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It’s Milestone, not Limescale! Milestoned group supervision as an approach to descale postgraduate projects
Get PDFPostgraduate students often face the constraints of overlapping non-academic duties, for which the timely completion of their degree can become a challenging commitment. Collective supervision grounded in milestones and shareable deliverables can help in providing them with a sense of progression whilst developing confidence in their own work
Slow Higher Education
Get PDFSlow education appears in the printed media at regular intervals as a metaphor to counter the constraints of target and assessment driven education, and this article explores whether the notion could travel to Higher Education
Championing mental health in schools with Book of Beasties: the mental wellness card game
Get PDFFrom September 2020, the new relationships and health curriculum (DfE, 2019) places the onus firmly on schools to promote wellbeing and mental health, and support pupils experiencing difficulties. Interventions that help increase children’s emotional literacy and promote wellbeing are a crucial component of school-based mental health strategies. 'Book of Beasties' is a socio-emotional intervention, delivered by trained school staff to small groups of children. This blog article introduces the innovative 'Book of Beasties - mental wellness card game' and describes a pilot study undertaken for exploratory research and to inform the design of a full evaluation
Professionals' views on the “optimal time” for people living with dementia to move to a care home
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The decision about the best time for a person living with dementia to move to a care home involves the individual and others, particularly family. However, little is known about care professionals' views on the best time to move, particularly those with decision‐making authority. This study investigated social workers' and care home managers' views on whether there is an “optimal time” for a move.
Methods
A qualitative, phenomenological approach was employed, using semi‐structured interviews with 20 social workers and 20 care home managers in England; all with experience of advising people living with dementia about a care home move and making decisions about funding or acceptance. Interviews were audio‐recorded, transcribed, and analyzed thematically.
Results
Four overarching themes emerged from the data: (1) staying at home for as long as possible but avoiding crisis, (2) balancing risks proactively and anticipating triggers, (3) desires for the person living with dementia to be involved in the decision, and (4) the significance of funding in enabling choices about a care home move.
Conclusions
Deciding on the timing of a care home move is context and person specific. Two professional groups with substantial experience of this among their client group both recommended proactive deliberation but funding was overall the deciding factor in the extent to which they considered choice was possible. Future research should avoid seeing all care home moves as negative and explore how practitioners can best encourage discussions prior to crisis point about care home options
BIM for infrastructure: an efficient process to achieve 4D and 5D digital dimensions
Get PDFIntroduction of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) approach in Civil Engineering practices allows a design optimization through both an improved control of all the components of a project and an increased efficiency in the collaboration between all professionals involved. In Italy, major attention is being paid by scientists and professionals on this subject area, especially after the implementation of the national law DM 560/2017. This document will gradually rule the integration of BIM-based procedures for contractors in major public tenders. The present paper aims to propose a methodology for implementing an optimization dynamic model of time (4D) and costs (5D) across different project phases. To achieve this aim, the process relies on several authoring tools and 4D/5D modeling software, capable to incorporate a variety of project data in a unique and shared environment. The most effective methodology to maximize the interoperability between various codes will be presented. In this regard, a dynamic model involving an optimizationoriented approach for both the quantity surveying and the definition of the design management timeline is introduced. It is important to emphasize that these aspects are two of the major issues for the evaluation criteria in a civil engineering project. Also, this bidirectional process allows for a more accurate estimation of project costs as well as to achieve an optimized timeline of construction activities. Finally, it worth reminding that in case of constrained changes during the design phase, a dynamic model permits to effectively reiterate the process with a significant reduction of the overall computational time
Using signs and symbols to label hospital patients with a dementia diagnosis: help or hindrance to care?
Get PDFSigns and symbols may be used in attempts to direct attention to particular aspects of patient care and hence affect how the patient is seen. An ethnography within five hospitals across England and Wales explored how everyday technologies are enrolled on acute wards to drive attention to the existence, diagnosis, and needs of people living with dementia within their ageing population. We explore how signs and symbols as everyday "technologies of attention" both produce and maintain the invisibilities of people living with dementia and of the older population within those wards and bring about particular understandings of the classification of dementia. The use and reliance on signs and symbols to aid recognition of people living with dementia may inadvertently lead to misclassification and narrow attention onto particular aspects of bedside care and "symptoms," competing with a wider appreciation of the individual care needs of people living with dementia and restricting expertise of ward staf
‘Becoming-with’ a repeat healthy volunteer: managing and negotiating trust among repeat healthy volunteers in commercial clinical drug trials
No full textRecent sociological research has raised important sociological and ethical questions about the role of financial rewards in terms of healthy volunteer involvement in clinical trials. Research suggests that it would be parochial to assume financial rewards alone are sufficient to explain repeat healthy volunteering. This paper explores other factors that might explain repeat healthy volunteering behaviours in phase I clinical drug trials. Drawing on qualitative research with healthy volunteers, the paper argues that while healthy volunteers make rational decisions to take part in drug trials, understanding how they become repeat volunteers requires considering varied relationships and networks involved. Drawing on Deleuze's concept of ‘event’ and ‘becoming-with’, the paper illustrates the relational, processual and embodied nature of trust in repeat healthy volunteer involvement in clinical drug trials. The paper concludes that repeat healthy volunteering is a constant flux of negotiating trust and mistrust. The paper contributes to sociological debates about trust and public engagement with technological innovations to illustrate trust among healthy volunteers as processual and changeable
Post-traumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms following a Herdsmen attack: The role of life meaning in mediating trait mindfulness
No full textIt is well established that mindfulness is beneficial in decreasing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms, but the explanatory pathway and processes through which this happens are still not clear. The present study investigated two mediation models that explored the psychological process of presence of meaning in life as a mechanism connecting mindfulness to reduced PTSD and depressive symptoms in survivors of a violent attack. A sample of 577 survivors of the Fulani herdsmen attack completed relevant self-report measures and the bootstrap method was used to test the models for direct, indirect and total effects. Results revealed that mindfulness was negatively associated to PTSD symptoms, and that this association was fully mediated by the ability to find meaning in life. Mindfulness was also indirectly associated to depression through a greater sense of meaning in life. The findings of this study suggest that the presence of meaning in life is the pathway through which mindfulness alleviates PTSD and depression symptoms, and could therefore serve as an intervention target to decrease such negative outcomes in trauma survivors
VOICE IN THE EMERGENCY: THE ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYEE VOICE DURING THE UK CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWN
No full textThe outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) across the world has caused
mayhem in Employment Relations, yet medication for the virus is still
to be discovered. This outbreak is not the first time the world
experiencing an outbreak of this magnitude, in the past; some countries
have experienced some species of coronavirus known as HCoV-229E,
CoV-HKUI, CoV-NL63, HCoV-OC43, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.
This study aimed to analyse the impact of a shutdown during the
COVID-19 virus in the UK. Three case studies were used in this study;
(1) A Healthcare Assistant and Student Nurse (2) A Senior Nurse with
a local hospital, and (3) Qualified Secondary School Teacher. These
three participants were interviewed through telephones, and the
researcher used a semi-structured interview technique to collect
sufficient data. Discussions were audio-recorded, and critical issues
noted down during conversation for further follow-up. The results
indicated that many participants feel that despite the need for an
emergency response to the virus outbreak, their Voice was widely
suppressed by the government and their organisations, leaving them
powerless. Again, participants have their workload at home increased
due to "work from home" and "social distancing" directives. Majority
of participants do not agree with the government's job retention scheme
as they see it as a threat to their salaries. Nevertheless, participants feel
obliged to continue going to work to maintain their salary size. This
study concludes that considering Employee Voice is paramount in any
situation, and the decision-makers should consider Employee Voice to
reduce confusion and reduce anxieties
Supporting people with learning disabilities and mental health issues: service users’ experiences
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The aim of this research project was to enable the active involvement of adults with learning disabilities, who live in community settings, in producing knowledge about their perspectives of the care and support they had experienced in relation to their mental ill-health.
Background
The viewpoints of service users with learning disabilities and mental health issues about their care and support have been paid minimal attention in the research literature.
Methodology
Hollway and Jefferson’s (2000, 2013) psychosocial research approach was employed to facilitate the involvement of seven service users, who reside in community settings, in data production relating to their mental health care. Data was also obtained from consultations with key carers and records kept by service providers.
Results
Information gained from participants highlighted the diverse painful experiences and events in their life histories, and the increase in awareness of the mental health and emotional issues experienced by individuals with learning disabilities.
Conclusions
Some findings resonate with those of other studies, and recommendations concerning service users are indicated, which have relevance for those engaged in policy making, service provision and practice