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Learning Designs To Engage And Support Learners, N. Baharun, A. Porter Dec 2009

Learning Designs To Engage And Support Learners, N. Baharun, A. Porter

The Future of Learning Design Conference

This paper reports on a case study aimed at developing a better understanding on how to design student learning experiences using of digital technologies and in particular using video resources within the subject to engage and support learners with a view to impacting on their learning. Drawing on student learning experiences, the study examines the circumstances under which students are more likely to engage with a variety of learning resources. It seeks to identify how best to place the resources and to determine which resources components could play important roles within the subject. Outcomes from the study presents the rationale …

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Desalinated Versus Recycled Water — Public Perceptions And Profiles Of The Accepters, Sara Dolnicar, A. I. Schäfer Oct 2009

Desalinated Versus Recycled Water — Public Perceptions And Profiles Of The Accepters, Sara Dolnicar, A. I. Schäfer

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Many countries’ water resources are limited in both quantity and quality. While engineering solutions can now safely produce recycled and desalinated water from non-potable sources at a relatively low cost, the general public is sceptical about adopting these alternative water sources. Social scientists need to better understand what is causing this lack of acceptance by the general population and how acceptance levels for recycled and desalinated water can be increased. This study is the first to conduct a comparative analysis of knowledge, perceptions, acceptability, and determine segments of residents who are more open-minded than the general population toward the use …

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Issues Of Inclusivity For Online Distance Learners: An Academic Learning Support Perspective, Meeta Chatterjee, Paul Moore Sep 2009

Issues Of Inclusivity For Online Distance Learners: An Academic Learning Support Perspective, Meeta Chatterjee, Paul Moore

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI)

Inclusivity is one form of educational integrity that is enshrined as an abiding principle in higher education irrespective of mode of delivery or educational program. In course provision, it might take the form of providing equal access to diverse groups of learners. In on-campus contexts, systems are in place to ensure (not unproblematically) that inclusivity is practised. Distance learners, because of their various commitments and the diverse competence and skills they bring to their studies, are a highly heterogeneous group. ‘Inclusivity’ in this context could have different meanings. In the present paper, we interpret the term ‘inclusivity’ to mean greater …

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Pathways Into Bullying, Deborah Osborne Sep 2009

Pathways Into Bullying, Deborah Osborne

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI)

This paper contributes to the topic of educational integrity by presenting an empirical contribution that develops grounded substantive theory in the field of workplace bullying. Intrinsically there is a strong link between educational integrity and bullying because bullying is a violation of integrity. Educational integrity is underpinned by broad principles of honesty trust, equity, respect, responsibility and inclusion. The study investigated the process of becoming bullied, being bullied and the consequences for individuals and organisational cultures. Grounded theory (GT) analysis of informants’ constructions was based on action. Pathways of dissent and difference characterised by ‘standing up’ or ‘standing out’ emerged …

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Partnering With The Academy To Enhance Educational Integrity: Lessons Learnt At The Coalface, Dallas Wingrove, Kylie Budge Sep 2009

Partnering With The Academy To Enhance Educational Integrity: Lessons Learnt At The Coalface, Dallas Wingrove, Kylie Budge

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI)

Educational integrity lies at the heart of a university’s capacity to contribute to the wider social context through learning, teaching, research and scholarship. As our institution and the sector identifies, the capacity of the university to contribute to a functional and meaningful society is predicated upon this core value. This paper seeks to build knowledge of how academic developers, through partnership with diverse academic communities, can actively foster a capacious and collective ownership of, and responsibility for, educational integrity in higher education. The authors who are both academic developers present two case studies where the imperative for change was to …

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Ethical Tensions In A Disability Label?, Sandra Seymour Sep 2009

Ethical Tensions In A Disability Label?, Sandra Seymour

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI)

This paper explores the ethical tensions that happen in community education when we name and label people. The Victims of Crime Disability Training Program is a small state wide non government agency funded by the Department of Communities in Brisbane. Our role is to provide community education on the issues that make people with intellectual disability vulnerable to crime and ways to work with them in the criminal justice system. In our practice we know that there is no homogeneous grouping of “intellectually disabled” yet we are constantly imposing a homogeneous identity when we talk about “them” in training. This …

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The Role Of The 'Tojisha' In Current Debates About Sexual Minority Rights In Japan, Mark J. Mclelland Sep 2009

The Role Of The 'Tojisha' In Current Debates About Sexual Minority Rights In Japan, Mark J. Mclelland

Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)

‘Speaking as a tojisha’ has become an important strategy in establishing ‘correct knowledge’ about sexual minority cultures in contemporary Japan. Originally developed in a legal context where it referred to the ‘parties’ in court proceedings, in the 1970s tojisha was taken up by citizens’ groups campaigning for the right of self determination for the ‘parties concerned’ facing discrimination and has become a central concept for all minority self-advocacy groups. In the 1990s the discourse of tojisha sei (tojisha-ness) was adopted by gay rights groups and by spokespersons for lesbian and transgender communities in a battle to change public perceptions of …

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Regulatory Issues And Functional Health Claims For Bioactive Dairy Compounds, P. Roupas, P. G. Williams, C. Margetts Jul 2009

Regulatory Issues And Functional Health Claims For Bioactive Dairy Compounds, P. Roupas, P. G. Williams, C. Margetts

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Dairy foods and ingredients have a natural advantage over new/novel foods, from a regulatory viewpoint, because they are generally considered as “traditional” foods, that is, there is a long history of human consumption. However, the regulatory landscape on adding bioactive ingredients, whether from dairy streams or from non-dairy sources, into dairy foods is rapidly evolving, and the dairy industry will need to be aware of potential regulatory challenges, within the countries they wish to market their products.

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Current Dietetic Practices Of Obesity Management In Saudi Arabia And Comparison With Australian Practices And Best Practice Criteria, A. Almajwal, P. Williams, Marijka Batterham Jun 2009

Current Dietetic Practices Of Obesity Management In Saudi Arabia And Comparison With Australian Practices And Best Practice Criteria, A. Almajwal, P. Williams, Marijka Batterham

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Objective: To describe the dietetic practices of the treatment of obesity in Saudi Arabia and compare this with best practice criteria and the practice in Australia. Methods: Anonymous questionnaires were completed by dietitians in Saudi Arabia. The topics included barriers to obesity management, demand and level of service and strategies and approaches used for weight management. Best practice scores were based on those used to assess Australian dietitians. Results: 253 dietitians participated in the survey. Of these, 175 (69 %) were involved in the management of obesity. The best practice score for Australian dietitians was slightly but significantly greater than …

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Exchanging Online Narratives For Leisure: A Legitimate Learning Space, N. F. Johnson May 2009

Exchanging Online Narratives For Leisure: A Legitimate Learning Space, N. F. Johnson

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

The Story Exchange section of the Sims 2 website offers Sims 2 players a forum to read andreview other players’ original stories which they have written while playing The Sims 2. This article draws on interview data from Sarah, a 15-year-old female involved in reading and evaluating these online stories. Analysis of Sarah’s experiences in playing The Sims 2 and using the Story Exchange website suggest that players who engage with these particular online narratives determine quality indicators of the stories, without guidance or instruction from external structures or authorities. Following this point, this Story Exchange is presented not only …

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Matching The 'Knowing What To Do' And The 'Doing What You Know' In Ethical Decision-Making, Chang Yuan Loh, Jin Boon Wong Apr 2009

Matching The 'Knowing What To Do' And The 'Doing What You Know' In Ethical Decision-Making, Chang Yuan Loh, Jin Boon Wong

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Corporate events in the past decades have contributed to a continued interest in the ethical decision-making of individuals in accounting. Much of the research in ethics and education have relied on the assumption that the individual’s level of ethical development is related to his/her ethical behavior. Adapting a simplified version of Thorne’s (2000) prescriptive/deliberative reasoning in a cheat-to-gain business scenario, a survey of accounting students suggest that ethical development may not be related to behavior. In addition, consistent with Thorne (2001), results suggest that even if individuals may ‘know what to do’ for the ideal ethical decision, they may not …

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The Value Of Incorporating Emotional Intelligence Skills In The Education Of Accounting Students, Greg Jones, Anne Abraham Apr 2009

The Value Of Incorporating Emotional Intelligence Skills In The Education Of Accounting Students, Greg Jones, Anne Abraham

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

The tasks and skills that are required of accounting practitioners in today’s global business environment have changed significantly since the early 1990s. No longer are accounting practitioners required merely to undertake the tasks necessary for information provision, such as bookkeeping, data analysis and tax preparation. Instead, they are now in a more encompassing position which has extended their roles into information facilitation, thus repositioning accountants as knowledge professionals rather than accounting technicians. This in turn suggests a need for a greater emphasis on incorporating components of emotional intelligence in accounting education. However, as accounting students are generally not aware of …

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Introduction - Aabfj Financial Planning Special Issue 2009, Ciorstan J. Smark, B. Murphy, S. Taylor Feb 2009

Introduction - Aabfj Financial Planning Special Issue 2009, Ciorstan J. Smark, B. Murphy, S. Taylor

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This special issue draws on recent work of financial planning specialists, finance specialists and economists to document some of the trends, perception and challenges of financial planning in 2009. This diversity of contributors reflects the diversity and the multiplicity of influences that impact on financial planning.

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When It Comes To Financial Literacy, Is Gender Really An Issue?, S. P. Wagland, S. Taylor Feb 2009

When It Comes To Financial Literacy, Is Gender Really An Issue?, S. P. Wagland, S. Taylor

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

In Australia the introduction of compulsory superannuation has resulted in the financial services industry flourishing and the introduction of numerous new products and services. As a result financial education is critically important to differentiate the extensive range of providers, products and services as means to achieve financial security. Several research papers published since 2000 have attempted to measure the level of financial literacy in today’s society. Some of these studies have suggested that gender is a significant variable impacting on the level of financial literacy. However, to date no such evidence relating to gender difference and its impact on the …

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Where Does The Buck Stop? Community Attitudes To Over-Lending And Over-Spending, J. Fear, J. O'Brien Feb 2009

Where Does The Buck Stop? Community Attitudes To Over-Lending And Over-Spending, J. Fear, J. O'Brien

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This article explores the results of focus groups and a national survey aimed at discovering how ordinary Australians feel about lending and borrowing practices, in the context of high levels of consumer debt. This research, carried out by The Australia Institute in 2007, found a strong community belief that lenders and regulators, rather than individual consumers, were primarily responsible for excessive debt. Many Australians reported feeling uncomfortable about the way that credit is pushed on vulnerable and ill-informed consumers; advertising and marketing were believed to be partly responsible for poor financial decision-making. The authors propose a number of practical policies …

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Measuring End-Users' Opinions For Establishing A User-Centred Electronic Health Record (Ehr) System From The Perspective Of Nurses, Yung-Yu Su, Khin Than Win, John Fulcher, Herng-Chia Chiu Jan 2009

Measuring End-Users' Opinions For Establishing A User-Centred Electronic Health Record (Ehr) System From The Perspective Of Nurses, Yung-Yu Su, Khin Than Win, John Fulcher, Herng-Chia Chiu

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

Establishing an acceptable user-centred electronic health record (EHR) system is a challenging task for healthcare providers due to the need for such systems to meet the requirements of its user population. Concerned nurses are the main end-users of EHR systems. Based on knowledge of evidence-based management (EBM) and the issues (goals and methods) of Health Information Systems (HIS) evaluation, this research was performed in four regional teaching hospitals by adopting a quantitative approach research design to perform “goal-based evaluation” research. The results of Path Analysis indicated that 17 of 21 hypotheses were accepted in this study. In addition, the results …

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A Survey Of Pda Use In Pbl-Medical Curricula, Rattiporn Luanrattana, Khin Than Win Jan 2009

A Survey Of Pda Use In Pbl-Medical Curricula, Rattiporn Luanrattana, Khin Than Win

Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)

Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the personal digital assistant (PDA) functionalities for a problem-based learning (PBL) medical curriculum in general, the influence factors of incorporating PDAs, and the attitudes of medical educators, medical professions and educational technology specialists regarding the use of PDAs in such PBL-based medical curricula. Methods: Web-based survey was designed and conducted with medical faculty, medical professions and medical education technology specialists. Results: Four major PDA functionalities were identified, these being: clinical-log, reference, communication, and personal information management (PIM). Two major aspects to incorporating PDAs into PBL-medical curricula were determined from survey. Conclusion: There is …

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Generational Differences In Beliefs About Technological Expertise, N. F. Johnson Jan 2009

Generational Differences In Beliefs About Technological Expertise, N. F. Johnson

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

Drawing on Bourdieu’s (1990, 1998, 2000) socio-cultural theories, this article explores the construction of technological expertise amongst a heterogenous group of New Zealand teenagers, specifically in regard to their home computer use, which for many of them is their primary site of leisure. The qualitative study involved observations and interviews with eight teenagers aged 13–17. All the participants considered themselves to be technological experts, and their peers and/or their family supported this self-description. This article examines differences between the concepts and value of learning, expertise, and technology, and how they are valued differently between generations. After discussing the habitus (dispositions) …

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Influences On Consumption Of Soft Drinks And Fast Foods In Adolescents, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Anthony D. Okely, Louise Hardy, David Crawford, Timothy Dobbins Jan 2009

Influences On Consumption Of Soft Drinks And Fast Foods In Adolescents, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Anthony D. Okely, Louise Hardy, David Crawford, Timothy Dobbins

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

Soft drink and fast food are energy dense foodstuffs that are heavily marketed to adolescents, and are likely to be important in terms of risk of obesity. This study sought to examine the influences on soft drink and fast food consumption among adolescents as part of a cross-sectional survey of 2,719 adolescents (aged 11-16) from 93 randomly selected schools in New South Wales, Australia. Students provided information on soft drink and fast food consumption, and responded to statements examining influences over consumption. Over half of the boys and more than one third of the girls reported drinking soft drink daily, …

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Advertising In "Tween" Magazines: Exploring The Considerations And Opportunities, Lisa K. Kervin, Jessica Mantei Jan 2009

Advertising In "Tween" Magazines: Exploring The Considerations And Opportunities, Lisa K. Kervin, Jessica Mantei

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

Many children in our classrooms have competence when interacting with visual and print based texts. While the familiarity may well exist, there is a need to examine children’s ability to sort through and make meaning from the myriad of messages, commercial and otherwise, which they encounter. While some argue that children are empowered by the ability to use and manipulate popular culture for their own purposes (Harding, 2004), others voice concern that this market is vulnerable to negative effects of media. In Australia both the number of magazines targeting children, and the readership of these magazines, is high and increasing. …

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Ballet It's Too Whitey: Discursive Hierarchies Of High School Dance Spaces And The Constitution Of Embodied Feminine Subjectivities, Matthew Atencio, Jan Wright Jan 2009

Ballet It's Too Whitey: Discursive Hierarchies Of High School Dance Spaces And The Constitution Of Embodied Feminine Subjectivities, Matthew Atencio, Jan Wright

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

This article investigates (i) how the structuring practices and meanings associated with dance classes at an inner‐city American high school operated as institutional spaces (re)producing ‘dividing practices’ that supported racial and classed hierarchies; (ii) how these racist structures were created and maintained relative to dominant notions of embodiment, ‘race’, social class, femininity, and dance; and (iii) the way these dominant practices and hierarchies were managed by two ‘black’ young women at the high school in order to construct particular modes of self‐governance. The analysis suggests that educators be attuned to the role that spaces play in creating particular types of …

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The Teenage Expertise Network: The Online Availability Of Expertise, Nicola F. Johnson Jan 2009

The Teenage Expertise Network: The Online Availability Of Expertise, Nicola F. Johnson

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

Young people of the 21st century are, like no other generation before, immersed in a technologicallyrich environment. It is not surprising then that these young people have developed a wealthof expertise in the use of digital technologies. Whilst this is the case, understandings of how theseyoung people have gained this expertise in these contemporary techno-cultural contexts is limited. Thedesign of the Teenage Expertise Network (TEN) follows principles of ethnographic research adaptedto an online environment. The small sample of teenaged technological experts in this study claimed that technological like "expert-like" practices have been shaped and brought about via informal (and someformal) …

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Creativity And Flow Theory: Reflections On The Talent Development Of Women, Margaret Botticchio, Wilhelmina J. Vialle Jan 2009

Creativity And Flow Theory: Reflections On The Talent Development Of Women, Margaret Botticchio, Wilhelmina J. Vialle

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

A number of years ago, Wilma was part of the organising committee when the University of Wollongong in New South Wales hosted the Australian Psychological Society's annual conference. We invited students to submit entries into an art contest that addressed the theme of the conference, ‘Why Psychology?’. We had invited two experts from the City Art Gallery to select the winning entry. In awarding the first prize, one of the judges said that he had selected the artwork after being told that the two melted-plastic masses that were a focal part of the piece had originally been a Ken and …

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Industrial Relations And The Sociological Study Of Labour Law, Andrew D. Frazer Jan 2009

Industrial Relations And The Sociological Study Of Labour Law, Andrew D. Frazer

Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)

This article examines the prospect for more fruitful collaborative research between labour law and industrial relations, using recent studies in labour law as a starting point. An increased and more sophisticated interest in labour law as regulation, particularly in Australia, has moved the discipline towards some of the traditional interest areas of industrial relations. However there remains a need for more empirically-based research, with the social reality of law as its primary focus. The legal studies paradigm is not well geared to social science research and an interdisciplinary approach is required. Industrial relations is the obvious candidate for such a …

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Loyalty In Media Sharing Websites: The Case Of Universal Music Group, Joshua Chang, C. Lewis Jan 2009

Loyalty In Media Sharing Websites: The Case Of Universal Music Group, Joshua Chang, C. Lewis

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper aims to discuss the concept of how businesses can build loyalty using media sharing websites such as YouTube. More specifically, this case study will discuss how Universal Music Group created a successful channel in YouTube, and how loyalty can be generated using such a method. This study will be implemented by reviewing relevant theory in loyalty and analyzing YouTube and Universal Music Group's content in its channel within. The content analysis method is applied in this study, as it is regarded as a major research technique for understanding the design and functions of websites (McMillan, 2000). Using media …

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The Challenge Of Preserving Rural Industries And Traditions In Ultraperipheral Europe: Evidence From The Canary Islands, Abel Duarte Alonso, Pascal Scherrer, Lynnaire Sheridan Jan 2009

The Challenge Of Preserving Rural Industries And Traditions In Ultraperipheral Europe: Evidence From The Canary Islands, Abel Duarte Alonso, Pascal Scherrer, Lynnaire Sheridan

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

Demographic, economic, environmental, and political changes shape many rural areas and their communities across Europe. As a result, some fundamental aspects of these communities, including traditions, culture, social fabric, and their very raison d’être, are being tested and threatened by what seem to be irreversible events. Ultraperipheral European regions, including the `Canary Islands, are not an exception; in fact, because of their physical isolation from the mainland and other barriers, these regions may be more susceptible to changes. While these dimensions are very important and need to be addressed, to date very few studies have attempted to do so with …

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Video Recorded Participant Behaviours: The Association Between Food Choices And Observed Behaviours From A Web-Based Diet History Interview, Yasmine C. Probst, K. Deagnoli, M. Batterham, Linda C. Tapsell Jan 2009

Video Recorded Participant Behaviours: The Association Between Food Choices And Observed Behaviours From A Web-Based Diet History Interview, Yasmine C. Probst, K. Deagnoli, M. Batterham, Linda C. Tapsell

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Automation of dietary assessments allow participant behaviour to be captured by video observation. They also allow clinicians to identify areas which effect reporting accuracy. This observational study describes the differences in behaviour according to the type of foods selected by participants using a dietary assessment website encompassing diet history methodology.

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Shoes On Trial: Does A Safe Shoe Exist For Older People?, Bridget J. Munro, Karen J. Mickle, Jasmine C. Menant, Julie R. Steele Jan 2009

Shoes On Trial: Does A Safe Shoe Exist For Older People?, Bridget J. Munro, Karen J. Mickle, Jasmine C. Menant, Julie R. Steele

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

More than 80% of older people report foot problems and, as a result, tend to wear unstructured footwear that moulds to the shape of their deformed feet. While these unstructured shoes are deemed comfortable, it has been speculated that they contribute to home falls and hip fractures in the older population [1]. However, as walking barefoot or in socks has also been associated with an increased risk of falls in older people [2], we need to design safe but comfortable shoes for older people to wear in and around the home.

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Patients' Attitudes To General Practice Registrars: A Review Of The Literature, Andrew D. Bonney, Lyn Phillipson, Samantha Reis, Sandra C. Jones, Donald Iverson Jan 2009

Patients' Attitudes To General Practice Registrars: A Review Of The Literature, Andrew D. Bonney, Lyn Phillipson, Samantha Reis, Sandra C. Jones, Donald Iverson

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Introduction With the population ageing, it is imperative for training practices to provide GP registrars with sound experience in managing the health problems of older persons, especially chronic conditions. However, it is reported that a significant proportion of these patients will be resistant to consulting registrars, with concerns regarding disruption of continuity of care being a significant factor. The challenge for training practices is to identify approaches to engage registrars in the management of older patients whilst maintaining patient satisfaction. This paper presents a review of the literature on patient attitudes to general practice registrars to better understand the nature …

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Older Patients' Attitudes To General Practice Registrars: A Qualitative Study, Andrew D. Bonney, Lyn Phillipson, Sandra C. Jones, Donald Iverson Jan 2009

Older Patients' Attitudes To General Practice Registrars: A Qualitative Study, Andrew D. Bonney, Lyn Phillipson, Sandra C. Jones, Donald Iverson

Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Background Research suggests that older patients may be reluctant to engage general practice registrars (GPRs) in their care. The authors undertook a qualitative study of the attitudes of older patients to GPRs to investigate this issue. Method Thirty-eight patients aged 60 years and over from three training practices participated in semistructured telephone interviews, which explored patients responses to GPRs. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using a template analysis approach. Results Analysis of the interviews produced five major themes concerning patient attitudes to GPRs: desire for continuity, desire for access, openness, trust and a desire for meaningful communication. Discussion …

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