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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Factors Influencing the Success of Quality Improvement Teams: A Qualitative Descriptive Single Case Study
Get PDFAs healthcare organizations started to return to “business as normal” in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, there was a renewed focus on quality improvement initiatives being undertaken by multidisciplinary teams. Contextual and team-based factors are known to impact upon the success of these teams. A qualitative descriptive single case study research approach was used to explore the perceptions and experiences of members of multidisciplinary quality improvement teams in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Three focus groups and two interviews (representing five teams) were conducted with a total of 13 participants. Emergent themes from the focus group and interview data included the following: (1) cultivating a culture of continuous learning and growth (sub-themes: personal learning, supports for learning, and learning communities); (2) leading and influencing effectively (sub-theme: physician leadership); (3) working together and enabling partnerships; (4) finding joy and fulfilment in quality improvement efforts; (5) identifying characteristics of successful quality improvement teams; (6) defining quality improvement project success; (7) overcoming barriers and enhancing facilitators to quality improvement project success. Themes were mapped against the Model for Understanding Success in Quality (MUSIQ v2.0) framework and areas for further consideration and future research were identified including the impact of team stability/cohesion and equity diversity and inclusion (EDI) on multidisciplinary teams. Implications for practice, education, and research are provided.D.N
Personal Support Workers’ Role in End-of-Life Care in Long-Term Care
Get PDFPersonal support workers (PSWs) are essential healthcare workers who provide the majority of direct care for Canada’s most vulnerable populations and thus are a critical part of the health workforce in Canada. As the Canadian population continues to age, there is a growing demand for this workforce to provide direct care for Canadians, including care in the long-term care (LTC) setting at the end of life. Despite this, PSWs' role within the Canadian context, and internationally, remains unclear. The role of PSWs has evolved concurrently with greater demands for complex institutional care. Consequently, the role of PSWs is increasingly unclear, with varying levels of responsibilities and autonomy reported based on the clinical setting and geographic location. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand PSWs’ role in end-of-life care in an LTC home in Ontario, Canada. This study aimed to answer the research question: what are PSWs’, nursing staff’s, managers’, administrators’, family members’, and residents’ perspectives on the role of PSWs in end-of-life care in an Ontario LTC home?
A qualitative descriptive single case study was conducted virtually to describe and understand the experiences and perspectives of participants relating to the role of PSWs in end-of-life care. A conceptual framework, named the role behaviour framework, was used as the descriptive framework to guide the design, data collection, and data analysis. Multiple forms of data were collected using virtual methods, including study site characteristics, documentation data, archival records, demographic data, semi-structured individual interviews, and observation of physical artifacts. A descriptive framework data analysis strategy using the role behaviour framework was applied to guide and construct knowledge on the role of PSWs in end-of-life care in LTC.
The findings highlight that LTC residents, family members and staff acknowledge that PSWs perform tasks outside their job description when providing end-of-life care; specifically for tasks that support the “experience of comfort” and “being at peace.” These extra-role behaviours performed by PSWs were perceived to improve the quality of end-of-life care that residents receive and were found to most likely be conducted because of the familial relationship between residents and PSWs. This study's findings revealed that as the role of PSWs continues to expand and evolve, there is less time and capacity for PSWs to perform social or relational care tasks; therefore, PSWs start to perform more tasks outside their role boundary.Ph.D
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Nursing Students’ Self-efficacy to Care for Older Adults in Acute Care Settings in Ghana: A Mixed Method Study
Get PDFSelf-efficacy has been reported to serve as a motivator for goal achievement and to impact care quality and career development choices. Understanding nursing students’ self-efficacy to care for older adults can provide an opportunity to identify gaps and develop strategies to shape nursing students’ interest in caring for older adults. This study sought to identify the relationship between nursing students’ knowledge about, attitudes towards, and self-efficacy to care for older adults and explored nursing students’ understanding of their self-efficacy to care for older adults. The study also examined stakeholders’ perceptions about nursing students’ self-efficacy to care for older adults and how these views shape gerontological nursing education and practice in Ghana. Bandura’s self-efficacy theory guided this study. Results of this sequential explanatory mixed-method study showed that nursing students’ age and attitudes towards older adults were associated with their self-efficacy to care for older adults. Content knowledge about gerontology was not associated with self-efficacy. Nursing students suggested their self-efficacy to care for older adults was based on their perceived competency in routine procedural nursing care, the impact of the general nursing education program, and the sociocultural norms of caring for older adults in Ghana. Stakeholders indicated that nursing students were well prepared and confident to care for older adults and that the general nursing education program and sociocultural norms of caring for older adults enhanced nursing students’ self-efficacy to care for older adults; however, they also acknowledged the need for gerontological clinical placements for nursing students and the challenges of the gerontology curriculum in the general nursing program. Findings suggest a need for a larger study encompassing different nursing training institutions to determine the extent of revisions needed in gerontological nursing curricula. Findings also indicate a need for gerontological nursing clinical placements to enhance students’ gerontological skills development, for capacity building of faculty, and for the government’s commitment to invest in gerontology education and practice.Ph.D
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