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Predicting burnout syndrome in Greek mental health professionals
No full textThe aim of this research study was to explore predictors of burnout in clinicians working across different mental health settings in Greece. The Maslach & Jackson Inventory (MBI; Maslach & Jackson, 1981) was used to evaluate burnout syndrome and assess the relationship between demographic factors (age, children, education & job experience) and each sub-factor (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation & personal accomplishment) of the MBI. Results revealed that out of three burnout factors, emotional exhaustion (EE) and personal accomplishment (PA) demonstrated one significant predictor each whereas depersonalisation (DP) showed no significant predictors. In addition, job experience (years in the job) was found to be a significant predictor of emotional exhaustion in clinical staff. Further analysis showed no significant differences across job type for emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and personal accomplishment. The findings are discussed with a focus on prevention and coping strategies for clinicians working in mental health settings
Future directions: alternative circles of support and accountability models and minority groups
No full textThis chapter is split into two sections. The first will focus on the different models of CoSA, some already introduced around the world and others are theoretically driven considerations of how the CoSA model could be shaped. This includes considering psychologically informed Circles, specifically focusing on the attachment needs of individuals convicted of sexual crime as well as Circles for non offending individuals in the community who are concerned about their sexual thoughts or behaviour. These models will be discussed in conjunction with theory and empirical findings that support their foundations. Part two of this chapter will explore how CoSA can work for certain minority groups, including transgender and deaf individuals. Discussion of how the Circle might look, client specific considerations and volunteer selection and training necessary for working with these groups will be made. Finally, some conclusions will be drawn about the future of CoSA
“O warum wurde ich mit einem anderen Gesicht geboren". Meidner und Blake (“O why was I born with a different face’: Meidner and Blake).
No full textMeidner’s decision to leave Germany was reinforced when Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait) from 1912 as well as two drawings were included in the Degenerate Art exhibition in Munich in 1937. Though his isolation in his English exile is often presented as complete, he reached out to William Blake (1757–1827). In most of the writing on Meidner’s exile, which means that the connection is reduced to biographical affinities (vision, poverty, and neglect). This essay, consequently, argues that Meidner’s relations to Blake run deeper than previously assumed. These relations, moreover, cannot be limited to the fourteen years in London because Meidner says that he knew of Blake when in Germany and continued to take an interest after he left England in 1953. This essay discusses Blake’s presence in Meidner’s life and attempts to reevaluate responses with regard to the evidence (Blake-related books and images) to explain how Blake’s influence can be understood
An Evaluation of Management Placements for Student Nurses with UK General Practice
No full textIntroduction: General practice is facing a shortage of doctors and nurses and rural
locations can find it difficult to recruit and retain staff. Student nurses need exposure to
primary care nursing roles in order to consider this as a future career and develop the
skills needed for this environment. Students were offered final placements within
general practice as part of the development of training hubs initiated by Health
Education England.
Aim: Explore the student experience and perception of their final placement in general
practice. Method: A qualitative design utilising a group interview with three student
nurses who had successfully completed a final placement within general practice.
Results: A thematic analysis took place and three themes were derived: myth busting,
teaching and learning environment, nursing attributes/skill development.
Discussion: The diverse nature of the practice nurse role creates a suitable final
placement for student nurses. The support available in these environments facilitates
a positive learning experience for students. Providing student nurses with a final
placement within general practice helps equip the future workforce with the necessary
skills for primary care. It enables students to understand the career paths open to
them and through exposure, consider a future as a practice nurse
Future directions: Moving forward with sexual crime prevention
No full textWork in the field of prevention of sexual crime has developed considerably over the years. However, there is still more to be done to ensure services and support continue to develop and are appropriately tailored to meet the needs of individuals concerned about their sexual interests, particularly prior to offending. This chapter explores some of the challenges and barriers to accessing support for this population, before moving on to consider some of the future directions for prevention efforts and the factors that need to be considered in light of the many complexities and sensitivities of working with this group
Three design heuristics for enhancing the use of video to improve teaching practice
No full textThe use of video tools to support teacher learning has become increasingly widespread. While evidence points to the multiple affordances of video to enhance teacher learning, specific design principles that can guide the use of current video-based tools have not been well articulated. With the ultimate goal of developing a framework with shared design heuristics for the use of video to improve teaching practice, this paper describes the design strategies used by four research and development projects concerned with the use of video to support teacher learning in STEM subjects. Based on a review of the literature and inductive analyses of common design features across the four projects, three key design heuristics were identified. We describe the three heuristics including both a discussion of relevant literature and detailed examples of how the heuristics were implemented across the four projects. Altogether, the three design heuristics illustrate various ways to use video as a tool for teacher learning and yield insights that can inform the design of future video-based professional learning experiences
Modelling the effect of worship attendance and personal prayer on spiritual wellbeing among 9- to 11-year-old students attending Anglican church schools in Wales.
No full textThis study employs a modified form of the Fisher 16-item Feeling Good, Living Life measure of spiritual wellbeing (assessing quality of relationships across four domains: self, family, nature, and God) among a sample of 1,328 students drawn from year five and year six classes within Church in Wales primary schools, alongside measures of frequency of worship attendance and frequency of personal prayer. The data demonstrate frequency of personal prayer is a much stronger predictor than frequency of worship attendance in respect of spiritual wellbeing. This finding is consistent with the view that personal prayer is a key factor in the formation of individual spirituality
‘How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe …?’: Frankenstein, Walton and the Monster
No full textThis essay reiterates the importance of Captain Robert Walton in Shelley’s novel. Walton is the addressee of Frankenstein’s story and drawing attention to his presence helps with unravelling the complexity of the creation scene. The focus is on physiognomical creation, i.e. not only on Frankenstein’s body-making but also his aesthetic response to both the immobile and animated body. Though the Creature’s physical ugliness may be a matter of degree, Frankenstein contradicts himself in his description of its effects. He also appears to have expected that animation would not substantially have interfered with the anticipated reality of the animated Creature. But it does. Shelley, it has been argued, revised Adam Smith’s ideas about sympathy, suggesting that – if a person inspires terror compensatory sympathy can be achieved through narrative. Is Walton able to handle the monster because he knows it? The essay discusses the dynamic between the visual and the auditory in Frankenstein to argue that Shelley responds to Johann Caspar Lavater’s Essays on Physiognomy (1789-98)