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Post-Incident Debriefings For Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse Burnout A Scoping Review
Get PDFBurnout is prevalent among pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurses, impacting between 42-77% of them. High emotional burden, physical demand, and cognitive overload contribute to significant PICU nurse burnout prevalence. Burnout is linked to increased job turnover, compromised patient care, and decreased staff mental well-being. Addressing burnout is crucial to ensure patient safety and maintain care quality. Burnout in adult ICU nurses is well documented but less so with PICU nurses, and they face stressors unique to their setting, such as a vulnerable patient population and unique dynamics with families and providers. This scoping review includes 9 articles examining the use of post-incident stress debriefings as an emotional intervention to address burnout in PICU nurses. They included five pre-post intervention quality improvement studies, two descriptive survey studies, one cross-sectional study, and one case study. Evidence quality was evaluated using the Polit-Beck Evidence Hierarchy/Level of Evidence Scale for Therapy Questions. Post-incident stress debriefings were found to alleviate at least one of three burnout experiences, exhaustion, job dissatisfaction, and reduced professional and personal efficacy, in all nine articles. Debriefings were shown to improve compassion satisfaction and resilience among nurses, though variations in implementation and survey timing may have influenced results. Utilizing standardized burnout measures would provide better insight into the effectiveness of debriefings
Smarter, Not Harder: Harnessing AI for Cognitive Offloading in Teaching and Learning
No full textThis interactive session examines the role of AI-powered EdTech tools in managing cognitive load for faculty and students, focusing on when cognitive offloading enhances teaching and learning. The session begins with a brief introduction to cognitive offloading and examples of AI tools that support task automation, resource organization, and personalized learning. Participants will then engage in a facilitated discussion to share insights and experiences, explore best practices for leveraging AI effectively, and address potential challenges such as over-reliance on technology or digital literacy gaps. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies for integrating AI to optimize productivity, focus, and engagement
AI-Enhanced Teaching: BIGS to the Future
No full textGreat Scott! Buckle up as we embark on a journey through time to explore the world of AI-enhanced teaching in UCF\u27s Bachelor of Integrative General Studies (BIGS) program. Discover the evolution of our AI Policy statement and AI Competency Rubric as we navigate the educational space-time continuum. Our DeLorean will then transport you through our development of an AI mini-module and showcase futuristic AI tools that have propelled student research and career preparation into the future. Join us as we share our adventures and insights, ensuring you won\u27t need a time machine to benefit from our experiences
Enhancing Digital Equity: AI-Powered Solutions for Accessible Online Learning
Get PDFThis session explores innovative AI applications that can transform accessibility in online education. Participants will discover a comprehensive strategy utilizing AI tools to identify and resolve accessibility barriers, including automated course scanning and native application features image alt-text generation, automated captioning (with timestamps), and AI-assisted enhancement for “understandability.” Drawing from practical implementations, this presentation offers actionable approaches for instructional designers, media specialists, faculty, and administrators seeking to create more inclusive and accessible online learning environments. Attendees will leave with specific strategies to leverage AI capabilities that support universal design principles while maintaining academic integrity and pedagogical effectiveness
AI Playground: Claude 3.5 Sonet & Microsoft Copilot
No full textStop by and join us for a demo of various AI tools! These demos do not include advanced techniques but serve as a tool comparison and provide insights into functionalities using quick examples. Bring your questions, and we\u27ll provide answers and demonstrations. These sessions overlap with the concurrent sessions and the breakfast/lunch hours, so if you want to pass some time between or during sessions, swing by and visit these stations
Beyond Barriers: How AI is Reshaping PDF Accessibility
No full textGenerative AI (GenAI) is revolutionizing the process of making PDFs accessible for students with low vision or blindness who use screen readers. This session will demonstrate how GenAI-powered tools can automate the bookmarking of document structures, generate accurate alternative text for images, reformat complex tables, and enhance the overall readability of PDFs. These technologies significantly reduce the time and expertise required to create accessible documents, enabling more efficient conversion of educational materials. By leveraging GenAI, participants can identify and remediate accessibility issues, ensuring that PDFs are compatible with screen readers and provide a more inclusive learning experience
Teaching Responsible AI Through Student-Developed AI Assistants for Faculty Clients
No full textIn this session, explore an innovative undergraduate business project where students developed customized AI assistants for faculty across multiple STEM and humanities disciplines. Through project-based learning, students created responsible AI solutions while engaging in structured client discovery, development, and testing processes. The initiative, which produced 17 faculty-student collaborations, demonstrates how non-technical students can effectively harness AI capabilities while constraining it and maintaining ethical boundaries. Learn how this practical approach applies hands-on AI custom bot development to enhance students\u27 critical thinking, interdisciplinary learning, and professional competencies
Integrating A.I. into Digital Course Development: the 20% Challenge
Get PDFHow can institutions leverage the most effective A.I. tools for developing digital courses? Using the University of Central Florida\u27 s Division of Digital Learning as a case study, this session will explore how teams of faculty, instructional designers, and media developers might leverage A.I. to address a sudden increase in demand of 20%. It will describe the initial genesis, kick off retreat, evaluation process, and current status of a significant pilot of various A.I. tools
The Ethical Use of AI in Student Grading
No full textAs AI becomes more integrated into educational settings, ensuring ethical practices in student grading is paramount. This session explores practical approaches for integrating AI tools into grading systems while maintaining equity, transparency, and fairness. Attendees will gain insight into the challenges and benefits of using AI in assessing student learning. Discussions will address strategies to mitigate biases and uphold academic integrity and student privacy protections. Designed for educators across disciplines, this session offers actionable guidance for ethically leveraging AI to enhance and streamline grading practices
Exploring and Rating AI Scholarly Research Writing Tools for Teaching
Get PDFThis presentation examines a dozen AI scholarly research writing tools, including Scite, Scholarcy, and Elicit, which are used for summarizing papers, reviewing literature, extracting data, and mapping citations. The session will feature an interactive discussion on the effectiveness and utility of these tools, and propose a rating system to evaluate their effectiveness for classroom use. We will explore their practical (or impractical) applications in classrooms and work projects, and demonstrate a use case using a tool for a teaching scenario