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A Scoping Review of Occupation-based Interventions for Women with Breast Cancer
Get PDFBackground: Globally, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer. Women diagnosed with breast cancer often experience physical and psychosocial changes influencing occupational participation and quality of life. Limited evidence exists that reports outcomes of occupation-based occupational therapy interventions for women with breast cancer.
Method: In this scoping review, we map occupation-based occupational therapy interventions conducted by occupational therapy professionals for women undergoing rehabilitation for breast cancer. The Joanna Briggs Institute Guidelines provided a structure for the review.
Results: Six articles met the inclusion criteria. Interventions included health management, leisure, and social participation occupations.
Conclusion: Occupational therapy interventions are important in promoting occupational engagement and quality of life for women experiencing breast cancer. Few studies exist that report these findings, thus necessitating more research
A Narrative Review of Student Evaluations of Teaching in Decolonial Praxis: Implications for Occupational Therapy Higher Education
Get PDFStudent evaluations of teaching (SETs) are the primary source for evaluating teaching effectiveness and are used for deciding tenure and promotion. However, as efforts to engage in a decolonial critique of higher education amplify, the use of SETs in teaching and learning requires scrutiny. A narrative review was used to address the research question of SET biases in decolonial praxis and what insights may be useful for OT decolonial praxis. We identify and describe two content areas: (a) SET biases and (b) recommendations for alternatives promoting OT decolonial praxis. A total of 92 articles were sourced from five databases. Of the 92 articles, 44 met the inclusion criteria: peer-reviewed across disciplines, written in English, research conducted in the US, and published between 2011–2021. SETs scores are affected by factors beyond the influence of the instructor. Twenty-nine factors contributing to SETs biases were grouped into three main categories: SETs biases against instructors, other biases from students, and SETs biases in processes. Alternative methodological approaches are highlighted that may mitigate the identified biases for application in decolonial praxis in OT higher education
‘Can You See What I See?’: An Art Project Promoting Living Well with Dementia
Get PDFCaroline Hyland, an illustrator and former occupational therapist based in Dublin, Ireland, provided the cover art for the Winter 2023 edition of The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT). “Can You See What I See?” is an acrylic painting on black textured paper. The piece was inspired by Caroline’s grandmother Kathleen Duhig, her love of flowers, and the song “The Dutchman.” Kathleen and three of her sisters lived with dementia. This painting, and several others, are featured in a book Caroline wrote to support living well with dementia. By combining her artistic talents and training as an occupational therapist, Caroline advocates for a society that sees people first, not the disease, dementia
Functions and Development of a Late Medieval Fraternity: The Parish Clerks\u27 Guild of St. Nicholas
No full textThis study seeks to explain how and why a minor and initially impoverished London fraternity became a great one in the face of intense competition within the capital’s spiritual economy. It demonstrates how strategic alliances and royal patronage boosted its profile and popularity and how the Clerks came to dominate a significant part of the funeral market. It also explores the ways in which the brotherhood managed to engage with the City authorities to become a key element in civic life, as London, in common with other great urban centers, sought religious support to validate and underpin the position of the ruling elite and to boost civic prestige with a richer liturgical offering at Guildhall Chapel during the course of the 15th century. Finally, the inclusivity of the guild is examined and the likely reasons for its ability to recruit a wide cross-section of Londoners as love brethren, along with the differences from the composition of the other greater London guilds for which evidence survives. It is argued that the apparently low level of admission fees and subscriptions for the Parish Clerks’ fraternity gave this new body a marketing advantage over rival fraternities. So too, did the enrolment of the heads of religious communities in, around, and beyond London, together with some of their inmates, which seems to have brought benefits of confraternity with those houses. In a spiritual market place where London’s citizen master craftsmen aspired to accumulate prestige and spiritual benefits for themselves, and the cachet of a more elaborate funeral, often by joining several fraternities, the Clerks consequently enjoyed a range of advantages. Overall, the examination of the guild concludes that the Clerks’ brotherhood was the nearest that London had to an overarching civic guild but that the pull of other elite guilds prevented the Clerks from achieving a more complete dominance. Nevertheless, the roll call of the membership of the Brotherhood of Master Parish Clerks, with its aldermen, noblemen, senior churchmen and royalty on the one hand, and its more modest householders, single women and unbeneficed clergy on the other, witnesses to the success of its alliances and strategies. These allowed development and expansion without recourse to the indulgences acquired by several other great guilds in London and elsewhere
Interview with Matt Wang
No full textInterview with Matt Wang recorded on March 27th, 2023 at Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Matt Wang is interviewed by Forest Hills Northern High School students Julia Joo and Hrishikaa Bhargava as a part of WMU’s Telling Our Stories: A Video Collection Celebrating AAPI Heritage. During the interview Mr. Wang discusses the following topics: coming to Michigan with his aunt at age 14; attending school with classmates who had preconceived biases about Asians; adjusting to life in the U.S.; staying connected to Chinese culture through cooking and entertainment; individualism in the US vs. collectivism in China; and being a student at Calvin University.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/our-stories-aapi/1002/thumbnail.jp
Canon Fanfiction: Reading, Writing, and Teaching with Adaptations of Premodern and Early Modern Literature
Get PDFFor most of Western history, literary value came from retelling and reworking the literature of the past. This reinvention of source material is not unlike the process of writing fanfiction, a genre that has exploded in popularity among young adults in the internet age. It also bears a resemblance the work of literary scholars, who seek to respond, sometimes radically, to the difficult or problematic elements in texts they study. In a climate of increasing indifference toward literature and scholarship, creative writing provides novelists and students alike a powerful way to engage with literature of the past and confront the ethical issues 21st-century readers encounter in it. This book offers a study of novelizations based on Classical, medieval, and Renaissance literature and suggests ways in which such “literary fanfiction” can be harnessed in the classroom. By responding in kind to literature—as writers—students can continue to value literature of the past and revitalize its study for the future.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/mip_rmemc/1023/thumbnail.jp