Reflections on the Process of Implementing Trauma-Informed Education Lunch and Learns.

BACKGROUND: The trauma-informed education (TIE) framework can help create an equitable learning environment supportive of all learners. PROBLEM: Stress and trauma can be impediments to academic success for students, particularly from backgrounds historically excluded from nursing. APPROACH: This article shares the initial steps of a training program on implementing a series of Lunch and Learns (LLs) on TIE in a school of nursing to introduce TIE to faculty and staff and obtain their feedback on facilitators and barriers to implementing recommended approaches. OUTCOMES: The series was well attended, averaging 33 participants per session. Using experts in TIE positively impacted the learning but contributed to inconsistencies in presentation style and scaffolding of content across sessions. CONCLUSION: Purposeful recruitment and engagement of faculty during the development of the LLs were effective in increasing attendance. Multiple sessions require early planning and meetings with team and presenters to ensure consistency and better use of resources.

The relationship of body segment length and vertical jump displacement in recreational athletes.

The purpose of this study was to determine if segmental skeletal length contributes to vertical jump (VJ) displacement in recreational athletes. Skeletal length measurements of the trunk, femur, tibia, and foot were obtained by palpation of bony landmarks and a standard tape measure. A pilot study (n = 10) examined the intratester and intertester reliability for each skeletal measure. The pilot investigation revealed fair to excellent intratester and intertester reliability. Seventy-eight recreational athletes (55 men and 23 women) with a mean age of 21.9 +/- 2.9 years participated in the investigation. Multiple regression analysis with gender as a categorical indicator variable revealed a significant gender difference; therefore, men and women were analyzed separately. Regression analysis for men identified foot length (p < 0.033, R(2) = 0.08) as the only significant skeletal length predictor of VJ displacement. None of the skeletal length measures was predictive of VJ displacement in women. Based on the results of this investigation, intrinsic skeletal length is not a strong predictor of VJ displacement in young adult recreational athletes.