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NZ Listener, 15-21 August 2015: "In pursuit of Venus"
No full text"In pursuit of Venus" (Lisa Reihana feature), NZ Listener, 15-21 August, 2015. http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/art/the-transit-of-venus/ "Indigenous peoples and explorers collide in a challenging, tantalising scrolling artwork.
Multi-disciplinary teams at Waikato Hospital - the view from social workers
Get PDFMulti-Disciplinary Teams’ functioning at Waikato Hospital- Views from Social Workers
This abstract describes a 2014 study where social work from multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) at Waikato Hospital are interviewed regarding teams’ functioning. Group and systems discipline knowledge and practice experience means there is expert knowledge to contribute. Processes that contribute to or hinder teams’ functioning and recommendations for improvement aimed at increasing quality of patient outcomes are provided.
The research examines discourses in medical settings highlighting their impact on MDT functioning. The higher value placed on medical knowledge can render non-medical knowledge invisible or dismissed. When facilitation of MDT meetings is automatically assumed by lead nursing or medical personnel an unspoken undervaluing of facilitation expertise is promoted and an opportunity for more effective team functioning is lost.
The medical `site of disease’ discourse promotes a narrowed focus limiting options for MDT work. Risk aversion is a highly significant focus of work in hospitals and defensive practice can result distracting from holistic patient-centred practice.
Social workers can play a unique role in teams assisting functioning and promoting the patient’s voice. However they can experience significant downgrading of their knowledge and expertise, so need to maintain critical understanding of their position and be active in maintaining competent ethical professional practice
Ngaio Marsh's New Zealand Gothic
No full textWhile well established as a crime writer in her native country New Zealand and abroad, in the
Golden Age of crime writing, between the two World Wars, Ngaio Marsh also explored more
than the simple ‘whodunit’ genre. Along with mysterious and sudden deaths and the
investigations by her professional police investigator, Roderick Alleyn, whose intelligence is
matched by his intuition, Marsh also revels in the uncanny and supernatural, several
spectacular and innovative means of murder (involving wool presses in one and a boiling mud
pool in another), the impact of locale, especially isolation, on the actions of criminals and victims,
and the workings, in a couple of her New Zealand based stories, of makutu or Māori magic.
In an attempt to further the debate concerning New Zealand writing and the nature of a New
Zealand Gothic, first identified by William Shafer in his 1998 work Mapping the Godzone,
this paper considers the Gothic elements of Marsh’s four detective novels set in New Zealand, A
Vintage Murder, 1937, Colour Scheme, 1943, Died in the Wool, 1945 and Photo Finish,
1980
Case Study Methods in Undergraduate Nursing Education
Get PDF"Using case studies in teaching will assist nurse educators in promoting active learning. It will help students to make meaning of knowledge in practical settings, give them opportunity to link theory to practice and help them in developing critical thinking skills" (Popil, 2011).
We wrote a module incorporating strong use of case study teaching after a curriculum review suggested we more closely align the teaching of nursing practice with nursing science.
Semester five (third year) nursing students are expected to care for people using a robust foundation of theoretical knowledge and critical thinking skills. This module takes place alongside clinical practice placements. Hence teaching time needed to be grouped and meaningful as well as cognizant of external resource factors including room and staff availability as well as students' rostered shifts. These factors inform our choice to deliver case study learning opportunities and in order to support androgogical principles of self-directed and self-responsible learning. The cases are based in real world nursing experience and analyse the science, empiric and aesthetic knowledge of nursing.
We believe we have created a win-win situation for students and staff alike, based on enthusiastic student feedback, an energetic level of classroom engagement, and positive results on assessment of learning.
In this presentation we aim to share our experiences and generate discussion which enables us to reflect further and then refine our teaching methods to meet the complex needs of students as well as practice areas
Evaluation of performance of distance relays in presence of series compensators
No full textThis paper investigates the ability of impedance based fault locating systems in series compensated lines. Behaviour of Series capacitors and their built-in protection system has been studied to analyse the dynamics of the system during short circuit faults. This paper also aims at investigating attempt to provide a framework to facilitate a reliable decision making in the real time situation by amending conventional fault locating algorithms. The algorithm is simulated using MATLAB Simulink for a 220kV transmission line
"It's not till you actually see it you believe it": How therapy recordings can make a difference for clients
No full textThe effectiveness of using recordings of therapy sessions for client self-witnessing is not a new idea. However, understanding how recordings contribute to identity development has not been widely discussed or documented. This understanding has relevance for therapists employing therapeutic practices that seek to position clients well for rich reflection and development. This practice account discusses an identity shift for a client that occurred after listening to recordings of her therapy sessions. It considers the influence of recordings in that shift. Potential developments for the therapeutic relationship are also considered, including repositioning for clients, the benefits of client-initiated inquiry, and impact on power relations. The article advocates for the use of recordings for client witnessing and reflection and invites therapists to consider the possibilities of incorporating client-initiated inquiry and therapist-initiated inquiry
Evaluating Professional Supervision in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A multidisciplinary collaborative study
Get PDFThe 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
'Table Talk' Vol 3 Iss. 1 - Library Heritage Collection
No full textAuthor and self-publisher of social commentary zine "Table Talk" Inclusion of 'Table Talk' Vol 3 Issue in the Hamilton Library Heritage Collection
