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Staying Current In Your Field Of Interest: Tips For Aspiring Students As Researchers, Dor D. Abelman
Staying Current In Your Field Of Interest: Tips For Aspiring Students As Researchers, Dor D. Abelman
Health Studies Publications
Undergraduate students are becoming increasingly involved in research. They already posses the skills required to make meaningful contributions to their field of interest. Some important components of their success relates to a student's ability to stay up to date in the research of their field, and to learn practical skills pertaining to the publishing process. This article hopes to help with this through presenting easy-to-follow summary tables and short paragraphs on tips for success. Topics include staying up to date in a practical way, getting involved, reaching out for help, and publication. For students, by students, this report is relatable …
Moving Towards A New Vision: Implementation Of A Public Health Policy Intervention, Ruta Valaitis, Marjorie Macdonald, Anita Kothari, Linda O’Mara, Sandra Regan, John Garcia, Nancy Murray, Heather Manson, Nancy Peroff-Johnston, Gayle Bursey, Jennifer Boyko
Moving Towards A New Vision: Implementation Of A Public Health Policy Intervention, Ruta Valaitis, Marjorie Macdonald, Anita Kothari, Linda O’Mara, Sandra Regan, John Garcia, Nancy Murray, Heather Manson, Nancy Peroff-Johnston, Gayle Bursey, Jennifer Boyko
Health Studies Publications
Background
Public health systems in Canada have undergone significant policy renewal over the last decade in response to threats to the public’s health, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome. There is limited research on how public health policies have been implemented or what has influenced their implementation. This paper explores policy implementation in two exemplar public health programs -chronic disease prevention and sexually-transmitted infection prevention - in Ontario, Canada. It examines public health service providers’, managers’ and senior managements’ perspectives on the process of implementation of the Ontario Public Health Standards 2008 and factors influencing implementation.
Methods
Public health staff …
Factors Influencing Communication And Decision-Making About Life-Sustaining Technology During Serious Illness: A Qualitative Study, Jennifer Kryworuchko, P. H. Strachan, E. Nouvet, J. Downar, J. J. You
Factors Influencing Communication And Decision-Making About Life-Sustaining Technology During Serious Illness: A Qualitative Study, Jennifer Kryworuchko, P. H. Strachan, E. Nouvet, J. Downar, J. J. You
Health Studies Publications
© 2016, BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Objectives: We aimed to identify factors influencing communication and decision-making, and to learn how physicians and nurses view their roles in deciding about the use of life-sustaining technology for seriously ill hospitalised patients and their families. Design: The qualitative study used Flanagan's critical incident technique to guide interpretive description of open-ended in-depth individual interviews. Setting: Participants were recruited from the medical wards at 3 Canadian hospitals. Participants: Interviews were completed with 30 healthcare professionals (9 staff physicians, 9 residents and 12 nurses; aged 25-63 years; 73% female) involved in decisions about the …