanliness of the Citarum river. Various program activities have been carried out, one of which is the socialization of Citarum River waste management to various levels of society in Sukarapih Village. The next activity was to organize a waste management workshop for Magarluyu Elementary School students, Sukarapih Village, Sukasari District, Sumedang Regency. A significant correlation was obtained (P=0,018) from the results of the workshop submission to elementary students regarding self-care in maintaining river cleanliness. While an insignificant correlation was obtained (P=0,253) from the results of the seminar delivery to various layers of village community.