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The Impact Of Interprofessional Simulation On Future Healthcare Professionals
Get PDFResearch poster describing investigation of the question: Do simulated interprofessional client encounters impact the likelihood and confidence of future healthcare professionals to work interprofessionally in practice?https://dune.une.edu/cecespring2020/1003/thumbnail.jp
I\u27ve Been Here Before
Get PDFAs I navigate my new lifestyle of online academia as well as all the associated social changes, I noticed dramatic similarities between now and my sudden evacuation from Peace Corps Nicaragua two years ago in response to civil unrest. This piece highlights my emotional reflections of dealing with unexpected jarring life changes
Healthier life on accident
Get PDFThis pamphlet provides the audience with tips, tricks, and techniques to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors by creating a structured daily routine. By implementing these strategies, the target audience will reduce unhealthy behaviors through adopting daily practices that promote overall health and wellbeing.https://dune.une.edu/an_studedres/1164/thumbnail.jp
Supporting a Healthy School Environment for Students with Diabetes
Get PDFThis pamphlet provides a very basic introduction to diabetes. It includes strategies for teachers of students with type 1 or type 2 diabetes to support their students blood sugar management needs. It also includes strategies for school administrators to alter the school environment to help students make healthier choiceshttps://dune.une.edu/an_studedres/1157/thumbnail.jp
UNE UFA AAC Library Subcommittee Resource Highlight: COVID19 Projects
Get PDFApril 2020 library resources highlight compiled for the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee\u27s Library Sub-committee at the University of New England. Focus on: Projects undertaken by UNE Library Services staff in response to the COVID19 pandemic and its effects on the UNE community
Students’ Perceptions And Experiences: African American Students In Band And Orchestra Programs
Get PDFThe purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore how African American students in a South Carolina metropolitan area perceived their experiences in band and orchestra at their middle school. Fifty-one sixth through eighth grade students responded to an inventory that measured students’ predisposition to music, pedagogical preferences, and cultural awareness. Furthermore, seven of the fifty-one students engaged in individual, semistructured interviews that measured students’ personal connection to musical experiences within their culture and communities. This study examined the minimal rate at which African American students participated in music programs through the conceptual lens of African-Centered Pedagogy and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. It was proposed that race, culture, musical preference, physiological needs, socioeconomic level, and community or family structures were variables that created significant inequities and lack of inclusion that influenced the recruitment and retention of African American students in school-based band and/or orchestra programs.
The quantitative data was used to investigate students’ predispositions to music, pedagogical preferences, and cultural awareness. The following six themes emerged: (a) student/teacher relationships, (b) student self-awareness, (c) teacher cultural acceptance of students, (d) student desirability of instrumental music classes, (e) teacher community and cultural consciousness, and (f) student outside perception and influence. Furthermore, qualitative data collected through individual interviews was used to develop a profound understanding of African American students’ perspectives and experiences in school-based band and orchestra programs. The following five invariant constituents and themes emerged: (a) music preference implies listening and/or performing; (b) family, friends influence music listening, music performance, and instrument selection; (c) self-esteem, physiological needs and self-actualization in class; (d) class attentiveness, practice, and teacher feedback influence achievement; and (e) student preference to activities combining music and culture.
This study also explored areas for action to expand research to identify what motivates academic success of African American students and broaden horizons of what motivates African American students to join and remain in band and orchestra programs. These areas of action are as follows: (a) individual awareness of the teacher, student, and school community; (b) district initiatives through professional development and band and orchestra framework; and (c) state curriculum to diversify music education and transform music studies
Cultivating Cooperatives: Benefits And Challenges Of Co-Ops And Recommendations For Maine’s Emerging Aquaculture Industries
Get PDFTwo emerging Maine industries, kelp (Saccharina latissimi and Saccharina angustissima) and Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) aquaculture, have enormous market, environmental, and social potential but are faced with challenges of small scale and limited operations, inadequate infrastructure, market visibility, and limited expertise. Because many industries, particularly the dairy industry, have benefited from the use of cooperatives (co-ops) to aggregate an extremely perishable product, quickly process and effectively market and distribute, this research explores the cooperative model as a potential tool for the nascent scallop and kelp industries. Aquaculture co-ops are new in Maine. The first, the Maine Aquaculture Co-op (MAC), formed in 2016 to help develop the sea scallop aquaculture industry. As more farmers come online to sell and demand grows, the co-op needs to determine its next direction. Furthermore, the lack of kelp processors in Maine is hampering that industries’ growth. To make recommendations to MAC, a theoretical kelp co-op, and aquaculture co-ops in general, this research determined the benefits and challenges of co-ops, and the important factors that influence co-op structures. Ten aquaculture, agriculture and fishery co-ops were researched through data mining, participant observation, and semi-structured interviews. The factors to consider for defining the structure of a co-op are whether: 1) the co-op will act as a distributor, 2) product will be marketed using individual member branding or co-op branding, 3) if members are required to sell through the coop or will sell individually, and 4) members’ geographic proximity to one another. The ten benefits of the co-op model are 1) shared labor and personnel, 2) group purchasing, 3) shared infrastructure, 4) community relations, 5) banking, 6) industry entry and growth, 7) market stability, 8) grants, 9) knowledge sharing, and 10) democratic membership. The challenges to co-ops are 1) member cooperation, 2) financial returns, 3) and disputes over branding. Short-term recommendations for MAC are based off findings from two small, established aquaculture co-ops that have a co-op distribution facility and mostly independently producing farmers who occasionally cooperatively farm and share farm equipment. Product is branded by member farms, but all transactions pass through the co-op. Recommendations for a kelp co-op are based off large scale marketing co-ops where raw materials are aggregated from farms, processed into value added products, and marketed and distributed
McArthur Gymnasium Exterior, Westbrook Junior College, Mid 1960s
No full textThe exterior of McArthur Gymnasium, Westbrook Junior College, Portland, Maine, is shown front and center in this mid-to-late 1960s, black and white photograph. The metal steps and railings lead straight down from either side of the entrance and have no right angle turns to the sidewalk as did the wooden steps and railings within earlier photos.To the right of McArthur can be seen the edge of the Ginn/McDougall Residents Halls and to the left is Alumni Hall with Moulton Theater and the Moulton Theater extension visible behind Alumni Hall.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_mcarthur/1017/thumbnail.jp
College Offices, Hersey Hall, Westbrook College, 1980s
No full textThe labels College Offices and Hersey Hall are posted in silvery chrome letters on either side of the main entrance to Westbrook College\u27s Hersey Hall in this sepia toned, 1980s matte-finished photograph. The U.S. postal mailbox and trash bin were subsequently moved from the Hersey porch to the end of its front walk in an attempt to bring curb appeal to the College Offices, which included, on the first floor, the president\u27s office, the dean of the college\u27s office, Cahner\u27s Lounge, and the switchboard.https://dune.une.edu/wchc_photos_hersey/1004/thumbnail.jp
The Challenges Of Exercise Selection For A Post-Operative Patient With Severe Deconditioning And Longstanding Neurogenic Claudication: A Case Report
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Background and Purpose: Lumbar spinal stenosis is an increasingly common diagnosis due to its association with degenerative changes of the lumbar vertebrae and the advancing age of our population. This condition may lead to neurogenic claudication which often results in significant pain and disability. Due to the negative impact on quality of life, surgical intervention is often utilized to reduce symptoms. However, post-surgical management is highly variable. The purpose of this case report was to examine a rehabilitation program used to address functional limitations and reverse impairments in a patient with severe deconditioning due to neurogenic claudication as a result of spinal stenosis. Case Description: The patient was an 86-year-old male who underwent a decompressive laminectomy to treat his neurogenic claudication. He presented with reduced cardiovascular endurance, ambulatory capacity, and lower extremity strength. His goal was to increase his walking capacity and improve his ability to complete activities of daily living. Interventions included resistance, aerobic, task specific, and balance training. Outcomes: After ten visits, the patient increased his lower extremity strength, reduced his Timed Up and Go score by 3.9 seconds, decreased his Five Times Sit to Stand time by 3.45 seconds, and walked 54.5m farther during the Six Minute Walk Test. This case report explored the use of strength, balance, and aerobic training to address the impairments and limitations of a patient who underwent a lumbar laminectomy to treat neurogenic claudication. Although the patient did not meet all goals, he demonstrated functional improvements in his daily life. Future research should focus on identifying interventions that are most advantageous for recovery to guide physical therapy decisions for the management of chronically deconditioned patients.https://dune.une.edu/pt_studcrpres/1003/thumbnail.jp