270 research outputs found
Peer-led problem-based learning in interprofessional education of health professions students
No full textBackground: The role of peer teachers in interprofessional education has not been extensively studied. This study is designed to determine if peer-teacher-led problem-based seminars can influence medical and pharmacy students’ perceptions of interprofessional education. Methods: Undergraduate medical and pharmacy students participated in one-hour problem-based learning seminars held over the course of 16 weeks. A case–control study design was used to compare perceptions of interprofessional education between students who participated in seminars and students who did not participate in seminars. The validated Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS) was used to assess perceptions of interprofessional education and was distributed to medical and pharmacy students at the conclusion of 16 weeks of seminars. A two-tailed t-test was used to determine significance between groups. A survey was also distributed to all students regarding perceived barriers to involvement in interprofessional education training. Results: In total, 97 students responded to IEPS (62 medical, 35 pharmacy). Data showed significantly higher perception of professional cooperation among medical students (p=0.006) and pharmacy students (p=0.02) who attended interprofessional seminars compared to those who did not attend. One hundred and nine students responded to the survey regarding perceived barriers to interprofessional education, with the two most common barriers being: ‘I am not aware of interprofessional education opportunities’ (61.5%) and ‘I do not have time to participate’ (52.3%). Conclusion: Based on this data we believe peer-teacher-led problem-based interprofessional seminars can be used to increase medical and pharmacy students’ perceived need for professional cooperation. Currently, major barriers to interprofessional education involvement are awareness and time commitment. Undergraduate health professions education can incorporate student-led seminars to improve interprofessional education
the good high school: potraits of character and culture
No full textWhat makes a good school? A prominent Harvard educator looks for the answers in six schools that have earned reputations for excellence: George Washington Carver High School in Atlanta; John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, New York; Highland Park High School near Chicago; Bookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts; St. Paul's in Concord, New Hampshire; and the Milton Academy, near Boston.Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and MacArthur genius award winner. (A named chair was created this spring in her honor.) She is the author of The Good High School (Basic), Balm in Gilead (AWL and Penguin), and I've Known Rivers (AWL and Penguin). Each of these books, as well as Respect, uses a vivid technique of portraiture, for which she has become known both to scholars and devoted readers.399 p.; 21 cm
\...Almost a rabbi himself\"? : John Lightfoot and the conversion of the Jews to Christianity"
No full text'... [B]y constant reading of the rabbis, [he] became almost a rabbi himself. ..' In these words, Edward Gibbon in the eighteenth century described John Lightfoot, a seventeenth century Puritan scholar who taught at Cambridge University. In the seventeenth through early nineteenth centuries, Lightfoot's reputation as a Hebrew scholar was held in high regard, particularly in the area of Talmudic studies. Paradoxically, Lightfoot, for all his expertise in the language and literature of the Jews, held the Jews and their religion in contempt, as has been forcefully demonstrated by Schertz. Lightfoot expressed a deep hostility toward both the ancient Jews and the Jews contemporary to himself. An area in which he expressed his contempt for and hostility to the Jews most forcefully was in his attitude to attempts to convert Jews to Christianity. This dissertation will seek to examine Lightfoot's views on the conversion of the Jews to Christianity. In doing so, this dissertation will not attempt to serve as a systematic critique of Lightfoot's Talmudic and rabbinic scholarship. Schertz has already provided such a critique. Neither will this dissertation attempt to provide a systematic evaluation, from a twentieth-century perspective, of Lightfoot's importance in the development of historical-critical methods of studying the scriptures. Such a study has yet to be written and would demand greater space than the specifications of this dissertation would allow, along with greater technical and linguistic expertise in the disciplines of biblical studies than the author of this dissertation claims to possess. Of necessity, this work will assume a narrower focus on a single, albeit central, aspect of Lightfoot's thought. The first chapter will place Lightfoot's views in historical context by surveying attitudes regarding the conversion of the Jews to Christianity in seventeenth-century England. Among many English Puritans, particularly during the periods of the Civil War, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate, a growing conviction existed that the Second Coming of Christ was imminent and that the mass conversion of the Jews to Christianity was a necessary prerequisite to the Second Coming. The second chapter will examine Lightfoot's opposition to attempts to convert Jews to Christianity, as stated in A Parergon Concerning the Fall of Jerusalem. In this context, some consideration of Lightfoot's general views regarding Jews and Judaism will also be relevant. The third chapter will consider the impact of John Calvin's theology upon Lightfoot's views regarding the conversion of the Jews, particularly the doctrines of election and predestination. In the concluding section, Lightfoot's views on the conversion of the Jews will be evaluated. In this evaluation, the observation will be made that a significant common factor was shared by Lightfoot and by the advocates of the conversion of the Jews. Neither viewed Judaism as a religion in its own right. Instead, Judaism was viewed as either an under-developed form of Christianity or as a negation of Christianity. It will be the contention of this dissertation that this view of Judaism constituted a significant flaw in the thought both of Lightfoot and of the advocates of the conversion of the Jews. In this context, the author hopes that the irony (whether intentional or unintentional) of Gibbon's remark will become apparent, that Lightfoot, with his contempt for the Jews and their religion, was never ' . . almost a rabbi himself.
Of Philip K. Dick, Reflexivity, and Shifting Realities: Organizing (Writing) in Our Post-Industrial Society
No full textAfter introducing the problematic from the perspective of organisation studies - the growing awareness of the tenuous nature of organisational reality and the difficulty we have in constructing texts that deal with this tenuous reality in a reflexive way - I explore the key characteristics of Dick's novels and the essence of his writing techniques. This is followed by a discussion of Ubik to give the reader a flavour of a typical Dickean novel. I conclude with the logical, but rather too predictable, discussion of the importance of Dick for the field of organisation studies. Of course, it would be nonsensical to suggest that we can apply Dick in the way it has happened with Foucault, Derrida or Elias, but to name a few. Yet there is be something curiously attractive about an author who used the most trashy tropes of a genre (SF) to create a body of work that both transcends and invigorates that genre. Could this point to an analogue in organisation theory that might enable us to frame new possibilities of writing or reading organisational narratives? Perhaps
Intraperitoneal local anaesthetic and recovery from laparoscopic colectomy
No full textAim:
This thesis focused on how local anaesthetics can be incorporated into multimodal analgesia regimes to improve pain, recovery, and perioperative and long-term outcomes after major colorectal surgery.
Specifically, the following questions were addressed:
1. Does intravenous local anaesthetic improve pain in a colorectal setting?
2. Does intraperitoneal local anaesthetic have an analgesic benefit when compared with intravenous local anaesthetic in colonic surgery?
3. Are there long-term benefits from intraperitoneal infusions for colectomy for malignancy?
Methods:
The literature on the analgesic benefit of intravenous local anaesthetic was examined with a systematic review. A systematic review and meta-analysis were undertaken to examine the analgesic benefit of intraperitoneal local anaesthetic when compare to intravenous local anaesthetic in abdominal surgery. This was followed up with a double blinded, randomised control trial to examine the analgesic benefit of intraperitoneal local anaesthetic when compare to intravenous local anaesthetic laparoscopic colon resections. Finally, a follow up study examining the long-term outcomes of intraperitoneal local anaesthetic was conducted.
Results:
Intravenous lignocaine appears to have a significant benefit to reduce early pain scores and morphine consumption when compared with placebo in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Intraperitoneal local anaesthetic demonstrated an analgesic benefit over intravenous administration both in the systematic review with meta-analysis and in the randomised control trial. No anti-cancer effects from local anaesthetic were demonstrated by the data presented in this thesis.
Conclusion:
Intravenous local anaesthetic has an analgesic benefit when compared with placebo in colorectal surgery. Intraperitoneal local anaesthetic has a superior analgesic benefit when compared with intravenous administration in abdominal and specifically laparoscopic colectomy. Intraperitoneal local anaesthetic should be utilised and incorporated into multimodal analgesia regimes for laparoscopic colon resections
Empire and Nation in Early English Renaissance Literature
No full textThe complex topics of colonialism, empire and nation run throughout English Renaissance literature. Here, the author moves beyond recent work on England's `British' colonial interests, arguing for England's self-image in the sixteenth century as an `empire of itself', part of a culture which deliberately set itself apart from Britain and Europe. In the first section of the book he explores England's self-image as an empire in the Arthurian and classical pageants of two Tudor royal entries into the City of London: Charles V's in 1522 and Anne Boleyn's in 1533. Part Two focuses on the culture of English Bible-reading and its influence on England's imperial self-image in the Tudor period. He offers fresh new readings of texts by Richard Morison, William Tyndale, John Bale, Nicholas Udall, and William Lightfoot, among other authors represented
Empire and Nation in Early English Renaissance Literature
No full textThe complex topics of colonialism, empire and nation run throughout English Renaissance literature. Here, the author moves beyond recent work on England's `British' colonial interests, arguing for England's self-image in the sixteenth century as an `empire of itself', part of a culture which deliberately set itself apart from Britain and Europe. In the first section of the book he explores England's self-image as an empire in the Arthurian and classical pageants of two Tudor royal entries into the City of London: Charles V's in 1522 and Anne Boleyn's in 1533. Part Two focuses on the culture of English Bible-reading and its influence on England's imperial self-image in the Tudor period. He offers fresh new readings of texts by Richard Morison, William Tyndale, John Bale, Nicholas Udall, and William Lightfoot, among other authors represented
Ovidio, Metamorfosis IV, 94 – Partenio, Ἐρωτικὰ Παθήματα 32.1-2. Una interpretación moral
No full textThe problem of Ovid’s Greek sources remains complex and very extensive. For the famous Pyramus and Thisbe episode, J. Lightfoot suggests that the Greek author, Parthenius of Nicaea, inspired, in part, the Latin poet. This note aims to bring a new argument in favour of this hypothesis by analysing deeply and precisely the line, Metamorphoses IV 94, in comparison with the 32nd story in ἘρωτικὰΠαθήματα, a “note-book” collecting thirty-six love-stories.El problema de las fuentes griegas de Ovidio permanece complejo y muy extenso. Para J. Lightfoot, el famoso episodio de Pyramus y Thisbe del poeta latino fue inspirado por el autor griego, Partenio de Nicea. Esta nota tiene por objeto aportar un nuevo argumento a favor de esta hipótesis analizando completamente y con precisión la línea Metamorfosis IV 94 en comparación con la historia 32 de las ἘρωτικὰΠαθήματα, un «cuaderno» que recoge treinta y seis historias de amor
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No full textThe title compound, propane-1,3-diammonium tetravanadate, (C3H12N2)[V4O10], represents a second polymorph of composition beta-[H3N(CH2)(3)NH3][V4O10]. It differs from the alpha polymorph [Riou & Ferey(1995). J. Solid State Chem. 120, 137 - 145] in the conformation of the propane-1,3-diammonium dication which, in the present example, lies on a twofold axis and adopts a syn-syn rather than a syn-anti conformation. The twofold symmetry of this conformation thus co-operates with the vanadium oxide framework to result in a higher symmetry for the resultant crystal, viz. C2/c versus P2(1)/n. The overall unit-cell parameters for the two polymorphs are similar, and the inorganic layer within each is topologically identical, comprising edge-sharing (VO5)-O-IV square pyramids linked together via corner-sharing with (VO4)-O-V tetrahedra. A key difference between the two polymorphs is a 'head-to-head' versus 'head-to-tail' stacking of the vanadyl groups in adjacent layers.</p
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