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Creating A Gold Medal Olympic And Paralympics Health Care Team: A Satisfaction Survey Of The Mobile Medical Unit/Polyclinic Team Training For The Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, D Ross Brown, Behrouz Heidary, Nathaniel Bell, Leanne Appleton, Richard K. Simons, David C. Evans, S Morad Hameed, Jack Taunton, Kosar Khwaja, Michael O'Connor, Naisan Garraway, Peter Hennecke, Donna Kuipers, Tracey Taulu, Lori Quinn

Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND:

The mobile medical unit/polyclinic (MMU/PC) was an essential part of the medical services to support ill or injured Olympic or Paralympics family during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics winter games. The objective of this study was to survey the satisfaction of the clinical staff that completed the training programs prior to deployment to the MMU.

METHODS:

Medical personnel who participated in at least one of the four training programs, including (1) week-end sessions; (2) web-based modules; (3) just-in-time training; and (4) daily simulation exercises were invited to participate in a web-based survey and comment on their level of satisfaction …

Differences Among Undergraduate And Graduate Nursing Students’ Cultural Competency, Paula E. Seidel Glass

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study examined differences in cultural competency levels between undergraduate and graduate nursing students (age, ethnicity, gender, language at home, education level, program standing, program track, diversity encounters, and previous diversity training). Participants were 83% women, aged 20 to 62; 50% Hispanic/Latino; with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (n = 82) and a Master of Science in Nursing (n = 62). Degrees included high school diplomas, associate/diplomas, bachelors’ degrees in or out of nursing, and medical doctorate degrees from outside the United States. Students spoke English (n = 82) or Spanish (n = 54). The …