4,731 research outputs found
Virtual reality and dementia care in England: emerging evidence and future directions
No full textVirtual reality immerses users in realistic environments, with numerous potential applications in healthcare and related services. Bruce Sheppy outlines some of these possibilities, noting ethical and operational issues and priorities for future research
The many winters of discontent: critical reflections on NHS care models, waste, political will and cultural perceptions
No full textBruce Sheppy provides an in-depth commentary on the systemic factors that fuel NHS winter crises, drawing comparisons with international healthcare systems and recommending actions to prevent the collapse of services, while maintaining the foundational principle of universal healthcare
Why education is 'riding the tiger'
No full textNoThe Chinese idiom ‘riding a tiger’ relates to being stuck in a difficult position with no way out. Bruce Sheppy, Paul Evans and Bryan McIntosh discuss why this might apply to political leadership in education
L-R: Katie Lee; Leo Walters; Bruce Berger sitting on a boat on the Colorado River.
No full textPhoto of Photo of Arizona folk singer and author Katie Lee (far left), Leo Walters (center), and writer Bruce Berger (far right), sitting on a raft on the Colorado River, Glen Canyon, Uta
Conceptual Framework for Quality Management of Emergency Medical Systems in India using Lean Thinking - A Doctor’s Perspective
No full textIndia is the biggest democracy in the world and ranks second in the world in terms of its population. The country has witnessed rapid industrialization and urbanization in the recent past. Moreover, this has been accompanied by an ever-increasing rate of growth in mechanization, revolutionary changes in technology and socioeconomic developments. This, in turn, has led to a major change in the traditional ways in which people used to live and work. As a consequence, the occurrence of lifestyle-related diseases has increased tremendously; for example, hypertension, stroke, myocardial infarction, diabetes, etc. This research has been undertaken to identify how Emergency Departments in Indian hospitals can meet the standards of international best practice. An article published in “Global Journal of Healthcare Systems” in consultation with Bruce Sheppy and Bryan McIntosh (2012) formed the basis for the research presented here. To improve the Emergency Healthcare Systems, India has to realize its economic potential. Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments are continuously improving and are still at a very nascent stage especially in the rural areas. The most important challenge faced by the country is to prevent trauma-related accidents and deaths. To meet this challenge Central and State Governments, business and civil society should be working together to solve this major issue efficiently. Consequently, implementation of Quality Management and Lean Thinking in the Emergency Medical Systems in India will help to improve patient satisfaction and eliminate waste. Indeed, this will bring about reduced variation, synchronized flow, and improvement in providing service to all its patients. Furthermore, this will put the A&E departments in the Indian hospitals on a par with international best practice. Findings: Despite the fact that elements of Lean and Quality Management have been adopted by many hospitals in India, more effective implementation needs to be ensured. Research limitations: Even though this paper focuses on the elements of Lean Thinking and Quality Management, the related elements such as “just-in-time” cannot be evaluated. Practical and social implications: This paper focuses on the key to the effective implementation of Lean Thinking in a hospital set-up. However, there are certain limitations, for example, availability of resources, social and economic factors due to which Lean Thinking has not been fully implemented. Originality/value: The paper evaluates the need to implement the concepts of Lean Thinking and Quality Management in healthcare organizations in India. It summarizes data obtained through primary and secondary research. It focuses on the critical evaluation of Lean Thinking and Quality Management in the A&E department in Jehangir Hospital. It recommends that improvements to the Emergency Medical Systems in India become more efficient and productive in delivering appropriate and timely care using the available resources so that the Emergency Medical Systems in India become more competent in the delivery of timely patient care
ANZAC Day with Bruce Scates
No full textThis ANZAC Day will be unlike any other in living memory. But wherever we are, we can still come together and reflect. Come together this ANZAC Day for a special online event with Professor Bruce Scates, ANU historian, author and producer of the series ‘Australian Journey’. In this interactive broadcast, Bruce will present a vivid look at how our nation remembers war, and tell the stories of men and women touched by it
The Lewis & Clark sketchbook: based on 1804-1806 journey of Lewis & Clark
No full textThis sketchbook follows the footsteps of two American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, as they explored and mapped the Missouri and Columbia Rivers from 1804-1806, and made contact with the Indigenous peoples along the way. The author has also included travel suggestions and a travel itinerary for those interested in following in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark. The last part of the sketchbook contains the sketches of schoolchildren as they sketched their interpretations of selected diary entries of the Lewis and Clark 1804-1806 journey of exploration.monograp
Debra Bruce, 25th Annual Literary Festival
No full textDebra Bruce is the author of three books of poetry, Pure Daughter, Sudden Hunger, and most recently, What Wind Will Do. Her poems have appeared in such journals as The American Poetry Review, The North American Review, Poetry, and The Virginia Quarterly Review, and she has received grants in writing from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois Arts Council. She is Associate Professor of English at Northeastern Illinois University
Informed learning: a narration
No full textIn this salon conversation, Christine Bruce, author of ‘Informed Learning’ will read the narratives underpinning the book's chapters. The intention is to reveal the narrative thread which reflects a journey of the scholarship of learning and teaching. In the course of that journey, two new academics engage in learning and teaching innovation, securing their own professional development, and creating unexpected opportunities for colleagues and the wider university in the process. Informed learning is a way of thinking about the educational process in terms of using information to learn. Information is often the hidden element in curriculum...present, critical, not always explicitly recognised. Thinking in terms of informed learning provides a language and an approach that highlights the role of information in the learning process, encouraging all members of the learning community to be aware of that role, and benefit from it. The narratives will serve as openers to discussion about the experience of learning and teaching with attention to information environments.\ud
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Christine Bruce (2008) <i>Informed Learning</i>. Chicago, American College and Research Libraries.\ud
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<a href="http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Bruce,_Christine.html">Christine Bruce QUT ePrints profile</a
Margaret Carnegie, Holbrook, New South Wales, ca. 1975, 1 [picture] /
No full textMargaret Carnegie lived at Kildrummie near Holbrook. She is the author of Friday Mount and Morgan the Bold Bushranger and is a collector of art.; Part of: Sheilas, a tribute to Australian women collection, ca. 1975.; Title devised by cataloguer based on information supplied by photographer.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4227509
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