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Interprofessional Education for Contemporary Healthcare Practice
No full textThe presentation will address the incorporation of interprofessionalism to the College of Health Professions
Sick Days - Spanish
Get PDFThis one page handout offers tips on what to do when you are sick and you have diabetes. (Spanish
Neuropsychological Comparison of Behavioral-Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Patients With and Without Psychosis
No full textThe aim of this study was to determine if there are differences in neuropsychological test performance for behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) patients with and without psychotic symptoms. Patients with a diagnosis of bvFTD (N = 1004) at any visit were selected from the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center database and included in the study. Raw neuropsychological test scores were compared for patients with bvFTD across four groups: patients with hallucinations only (n = 35); patients with delusions only (n = 116); patients with both hallucinations and delusions (n = 48); and patients with neither hallucinations, nor delusions (n = 805). Presence or absence of psychosis was determined on the basis of responses to the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire. A higher proportion of patients who experienced both hallucinations and delusions had below normal scores on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) compared to patients with neither. No significant differences were found for other neuropsychological tests of attention, verbal memory and language. The absence of significant findings for most neuropsychological measures included in this study suggests that neuropsychological test performance does not distinguish the presence or absence of psychosis in bvFTD patients
Relationship Between Attentional Bias and Thought Suppression in Chronic Pain
No full textResearchers have previously identified thought suppression as a risk factor in chronic pain. Data from studies on the role of attentional bias in chronic pain support the idea of a relationship more complex than predicted by the fear-avoidance model. Thought suppression may be a pathway, alternate to attentional fixation, following attentional bias to pain-related information. The purpose of this web-based study was to explore the relationship between attentional bias and thought suppression in adults with chronic pain. It was hypothesized that participants with chronic pain would exhibit higher pain-related attentional bias and thought suppression than would pain-free participants, and that thought suppression will be positively correlated with both pain-related attentional bias and pain interference. Participants (N = 298) with and without chronic pain were recruited via Mechanical Turk, and were asked to complete the following: a modified Stroop task, an online questionnaire comprising the White Bear Thought Suppression Inventory, the PROMIS Pain Interference Short Form-8a, the CDC Health-Related Quality of Life measure, and questions regarding demographics and pain location/intensity. A modified Stroop task was used to capture pain-related attentional bias. The task involved quickly responding to neutral and pain-related words in different font colors by pressing keys corresponding to font color. Mann-Whitney U test was performed to compare differences in pain-related attentional bias between groups, and results suggest that individuals with chronic pain (N = 189) experience higher pain-related attentional bias (p = .045) compared to non-pain individuals (N = 109), as indicated by higher number of milliseconds taken to respond to pain-related stimuli but not to neutral stimuli on the modified Stroop task. Mann-Whitney U test was also performed to compare differences in thought suppression between groups, and results suggest that individuals with chronic pain utilized thought suppression significantly more than did pain-free individuals (p = .037). Multiple hierarchical regression to explore predictive relationships between thought suppression and pain-related attentional bias was not significant (p = .171). The relationships between pain-related attentional bias, thought suppression, and health-related quality of life were also explored
After Breast Surgery Recovery
Get PDFThis patient education handout shares information on post breast surgery exercises
Examining Change in Confidence: A Unique Approach to Interprofessional Education Evaluation
Get PDFIntroduction. Measuring student confidence is integral to evaluating student perceived ability regarding interprofessional collaborative practice. The purpose of this study was to examine change in confidence after an introductory interprofessional education assignment using Bandura’s self-efficacy framework.
Methods. A retrospective pre-post design assessed change in student confidence, targeting the strength dimension of self-efficacy beliefs. Students enrolled in health discipline-specific courses in two sequential years participated in an introductory embedded case-based IPE assignment. Sixteen statements were developed to assess students’ confidence for specific Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) sub-competencies consistent with student learning outcomes. Descriptive statistics, paired sample t-tests (comparing pre-post), analysis of variance and independent samples t-tests (comparing across disciplines and the two years) were used in the analysis.
Results. Data from 203 participants provided a useable response of 80.6%. The percent of students indicating an increase in their confidence for the different IPEC sub-competencies ranged from 38.9% for “Encourage ideas and opinions of other team members” to 82.3% for “Explain the roles and responsibilities of other professionals”. Differences in mean change in confidence was found among nine sub-competencies when comparing across the disciplines. In addition, students in Year 1 reported larger increases in confidence for nine sub-competencies compared to Year 2 students.
Discussion. Results give insight to student perceptions for strategic formative assessment and IPE assignment design. A retrospective pre-post design provided a novel means of examining change in confidence that avoids response-shift bias, while providing students the opportunity to explicitly self-report change or lack of change in confidence. Smaller increases in confidence in Year 2 compared to Year 1 were unexpected and may be due to the Year 2 requirement that teams discuss and agree upon team rules. Although counter-intuitive, the potential for reducing the amount of conflict may have contributed to less of an increase in confidence, as confidence can be gained from not only being well prepared, but also overcoming adversity (mastery experience). Each Year 2 student also was required to write a reflection regarding team ground rules and their implementation. This may have helped students realize greater complexities of successful interprofessional collaboration and their own limitations to achieve it
Camus and Levinas: Embracing the Absurd While Finding Meaning
Get PDFAlbert Camus’ idea of the absurd lands one in nihilism and the danger of rationally justified suicide. His attempt to solve this problem fails because it requires that one make an arbitrary choice to live without having good reasons to do so. By using Levinas’ ethics of an infinite responsibility and distinguishing between two types of meaning (cosmic and terrestrial), I propose that one can accept the condition of the absurd—where no cosmic meaning exists—and escape the problem of suicide by finding terrestrial meaning in our relations to others
Stories of Southern Oregon = Communities + Libraries + Museums + University
Get PDFCollaborations often have the best outcomes because conversations among those with diverse experiences, varied institutional affiliations, and cross-discipline training bring breadth and depth of perspective. The Stories of Southern Oregon project was a good example of how libraries, museums, and academics can work together to surface important historical content, build community, and strengthen relationships. Thanks to a 2017 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Common Heritage program, Southern Oregon University faculty partnered with the Eagle Point and Ruch branches of the Jackson County Library District and local museums to collect stories and images of heritage work-life like logging, mining, farming, and ranching. Memories of a different time are very much alive in the rural towns of Jackson and Josephine counties, and public libraries and museums are central to the collective heritage of our small communities. This article describes the Stories of Southern Oregon project and how public libraries in Ruch and Eagle Point engaged their communities to bring history to life, and make a real difference to those they serve every day