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L.O.Q.Shun - Lumiere 2016
No full text2015 | 04:00 | HD Video | 16:9 | Stereo | Director: Dan Inglis | Music: Jeremy Mayall | Soprano: Julia Booth
An experimental digital collage film exploring ideas of communication and comprehension.
Based around text from a nineteenth century elocution manual by A. M. Bell. With music by Jeremy Mayall and soprano Julia Booth
What are the factors leading to disciplinary action against nurses in New Zealand?
No full textThis research examines factors leading to disciplinary against nurses in New Zealand for professional misconduct. A multiple case study approach was used to analyse Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal cases that were referred from the Nursing Council of New Zealand Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) between 2012 and 2014. The aim of the research was to critically examine the factors contributing to situations where nurses fail to exercise the judgement necessary to practice professionally. It seeks to understand more about how to recognise and manage challenging situations, including both personal and professional risk, and to focus awareness on our conduct as professional people. Each case represents examples where elements of nurse’s behaviour in a specific clinical and/or social context can be analysed and interpreted in relation to the normative expectations of the profession.
The analysis shows that the three conceptual categories are present in each of the cases. The naïve or needful categories indicated nurses who were incapable of responding adequately to situations because they were unable to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues, were isolated and therefore unable to ‘benchmark’ best practice. Poor communication, lack of knowledge, and isolation of team members led to fragmentation of clinical decision making and inappropriate responses to client situations. Individual nurses and their colleagues should notice moments when their own or others responses are inappropriate or unreasonable in the context of a client’s care, particularly responses that are a recurring pattern. Employers could work to reduce factors causing professional isolation and frustration, such as ongoing friction between team members and workload issues
The evaluation of professional supervision: an interprofessional perspective
Get PDFThe growth of professional supervision within the health and social services in Aotearoa New Zealand has been well documented (Maidment & Beddoe, 2012; May & Stanfield, 2010), and at the same time the importance of evaluating professional supervision has been promoted as best practice. How this evaluation is translated into practice remains unclear and there have been repeated calls for further research into the place, role and process of evaluation in supervision (O’Donoghue, 2006; Beddoe,
2010).
This workshop will present the preliminary findings of the first stage of an interprofessional study which explored the current methods of evaluating supervision practice within four professions: counselling, mental health nursing, psychology and social work. Twenty four semi- structured interviews were conducted with supervisors, supervisees and managers from each of the professions.
The preliminary results indicate a range of practice from formal evaluation to no evaluation at all.
Many research participants expressed an interest about evaluation but were uncertain as to how this could be achieved in practice. This workshop will invite participants to consider the preliminary findings of this research and to contribute their views to the research data
Growing the Person: Communication, soft skills and the broader curriculum
Get PDFThe importance of soft skills and communication in the employability of new graduates has been widely researched internationally, and our own research in this area surveying local employers supports this notion. This obviously necessitates a continued need for engagement between tertiary and industry. However, we would propose that educators need roles within this process too, as they are the ones who translate the desires of employers into embedding the requisite skills within practical time-bound courses. So, who teaches these skills? Is it the role of the communication tutor? Is work integrated learning the answer? If so, how can we scaffold students to function effectively in professional contexts? Should communication and soft skills be embedded in other courses, as is proposed in the latest version of the New Zealand Diploma of Business? This workshop uses a survey of conference delegates and workshop participants in order to explore the issue of where communication and soft skills should sit within tertiary programmes. While we concede that there may not be one solution, we would like to foster a collaborative and interactive approach in the workshop to problem solving this very important issue. Through sharing practice and reconstructing models and case studies, by the end of the workshop participants will have developed a set of questions and best practice options which provide flexibility, while ensuring students graduate with the skills required by employers
Women’s choices and experiences of using birthing pools
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Background - Over a four year period consumer feedback forms were collected by a birthing pool supplier in New Zealand. The feedback forms were sent to the New Zealand College of Midwives (NZCOM) recognising that the feedback forms provide a unique record of women’s experiences of using a birthing pool for pain relief and comfort during labour and/or birth. A request was sent by NZCOM to the four Bachelor of Midwifery Degree Schools in New Zealand for an expression of interest in the collation and analysis of the forms. The feedback forms were not developed as part of a research project but as a tool for women and their partners to describe their many and varied experiences of using water during labour and giving birth. The feedback forms provide a unique record of women and their partner’s experiences in their planning for labour and birth and their utilisation of birthing pools. Method - Both quantitative and qualitative responses to feedback form questions provide an overall view of consumer demographics and experiences. The responses were collated into demographic data and theme descriptive categories. The Statistical Package’s for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for quantitative analysis and direct quotes were taken from answers to feedback form questions. Results - The age of women who most used the pool was in the 31 – 40 year age group, with the second largest group in the 21 – 30 year age group. The greatest number of women, 86.8%, used the birthing pool in their own home, although 12.6% transferred during labour to their Base Hospital. The largest number of women, 41.7%, used the pool for both labour and birth and the majority, 81%, used the pool with, or without non-pharmacological pain relief such as massage and aromatherapy. Women’s experiences of using of the pool were described as meeting their expectations; however extenuating circumstances such as insufficient hot water impacted on their use of the pool. Conclusion - For the women who completed the consumer feedback forms the use of a birth pool was a significant positive factor in their experience of labour and birth
Active Learning in Engineering Education
No full textThe Centre of Engineering and Industrial Design team recently moved into a newly designed building at WINTEC’s Rotokauri campus. Design features of this building include open shared facilitation spaces coupled with instant student access to the internet at any time (through own devices or movable computers). Simulation equipment is available for class to “wheel in or wheel out” as applicable.
In moving to this space it was necessary for the CEID staff to redevelop their teaching and learning approach to mimic 21st century learning paradigms; the aim being to utilise the buildings space to its full potential to enable students the greatest possibility to succeed. During this redeveloped approach staff were required to change their initial focus from delivered content and focus on the activity that would lead to exploration of the content. This resulted in a large amount of student centred activities and assessments being introduced to the engineering curriculum. A model, OSCAR, was developed to help in this transition.
This presentation will be useful for all facilitators of learning as the presentation will explore:
• The engineering philosophy at WINTEC
• The building design (how it aids learning)
• The curriculum development model
• Examples of student centred activities
• Examples of student centred assessmen
Pulse Visualization
No full textThis piece was created for the Hamilton BYOB Event in 2015. The projection displayed a rotating 3D modeled geometric heart which pulsed in time with an audience members heart beat. The viewers were asked to hold a contact microphone against their chest and the audio feed activated the visualization
The heartbreak kids, Leon / Matilda end of year performance 2015
No full textLocal Hamilton bands The Blu-82's, Valjean, The Heartbreak Kids, Leon|Matilda and The Latest Fallout perform in celebration of the end of the academic year