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An on-line course in critical mental health promotion: teaching and learning at multiple spheres of influence
No full textBackground: Supportive environments contribute to the mental health of individuals, local and global communities. Ways of thinking “critically” about what we know and ways of accomplishing mental health promotion work have a more contested history however. A critical perspective demands subjective awareness, and an openness to view the world from multiple perspectives. As such, a collaborative, international, and fully on-line course was developed between post-secondary educational institutions in Norway and Canada. This course intends to meet a need for critical awareness and understanding of the connection of diverse perspectives and environments to mental health promotion practices in the field. Purpose: Our study, of the development and implementation of an innovative critical mental health promotion course, was oriented around the following key questions: How is capacity for critical mental health promotion awareness developed through an on-line international learning environment? And how can supportive learning environments reshape mental health support across international borders? Our goal was to explore the work of students and faculty with the tensions that dominate current mental health promotion. This course began from the diverse locations, experiences and approaches of our students as important sites of critical exploration. Through the virtual world of electronic learning activities, students entered this diversity of worlds, and debated over the shape of health and mental health as notions themselves, as well as over the approaches that best produce support. Most importantly, students debated over the distribution of power, justice, and social and economic advantage held within mental health and various approaches to promoting mental health. Method: The overall approach was based on action research using collaborative enquiry of the case study of our pilot course offering. The enquiry was conducted over 3 years of course development and pilot course delivery. Results: Ultimately, through our reflection and study of the critical learning approaches in action, we were able to explore what supportive environments for mental health are and what particular approaches“do” locally and globally. Further we were able to reorient mental health promotion work through network building in ways that may potentially change nursing practice. Conclusions: The results and lessons learned, from development to implementation of an on-line collaborative international mental health promotion course, expanded the capacities of nursing programs, educational institutions, faculty and students, and expanded what can be known about supportive environments for mental healt
Strategies for integrating information literacy and academic literacy: Helping undergraduate students make the most of scholarly articles.
No full textAssociation of Scientific and Technological University Libraries] Conference, Singapore.Paper presented at the 33rd Annual IATUL [International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries] Conference
Working with uniqueness: optimizing vocational strengths for people with tourette syndrome and co-morbidities
No full textThis paper shares discoveries from a grounded theory inspired study of “optimizing vocational strengths” and the unique attributes of Tourette Syndrome and co-morbidities, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (or TS/TS+), in the workplace. This one year study featured 16 participants with various levels of workplace functioning and health status and was set in an art college. Data gathering methods included individual/group interviews alongside observations of, and products from, studio art workshops in drawing, sculpture, performance, and creative writing. Data collected in this way elicited a breadth and depth of representation and harnessed the uniqueness and imagination of participants pivotal to recovery and supporting vocational optimization. The process of “optimizing vocational strengths” is revealed both visually and textually in this paper and is instructive for educational and vocational supports for people with TS/TS+
The mechanical efficiency of the o soto gari technique when applied to judokas of different heights
No full textBackground and Study aim: The biomechanical efficiency of judo throw techniques depends on the anthropometric characteristics of the opponent. This study aimed to evaluate the mechanical efficiency of the o soto gari technique when applied to judoists of different heights in relation to the thrower. Material/Methods: The following factors were compared: the tori angular variation of knee, hip and trunk; the total and partial performance time and the displacement of the vertical trajectory of the tori center of mass (DCM). Three uke of shorter, similar and taller stature than the tori were kinematically analyzed performing ten o soto gari throws. The images were recorded at 180 Hz using the Peak Motus System 3D. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey (p≤0.05). Results: The mechanical efficiency of angular displacement was greater when the tori was throwing shorter uke; the throwing time was shorter against shorter uke; the tori DCM was greater when throwing shorter uke. Conclusions: We conclude that the o soto gari technique is more efficient when applied to shorter opponents
Highly Relevant Mentoring (HRM) as a Faculty Development Model for Web-Based Instruction
Get PDFThis paper describes a faculty development model called the highly relevant mentoring (HRM)
model; the model includes a framework as well as some practical strategies for meeting the
professional development needs of faculty who teach web-based courses. The paper further
emphasizes the need for faculty and administrative buy-in for HRM and examines relevant
theories that may be used to guide HRM in web-based teaching environments.
Of note is that HRM was conceived by the instructional design staff who contributed to this
paper before the concept of high impact mentoring appeared in the recent literature (2009).
While the model is appropriate in various disciplines and professions, the examples and
scenarios provided are drawn from a Canadian university’s experience of using HRM, in
conjunction with a pedagogical approach called ICARE, in a variety of nursing courses and
programs
Self-awareness part 1: Definition, measures, effects, functions, and antecedents.
Get PDFSelf-awareness represents the capacity of becoming the object of one’s own attention. In this state one actively identifies, processes, and stores information about the self. This paper surveys the self-awareness literature by emphasizing definition issues, measurement techniques, effects and functions of self-attention, and antecedents of self-awareness. Key self-related concepts (e.g., minimal, reflective consciousness) are distinguished from the central notion of self-awareness. Reviewed measures include questionnaires, implicit tasks, and self-recognition. Main effects and functions of self-attention consist in self-evaluation, escape from the self, amplification of one’s subjective
experience, increased self-knowledge, self-regulation, and inferences about others’ mental states (Theory-of-Mind). A neurocognitive and socioecological model of self-awareness is described in which the role of face-to-face interactions, reflected appraisals, mirrors, media, inner speech, imagery, autobiographical knowledge, and neurological structures is underlin
Evidence Summary: The Library of Congress, Dewey Decimal, and Universal Decimal Classification Systems are Incomplete and Unsystematic
Get PDFObjective – To determine the extent to which knowledge is currently addressed by the Library of Congress (LCC), Dewey Decimal (DDC), and Universal Decimal (UDC) classification systems.
Design – Comparative analysis of the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems using Zin’s 10 Pillars of Knowledge.
Setting – The Faculty of Philosophy and Science at a Brazilian university.
Subjects – Forty one subject-related classes and 386 subclasses from the first two levels of the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems.
Methods – To evaluate the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems, the researchers employed the 10 Pillars of Knowledge, a “hierarchical knowledge tree” developed by the lead author of this study (p. 878). According to the authors, the 10 Pillars of Knowledge seek to illustrate relationships between fields of knowledge while capturing their breadth. The first level of the Pillars consists of the following categories: Knowledge, Supernatural, Matter and Energy, Space and Earth, Nonhuman Organizations, Body and Mind, Society, Thought and Art, Technology, and History. Each of the 10 Pillars is further subdivided, resulting in a four level hierarchical structure of 76 categories. Of the 76 categories, 55 are unique subject areas. A selection of subject-based classes and subclasses from the first two levels of the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems were then mapped to the relevant subclasses within the Pillars. Analysis was limited to the first two levels of LCC, DDC, and UDC, except for the LCC categories of BF and BL where further subclasses were analyzed. Classes or subclasses in LCC, DDC, or UDC that were not subject based (for example, those based on publication type) were excluded from the study. In total, 41 main classes and 386 subclasses from LLC, DDC, and UDC were categorized using the 10 Pillars.
Main Results – The LLC, DDC, and UDC systems were deemed to be complete and systematic in their coverage of only three of the 10 Pillars: Matter and Energy, Thought and Art, and History. This means that there was at least one class or subclass in each of the three systems that corresponded to the subclasses in these pillars. The remaining seven pillars were only partially covered by the three systems to varying degrees. For example, the coverage of religion in LCC and DDC show evidence of a bias towards Christianity and incomplete coverage of other faiths. In addition to the lack of completeness in terms of subject coverage, the researchers found inconsistencies and problems with how relationships between subjects were illustrated by the systems. For example, botany should be a subclass of biology, but the subjects occupy the same level in the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems. Researchers also noted cases where subclasses on the same level were not mutually exclusive e.g., the BR (Christianity) and BS (The Bible) subclasses in LCC. Overall, LLC performed slightly better than DDC or UDC, covering 47 of the 55 unique subject categories in the 10 Pillars. It was followed by UDC with 44 out of 55, and DDC with 43 out of 55. Some of the 55 unique subject categories in the 10 Pillars system were not represented by any of the systems: 3 subclasses under Society (Society at Large – Area Based, Social Groups – Age, and Social Groups – Ethnicity), 2 under Technology (Technologies – Materials and Technologies – Processes), and 1 under Foundations (Methodology).
Conclusion – The researchers conclude that none of the three major classification systems analyzed provides complete and systematic coverage of the world of knowledge, and call for the library community to move to new systems, such as the 10 Pillars of Knowledge
Interfering factors in the impact magnitudes during jump throw landing in handball
No full textThis study aimed to analyze the impact magnitude in the lower limbs during the landing phase in
handball jump throw as well as to relate the impacts with the body weight (BW), jump height (JH) and the knee flexion angle (KA) and hip flexion angle (HA) during landing. Nine handball athletes, aged 22.2 ± 1.4 years took part in this study. A triaxial accelerometer was used to analyze the knee and ankle impacts. Kinematics parameters were investigated using a three-dimensional system. Descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and linear multiple regression set at 5% were used. The highest impact magnitudes occurred in the anteroposterior axis of the knee (28.24 g) as well as in the ankle (59.81 g) with 71% of the knee impact explained by HA and BW while 45% of the ankle impact were explained by HA and KA. Results allow for the conclusion that hip flexion had the highest influence on the lower limb impact whereas there was no observed influence of jump height. Therefore, correct landing technique can minimize the overload applied to the athlete’s joints
Evidence Summary: PubMed is Slightly More Sensitive but More Time Intensive to Search than Ovid MEDLINE
Get PDFObjective — To compare the results of searching the MEDLINE database through Ovid and the free online version of PubMed administered by the National Library of Medicine for randomized controlled trials on the subject of the drug methotrexate (MTX) for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
Design — Comparative analysis of search results.
Setting — Searches conducted by researchers affiliated with Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, and the University of Toronto and the University Health Network in Toronto, Ontario.
Subjects — A total of 3966 search results obtained from Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed.
Methods — This study employs an Ovid MEDLINE search strategy originally created for a published systematic review that identified randomized controlled trials on MTX and rheumatoid arthritis (Katchamart, Trudeau, Phumethum, & Bombardier, 2009). Two of the authors of the original systematic review (Katchamart and Bombardier) are among the authors of this current study.
Appropriate medical subject heading (MeSH) terms and their synonyms were identified for the three main concepts (rheumatoid arthritis, MTX, and randomized controlled trials). The search was performed in Ovid MEDLINE, seeking articles in any language that met the search criteria, from the earliest date covered by MEDLINE to January 2009. Each MeSH or keyword term within a concept was searched separately, and then combined with other like terms using the Boolean operator OR. The searches for the three concepts were finally combined using AND. The Ovid MEDLINE search was then translated for use in PubMed by an information professional. The formatting and terminology used in some of the original Ovid MEDLINE search statements had to be changed so they would work in the new database environment, but the researchers tried to ensure that the two searches were as similar as possible. The translated search was then executed in PubMed.
The final results, as well as the number of articles retrieved for each key search concept (rheumatoid arthritis, MTX, and randomized controlled trials), were then compared. The final results were further analyzed for measures of sensitivity, precision, and number needed to read. Sensitivity is calculated by the number of eligible studies found in a database divided by the “total number of eligible studies in the review” multiplied by 100 (Katchamart, Faulkner, Feldman, Tomlinson, & Bombardier, p. 806). Eligible studies were identified using the inclusion/exclusion criteria developed by Katchamart et al. The figure for “total number of eligible studies in the review” is taken from that same study, which forms the “gold standard” for this analysis (Katchamart et al., p. 806). Precision is calculated by dividing the total number of eligible citations from a database by the total number of citations returned by the database for the search multiplied by 100 (Katchamart et al., p. 806). The number needed to read (NNR) formula used by the authors is 1/precision, taken from a study by Bachman, Coray, Estermann, and Ter Riet (2002).
Main Results — The PubMed search found more results than Ovid MEDLINE for each of the three key concepts – rheumatoid arthritis, MTX and randomized controlled trials. Once the three concepts were combined, PubMed found 106 more articles than Ovid MEDLINE (2036 vs. 1930).
Once the review eligibility criteria were applied to the search results from PubMed, 18 eligible articles were identified, one more article than in Ovid MEDLINE. The authors indicated that the additional article located in PubMed was from a journal that was not yet indexed by MEDLINE at the time the relevant article was published. To determine database sensitivity, these numbers were then divided by 20, the total number of eligible studies located in the Katachamart et al. 2009 review, which employed tools like EMBASE and strategies like hand searching in addition to MEDLINE in order to identify relevant studies. Because of the additional study it located, the sensitivity of PubMed was determined to be slightly higher than Ovid MEDLINE (90% vs. 85%). There was little difference between the two databases in terms of precision and NNR. Precision for Ovid MEDLINE was calculated at 0.881% and at 0.884% for PubMed. The NNR was 114 for Ovid MEDLINE and 113 for PubMed.
Conclusion — The authors state that while PubMed had a higher calculated sensitivity than Ovid MEDLINE in the context of this particular search because it contained content not indexed by Ovid MEDLINE that proved to be relevant for this topic, its precision and NNR were almost equal to MEDLINE’s.
Some technical limitations of the PubMed interface were experienced by researchers during the study, such as periodic instability and the inability to save and modify searches and their results line by line. These same issues did not arise while using Ovid MEDLINE.
The need for a skilled translation of Ovid MEDLINE searches for use in the PubMed interface was also emphasized by the authors, as differences in syntax and formatting that are not properly addressed could impact PubMed’s sensitivity and precision