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PubMed1990

From educational philosophy to educational practice: fidelity and the curriculum in context.

As part of a higher degree on research methods, exploratory work was undertaken concerning educational philosophy and educational practice using an ethnographic approach. This author discusses, using this exploratory work, the difficulties of attempting fidelity to an educational philosophy, through curriculum practice. Schools of nursing are increasingly adopting a rational approach to education, without considering the wider social context within which education occurs. The attempt to establish and pursue a single philosophy, ignores the plurality of ideological commitments held by nurse teachers. Further research is proposed using naturalistic methods in order to understand the processes of interpretation and implementation of educational philosophy.

Curriculum↗
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Scientific fraud: definitions, policies, and implications for nursing research.

Scientific research typically has been founded on high ethical standards established by researchers in academia and health care research institutions. Scientific fraud, an act of deception or misrepresentation of one's own work, violates these ethical standards. It can take the form of plagiarism, falsification of data, and irresponsible authorship. Scientific fraud has been attributed to misdirected attempts to attain high levels of personal and professional success. Researchers so prone commit scientific fraud in a search for promotion, status, tenure, and the obtaining of research grants. To divert scientific fraud, three recommendations are suggested: (1) socialize prospective nurse researchers into an atmosphere where intellectual and professional integrity prevail; (2) have established nurse researchers serve as role models and mentors who can educate the neophyte researcher about the ethics of research, including scientific fraud; and (3) emphasize and reward quality in research and publications, rather than quantity.

Ethics, Professional↗
PubMed2005

Leadership and priority setting: the perspective of hospital CEOs.

The role of leadership in health care priority setting remains largely unexplored. While the management leadership literature has grown rapidly, the growing literature on priority setting in health care has looked in other directions to improve priority setting practices--to health economics and ethical approaches. Consequently, potential for improvement in hospital priority setting practices may be overlooked. A qualitative study involving interviews with 46 Ontario hospital CEOs was done to describe the role of leadership in priority setting through the perspective of hospital leaders. For the first time, we report a framework of leadership domains including vision, alignment, relationships, values and process to facilitate priority setting practices in health services' organizations. We believe this fledgling framework forms the basis for the sharing of good leadership practices for health reform. It also provides a leadership guide for decision makers to improve the quality of their leadership, and in so doing, we believe, the fairness of their priority setting.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed2006

The ADA perspective.

BACKGROUND: The American Dental Association (ADA) has long relied on available scientific evidence in its commitment to use credible scientific data and analyses in policy-making, and its communications with the dental profession and the public. OVERVIEW: The evidence-based dentistry (EBD) process is a systematic approach that reviews and publishes the evidence relevant to specific clinical questions. The goal of this process is to help practitioners provide patients with quality oral health care. The ADA has developed a strategic plan of EBD initiatives and activities in order to increase the knowledge base and improve educational programs; to encourage significant collaboration on EBD-related issues from interested organizations, specialty groups, and various outside agencies; and to increasingly derive the best scientific evidence for use in clinical practice in concert with professional judgment and patient treatment preferences. CONCLUSION: The ADA endeavors to provide relevant information that can assist dentists in translating systematic-review findings and implementing an evidence-based approach in everyday clinical practice. This supports the Association's goal to continue supporting the best available evidence to assist health care teams in the provision of quality patient care and preventive techniques that improve oral health care outcomes.

American Dental Association↗
PubMed2006

Education leadership in the clinical health care setting: a framework for nursing education development.

This paper describes how a new framework for clinical nursing education was introduced at Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB), New Zealand. The project was initiated in response to the significant legislative and post registration nursing education changes within New Zealand. The journey of change has been a significant undertaking, and has required clear management, strong leadership, perseverance and understanding of the organisation's culture. The approach taken to managing the change had four stages, and reflects various change management models. The first stage, the identification process, identified the impetus for change. Creating the vision is the second stage and identified what the change would look like within the organisation. To ensure success and to guide the process of change a realistic and sustainable vision was developed. Implementing the vision was the third stage, and discusses the communication and pilot phase of implementing the nursing education framework. Stage four, embedding the vision, explores the process and experiences of changing an education culture and embedding the vision into an organisation. The paper concludes by discussing the importance of implementing robust, consistent, strategic and collaborative processes--that reflect and evaluate best educational nursing practice.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMed2006

Five years of EACH (European Association for Communication in Healthcare).

Five years after launching EACH (European Association for Communication in Healthcare) we look back at what EACH achieved so far and announce new ideas and activities EACH plans to carry out in the near future. During the past five years several scientific, educational as well as societal changes have taken place in the area of communication in healthcare that all underline the need for continued international collaboration in line with the activities employed by EACH so far. Within communication research the focus has shifted from counting communication utterances to unraveling sequences of patient cues and provider responses. In the field of teaching it is becoming more and more common to attend to the training of trainers as well. Within these developments, new areas of interest arise and need attention. To comply with these increasing demands, EACH invites new persons to become a member of one of the recently launched committees in the area of research, teaching and publishing.

Communication↗
PubMed2002

Building the emergency department of the future: philosophical, operational, and physical dimensions.

The challenge to building emergency departments of the future goes beyond just physical design planning. Equally important considerations include the philosophical and operational dimensions that go hand in hand with the physical space. Form needs to follow function for efficiencies and best practice outcomes to be truly enhanced. It is critical to address philosophical issues internally in order for ED staff to be fully engaged and empowered to create superior emergency care environments. The delivery of best practice emergency care by the best staff in the best physical environment is the goal.

Benchmarking↗
PubMed2001

Sustaining the effort for cancer prevention.

The Cancer Research Foundation of America has played a key role in "fueling the engine" of cancer prevention progress through a national research grant and education program. It is one of the nation's leading cancer prevention organizations, and has helped move prevention science from the fringes to the mainstream. Since its inception in 1985, it has provided more than $42.1 million in funding for cancer prevention research and education. It has supported pioneering research and translated it into practical information to educate men, women, and children about how to reduce their cancer risk. As more and more research results in practical interventions to prevent cancer, the Foundation will continue to act in an anticipatory way to help smooth the way for rapid translation of information from scientific study to consumer information through education and awareness initiatives. As we celebrate our 15th anniversary, the Cancer Research Foundation of America has recommitted itself to its role as a catalyst for change. It hopes to help the nation move toward a future in which harsh and often toxic treatment for cancer is replaced with a sane policy of cost-effective early intervention-healthy lifestyle education, detection of premalignant conditions, and therapies that spare healthy tissue. The Foundation believes there is a groundswell of support for making cancer prevention and early detection a national priority.

Foundations↗
PubMed2001

Hospice and palliative care programs.

Hospice and palliative care programs have grown rapidly in the United States over the last 25 years. Relief of suffering and maximization of quality of life including symptom control, psychosocial health, and spiritual care are the primary goals of hospice and palliative care. This article reviews the development, philosophy, and practice of hospice and palliative care, and describes barriers to and suggestions for integrating this approach into mainstream medicine.

Attitude to Death↗