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Imperative narratives : storytelling secrets for teachers, staff, and administrators
\"Imperative Narratives is a guidebook for all educators on how to become a more effective teacher, staff member, or administrator. It covers every aspect of storytelling, including how to choose the stories you tell, various methods and modalities for delivering those stories, and the tricks to becoming a master storyteller\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Effectiveness of an Educational Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Improving Pharmacists’ Knowledge of Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship at the Level of the Community
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major global threats with a high impact on both the economy and health. The education of the healthcare providers is a well‐recognized strategy to empower healthcare professionals in the control and mitigation of antimicrobial resistance, where pharmacists are identified as one of the major players in the rational use of antimicrobials. In this research, we designed and implemented a thorough and holistic multistage program as an educational antimicrobial stewardship program in Lebanon, targeting community pharmacists at the primary healthcare level to prepare them as future stewards. We investigated knowledge, practices, and perceptions of the participants toward AMR and AMS through pre‐ and postquestionnaires. Results showed moderate AMR and AMS knowledge with areas of improvement identified, highlighting the need for targeted educational efforts. Knowledge gaps decreased from 48.53% to 36.64%, indicating an improvement in AMR and AMS understanding. Pharmacists demonstrated a positive attitude toward AMR and AMS implementation with fair practice. Perceived barriers to AMS implementation included weak interprofessional collaboration, lack of compensation, and unclear national guidelines. Despite Lebanon’s fragile economic and political context, pharmacists expressed a strong willingness to dedicate time and effort in AMS educational program. These findings suggest that incorporating AMS programs designed for pharmacists in the National AMR plan can be an effective tool to reduce misuse and overuse of antimicrobials and raise awareness about AMR and the rational use of antimicrobials within the community.
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The it factor : what makes a teacher great?
\"The impact a teacher has on students may be profound and lasting. Thus, teacher preparation is grounded in standards to assure that all teacher candidates know the content and have the skills needed to become good teachers, but what makes a teacher great? The answer is not clear-cut or easily measured with tests. But we all know a great teacher when we see one. The best teachers have an It Factor that sets them apart from others. It is seemingly intangible and unteachable, as it's often said that, \"Some people are just born to be teachers.\" This book challenges that assumption and uncovers the It Factor. Teacher and student voices helped to develop language and tools to examine how teachers are disposed to think and act and how this affects student learning. If we can identify what makes teachers great, we can teach it. Students have a sea of information, opinions and messaging at their fingertips. They find themselves navigating through a myriad of facts and \"alternative facts.\" Opinions, beliefs, and fallacies share the same platform and status as well grounded information and vetted ideas, fueling tensions among individuals and distance between groups. Developing students who are caring, critical thinkers and problem-solvers may be more important now than ever. The teachers who are right for this challenge have more than content knowledge and teaching skills. To meet this challenge, teachers need to have \"It,\" that something inside that makes them not just good teachers, but great ones\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Design and validation of a cost-effective physical endoscopic simulator for fundamentals of endoscopic surgery training
Background
The American Board of Surgery will require graduating surgical residents to achieve proficiency in endoscopy. Surgical simulation can help residents to prepare for this proficiency test, accelerate skill acquisition, shorten the learning, and improve patient safety. Currently, endoscopic simulators are extremely cost-prohibitive. We therefore designed an inexpensive physical endoscopic simulator to (1) facilitate Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery skills training and (2) teach basic colonoscopy skills, for <$200.00.
Methods
We constructed the Rutgers Open Source Colonoscopy Simulator (ROSCO) from easily acquired commercial materials. For construct validation, we compared novices to experts in a two-arm non-randomized study. Each participant performed the five tasks and a full cecal intubation on the simulator. Face and content validity surveys were taken by the experts, after the construct validity study to determine the simulator’s ability to achieve the intended task with “realism.” Data were collected on (1) cost and construction, (2) time to completion of individual tasks, (3) percentage of task completion, and (4) survey statistics.
Results
Our simulator requires no advanced expertise, costs $62.77 US, and weighs 8.5 pounds. The ROSCO simulator was clearly able to distinguish expert from novice. Expert task times for completing all five tasks, performing the loop reduction, and reaching the splenic and hepatic flexures on the simulator were significantly better than novice times (
p
< 0.05). All participants were able to complete all five tasks on the simulator 100 % of the time. Three out of five experts “Agreed” or “Strongly Agreed” with five out of the six statements regarding the simulator’s teaching ability. Four out of five experts rated each of the five specific aspects of the simulator as “Realistic” or “Very Realistic.”
Conclusions
We have designed a low-cost colonoscopy simulator with easily available materials and which requires very little advanced construction expertise and have demonstrated construct, face, and content validity. We believe this will have broad impact for endoscopic simulation, surgical education, and health education cost.
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Contemporary challenges in teaching young children : meeting the needs of all students
\"Contemporary Challenges in Teaching Young Children provides both veteran and aspiring early childhood educators with the information and tools they need to build on their understanding of developmentally appropriate practice. Teachers face many challenges, including family configuration, social and political stressors related to accountability requirements, funding shortages, and the resulting need to teach with fewer resources. This innovative book focuses exclusively on problem-solving at the classroom level and fosters creative methods of ensuring best practices are in place for all children, including those with limited experience in formal social settings and a lack of self-regulatory behaviors. Drawing on current research and their own wealth of experience, expert contributors cover topics from the critical importance of social-emotional learning to culturally responsive teaching to using technology to empower teachers and learners. Written in accessible, non-technical language, this book addresses complex factors affecting child development, guiding readers through the best strategies for tackling real problems in their practice\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Online Teaching Practices and the Effectiveness of the Educational Process in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this paper, we investigate the impact of the abrupt switch to online teaching which occurred in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By using responses from 362 professors and students from 13 European countries, we find that universities and students were very quick to adapt to the new changes and that a mix of synchronous and asynchronous interaction and assessment methods are currently employed. However, this mix is quite limited relative to what is usually subsumed into online learning tools, and is indicative of passive delivery and reduced interaction. Our respondents estimate that most online interaction and assessment methods will continue to be used after the return to face-to-face education. Our respondents also view the switch to online teaching to have an overall moderate positive impact on the educational process, albeit the overall effectiveness of the online educational experience is perceived to be lower than in the case of face-to-face teaching. Moreover, we find that the institutional support, the trust in the online system and the perceived effectiveness of formative assessment are factors that are positively associated with the impact and effectiveness of online education.
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Student-centred OdeL support in theology: Why? and how?
Equipping students to become future-fit graduates who are competent to survive and thrive in an increasingly liquid and complex society presents an agonising challenge to educators at institutions of higher education. It seems that student-centred support is a key requirement for the renovation of open distance higher education. ‘The complex fourth revolution world we are living in’, the current unequal and diverse student body and the need to train students in theology to be agents of positive change and transformation highlight why student-centred edu-actions are required. Suggestions on how to create opportunities for, and how to implement effective student-centred support are presented through a descriptive qualitative approach. Although this is focussed on theology students, student support is needed in all disciplines and this structure can, if successful, also be transferred to other fields in human science. Nested in the centre of the Community of Inquiry model, the triangle of effective education provides the structure and foundation for both the discipline-specific and the more general fields of the pillars of higher education. Based on the foundation of this triangle, a toolkit for student success is proposed. The toolkit forms the inner part of the triangle; referring to who the students are, how they think, reason and act, culminate in how they change and grow through education. In addition, a short learning programme for educators is proposed to assist them in adapting their tasks to the changing environment and simultaneously supporting their students.Intradisciplinary/interdisciplinary implicationsAlthough the focus is on theology students and lecturers, both the toolkit and lecturer training programmes can be implemented for the promotion of purpose-driven and human-centred skills development and academic excellence in the larger disciplines and fields of arts, humanities, social sciences and religious studies.
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What Factors Contribute to Effective Online Higher Education? A Meta-Review
Although much research has focused on factors that contribute to effective online education in higher education (HE), insights remain scattered. In this study, we provide a more holistic perspective on how to facilitate effective online HE by concurrently examining factors that were hitherto treated separately. In our meta-review, we synthesized insights from 47 literature reviews and meta-analyses published between 2010 and 2022 concerning factors that contribute to effective online HE. Factors were identified at the level of the
course
(i.e., a clear structure; challenging, authentic, and inclusive learning activities; high-quality online interaction; and multiple assessment formats),
student
(i.e., high self-regulation skills, sufficient digital literacy, and a positive attitude towards online education),
teacher
(i.e., online teaching competences and professional development opportunities), and
institution
(i.e., an institution-wide vision on online education, adequate technological infrastructure, and accommodating student and teacher support). Further research is needed to better understand how these factors may interact with each other.
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