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Under new management
Faculty members who care about the institutions of higher education where they work are often at odds with university management. In his forceful book,Under New Management, Randy Martin takes a novel, evenhanded approach to this gulf between professors, who feel a loss of autonomy, and administrators.
Martin imagines a political future for academic labor based on a critical understanding of the administrative work that faculty already undertake. He considers the differences between self-rule and specialized expertise and provides a case study of a New York City public school to show how kids and families respond to the demands of managerial productivity that is part of preparing students for college.Under New Managementalso considers changes faced by students, faculty, and administrators in light of this reworked social compact of professionals.
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The simple home : the luxury of enough
Presents the stories of young city families, single people, and retirees across the country who have opted for simple homes and lifestyles, and includes photographs and descriptions of their houses and interior designs.
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An Objective Structured Clinical Examination to Assess Competency Acquired During an Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
Objective. To evaluate the use of an objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) to assess clinical competency acquired during an off-campus introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE).
Methods. Third-year pharmacy students completed an IPPE in transitions of care and completed 24 experiential contact hours at one of 17 practice sites. Students were assessed using two OSCEs, the first occurring prior to beginning an off-site IPPE (pre-experience OSCE) and the second occurring after completion of the off-site IPPE (post-experience OSCE). Each OSCE consisted of 10 stations and covered five graded competency domains. The primary outcome was the degree of change in student performance from the pre-experience OSCE to the post-experience OSCE. Secondary outcomes included changes in each graded domain, OSCE pass rate, and failure conversion rate.
Results. Of 111 students, 109 completed both the pre- and post-experience OSCE. Significant improvements were observed in overall score and cohort pass rate. Overall scores improved from 80 for the pre-experience OSCE to 87 for the post-experience OSCE. The OSCE pass rate also improved from 47% to 84%.
Conclusion. Although preceptor evaluations have traditionally served as the primary summative assessment for IPPE and APPE, this study indicates that OSCEs may be a reliable alternative to assess clinical competency acquired from off-site practice experiences.
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Successful Remediation of an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience for an At-risk Student
Objective. To describe a successful remediation for an Acute Care Medicine advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in a student with multiple learning deficits.
Methods. A literature review of pharmacy and medical experiential remediation was conducted to identify best practices to implement prior to designing the remediation for our student case. Based on this search and experience as preceptors, a three-phase remediation was designed: one week for assessment, two weeks for development of learning skills and strategies and six weeks for an on-campus APPE. Success of the remediation was determined by student performance, as defined by the APPE preceptor, in all relevant 2013 Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) educational outcomes.
Results. Baseline assessment indicated that the student was below minimal competency in six of 13 relevant 2013 CAPE educational outcomes. Upon completion of the three-part remediation, the student repeated the Acute Care Medicine APPE, achieving better than minimal competency in all 13 outcomes. The student demonstrated significant improvement in nine of 13 CAPE educational outcomes.
Conclusion. This student case provides a novel and successful blueprint for remediation of APPE. However, more evidence-based literature is needed to guide educators in experiential remediation.
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Instructional and Assessment Redesign of a Sterile Compounding Course Using Immersive Simulation
Objective. To revise a traditional sterile compounding course to include content, competencies, and immersive simulations relevant to the current practice of sterile compounding pharmacy.
Methods. Faculty and staff at the University of North Texas System College of Pharmacy made significant revisions to an existing sterile compounding course. Instruction was provided in didactic and laboratory sessions and delivered in three modules: fundamental skills, integration of skills and knowledge, and exceptions and specialty topics. Integration laboratory sessions consisted primarily of repetitive but increasingly difficult simulations that included both technician and pharmacist activities. Assessment methods included checkpoint assessments, a mock objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), a written examination, and a final comprehensive OSCE. Effectiveness of the course redesign was assessed by comparing student performance on assessments, overall course performance, and student perceptions extracted from the student course evaluation.
Results. Of the 364 students enrolled in the sterile compounding course across four terms, 156 were in the pre-implementation cohort (cohort 1) and 208 were in the post-implementation cohort (cohort 2). Two hundred twenty-eight students completed the course evaluation. Course evaluations significantly demonstrated students’ improved perceptions related to seven of 11 survey elements, most notably, critical thinking, integration of concepts, and students feeling challenged. Student performance on laboratory summative assessments also improved. However, written examination scores did not change.
Conclusion. This novel sterile compounding course provided a practice-oriented blueprint for instruction and assessment of sterile compounding.
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Socialist Ensembles
An ethnography of theater and political culture in Cuba and Nicaragua, Martin’s work reveals the tensions and negotiations among different dimensions of society that characterize the socialist project. Martin considers Nicaragua from the Sandinista through the Chamorro administrations, and Cuba from the time of the reforms known as rectification through the withdrawal of Soviet aid.
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A Precarious Dance, a Derivative Sociality
Derivatives are associated attributes of some underlying value that are deployed to manage risks but wind up generating volatility: they move forces of production into swirls of circulation. Finance lacks the means to register these mobilizing forces and their attendant principles of kinesthetic sovereignty, which become sensible in dance.
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Urban particulate matter activates Akt in human lung cells
The normally picturesque Cache Valley in northern Utah is frequently reported to have the worst particulate (PM) air pollution in the United States. Numerous epidemiological studies conducted elsewhere have associated PM exposure to a variety of cardiovascular diseases and early mortality. We have previously shown that Cache Valley PM (CVPM) is pro-inflammatory, through a variety of mechanisms involving the release of inflammatory cytokines, unfolded protein response, ER stress, and C-reactive protein (CRP). This study was undertaken to determine whether Cache Valley PM (CVPM) would activate Akt, an upstream mechanism common to these events. Human lung (BEAS-2B) cells were treated with either fine (PM
2.5
) or coarse (PM
10
) particles (12.5 and 25 μg/ml) for periods up to 24 h. PM-exposed cells exhibited Akt activation as evidenced by phosphorylation at Thr
308
and Ser
473
. Events downstream of Akt activation such as NF-κB activation were observed at 1 and 24 h, but IκB phosphorylation occurred only at 24 h, indicating that mechanisms of PM-mediated NF-κB activation are time dependent. Akt and NF-κB related inflammatory cytokine IL-1α, and IL-6 and the chemokine IL-8 were upregulated in treated cells at 6 and 24 h. The calpain inhibitor leupeptin limited Akt phosphorylation to Ser
473
and reduced release of IL-1α, IL-6, and IL-8, indicating that calpain or similar protease(s) are involved in PM-induced activation of Akt and subsequent release of inflammatory cytokines. Our data indicate that PM activates Akt, which may play a role in the pro-inflammatory response to PM exposure.
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