‘I thought it would be a very clearly defined role and actually it wasn’t’: a qualitative study of transition training for pharmacists moving into general practice settings in Wales

ObjectivePharmacists are increasingly contributing to the skill mix of general practice surgeries to help alleviate pressures faced by UK doctors working in primary care. However, they need support in overcoming barriers to their integration. The purpose of this work was to evaluate a programme designed to support pharmacists’ transition to working in general practice settings. We explored the learning needs of pharmacists’, the barriers and enablers to their integration and provide recommendations based on our results.InterventionA qualitative evaluation of a 1-year transition programme in Wales starting in September 2018 to support pharmacists’ transition to working in general practice settings.Design and settingWe employed an interpretative phenomenological approach involving 10 pharmacists across Wales enrolled on the transition to general practice training programme, and their tutors. Data were collected across two sequential phases: in phase 1 telephone interviews were held with pharmacists midway through their training; in phase 2, focus groups were conducted with both pharmacists and tutors towards the end of the programme.ResultsPharmacists enter general practice settings with a variety of prior experience. The programme provided a framework that pharmacists found helpful to map their experience to but the programme needed to be flexible to individual learning needs. The tutor role was typically regarded as the most valuable component, but interaction with the wider general practice team was critical to ease the transition. Pharmacists encountered a lack of clarity about their role which impeded their integration into the workplace team.ConclusionsA formal programme with a designated tutor can support pharmacists’ transition into general practice settings. The programme’s competency framework facilitated reciprocal understanding of the pharmacist’s role in the team, helped to manage expectations and enhanced collaborative practice. Recommendations to facilitate pharmacist integration into general practice settings are provided.

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While job interviewing training is part of the transition planning and school-to-work curriculum, using virtual reality (VR) can be a valuable addition to the current curriculum, specifically given the unique characteristics of individuals with ASD. This article will provide step-by step procedures to integrate VR into the current classroom transition training program.

THỰC TRẠNG SỬ DỤNG ĐẤT VÀ SINH KẾ CỦA NGƯỜI DÂN SAU KHI TÁI ĐỊNH CƯ ĐỂ XÂY DỰNG THỦY ĐIỆN BÌNH ĐIỀN TẠI THỪA THIÊN HUẾ

Đề tài nghiên cứu nhằm làm rõ được thực trạng sử dụng đất và sinh kế của người dân tái định cư để có cơ sở đề xuất giải pháp bố trí đất đai hợp lý cho việc phát triển sinh kế của người dân tái định cư thủy điện Bình Điền. Các phương pháp nghiên cứu đã sử dụng bao gồm: điều tra thu thập số liệu thứ cấp, sơ cấp; phỏng vấn chuyên gia và người am hiểu thông tin; phỏng vấn hộ gia đình; phỏng vấn sâu và phương pháp xử lý số liệu. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thầy việc di dân, tái định cư trong xây dựng thủy điện vừa đem lại những tác động tích cực như người dân tiếp cận cơ sở hạ tầng tốt và dịch vụ tốt hơn, nhưng khó khăn lớn nhất của đồng bào dân tộc thiểu số bị di dời là khôi phục và phát triển sản xuất thời kỳ hậu tái định cư khi mà đất đai mà người dân có thể tiếp cận rất ít hơn rất nhiều so với nơi ở cũ, đặc biệt là đất sản xuất nông nghiệp. Theo ý kiến của người dân tái định cư, ckhông phù hợp với các loại cây trồng truyền thống như sắn địa phương, lúa nương, ngô địa phương, và cây ăn quả có múi. Bài học kinh nghiệm là cần phải tính toán giao quỹ đất sản xuất trước khi di dời nếu không sau khi tái định cư hầu hết các hộ gia đình không được giao thêm đất sản xuất do quỹ đất này hiện nay đã giao ổn định cho cá nhân, tổ chức khác. Cần có chương trình đào tạo nghề và chuyển đổi nghề nghiệp cho thanh niên để thích ứng với điều kiện sống khi về nơi ở mới tại khu tái định cư tập trung. ABSTRACT The research project aims to clarify the current land use and livelihoods of resettled people for proposing reasonable land allocation solutions to the livelihood development of resettled people for the construction of Binh Dien hydropower. The research methods used the secondary and primary data collection survey; interviews of experts and key information people; household interviews; In-depth interviews and data processing methods. Research results showed that the displacement and resettlement in hydroelectricity construction have brought about positive impacts such as people have better access to infrastructure and better services, but the biggest difficulty of the displaced ethnic minorities is to restore and develop agricultural production in the post-resettlement period when the land that people can access is much less than the old place, especially agricultural land. The soil quality is not compatible with traditional crops such as local cassava, upland rice, local maize, and citrus. Lesson learned is that it is necessary to calculate the allocation of productive land fund before relocating otherwise after relocation most of the households are not allocated an additional productive land because this land fund is now being allocated stably to other individuals and companies. It is necessary for young people to have vocational transition training programs to adapt to living conditions at the new places in concentrated resettlement areas.

NEUROMUSCULAR CHARACTERISTIC OF BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE IN THE TOP SERBIAN SOCCER PLAYERS MEASURED BY TENSIOMYOGRAPHY METHOD: QUANTITATIVE MODEL

The main aim of this study was to define the quantitative neuromuscular characteristics of Biceps Femoris muscle (BF) as the knee joint flexor, i.e. the major synergist of caudal body in all specific movement tasks of a football player, measured by tensiomyography (TMG) method . The secondary aim of the study was to compare all TMG-BF characteristics in relation to bilateral dimorphism, as well as to compare dominant and non-dominant legs. The research was conducted on a sample which included 54 professional players of age 23.0 ± 4.4 years; body height: 182.6 ± 15.1 cm; body mass: 81.2 ± 15.1 kg; BMI: 23.3 ± 1.2 kg/cm2. TMG variables were measured on the muscles during a transition training phase (mid-season and end of the season). The results have shown that the average Tc - 32.19 ± 7.64 and 33.21 ± 8.88 ms, Td - 25.56 ± 3.58 and 25.44 ± 3.20 ms, and Dm - 7.39 ± 1.87 and 7.52 ± 2.50 mm, for dominant and non-dominant leg, respectively. The results have indicated that there was no statistically significant difference between the examined TMG variables of dominant and non-dominant leg (Wilks' lambda Value = 0.979, F=0.300, p=0.952, Part. Ƞ2 = 0.021). It may be stated that there are no differences in the manifestation of neuromuscular characteristics in healthy elite football players regardless of their dominant leg. A high level of preparedness in football in addition to a completely healthy status of the body and locomotor system result in a complete neuromuscular contractile symmetry BF of both legs.

Characteristics and Descriptions of Transition Content on Special Education and Rehabilitation Graduate Program Websites

Purpose:This exploratory study advances personnel preparation research through the investigation of the transition content found on the institutional websites of U.S. universities with Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Master’s Level Personnel Preparation grants for transition planning and services (OSEP, 2015) or master’s-level Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE)-accredited vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs (2014–2105). Individuals seeking transition training are likely to visit institutional websites given that searching online is typically the first step in exploring educational and training options.Method:A process of systematic website searches, protocol for data extraction, and an iterative content analysis were used. Data profiles were constructed, and the types of offerings were characterized and defined.Results:Twelve universities were associated with the transition offerings of eight OSEP-funded programs (8/23 or 35%) and eight CORE-accredited programs (8/97 or 8%) and their corresponding 22 websites. Four of the 12 universities appeared on both lists.Conclusions:The renewed focus on transition services within the legislation (The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [WIOA], 2014) will no doubt increase the demand for educational preparation and professional development. These findings provide a baseline from which to improve visibility and develop further offerings. Areas for immediate improvement are the accuracy of the program descriptions and the ease of finding details.