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Rev. psicol. trab. organ. (1999) ; 40(1): 31-39, Abr. 2024. ilus, tab, graf
Article in English | IBECS | ID: ibc-VR-29

ABSTRACT

Teachers tend to suffer high levels of emotional exhaustion, a variable that is associated with poor mental health and lower job performance. The present study analyzed how emotional demands, emotional dissonance, and self-efficacy to cope with stress interact in predicting teachers’ emotional exhaustion. To conduct this longitudinal research, 108 Andalusian teachers (57.3% women; mean age = 45.30, SD = 8.68) completed an online survey at three different time points. Moderated mediation analysis suggested that emotional dissonance mediated the relationship between emotional demands and emotional exhaustion, with self-efficacy acting as a moderator between the two. Teachers who perceived high emotional demands saw their levels of emotional dissonance increase, which in turn led to an increase in emotional exhaustion. In addition, self-efficacy acted as a protective factor against emotional exhaustion, buffering the negative effect of emotional dissonance. Strengthening these protective variables through interventions that increase levels of self-efficacy to cope with stress and reduce levels of emotional dissonance could help prevent teachers’ emotional exhaustion.(AU)


Los docentes tienden a sufrir un nivel elevado de agotamiento emocional, variable que se asocia con una mala salud mental y un bajo desempeño laboral. El estudio analiza cómo interactúan en la prevención del agotamiento emocional de los docentes las exigencias emocionales, la disonancia emocional y la autoeficacia para afrontar el estrés. Para llevar a cabo esta investigación de carácter longitudinal, 108 profesores andaluces (57.3% mujeres, edad media = 45.30, DT = 8.68) cumplimentaron una encuesta online en tres momentos distintos. El análisis de mediación moderada indicaba que la disonancia emocional mediaba la relación existente entre las exigencias emocionales y el agotamiento emocional, actuando como moderadora entre ambos la autoeficacia. Los profesores que percibieron exigencias emocionales elevadas vieron aumentar su grado de disonancia emocional, lo que a su vez aumentó el agotamiento emocional. Además, la autoeficacia actuó como factor protector del agotamiento emocional, amortiguando el efecto negativo de la disonancia emocional. Reforzar estas variables protectoras a través de intervenciones que aumenten el grado de autoeficacia para afrontar el estrés y reduzcan la disonancia emocional podría ayudar a prevenir el agotamiento emocional de los docentes.(AU)


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Stress, Psychological , Burnout, Psychological/drug therapy , Cognitive Dissonance , Self Efficacy , Faculty/psychology , Burnout, Professional
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PLoS One ; 19(3): e0300542, 2024.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38498493

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Comprehensive abortion care is an emerging intervention being integrated into nursing and midwifery curricula. Yet, no studies have been conducted in Rwanda to determine whether faculty perceive themselves as capable of teaching comprehensive abortion care. This study aims to evaluate the perceived self-efficacy to teach comprehensive abortion care among nursing and midwifery faculty in higher learning institutions in Rwanda. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences Institutional Review Board approved this study (UR-CMHS-IRB No 335/CMHSIRB/2022). In quantitative, a self-administered questionnaire was administered to 98 study participants. Data were entered into Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26 and analyzed using Chi-square test with a p-value of 0.05 set as the significance level. In the qualitative part, an interview guide was developed based on quantitative data to understand comprehensive abortion care teaching fully. Data were collected from four focus group discussions with eight participants in each group, entered in Dedoose, and analyzed thematically. RESULTS: Among the 98 study participants who were invited to participate in this study, only 85 filled out the questionnaires. This translates into 86.7% of the response rate. More than half 58.8% had adequate self-efficacy in teaching comprehensive abortion care. A Chi-square test has revealed that being a male, being a midwife, and having more years of working experience in nursing education were significantly associated with self-efficacy in teaching comprehensive abortion care (p value <0.05). In the qualitative phase, 32 study participants participated in four focus group discussions and four themes were identified: a) variability in confidence levels to teach comprehensive abortion care; b) readiness about teaching comprehensive abortion care; c) facilitators of teaching comprehensive abortion care; and d) contextual challenges to teach comprehensive abortion care. CONCLUSIONS: The findings revealed that faculty's self-efficacy in teaching comprehensive abortion care was not adequate. Personal and religious beliefs and institutional barriers were also reported to hinder self-efficacy in teaching comprehensive abortion care. Therefore, intensive comprehensive abortion care training for nursing and midwifery faculty in higher learning institutions should be provided, including values clarification and attitude transformation training for attitudes and beliefs. It is also critical for higher learning institutions to develop strategies for overcoming the challenges faculty face when teaching comprehensive abortion care.


Subject(s)
Abortion, Spontaneous , Education, Nursing , Midwifery , Female , Pregnancy , Humans , Male , Self Efficacy , Rwanda , Faculty , Faculty, Nursing
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BMC Med Educ ; 24(1): 182, 2024 Feb 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38395856

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: As physician distress rises, medical schools must provide programs to counter such distress at the earliest stages of training. Mindfulness training (MT) is one intervention that can alleviate stress during medical school. However, framing MT around wellness alone misses the opportunity to connect core cognitive and psychological capacities strengthened by MT to professional goals and skill acquisition inherent to successful medical training. Here, we highlight how the attentional components of MT align with students' goals of becoming attending physicians while promoting academic, psychological, and interpersonal flourishing. MT courses that focus on strengthening attentional capacities can intuitively link academic and professional development with wellness, appealing to a wide array of students. METHODS: We iteratively recontextualized an existing short-form mindfulness training program for high-stress pre-professionals, known as Mindfulness Based Attention Training (MBAT), to the medical school context (MBAT-Rx). MBAT-Rx was offered by physician trainers to first-year medical students at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University as a tool for improving study habits and focus in addition to the development of both self-care and patient care strategies. MBAT-Rx consists of weekly, two-hour sessions over four weeks, with 10-15 min of daily mindfulness practice between sessions. At the end of the four weeks, students submitted voluntary program evaluation responses detailing their experience of the program. RESULTS: Optional program evaluation responses (n = 67) highlight that students found the program to be useful for their academic success and ability to pay attention, their interpersonal relationships, and their psychological health. By framing MT as an opportunity to boost core attentional capacities and connecting this to professional and academic goals in addition to wellness, MBAT-Rx appealed to a wide variety of students. CONCLUSIONS: Our ongoing work suggests that framing MT as both a professional development and wellness promotion tool, taught by physicians themselves, and structured around students' time demands, may be a successful model for medical schools looking to increase the impact of their mindfulness offerings. Such programs are needed to equip medical students to navigate the demands of a challenging healthcare training landscape.


Subject(s)
Mindfulness , Students, Medical , Humans , Students, Medical/psychology , Professionalism , Program Evaluation , Faculty , Stress, Psychological/psychology
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J Pain Symptom Manage ; 67(5): e399-e402, 2024 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38331231

ABSTRACT

CONTEXT: Burnout is frequently a workload-related syndrome among palliative care physicians. Mandatory administrative activities contribute to this workload. The purpose of this study was to measure the amount of time involved in multiple required administrative activities and the cost of this on academic healthcare facilities. METHODS: We measured all mandatory and non-mandatory activities that need to be completed by faculty and reviewed them with all Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine members for accuracy. RESULTS: Every faculty member spends annually an approximate average of 5300 minutes on administrative activities (approximately the equivalent of 29 consults plus 133 follow-ups). Using the department net average per encounter, the approximate value of these encounters is $36,936 for each faculty member (about 11 clinical days). CONCLUSION: Academic palliative care physicians are required to complete a number of administrative activities. Institutions do not keep a registry of these activities and do not accommodate for them with a reduction in the annual clinical productivity requirements. We recommend that regulatory agencies and institutions work together to better regulate this list of tasks and their frequency.


Subject(s)
Burnout, Professional , Physicians , Humans , Workload , Faculty , Burnout, Professional/epidemiology
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Med Educ Online ; 29(1): 2308955, 2024 Dec 31.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38290044

ABSTRACT

The development of leadership skills has been the topic of several position statements over recent decades, and the need of medical leaders for a specific training was emphasized during the COVID-19 crisis, to enable them to adequately collaborate with governments, populations, civic society, organizations, and universities. However, differences persist as to the way such skills are taught, at which step of training, and to whom. From these observations and building on previous experience at the University of Ottawa, a team of medical professors from Lyon (France), Ottawa, and Montreal (Canada) universities decided to develop a specific medical leadership training program dedicated to faculty members taking on leadership responsibilities. This pilot training program was based on a holistic vision of a transformation model for leadership development, the underlying principle of which is that leaders are trained by leaders. All contributors were eminent French and Canadian stakeholders. The model was adapted to French faculty members, following an inner and outer analysis of their specific needs, both contextual and related to their time constraints. This pilot program, which included 10 faculty members from Lyon, was selected to favor interactivity and confidence in older to favor long-term collaborations between them and contribute to institutional changes from the inner; it combined several educational methods mixing interactive plenary sessions and simulation exercises during onescholar year. All the participants completed the program and expressed global satisfaction with it, validating its acceptability by the target. Future work will aim to develop the program, integrate evaluation criteria, and transform it into a graduating training.


Subject(s)
Curriculum , Leadership , Humans , Aged , Program Evaluation , Canada , Faculty , Faculty, Medical , Program Development
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BMC Med Educ ; 23(1): 984, 2023 Dec 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38124102

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BACKGROUND: Promoting family planning (FP) is a key strategy for health, economic and population growth, and achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) especially SDG 3, which promotes health and well-being for all. The quality of FP services depends on the training of competent nursing and midwifery graduates before entering the workforce. In order to ensure graduates are well-trained and capable of meeting the needs of the population, their teachers need to demonstrate high self-efficacy and willingness to teach FP. However, there is a lack of research on the capacity and willingness of nursing and midwifery faculty to teach FP at higher learning institutions (HLIs) in Rwanda. The objective is to investigate and articulate the perceived self-efficacy and willingness of the nursing and midwifery faculty to instruct HLIs students on FP. RESEARCH DESIGN/METHODOLOGY: We conducted a mixed methods study using a sequential explanatory design among almost all the HLIs (n = 6, 1 institution declined) that train nurses and midwives in Rwanda. One hundred thirty-six nursing and midwifery faculty who were actively teaching FP either in class, simulation lab, or clinical practice were invited to participate in a self-administered questionnaire and four qualitative focused group discussions. Participants answered questions ranking their self-efficacy in four domains from 0 - not confident to 3 - completely confident. Scores were calculated for each domain. A semi-structured interview guide was developed based on quantitative survey findings to gain a deep understanding of the ability and willingness to teach FP. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Ethical approval was obtained from the University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences Institutional Review Board. RESULTS: A total number of 89 nursing and midwifery faculty participated in the study and only 85 completed the questionnaires fully, yielding a response rate of 95.5%. The mean age was 40.39 and there were more females (62.4%) compared to their male counterparts (37.6%). Respondents scored highest for perceived self-efficacy in course preparation (mean = 2.37), evaluation and examination (mean = 2.12) and instructor behavior and delivery (mean = 2.35). However, the score was low for clinical practices (mean = 1.79). There was a significant correlation among the four items of self-efficacy (p < 0.05). Being a female, a midwife, and having more years of experience in nursing education were each significantly associated with perceived self-efficacy to teach FP (p < 0.05). In the qualitative phase, 32 study participants participated in four focus group discussions. Four themes were identified: (a) educational background as a determinant of confidence to teach FP; (b) willingness to teach FP; (c) enabling factors of teaching FP; and (d) structural challenges. CONCLUSION: Nursing and midwifery faculty reported inadequate self-confidence in teaching FP in clinical practice. Addressing personal and structural challenges in teaching FP should be a top priority. This requires a collective effort between nursing and midwifery faculty and HLIs to dismantle individual and systemic barriers that hinder self-efficacy and willingness to teach FP. There is a need for HLIs and different stakeholders to invest in training the nursing and midwifery faculty on FP practical skills to have a nursing and midwifery workforce providing up-to-date clinical FP services that will help Rwanda reach the SDGs.


Subject(s)
Midwifery , Pregnancy , Male , Humans , Female , Adult , Family Planning Services , Self Efficacy , Rwanda , Faculty
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Adv Physiol Educ ; 47(4): 919-929, 2023 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37823189

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Biomedical graduate students receive intensive training in their scientific area of interest yet need additional skills for successful scientific careers. Our aim was to promote team building, improve collaborations and enhance communication skills. An off-site yearly retreat was organized for the graduate students in our NIH-funded Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) graduate training program. Retreat themes were addressed through short presentations, case studies, live podcasts, webinars, focus groups, role-play, and breakout sessions with various team building exercises to practice communication skills and identify abilities, knowledge, values, and behaviors. Trainees gave short presentations and served as discussion leaders on topics related to the central theme. Expert guest speakers participated in discussion sessions with the trainees. Trainees evaluated the retreats at the end. A total of 48 trainees, 12 RISE Program faculty and staff, and 26 external speakers from industry, academia, media/journalism, the arts, psychology, and holistic medical fields participated over 9 years. The overall average benefit of the in-person retreats was rated 4.80 on a Likert scale of 1-5 by trainees. Trainees particularly enjoyed the informal interactions with program faculty, staff, and fellow trainees. They appreciated the opportunity to learn soft skills, such as interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, and leadership. Two additional retreats conducted virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic were perceived as less beneficial. We conclude that off-site interactive retreats are a valuable tool for enhancing soft skills and a sense of team identity in a biomedical sciences graduate program, while covering important issues related to scientific careers.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Off-site interactive science-related retreats are a valuable tool for enhancing soft skills and sense of team identity in a biomedical sciences graduate program, while covering important issues related to pursuing a career in science. There are many perceived benefits, so we encourage other training programs to include a similar type of regular activity in students' training with the goal of improving trainee well-being and supporting their academic and research productivity.


Subject(s)
Faculty , Pandemics , Humans , Education, Medical, Graduate , Students , Communication
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Adv Physiol Educ ; 47(4): 851-855, 2023 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37732371

ABSTRACT

Conventional teaching about obesity, especially within a physiology-based course, tends to focus on the biological aspects. Unfortunately, framing obesity from a solely biological perspective ignores many factors that contribute to the condition, leaving students with an overly simplistic idea. We developed an introductory exercise physiology course that was cotaught with a physiologist and a sociologist to provide health science majors with a more holistic view of complex socioscientific issues including obesity. From our course, students self-reported changes in their views about obesity and exercise to include more empathy as well as nuance regarding exercise and body size as physiological and biological processes that are experienced and take place socioculturally. We found value in this cross-disciplinary approach and recommend it as a frame for other exercise physiology courses; we recognize this is not always possible, so we also provide resources for faculty who do not have a sociologist to coteach with.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This article presents a unique perspective on the necessity of including sociological concepts and teaching alongside certain topics within a physiology classroom along with some resources for faculty wishing to engage in similar infusions of sociological thinking.


Subject(s)
Physiology , Students , Humans , Sociology , Obesity , Faculty , Exercise , Physiology/education , Teaching
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Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi ; 53(4): 201-207, 2023 Jul 28.
Article in Chinese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37726998

ABSTRACT

The medical and health care and services in China were highly developed in the period of the Republic of China, and the healthcare service system also improved. The staff and students in medical colleges or universities, as implementers and practitioners, left their indelible marks in this period. They undertook their historical mission and embraced their responsibility in the special period by popularising medical diagnosis and treatment, reforming public health, advertising knowledge about women, infants and children, supporting the needs for war and popularising academic research. They combined theories and practice, traditional education and wartime education and academic research and social service. These services and activities of medical faculty and students provided historical references for today's medical universities in terms of undertaking social missions and promoting the spirit of dedication.


Subject(s)
Faculty , Students , Child , Infant , Humans , Female , Taiwan , Advertising , China
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J Physician Assist Educ ; 34(4): 324-328, 2023 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37725493

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The pandemic strained many usual methods of communication and training, forcing changes to selection processes for health professions programs. The purpose of this study was to determine, through interviewee feedback, the effectiveness of a virtual interview process when compared with a previous in-person interview process at one physician assistant (PA) program. METHODS: During the pandemic, the PA program adapted to a virtual holistic interview process to include interaction with current students and faculty. The effectiveness of the virtual platform was measured comparatively using the program's existing interviewee evaluation format for previous in-person experiences. RESULTS: Prepandemic data showed high ratings from interviewees regarding the interview process. Intrapandemic data suggest an interview process can be duplicated in a virtual format without compromising experience and goals of the program. CONCLUSIONS: Through virtual interviews during a pandemic, the PA program mirrored the effectiveness of their previous in-person experience.


Subject(s)
Internship and Residency , Physician Assistants , Humans , Physician Assistants/education , Prospective Studies , Communication , Faculty , Students
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J Womens Health (Larchmt) ; 32(8): 877-882, 2023 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37585518

ABSTRACT

Background: Career development is essential for all academic stages, but particularly critical for the growth and retention of early career scientists. In addition to scientific technical training, professional skill development is crucial for the upward transition from postdoctoral trainee to early faculty member and beyond. Building leadership skills, specifically, is an important component of professional development, and the evaluation and reporting of professional development are important to improve and enhance the impact of programs. Methods: The purpose of this article is to share the program evaluation performed on leadership development activities, including executive coaching and mindful leadership training provided to a small group of early career scientists who participated in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Mayo Clinic Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) in Sex Differences Career Enhancement Core and Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) K12 programs during 2020-2022. Results: Eighty-seven percent of participants rated their satisfaction with the executive coaching program as "Very Satisfied" or "Satisfied," and 75% of participants were "Very Satisfied" or "Satisfied" with the mindful leadership training program. The findings of this program evaluation highlight the value of communication skills for navigating precarious situations, building self-efficacy and intentionality in making and holding boundaries for an individual's time and energy. Further, the individualized small group format of the activities allowed for deeper introspection and peer to peer connection. Conclusion: The identification of common themes within the Mayo Clinic program provides guidance to other academic environments on areas where they can support their early career scientists.


Subject(s)
Mentoring , Female , Humans , Male , Feedback , Leadership , Women's Health , Faculty , Mentors
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Adv Physiol Educ ; 47(4): 684-693, 2023 Dec 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37498550

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The COVID-19 pandemic required an emergency shift to remote teaching. Despite their limited previous experience with online or hybrid teaching, our cohort of kinesiology faculty (n = 112) had high confidence in their ability to deliver quality educational experiences for their students during the pandemic. With support from their institutions, technology departments, and teaching and learning centers, faculty developed new skills and organizational strategies. To achieve this, 81% of faculty reported needing extra course preparation time to deliver high-quality remote teaching, with 51% needing up to 5 extra hours per week per course. There is a fraction of faculty from this study excited about the prospect of teaching online in the future. These newfound online teaching skills should be leveraged to modernize course offerings in kinesiology departments, supporting student recruitment, retention, and success.NEW & NOTEWORTHY The COVID-19 pandemic caused temporary and permanent changes to higher education, specifically kinesiology programs. This article highlights the resiliency of faculty in kinesiology programs, how they adapted, where they felt supported, and what they hope to bring with them into their future pedagogy practices.


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COVID-19 , Pandemics , Humans , Faculty , Students , Educational Status
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J Prof Nurs ; 46: 155-162, 2023.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37188405

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BACKGROUND: Safe and efficient healthcare demands interprofessional collaboration. To prepare a practice-ready workforce, students of health professions require opportunities to develop interprofessional competencies. Designing and delivering effective interprofessional learning experiences across multiple professions is often hampered by demanding course loads, scheduling conflicts, and geographical distance. To overcome traditional barriers, a case-based online interprofessional collaboratory course was designed for professions of dentistry, nursing, occupational therapy, social work and public health using a faculty-student partnership model. AIM: To build a flexible, web-based, collaborative learning environment for students to actively engage in interprofessional teamwork. METHODS: Learning objectives addressed Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competency domains of Teamwork, Communications, Roles/Responsibilities, and Values/Ethics. Four learning modules were aligned with developmental stages across the case patient's lifespan. Learners were tasked with producing a comprehensive care plan for each developmental life stage using interprofessional teamwork. Learning resources included patient and clinician interviews, discussion board forums, elevator pitch videos, and interprofessional role modelling. A mixed methods quality improvement approach integrated the pre and post IPEC Competency Self-Assessment Tool with qualitative student feedback. RESULTS: In total, 37 learners participated in the pilot. IPEC Competency Assessment Interaction domain mean scores increased from 4.17/5 to 4.33 (p = 0.19). The Values domain remained high (4.57/5 versus 4.56). Thematic analysis highlighted five core themes for success: active team engagement, case reality, clear expectations, shared team commitment, and enjoyment. CONCLUSIONS: A faculty-student partnership model was feasible and acceptable for designing and implementing a virtual, interprofessional team-based course. Using a quality improvement cycle fast-tracked improvements to course workflow, and highlighted strategies for engaging students in online team-learning.


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Interprofessional Relations , Learning , Humans , Students , Self-Assessment , Faculty
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Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh ; 20(1)2023 Jan 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37199523

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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of faculty teaching in programs designed to support internationally educated nurses' transition to nursing practice in Canada. METHODS: This was a qualitative study that gathered data through semi-structured interviews. RESULTS: Four themes were developed from the data: learning the learner, feeling moral unrest in my role, inviting reciprocal relationships, and finding our way. CONCLUSIONS: There is an urgent need to ensure that faculty are well prepared for their role and that the needs of internationally educated nurses, both personal and pedagogical, are central. Despite the challenges experienced by faculty, they also describe great growth as a result of their new role. IMPLICATIONS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE: Findings from this study are particularly relevant for those in high income countries seeking to support internationally educated nurses. Faculty preparedness and holistic support for students are critical for ethical, high-quality education.


Subject(s)
Nurses, International , Nurses , Humans , Qualitative Research , Canada , Learning , Faculty , Teaching
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Acad Med ; 98(8S): S28-S36, 2023 Aug 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37071703

ABSTRACT

To dismantle racism in U.S. medical education, people must understand how the history of Christian Europe, Enlightenment-era racial science, colonization, slavery, and racism shaped modern American medicine. Beginning with the coalescence of Christian European identity and empire, the authors trace European racial reasoning through the racial science of the Enlightenment into the White supremacist and anti-Black ideology behind Europe's global system of racialized colonization and enslavement. The authors then follow this racist ideology as it becomes an organizing principle of Euro-American medicine and examine how it manifests in medical education in the United States today. Within this historical context, the authors expose the histories of violence underlying contemporary terms such as implicit bias and microaggressions. Through this history, they also gain a deeper appreciation of why racism is so prevalent in medical education and how it affects admissions, assessments, faculty and trainee diversity, retention, racial climate, and the physical environment. The authors then recommend 6 historically informed steps for confronting racism in medical education: (1) incorporate the history of racism into medical education and unmask institutional histories of racism, (2) create centralized reporting mechanisms and implement systematic reviews of bias in educational and clinical activities, (3) adopt mastery-based assessment in medical education, (4) embrace holistic review and expand its possibilities in admissions, (5) increase faculty diversity by using holistic review principles in hiring and promotions, and (6) leverage accreditation to combat bias in medical education. These strategies will help academic medicine begin to acknowledge the harms propagated throughout the history of racism in medicine and start taking meaningful steps to address them. Although the authors have focused on racism in this paper, they recognize there are many forms of bias that impact medical education and intersect with racism, each with its particular history, that deserve their own telling and redress.


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Education, Medical , Racism , Humans , United States , Faculty , Violence , White
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BMC Med Educ ; 23(1): 229, 2023 Apr 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37041637

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INTRODUCTION: Mentoring programs are one mechanism used to increase diversity and participation of historically underrepresented groups in academic medicine. However, more knowledge is needed about the mentoring experiences and how culturally relevant concepts and perspectives may influence diverse students, trainees, and faculty success. This case study utilized the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) model which examines the experiences of students in higher education. We used this model to examine the mentoring experiences of Black and Latine faculty and offer practical implications for the medical education continuum. METHODS: Our research approach is best understood through qualitative inquiry stemming from a single-case study which allowed for in-depth understanding of the contexts informing the phenomenon. Phenomenology is well positioned to contribute to understanding science and health professions. Selection criteria included individuals who self-identified as Black or Latine; inclusive of all faculty ranks and tracks. This analysis focuses on 8 semi-structured interviews, averaging 3 h in length. RESULTS: Findings centered on the area of cultural relevance, and participant narratives revealed the connection of mentoring with cultural familiarity, culturally relevant knowledge, cultural service and engagement, and cultural validation. CONCLUSION: The use of cultural relevance indicators can inform the creation and evolution of mentoring programs towards holistic support of historically underrepresented trainees and faculty. Implications also focus on the development of mentors and championing the incorporation of cultural humility in the mentoring process. The implications in praxis offers the possibility for a new framework for culturally relevant mentoring (CRM). Through this framework we aim to enhance and facilitate inclusive learning environments and career development.


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Education, Medical , Mentoring , Humans , Mentors , Faculty , Learning
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Nurse Educ Pract ; 70: 103648, 2023 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37121027

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BACKGROUND: Globally, there is a call for urgent investment in nursing and midwifery education as high-quality education leads to quality care provision. This call for investment includes a 'focus on faculty', that is, development of those who teach. However, challenges in the preparation and development of faculty have been identified and include lack of recognition of ongoing development, limited pathways for career progression, inadequate provision of, or access to, faculty development opportunities and a lack of research evaluating sustained impact of programs. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review was to identify, synthesise and report on common program content, modes of delivery and evaluation processes of faculty development programs in nursing and/or midwifery. METHODS: A scoping review was conducted following Joanna Briggs Institute guidance. A comprehensive search strategy was developed and conducted in six health and/or education focussed databases. Peer-reviewed articles, published in English in the last decade and with a primary focus on nursing and/or midwifery faculty were included in the review. References lists of included studies were searched and a search to identify relevant grey literature was conducted. Using systematic review software, titles and abstracts were reviewed by two reviewers with a third reviewer used to resolve discrepancies. Data were extracted and recorded, key characteristics were mapped and content analysis used to synthesise, analyse and report findings. RESULTS: Seventeen articles were included in the review and identified common content provided in nursing and midwifery faculty development programs. The predominant content was approaches for learning and teaching. Other common content was leadership, research and assessment practices. Modes for program delivery were most often a blend of online and face-to-face. Program evaluation was reliant on participants' self-reported measures of satisfaction and confidence and did not examine impact over time. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Commonalities in program content primarily focussed on learning and teaching, but also included content linked to expected professional nursing and midwifery educator competencies such as leadership and research. However, a lack of content on the key faculty activity of curriculum design was noted and should be addressed in future program development. In addition, there was a lack of evaluation on the impact of different modes of delivery. Furthermore, an over-reliance on self-reported evaluation measures and a lack of longitudinal evaluation of impact on education practice and on student experience and outcomes. Future research should include evaluation of modes of delivery and impact on faculty practice over a sustained period.


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Midwifery , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Curriculum , Faculty , Learning , Outcome Assessment, Health Care
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Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi ; 158(2): 119-127, 2023.
Article in Japanese | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36858489

ABSTRACT

Active learning in pharmacology education "pharmacology role-play," in which students pretend to be health professionals and patients and explain diseases and drug treatments. Because pharmacology role-play is based on cases presented in advance and active learning through communication, named Case & Communication based approach (C&C approach). Pharmacology role-play was started in 2010 at the University of Miyazaki, it has been shared by 28 schools in 4 faculties of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, and nursing (23 medical schools, 1 pharmaceutical school, 2 dental schools, and 2 nursing universities) over the 13 years until 2022. Although it is a common program, it is implemented with diversity while devoting various ingenuity according to the characteristics of the University. Pharmacology role-play is effective in (1) understanding of medical treatment, (2) understanding patient's feelings, (3) improvement of mental attitude and motivation as health professionals (4) positive influence upon study attitude, regardless of universities that conducted the pharmacology role-play. Various efforts include combining with Personal Drugs, developing interprofessional education through joint role-playing by medical students and nursing students, and developing Oriental medicine education through the cases including Kampo medicine. In addition, there are online lectures in response to the Covid-19, and a joint implementation of two universities, all of which are highly effective. The advantage of the multi-institution common program is that a lot of information can be obtained at once, and it is easy to quickly reflect successful ideas. The flexibility and high resilience that can flexibly change the implementation method (face-to-face/remote) according to the situation are also great strengths.


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COVID-19 , Education, Nursing , Pharmacy , Humans , Faculty , Pharmaceutical Preparations
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Arch Dermatol Res ; 315(5): 1425-1427, 2023 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36414805

ABSTRACT

Hiring new dermatology faculty at academic medical centers (AMCs) can be a difficult process. Academic dermatology departments, however, must have the financial freedom to nimbly respond to the needs of their community. To determine the downstream revenue and profitability produced by dermatology faculty, a retrospective review of charges and expenses downstream of professional services was performed to assess dermatology faculty and nurse practitioners from January 2019 to December 2020 at a single AMC in the southern United States. The downstream revenue per dermatology faculty was calculated using institutional data based on the number of services performed and the exact compensation per service. When this was not possible, the Medicare Allowable Charge was used to estimate the compensation for the service provided. Revenue was included from internal referrals to dermatopathology, Mohs surgery and repairs, chemistry and microbiology labs, radiology, and phototherapy. Profitability was calculated using institutional cost data to estimate the expense of each additional unit of services performed. The most valuable source of downstream income was dermatopathology services, which generated $85,395/provider in 2019 and $102,746/provider in 2020. Mohs surgery was also a significant source of downstream revenue contributing $92,715 in 2019 and $96,599 in 2020. Repairs after Mohs surgery internal referrals generated $30,036 in 2019 and $36,507 in 2020. The total contributions of chemistry and microbiology labs, radiology, and phototherapy were considerable but less impactful overall. The total downstream revenue calculated from these services for 2019 was $228,304/provider and $255,549 in 2020. The total downstream profitability for these services was calculated to be $112,597/provider in 2019 and $92,344/provider in 2020. In conclusion, faculty of academic dermatology departments produces a great deal more revenue and profitability for AMCs than the sum of their professional charges.


Subject(s)
Dermatology , Aged , United States , Humans , Medicare , Academic Medical Centers , Faculty , Retrospective Studies
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