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The Effect of a Virtual COVID-19 Interprofessional Educational Module on Knowledge, Confidence, Attitude, and Practice Among Health and Allied Health Professions Students
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this research study was to examine the effect of an innovative, online COVID-19 interprofessional educational module among health and allied health professions students.
Methods: This study utilized a pre- and posttest design with quantitative and qualitative data collected winter 2023 and spring/summer 2023 semesters, and consisted of health and allied health professions students (N=143) from three Midwestern, urban, public universities. Participants completed a pretest, then an IPE module on COVID-19, and a posttest immediately after the educational intervention, and another (the same) posttest one month later. Quantitative and qualitative data were subject to statistical and thematic analysis, respectively.
Results: This study demonstrated that the innovative, online COVID-19 IPE intervention was effective at improving knowledge, confidence, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19. Information learned and found most helpful, and application and utilization plans for this knowledge in their practice were revealed.
Conclusion: The creation of this innovative, online COVID-19 IPE module provided a timely response to the need for comprehensive, up-to-date education on COVID-19. The current study offered practical information for implementation of future IPE online education to prepare health and allied health professions students
Focused Interdisciplinary Therapy: Making a Case for Group Based Intensive Therapy in Pediatric Neurorehabilitation
No full textIntensive therapy models for children with chronic disabilities are gaining popularity in clinical practice. This paper outlines an intensive, interdisciplinary group intervention protocol targeting functional mobility and occupational performance of three teenage participants diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) (GMFCS levels 1-3). Participants demonstrated gains in function as measured by the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM), Gross Motor Function Measure-88 (GMFM), Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT), Timed Up and Down Stairs (TUDS), and grip strength. These gains indicate that intensive group-based interdisciplinary therapy programs may improve the mobility and occupational performance of ambulatory teens with CP. A significant limitation of this study is that these are preliminary results with a small sample group. Future research should identify the most sensitive tools to capture observed functional changes, and report results with a larger and more diverse group of patients. Additionally, long term outcomes following these programs could clarify their potential to impact the developmental trajectory of youth with CP
Cyclical Interest in Entrepreneurship and the Virginia Economy
No full textThis study uses keyword search data from Google to construct an index representing broad interest in entrepreneurship in Virginia. Dynamic correlations are evaluated to identify how short-term movements in the index relate to employment and earnings, leading economic indicators, home prices and business applications. Results support opportunity-driven mindsets in the labor market but not in the real estate market. The index is shown to have some economic prediction power, and is capable of producing new insights compared to data from actual business activity. This study highlights the role entrepreneurial interest may play in policy and lays the groundwork for further research
Stan Humphries
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Understanding a College of Health and Human Service’s Needs Around Interprofessional Education, Research, and Practice: A Needs Assessment
No full textIntroduction: A needs assessment can demonstrate when improvement is needed for an organization to function more optimally.
Methods: A college’s emerging interprofessional education center provided the impetus for the needs assessment in an effort to identify and respond effectively to faculty interprofessional education needs.
Results: Twenty-four health professions faculty from the college completed the needs assessment survey, which indicated their experiences with interprofessional education as well as their needs to enhance interprofessional education support at the university.
Discussion: The results of this needs assessment will drive the center’s strategic activities and indicate areas of future research in understanding faculty needs.
Implications for Education: 1) The outcomes of the needs assessment will inform the services offered by the college interprofessional education center; 2) The information in this article provides guidance for other college interprofessional education center administrators and faculty interested in determining how to successfully provide and promote interprofessional education
How Speech-Language Pathologists Can Collaborate With a Well-Meaning Judiciary to Improve Jury Instructions
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Purpose: Many U.S. adults are called upon to fulfill civic responsibilities through jury duty. Jury participation is a responsibility, but it is also a privilege that ensures the balance of power between government and citizens. Problems arise when jury instructions are presented using complex language that challenges the comprehension of laypersons with and without language and literacy differences, negatively influencing the juror’s participation experience and trial outcomes. In spite of plain language mandates and clear findings regarding the average literacy abilities of U.S. adults, much of the legal community persists in the use of difficult jury instructions.
Method: Academic literature from the legal, literacy and speech-language pathology disciplines was reviewed and summarized. In spite of plain language mandates and clear findings regarding the average literacy abilities of U.S. adults, much of the legal community persists in the use of difficult jury instructions.
Results: The current work proposes that school-based SLPs consider providing authentic experiences with courtroom discourses and literacies. SLPs should consider pursuing collaborative consultation relationships with the legal community, with the possibility of providing training. Advocacy should also include encouraging the legal community to apply Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles.
Conclusions: SLPs have an opportunity to contribute to society by assisting in the improvement of the process by which jurors are instructed.
Keywords: Language, Literacy, Disciplinary Literacy, Jury Instructions, Advocac
New Employees Reception
No full text(L to R) Valerie Robinson, Tammy Boarden, and Terri Hendrix.https://repository.ulm.edu/people/4619/thumbnail.jp