Assessment Team Research Articles

Decision support system for selection of exemplary students using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method

The problem that occurs in determining exemplary students is the length of the process of determining the assessment of exemplary students, this is due to the fact that each teacher must first select potential exemplary students. After obtaining the names of prospective new model students, the selection of model students is carried out by an assessment team from the school. The purpose of this study is to select exemplary students at the end of each semester using the Analytical Hierarchy Process method. Based on the results of the assessment using the Analytical Hierarchy Process method, the first model student was obtained by Budi Riantono with a value of 0.250949, the second model student was obtained by Putri Azzahra with a value of 0.235755, the third model student was obtained by Akhmad Wijayanto with a value of 0.204881. The results of calculations between manual calculations and calculations using a web-based application show no difference in value and ranking. Then a web-based application is made based on the results of manual calculations using the Analytical Hierarchy Process method that has been made.

Individuelle Kompetenzen und Team-Performance in klinischen Lernsettings der interprofessionellen Zusammenarbeit erfassen: Die empirische Entwicklung des Interprofessionelle Visiten Individual und Team Assessment Tools (IP-VITA)

BackgroundInterprofessional training wards (IPTW) can contribute to the development of interprofessional competencies. In order to evaluate the acquisition of competencies, instruments are needed that record both team performance and individual competencies in the clinical teaching setting in third-party assessment. This paper describes the Interprofessional Ward Round Individual and Team Assessment-Tool, IP-VITA (“Interprofessionelle Visiten Individual und Team Assessment Tool”) and its development. MethodBased on the empirical exploration of the three observation instruments “Teamwork Assessment Scale” (TAS), “McMaster-Ottawa Scale” and “Individual Teamwork Observation and Feedback Tool” (iTOFT) in at least four rounds each at the HIPSTA (with n=8 students and trainees each), a preliminary version of the IP-VITA was created. This preliminary version was then refined in subsequent empirical steps: a consensual validation in the research team was followed by a “member check“ with the clinical colleagues of the HIPSTA, the input from external experts and an empirical test in an alternative setting. ResultsThe IP-VITA is an empirically developed multimodal instrument to assess the interprofessional competencies of trainees and students as well as their team performance in clinical settings with patient interaction. It comprises three parts. In part A, structural data, the persons involved and the essential patient characteristics are recorded. Part B consists of 12 items and a free-text field for recording behaviour at the individual level. Part C also consists of 12 items and evaluates behaviour at team level. DiscussionThe IP-VITA instrument was developed specifically for the context of evaluating interprofessional ward rounds in a clinical educational setting. The instrument takes into account the ambiguous position of the assessment of interprofessional collaboration between individual competence and team performance. Beyond the HIPSTA, it can be used as a formative assessment instrument, and it may also be useful for summative assessments.

Implementation of Medical Rehabilitation and Social Rehabilitation for Addicts and Victims of Narcotics Abuse

The implementation of medical rehabilitation and social rehabilitation for addicts and victims of drug abuse by the National Narcotics Agency of Payakumbuh City is for drug addicts who are undergoing judicial proceedings can be placed in medical rehabilitation institutions and / or social rehabilitation. For addicts, both those caught and those through the IPWL program, before rehabilitation is carried out, they will first go through an assessment carried out by an integrated assessment team. In addition to medical treatment and/or rehabilitation, healing of drug addicts can be organized by government agencies or the community through religious and traditional approaches. The obstacle faced by the Payakumbuh City National Narcotics Agency in the implementation of medical rehabilitation and social rehabilitation of addicts and victims of drug abuse is that the recommendation letter of the integrated assessment team consisting of the medical team and the legal team is only a recommendation. Rehabilitation places in each area have not been fulfilled (none). Weak coordination between law enforcement, health services and social services. Optimization of the implementation of medical rehabilitation and social rehabilitation for addicts and victims of drug abuse at the National Narcotics Agency Payakumbuh City is carried out with counseling, supervision and monitoring, carried out so that victims of narcotics abuse do not return to using narcotics under any conditions by checking periodically for 4 months after completing rehabilitation at BNNK Payakumbuh. Optimization is measured from the results of the rehabilitation and the number of people who participate in rehabilitation Rehabilitation participants then no one repeats. This shows that the implementation of rehabilitation has been optimal.

Multidisciplinary DEprescribing review for Frail oldER adults in long-term care (DEFERAL): Implementation strategy design using behaviour science tools and stakeholder engagement

IntroductionDeprescribing is a strategy for reducing the use of potentially inappropriate medications for older adults. Limited evidence exists on the development of strategies to support healthcare professionals (HCPs) deprescribing for frail older adults in long-term care (LTC). ObjectiveTo design an implementation strategy, informed by theory, behavioural science and consensus from HCPs, which facilitates deprescribing in LTC. MethodsThis study was consisted of 3 phases. First, factors influencing deprescribing in LTC were mapped to behaviour change techniques (BCTs) using the Behaviour Change Wheel and two published BCT taxonomies. Second, a Delphi survey of purposively sampled HCPs (general practitioners, pharmacists, nurses, geriatricians and psychiatrists) was conducted to select feasible BCTs to support deprescribing. The Delphi consisted of two rounds. Using Delphi results and literature on BCTs used in effective deprescribing interventions, BCTs which could form an implementation strategy were shortlisted by the research team based on acceptability, practicability and effectiveness. Finally, a roundtable discussion was held with a purposeful, convenience sample of LTC general practitioners, pharmacists and nurses to prioritise factors influencing deprescribing and tailor the proposed strategies for LTC. ResultsFactors influencing deprescribing in LTC were mapped to 34 BCTs. The Delphi survey was completed by 16 participants. Participants reached consensus that 26 BCTs were feasible. Following the research team assessment, 21 BCTs were included in the roundtable. The roundtable discussion identified lack of resources as the primary barrier to address. The agreed implementation strategy incorporated 11 BCTs and consisted of an education-enhanced 3-monthly multidisciplinary team deprescribing review, led by a nurse, conducted at the LTC site. ConclusionThe deprescribing strategy incorporates HCPs’ experiential understanding of the nuances of LTC and thus addresses systemic barriers to deprescribing in this context. The strategy designed addresses five determinants of behaviour to best support HCPs engaging with deprescribing.

Effectiveness and safety of morphine administration for refractory dyspnoea among hospitalised patients with advanced heart failure: the Morphine-HF study

ObjectivesMorphine is effective in alleviating dyspnoea in patients with cancer. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness and safety of morphine administration for refractory dyspnoea in patients with advanced heart failure...

“Put me in Coach!” Engaging Faculty to Form a Winning Assessment Team

This commentary uses the metaphor of an athletic team model to provide guidance when managing a successful assessment committee and assessment processes. To become a winning team, a joint effort must be exerted by players, coaches, and the athletic director. The topics of developing a team of productive members, creating, and implementing an assessment plan, forming a positive culture, and establishing leadership are discussed. Examples and advice are provided to assist with promoting an engaged faculty to form a well-rounded and productive assessment committee with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

Comparing Student Performance in Emergency Remote and Face-to-Face Collaborative Learning Courses.

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented shift from face-to-face (F2F) instruction to emergency remote teaching (ERT) for over one billion learners worldwide. Studies from K-12 and higher education have begun to address the impact of ERT on student learning and well-being. The lessons learned from ERT will likely shape the response to future public health emergencies and inform the design and implementation of remote courses. As such, it will be important to identify teaching practices in ERT that promoted student engagement and learning. Here, we address whether undergraduate collaborative learning courses were able to support student content knowledge outcomes at similar levels in ERT as compared to F2F classroom environments. Specifically, we tracked student performance in three different team-based undergraduate neuroscience courses. These courses were all taught by the same instructor during the academic years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. Importantly, we found that student scores on individual and team assessments as well as measures of course satisfaction were similar between ERT and F2F. Taken together, our data suggest that the virtual collaborative learning environment in these courses was not associated with a decrease in student or team performance when compared to a traditional F2F classroom.

A New Treatment Program: Focused Integrated Team-based Treatment Program for Bipolar Disorder (FITT-BD).

Bipolar disorder (BD) is complicated by a dynamic, chronic course along with multiple comorbid psychiatric and medical conditions, making it challenging for clinicians to treat and patients to thrive. To efficiently manage the complexity of BD and help patients recover, we developed a Focused Integrated Team-based Treatment Program for Bipolar Disorder (FITT-BD). The purpose of this paper is to describe how we developed this clinic and the lessons we learned. We developed FITT-BD by integrating strategies from stepped care, collaborative care, and learning health care systems. We describe the rationale, details, and lessons learned in developing FITT-BD. By integrating stepped care, collaborative care, and a learning health care system approach, FITT-BD aims to reduce barriers to care, leverage the expertise of a multidisciplinary treatment team, ensure patient-centeredness, and use assessments to inform and continuously improve outcomes in real time. We learned that there are challenges in the creation of a web-based application that tracks the treatment of patients within a network of hospitals. The success of FITT-BD will be determined by the degree to which it can increase treatment access, improve treatment adherence, and help individuals with BD achieve their treatment goals. We expect that FITT-BD will improve outcomes in the context of ongoing clinical care. The treatment of BD is challenging and complex. We propose a new treatment model for BD: FITT-BD. We expect that this program will be a patient-centered approach that improves outcomes in the context of ongoing clinical care for patients with BD.

Kepemimpinan Trasnformasional Kepala Sekolah Penggerak dalam Mendorong Implementasi Aktualisasi Diri Peserta Didik (Studi Multi Situs di SMAN 1 Masbagik dan SMAN 1 Selong)

This study aims to determine the role of transformational leadership of school principals in encouraging the implementation of students' self-actualization. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach with multi-site types. Data was collected by non-participant observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. Data analysis was carried out by summarizing, presenting data, drawing conclusions, and verifying the temporary nature. The research location was at SMAN 1 Masbagik and SMAN 1 Selong. The research was conducted for 13 weeks starting from September to December 2022. The results of this study indicate that the transformational leadership of the driving school principal has a very important role in encouraging the implementation of student actualization. The transformative leadership model for driving school principals is carried out through the establishment of an Education Unit Operational Curriculum (KOSP) committee, an assessment team consisting of diagnostic assessment, formative assessment (daily), and summative assessment (semester), and the Project Team for Strengthening Pancasila Student Profiles (P5, teacher training). The expert then disseminates it to other teachers. Strengthening the character of students according to the Pancasila Student Profile is carried out through school engineering in extracurricular, intra-curricular, co-curricular, and school culture activities. The difference in the role of the two principals lies in the form of handling of the principal in dealing with incoming teacher indiscipline The principal of SMAN 1 Masbagik tends to apply preventive measures and avoids repressive actions. The preventive form of the principal of SMAN 1 Masbagik is carried out as a family. Meanwhile, the principal of SMAN 1 Selong takes preventive and repressive measures to ensure that children get excellent service and keep other decisions to be carried out by regulations that have been determined together. Thus it can be concluded that the transformational leadership of the driving school principal at SMAN 1 Masbagik and SMAN 1 Selong has a role in encouraging the implementation of students' self-actualization.

Student Threats of Violence Often Signal Underlying Psychiatric Disorders

Student Threats of Violence Often Signal Underlying Psychiatric Disorders

The National Israeli Field Hospital in Ukraine - Innovative Adaptation to a Unique Scenario

Introduction:Following the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine and the resultant humanitarian crisis, the State of Israel deployed a field hospital inside Ukraine. Challenges included a large refugee population, disruption of routine medical services to the local population, first-time deployment of a civilian field hospital, and deployment to a country at war.Method:The activity of the field hospital during a deployment in Ukraine is described along with lessons learned for future deployments.Results:A Rapid Assessment Team (RAT) performed needs assessment and coordination with local authorities. The main necessity encountered was delivery of primary care to both the refugee and local population. During the 6 weeks of deployment, 6,161 patients were treated in the hospital. 65 patients were hospitalized and 59 underwent surgery. The hospital was completely digitalized. 103 remote consultations were performed using telemedicine techniques. Capacity building of local teams was given high priority and 796 Ukrainian health professionals underwent training.Conclusion:Deployment of a national civilian field hospital in a country of war is possible through coordination with local authorities while undertaking the necessary security measures.The change in caseload from expected war trauma to predominantly primary care necessitated agility in planning and operation with subsequent adaptation of hospital and staff structure.The use of telemedicine enhanced capabilities, allowing access to consultation with the most experienced specialists in Israel.Capacity building of local teams should be given a high priority. This was implemented by combining clinical training and the inclusion of a medical simulation unit in the hospital.Dispatching a team delivering medical care and extending a helping hand in time of need, especially when done by a national entity, contributes greatly to building the people's faith, hope, and resilience during the crisis, and has a critical role in the recovery effort.

Application of the Naïve Bayes Algorithm in Determining Sales Of The Month

One important factor for creating a healthy and growing company is the existence of sales rewards for employees to achieve sales targets every month. Assessing employees is not an easy thing when there are so many employees. This will make the assessment team have to look at the criteria carefully and carefully. Data manipulation can occur because it is difficult to make decisions with such large criteria and data without automated data mining. As a result, the company will not get competitive human resources. Sales targets are one of the keys to sales success because with sales targets, the sales prediction value can be used as a guide as a reference in determining product sales. One way to make better sales predictions is by utilizing data mining processing using the Naive Bayes algorithm. The Naive Bayes algorithm calculates the probability value of each of the attributes examined including attendance, sales targets and sales returns. Research with employee absence criteria, monthly sales and monthly sales invoice returns. From the results of the research that has been done, it can be concluded that the application of the Naive Bayes classifier method to the target data set for sales of goods achieves an optimization level of 95.78%, with attendance criteria greatly affecting employee performance so that product sales targets each month can be achieved

British Society for Haematology guideline for anticoagulantmanagement of pregnant individuals with mechanical heart valves.

British Society for Haematology guideline for anticoagulantmanagement of pregnant individuals with mechanical heart valves.

The Advanced Dietetics Module Development in Improving the Nutrition Diploma III Students’ Learning Outcomes of Kendari Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health

A successful learning process at schools must be supported by adequate facilities and infrastructure, including up-to-date learning resources and teaching materials that can support the learning process. The appropriate method in development research is a mixed method, which ensures that all research procedures are collected. Data analysis at the stage of the advanced dietetics module development process used analytical techniques in the forms of reviewing suggestions and corrections to the module content, presentation, language, and graphics. These processes were further conducted through a qualitative descriptive analysis. Material validation questionnaire sheets, linguists, and media were analyzed descriptively and quantitatively. In this case, calculation of the Likert Scale score was used to calculate this percentage. In addition, quantitative and descriptive analysis was carried out on student response questionnaires. The effectiveness of the advanced Dietetics module was evaluated quantitatively through quasi-experimental and non-equivalent control group research design. The expert team's assessment on the aspects of cover, content feasibility, presentation, module layout, graphics, and language aspects showed that all aspects were categorized as very feasible. Furthermore, in terms of appearance, presentation of material, and benefits, the results of the student's assessment on the module were categorized as very understandable. This study showed that the group of students who were given the dietetics module advanced had a higher average score. The researchers suggest that advanced dietetic modules need further development with regard to the media used to support teaching materials, for example interactive computer-based modules and multimedia products in digital formats (e-learning)

Assessment of Professional Learning Teams: The College of Education Experience

In the recent professional development training, professional learning communities were recognized as a strategy for school development and student achievement. This descriptive exploratory study establishes the practices of PLT in the Education Department, College of Liberal Arts, Science, and Education (CLASE). The researchers investigated leadership and teacher collaboration, professional learning, and development attempts. All 21-full time faculty members were the participants in this study. They answered the 52-item Likert-type questionnaire adopted from Antinluoma, Ilomaki, and Toom (2021). Researchers sent Informed consent forms to the participants before the conduct of the study. Results showed that the academic supervisor is described as a visionary leader who started the positive creation, shared the leadership, and created the commitment to common departmental goals. Change in leadership is seen to have a positive effect. Decision-making processes were collaborative, cooperative, inclusive, and democratic. Relationship among faculty members is based on mutual trust and openness. Each faculty is encouraged to express their opinions. Shared responsibility for faculty members' peer mentoring, encouragement, cooperation, and peer teaching was practiced in both online and face-to-face strategies. Frequent online collaboration and communication were channels of effective professional learning engagements. The findings of this study present how other educational institutions can learn from the data in creating an environment that is proactive for teachers' professional practice, given the background of the professional learning communities' construct by which teachers can gain professional learning and development. The PLT serves as a process from which the department must continuously derive its development mechanism.

Diagnosis and treatment outcomes from prebronchodilator spirometry performed alongside lung cancer screening in a Lung Health Check programme

IntroductionIncorporating spirometry into low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer may help identify people with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), although the downstream impacts are not well described.MethodsParticipants attending...

Automatic feedback and assessment of team-coding assignments in a DevOps context

We describe an automated assessment process for team-coding assignments based on DevOps best practices. This system and methodology includes the definition of Team Performance Metrics measuring properties of the software developed by each team, and their correct use of DevOps techniques. It tracks the progress on each of metric by each group. The methodology also defines Individual Performance Metrics to measure the impact of individual student contributions to increase in Team Performance Metrics. Periodically scheduled reports using these metrics provide students valuable feedback. This process also facilitates the process of assessing the assignments. Although this method is not intended to produce the final grade of each student, it provides very valuable information to the lecturers. We have used it as the main source of information for student and team assessment in one programming course. Additionally, we use other assessment methods to calculate the final grade: written conceptual tests to check their understanding of the development processes, and cross-evaluations. Qualitative evaluation of the students filling relevant questionnaires are very positive and encouraging.

Incidence of Air Leaks in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19.

Subcutaneous emphysema, pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum are well-known complications of invasive ventilation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. We determined the incidences of air leaks that were visible on available chest images in a cohort of critically ill patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in a single-center cohort in the Netherlands. A total of 712 chest images from 154 patients were re-evaluated by a multidisciplinary team of independent assessors; there was a median of three (2-5) chest radiographs and a median of one (1-2) chest CT scans per patient. The incidences of subcutaneous emphysema, pneumothoraxes and pneumomediastinum present in 13 patients (8.4%) were 4.5%, 4.5%, and 3.9%. The median first day of the presence of an air leak was 18 (2-21) days after arrival in the ICU and 18 (9-22)days after the start of invasive ventilation. We conclude that the incidence of air leaks was high in this cohort of COVID-19 patients, but it was fairly comparable with what was previously reported in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in the pre-COVID-19 era.

A Machine-Learning Approach to Assess Factors Associated With Hospitalization of Children and Youths in Psychiatric Crisis.

The authors used a machine-learning approach to model clinician decision making regarding psychiatric hospitalization of children and youths in crisis and to identify factors associated with the decision to hospitalize. Data consisted of 4,786 mobile crisis response team assessments of children and youths, ages 4.0-19.5 years (mean±SD=14.0±2.7 years, 56% female), in Nevada. The sample assessments were split into training and testing data sets. A random-forest machine-learning algorithm was used to identify variables related to the decision to hospitalize a child or youth after the crisis assessment. Results from the training sample were externally validated in the testing sample. The random-forest model had good performance (area under the curve training sample=0.91, testing sample=0.92). Variables found to be important in the decision to hospitalize a child or youth were acute suicidality, followed by poor judgment or decision making, danger to others, impulsivity, runaway behavior, other risky behaviors, nonsuicidal self-injury, psychotic or depressive symptoms, sleep problems, oppositional behavior, poor functioning at home or with peers, depressive or schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and age. In crisis settings, clinicians were found to mostly focus on acute factors that increased risk for danger to self or others (e.g., suicidality, poor judgment), current psychiatric symptoms (e.g., psychotic symptoms), and functioning (e.g., poor home functioning, problems with peer relationships) when deciding whether to hospitalize or stabilize a child or youth. To reduce psychiatric hospitalization, community-based services should target interventions to address these important factors associated with the need for a higher level of care among youths in psychiatric crisis.

Implementation of a Behavioral Emergency Response Team in the Emergency Department

IntroductionEmergency nurses, physicians, and patients experience occurrences of workplace violence. Having a team to respond to escalating behavioral events provides a consistent approach to reducing occurrences of workplace violence and increasing safety. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to design, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral emergency response team in an emergency department to reduce occurrences of workplace violence and increase the perception of safety. MethodsA quality improvement design was used. The behavioral emergency response team protocol was created using evidenced-based protocols that have been shown to be effective in reducing the number of occurrences of workplace violence. Emergency nurses, patient support technicians, security personnel, and a behavioral assessment and referral team were trained in the behavioral emergency response team protocol. Data on occurrences of workplace violence were collected from March 2022 to November 2022. Postbehavioral emergency response team debriefings were conducted, and real-time education was provided after implementation. Survey data were collected to evaluate the emergency team members’ perceptions of safety and of the effectiveness of the behavioral emergency response team protocol. Descriptive statistics were calculated. ResultsThe number of reported occurrences of workplace violence decreased by to 0 postimplementation of the behavioral emergency response team protocol. The perception of safety increased 36.5% postimplementation (mean 2.2 preimplementation, mean 3.0 postimplementation). In addition, an increase in awareness about reporting occurrences of workplace violence resulted from education and implementation of the behavioral emergency response team protocol. ConclusionPostimplementation, participants reported an increase in the perception of safety. Implementation of a behavioral emergency response team was effective in reducing assaults toward emergency department team members and increasing the perception of safety.