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The Council of Europe’s Programme on Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP): Its utility for university teaching
Get PDFMany universities will be teaching in the fields covered by the Council of Europe programme on human rights education for legal professionals, commonly known by the acronym ‘HELP’. The topics covered by the HELP online courses are very broad and expanding all the time. As one might expect, they include courses on aspects of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the European Social Charter (ESC), as well as courses covering other significant conventions of the Council of Europe including areas such as bioethics, violence against women, the environment and human rights, trafficking in human beings, cybercrime and data protection. HELP courses also cover the European Union (EU) legal system, where applicable, by including the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and relevant EU law and jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU).
This note runs through how this might work and is designed to introduce university professors to the HELP programme and how it can be used in their teaching
The Effect of Self-esteem on Stress and Coping Mechanisms among Nursing Students during Clinical Training in Palestinian Universities
Get PDFNursing students are exposed to a variety of stressors during their clinical training. The impact of stress must be considered as an important factor that may have negative impact on clinical performance and patient care. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between self-esteem and stress and coping mechanisms among nursing students during clinical practice. A descriptive-correlational study was used in the study; a self-reported questionnaire was used to collect the data. A convenience sample of 300 baccalaureate-nursing students from Palestinian universities and had clinical training in governmental and/or private hospitals participated in the study. The most common type of stressors perceived was stress from taking care of patients (Mean= 9.8), followed by stress from instructors and nursing staff (Mean= 8). Problem solving was the most prevalent coping strategy used by the participants (Mean= 14.2), followed by staying optimistic (Mean= 9). The results showed that avoidance, and transference have significant positive correlations with all stressors (p < 0.05), while self-esteem has significant negative correlation with all stressors. The findings of this study revealed that nursing students experienced mild to moderate stress, and the most prevalent form of stresses experienced was stress from taking care of patients, followed by stress from instructors and nursing staff. Students commonly used problem solving followed by staying optimistic to cope with their stress, and they found these methods to be effective
Promoting the Wellbeing of Physiotherapy Students on Placement:: The Placement Wellbeing Project. A Pilot Study
Get PDFThe current healthcare workforce crisis in the United Kingdom has highlighted the need to equip graduates with the skills to maintain their personal wellbeing whilst working in increasingly pressurised environments. The Placement Wellbeing Project (PWP) is an intervention designed to support the wellbeing of physiotherapy students during studies, while on placement and as they enter the workforce.
This action research project used a single group, repeated measures design. Ethical approval was gained from the [redacted] ethics committee. On recruitment, participants were given the Placement Wellbeing Toolkit [toolkit link available but redacted as not anonymous to author or organisation] and took part in a pre-placement peer group discussion and a post-placement de-briefing session. Outcomes were measured using the Placement Coping Scale (PCS) and the General Self-Efficacy Scale.
Significant improvements were observed in the total PCS score (Friedman's test χ2(2) = 19.75, p = 0.000) and all individual items of the PCS from baseline to post-placement. Post hoc analysis detected significant improvements between baseline and pre-placement total PCS scores (p = 0.005). Total GSE scores improved significantly from baseline to final measure (Wilcoxon sum-rank test Z = 2.105, p =.035).
To develop a resilient future workforce we need to ensure that students are well prepared for challenges and supported to maintain their wellbeing on placement. The results of this study indicate that physiotherapy students may benefit from interventions to develop positive coping strategies for placement.
Aligning Health Occupation Students for Valuable Interprofessional Learning: Evaluating Program Structure, Resources, and Student Experiences in a Regional Clinical Setting
Get PDFDeveloping Inter-Professional Education (IPE) programs for undergraduate healthcare students poses multiple complex challenges, in both university and workplace settings. These challenges can limit the widespread implementation of IPE, despite research demonstrating its potential impact on improving knowledge about other professions roles, collaborative practice, and inter-professional identity. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of an IPE program delivered in a regional health service during clinical placements and evaluate student perceptions of its value to their learning. Students from fourteen disciplines (n=136 across eight workshops) completed a retrospective mixed methods survey. Students particularly valued the following aspects of the IPE program: clinical simulation, structured approach to communication and timely multi-source feedback. Inter-professional learning which enabled opportunities to learn with, from or about students was highly valued
Creating Legal Writing Opportunities in the Digital Era
Get PDFThis article argues there is a need to provide law students with greater opportunities to conduct research based legal writing which develops their skills around critical thinking, reflection, review, and communication. Such skills risk being neglected if law programmes become unduly oriented towards assessing students by means of multiple-choice questions or closed book examinations of very short duration. This article hopes to encourage law teachers, with the assistance of appropriate technology, to introduce legal research writing activities into substantive/doctrinal modules. In this way, legal writing is not confined to stand alone dissertation modules but is embedded more throughout the whole law programme
A systematic review of commercial awareness in the context of the employability of law students
Get PDFCommercial awareness is identified by employers as an important and desirable graduate skill. The recruitment literature employed by many law firms indicates commercial awareness is required by law students to gain access to the legal profession. However, commercial awareness is a skill that many law students struggle to conceptualise and to demonstrate during the graduate recruitment process. This article presents the results of the first systematic review of the available literature on commercial awareness. The systematic review was driven by the growing importance of commercial awareness to law students, employers and universities. This article considers the following key questions: What is commercial awareness? How important is it and why? How do students develop commercial awareness and can it be taught during their legal education? How can students demonstrate commercial awareness during the graduate recruitment process? This article highlights the key themes the review results presented, providing a suggested definition of commercial awareness and considering its growing importance to employers, students and law schools and the issues this creates. This article makes recommendations for legal educators as to how to support the development of commercial awareness in law school curricula and makes suggestions for further research
Democratising case law while teaching Students: Writing Wikipedia articles on legal cases
Get PDFThis article draws on qualitative student feedback and lecturer experience to provide a guide for educators who are interested in creating Wikipedia article-based assignments. Using legal cases as an example, this article details how these assignments can encourage students to deepen their understanding of a topic and consider how knowledge can be communicated effectively. In particular, this article focuses on how educators outside of the United States and Canada can navigate Wikipedia’s bureaucracy and how they and their students can contribute information of relevance to smaller jurisdictions on a publicly-accessible repository. This article begins by addressing concerns that educators may have with student use of Wikipedia, while highlighting pedagogical benefits for students who write Wikipedia articles. It goes on to provide a guide for educators who want to create a Wikipedia article writing assignment – in particular, the preparatory steps required to make the assignment effective, how to support students in their writing journey, and how to better ensure that student-authored articles remain available on Wikipedia. This article concludes by encouraging educators to consider using Wikipedia as an educational tool, and to teach their students how they can use Wikipedia article writing to contribute to public knowledge
Editorial
Get PDFThis issue finds itself in the global context of a year of political, economic and climate crisis, as well as a deepening humanitarian crisis. As a positive, we seem to have turned a corner following the first global pandemic of the century. However, Higher Education faces pressing challenges such as student wellbeing, barriers to research collaboration, challenges to equal opportunities, competition and financial squeeze.
Our fourth issue is set in this context and is inspired by the ELFA mission and themes. It includes interdisciplinary and multi-level research on legal education, offers innovative and renewed approaches to delivering legal education, inspires the consideration and calibration of mental wellbeing and emotions. It can broadly be distributed into three major themes: wellbeing, transformation – deepening/improving of legal education, achieving equality (gender)