8383 research outputs found
Sort by
The core technology behind and beyond ChatGPT
Get PDFChatGPT has garnered significant attention within the education industry. Given the core technology behind ChatGPT is language model, this study aims to critically review related publications and suggest future direction of language model in educational research. We aim to address three questions: i) what is the core technology behind ChatGPT, ii) what is the state of knowledge of related research and iii) the potential research direction. A critical review of related publications was conducted in order to evaluate the current state of knowledge of language model in educational research. In addition, we further suggest a purpose oriented guiding framework for future research of language model in education. Our study promptly responded to the concerns raised by ChatGPT from the education industry and offers the industry with a comprehensive and systematic overview of related technologies. We believe this is the first time that a study has been conducted to systematically review the state of knowledge of language model in educational research
Exploring engagement: A Constructivist grounded theory study of pregnant woman’s engagement with antenatal care health services in rural India
Get PDFBackground: Safe motherhood, a woman experiencing a healthy pregnancy experience, with a positive outcome and healthy living of women and newborns are an integral concern for global public health (WHO, 2016). The estimated global maternal mortality rate is 211 deaths per 100 000 live births and approximately 810 mothers died each day worldwide in 2017 from preventable maternal complications (WHO et al., 2019). Only 52% of women reported to have attended at least four ANC visits as per NFHS 4 (2015-16), along with 17% of Indian women who never contacted health facilities for visits (NFHS4a, 2017).
Methodology: The research study has adopted Kathy Charmaz’s Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology.
Methods: In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight initial purposive samples of pregnant women. The data was simultaneously analysed to gather preliminarily concepts which further guided the theoretical sampling of sixteen pregnant women and eight healthcare workers. All 32 interviews were audio-recorded with the permission and consent of the participant. The three stages of coding in Constructivist Grounded Theory methodology, Initial coding, Focused coding, and Theoretical coding were followed for data analysis.
Findings: The core category consists of interrelated sub-categories; perceived Benefits and importance of Antenatal care health services; pregnant women and Health worker interaction and structural factors as a barrier to antenatal care. Pregnant women especially for a full and partial ANC, perceived ANC as an opportunity to gain assurance about their well-being. Family presence is crucial in women's ANC decision-making. A positive relationship with healthcare providers significantly influences ANC engagement. ASHA community health workers act as a crucial bridge between the community and the health system is one of the important social processes which encourage women. Women preferred the Ultrasound over complete ANC services and recognized it as a core component to reassure both the baby and the woman. Family members especially elder female strongly influenced women’s decision-making. Health worker-pregnant women interaction is pivotal, fostering trust and encouraging ANC acceptance.
Conclusion: The study reveals varying perceptions of ANC among full, partial, and non-attenders, shaped by diverse factors influencing their engagement. A prevalent theme is the predominant view of ANC as curative rather than preventive care, reflecting a significant social process. Pregnancy is often seen as a normal, healthy event, affecting decision-making. Lack of autonomy emerged as a significant predictor for ANC utilization, highlighting the need for women-cantered care
Back into the light: The unveiling of Chester Royal Infirmary’s stained-glass windows at the University of Chester
Get PDFOn 7 June 2023, the University of Chester’s Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society (FHMS) Historical Society hosted an event at the University’s Wheeler Building, when four stained glass windows from the former Chester Royal Infirmary were unveiled in their new hom
Can the “Current View” show that autistic young people referred to mental health services have more comorbidities and complex needs?
Get PDFCopyright © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited. This AAM is provided for your own personal use only. It may not be used for resale, reprinting, systematic distribution, emailing, or for any other commercial purpose without the permission of the publisher.Purpose
Autistic young people have health and care needs that may benefit from a multi-agency intervention. The “Current View” tool is routinely used in England to profile the needs of young people referred to mental health services. This study aims to examine associations between comorbidities and complex needs in autistic and non-autistic young people to assess the multifaceted needs of autistic young people.
Design/methodology/approach
A cohort study was conducted using data from the electronic patient record, comparing autistic and non-autistic young people to see which items in the four “Current View” tool categories were associated with autistic young people.
Findings
Issues associated with autistic young people were: “community issues”, “attainment issues” and “deemed child in need” (all p < 0.001). Autistic young people scored significantly more items (p < 0.05) in the categories complexity/contextual/educational factors. Comorbidities associated with autistic young people included anxiety, “behavioural difficulties”, “peer relationship difficulties” and “self-care issues” (all p < 0.001). There was an association with increased comorbidities and complexity factors in autistic young people which suggests increased support from agencies may be beneficial.
Originality/value
Few studies have used data in the “Current View” tool to assess young people referred to services. More use could be made of this data for planning and delivering services
Monad & Kimud Shoals (ISRA) Factsheet
No full textMonad & Kimud Shoals are located southeast of Malapascua Island in the Central Visayan Sea, central Philippines. The Visayan Sea is a relatively shallow area with frequent wind- driven vertical mixing due to its shallow nature, and land-based nutrient run-off which play an important role in supplementing the overall primary production. Monad & Kimud Shoals are shallow seamounts, 7 km apart. The top of the seamounts forms a plateau at 15 to 25 m depth. This area overlaps with the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion an Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Area (EBSA), and two marine protected areas. Within this area there are: threatened species and distinctive attributes (Pelagic Thresher Alopias pelagicus)
Managers' Perspectives of an Effective Health and Social Care Worker in the Independent Sector: An Ethnographic Study
Get PDFAim: This thesis presents an ethnographic investigation into the perceptions of managers in the independent health and social care sector regarding the characteristics of effective health and social care workers. The study investigates the managerial perspective of the values, skills, knowledge, and functional behaviours regarded essential for providing high-quality care services to adults who may be at risk. Using an ethnographic methodology, the study seeks to glean rich and nuanced insights from managers who play a central role in moulding and supervising the Health and Social Care workforce. Background: Health and social care workers require a variety of skills and knowledge for them to be perceived as effective by their managers. The skill and behavioural requirements range from the practicalities of supporting people with their daily living tasks, including clinical support, to high levels of emotional intelligence to support the sociological, psychological, and emotional wellbeing of people who access health and social care services. Health and social care frontline workers require a sophisticated level of emotional intelligence with positive, personal attributes such as patience, kindness, empathy, and compassion. Methodological approach: An interpretive, ethnographic design was adopted for the study incorporating symbolic interactionism with social constructionism as a lens with which to analyse the outcomes from the research question. Individual, semistructured ethnographic interviews were conducted with ten managers (n=10), and 18 two focus groups were held in which participants were asked to identify the characteristics that, in their opinion, constitute an effective frontline worker. The leadership focus groups included eleven managers in total (n=5 + n=6) therefore twenty-one participants in total (n=21) plus field notes thus achieving triangulation. The data was analysed using Ricoeur’s thematic analysis framework. Findings: Communities of practice are naturally inherent in well performing teams. On a service level this is brought about through the behaviours of effective frontline workers, creating cultures of effective communication and continual, shared learning to enhance the lives of their service users. One may suggest a culture of experiential learning begins through the metamorphic, liminal experience of integrating staff members into the organisational culture. Liminality is present in the experience of individual workers, teams and the ‘living organisation’. It is a catalyst, in which processes happen spontaneously, leading to consideration of 21st century healthcare and compassion in caring; essential for the transformative, person-centred healthcare required in contemporary practice. Recommendations: Recommendations included the development of a professional identity through communities of practice, an educational push towards enhancing staff self-actualisation, and the cultivation of organisational culture, all of which would lead to compassionate care with a focus on facilitating service user safety and happiness
Evaluating the NMC proficiencies framework: perspectives of students and educators 5 years on
Get PDFThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in the British Journal of Nursing, copyright © MA Education, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.1.22.It is now half a decade since the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) launched Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses. Applicable nationally, this proficiencies framework dictates specific elements of nursing praxis that all pre-registrants must achieve in order to qualify as registered nurses, before going on to gain employment in either the NHS or adjacent healthcare providers. The NMC proficiencies framework is subdivided into seven proficiencies and two annexes, each of which contains multiple specific criteria detailing the skillset pre-registrants must demonstrate, in order to be signed off by a qualified educator. Subsequently, in the last 5 years the standards have brought about significant alterations to the delivery of nursing programmes at UK higher education institutions. This article reports the results of a pair of service evaluations, which gathered feedback from both pre-registrant students and educators in relation to their direct experiences of the NMC's proficiencies framework. The authors compare the contemporary perspectives collated here against earlier academic appraisals of the guidance framework, in order to outline its past and present reception at the level of delivery
Enriching awareness and practice in the pastoral and reflective supervision of clergy
No full textThis book is not available on ChesterRepThis book increases and enriches the awareness, knowledge and skills of pastoral and reflective supervisors who work with clergy. This book explores themes in pastoral/reflective supervision such as theological reflection, the place of prayer, working with stuckness, understanding trauma, working with shame, developing an awareness of culture and diversity, the importance of self-care, and understanding context
Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: A critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes
Get PDFIn recent years, the scientific community has called for improvements in the credibility, robustness, and reproducibility of research, characterized by increased interest and promotion of open and transparent research practices. While progress has been positive, there is a lack of consideration about how this approach can be embedded into undergraduate and postgraduate research training. Specifically, a critical overview of the literature which investigates how integrating open and reproducible science may influence student outcomes is needed. In this paper, we provide the first critical review of literature surrounding the
integration of open and reproducible scholarship into teaching and learning and its associated outcomes in students. Our review highlighted how embedding open and reproducible scholarship appears to be associated with (1) students’ scientific literacies (i.e., students’ understanding of open research, consumption of science, and the development of transferable skills); (2) student engagement (i.e., motivation and engagement with learning, collaboration, and engagement in open research), and (3) students’ attitudes towards science (i.e., trust in science and confidence in research findings). However, our review also identified a need for more robust and rigorous methods within pedagogical research, including more interventional and experimental evaluations of teaching practice. We discuss implications for teaching and learning scholarship
Effects of athletic socks with high frictional properties on in-shoe foot sliding and performance in football-specific movements
Get PDFThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Footwear Science on 24/05/2023, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/19424280.2023.2212628The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of high friction socks on in-shoe foot sliding and running performance of male footballers during change of direction movements. Twelve recreational football players (mean age 20.3±1.1 years) completed a 26 m dynamic agility course at their maximum running speed. 3D kinematic and kinetic data were collected for three maximum speed 45° side-cuts, and 180° turns in two different sock conditions. Comparisons were made between a sock with a high static coefficient of friction (GripSock) and a regular sock (CompressionS). The Gripsock condition significantly increased utilised traction (COFu) and a reduction of GRF angle (GRFα) were identified during the braking phase of the side cut (COFu: + 9.3±10 %; GRFα: - 3.1±2.9 %) but not in the side-cut propulsion, turn braking and turn propulsion phases. Speed perception was raised in the GripSock condition (+ 18±30 %). However, wearing a sock with high frictional properties did not significantly reduce in-shoe foot sliding in any examined direction nor did it significantly reduce running times over a functional traction course. Evidently, the relationship between in-shoe traction and running performance is complex and likely dependent on the overall interaction of shoe properties and the type of athletic sock
Data sources:
Access Repository Dashboard
Do you manage ChesterRep? Access insider analytics, issue reports and manage access to outputs from your repository in the CORE Repository Dashboard!