Professional Trajectories Research Articles

Shaping the New Nurse Leader Generation: Strategies for Effective Leadership Development in the Postpandemic Era

The global pandemic has highlighted the indispensable role of effective leadership in navigating the complexities of healthcare. In response, the New York-Presbyterian Nursing Leadership Academy (NYP NLA) emerges as a transformative initiative, designed to fortify nurse leaders with the necessary competencies to thrive in a dynamic healthcare environment. This manuscript provides an in-depth analysis of the NYP NLA, elucidating its targeted objectives, the adoption of pioneering educational methodologies, and the profound impact it has had on participants. Through a blend of structured mentoring, innovative teaching strategies, and comprehensive leadership development, the NYP NLA has not only positively influenced the professional trajectories of nurse leaders but has also made a notable contribution to enhancing the quality of healthcare delivery. By fostering a cadre of empowered, skilled, and visionary leaders, the NYP NLA is setting a new standard for leadership excellence in healthcare, ensuring readiness for current and future challenges.

One Course, Two Approaches:

International Teaching Assistants (ITA’s) are critical to North American campuses. While studies have explored their experiences in through ITA training courses, research has overlooked the experiences of ITA educators. A multiple case study examined three ITA educators’ ideologies, gathering data from two interviews -one stimulated recall using classroom observations fieldnotes, syllabi, assignments, and feedback. Two incompatible sets of ideologies were found being implemented: one oriented learners to undergraduate classrooms, and one towards required language testing. Employment frustrations and cynicism impacted each instructor. Findings highlight the ethical complexities of language teaching. Programs must scrutinize the role of language testing within ITA training and examination support available to ITA educators. This novel study, focusing on the often-overlooked ITA educator, situated their ideologies adjacent to their identities, and using methodological innovations. Future work is needed to elucidate how ITA educators’ identities and ideologies impact ITA’s learning experience and academic or professional trajectories.

Todo sobre mi madre: Latina teachers’ lives and the burden of maternal approval

In this article, we draw from an in-depth interview sequence to story how a Latina’s delayed professional trajectory into the New South schoolhouse was, in large part, due to her mother’s warning that K-12 teaching was a dead-end career for losers. Our analysis underscores the emotional tensions that Janet Castillo (a pseudonym) navigated as she struggled to reconcile the burden of her mother’s approval with her own professional dreams. We suggest that even as contemporary research has voiced Latinas’ multi-layered resistance to their essentialization as subaltern women in oppressive educational and professional spaces, more nuanced inquiry is needed to understand the profound influence that Latina mothers exert on their daughters’ choices to (not) teach. We conclude with recommendations for research and praxis surrounding the dynamics of families in growing the Latinx teacher pipeline.

Professional Experiences and Career Trajectories of Mid- to Senior-Career Women Clinician-Scientists

Despite increasing evidence and recognition of persistent gender disparities in academic medicine, qualitative data detailing the association of gender-based experiences with career progression remain sparse, particularly at the mid- to senior-career stage. To investigate the role gender has played in everyday professional experiences of mid- to senior-career women clinician-scientists and their perceptions of gender-related barriers experienced across their careers. In this qualitative study, a total of 60 of 159 invited clinician-scientists who received National Institutes of Health K08 or K23 awards between 2006 and 2009 and responded to a survey in 2021 agreed to participate. Invitees were selected using random, purposive sampling to support sample heterogeneity. Semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted January to May 2022. For this study, interviews from 31 women were analyzed using the framework approach to thematic analysis. Data analyses were performed between August and October 2023. Descriptive themes of participant experiences of gender and gender-based barriers in academic medicine. A total of 31 women clinician-scientists (8 identifying as Asian [25.8%], 14 identifying as White [45.2%], and 9 identifying as members of a minority group underrepresented in medicine [29.0%]; 14 aged 40-49 years [45.2%] and 14 aged 50-59 years [45.2%]) were included. Among them, 17 participants (54.8%) had children who required adult supervision or care, 7 participants (22.6%) had children who did not require supervision or care, and 6 participants (19.4%) did not have children. There were 4 dominant themes identified within participant experiences in academic medicine: the mental burden of gendered expectations at work and home, inequitable treatment of women in bureaucratic processes, subtle and less subtle professional exclusion of women, and value of communities built on shared identities, experiences, and solidarity. This study found that women perceived the institution of academic medicine as a male-centric system misaligned with the needs of women, with associated feelings of exclusion, disillusionment, and loss of trust in their institutions. Findings suggest that the confluence of domestic obligations and unaccommodating institutional environments may make it difficult for women clinician-scientists to achieve established timelines of career progression and productivity; these findings may have long-term implications for the well-being and retention of women in academic medicine.

Transformative Technologies in the Evaluation of a Vocational Education System

The increasing demand for vocational education has necessitated the presence of highly skilled teachers. This study presents a novel framework for the effective management of vocational college instructors’ professional development through the utilization of advanced technologies. The system utilizes deep learning technology to analyze many data points, including academic achievements, teaching experience, student comments, and professional activities, in order to assess the performance and potential of teachers. The system evaluates both the positive and negative aspects, offers customized training programs, and enhances the delivery of instruction through the utilization of a generative language model. The effectiveness of the system is supported by a case study, which demonstrates enhancements in talent management, professional development, teaching quality, and student happiness. This proposed solution aims to improve vocational education by empowering educators and transforming the processes of evaluation, support, and guidance throughout their professional trajectories.

Excellence in Professional Disciplines and Their Importance in Social and Educational Entrepreneurship

Knowledge of the potentialities and strengths of individuals is a premise of numerous studies today, even more so when we are in a historical moment characterized by dizzying changes that demand innovation and creativity from society to adapt to such challenges. The aim of this study is to identify and analyse the personal characteristics, together with the role of contextual mediators, of fifteen relevant Portuguese nationals recognised for their excellence. To this end, an interview generalizable to different professional contexts is used, seeking to explain the process of development and manifestation of excellence of the participants in their professional areas. Although the concept of excellence is complex, its approach is essential to favour, among other aspects, social and educational entrepreneurship. Therefore, knowing and understanding the personal and professional trajectories of these subjects may allow us to make an approximation to those distinctive characteristics of excellence, with a view to proposing a conceptual model for action in the social and educational fields. In this way, among the characteristics drawn, it is worth pointing out the necessary specialization in at least one professional area, its manifestation from an early age, the determining influence of the family, teachers or illustrious personalities, or the consideration that its incidence is not a gender issue.

Girls in scrubs: An ethnographic exploration of the clinical learning environment.

Gender bias is an enduring issue in the medical profession despite women being more represented within medical schools and the health care workforce in numerous countries across the world. There have been frequent calls for further exploration of gender-based discriminations within medical education, owing to its lasting impact on student's professional development and career trajectories. This paper presents an ethnographic exploration of the experiences of female medical students and doctors in the clinical learning environment (CLE), aiming to disrupt the cycle of gender inequity in the clinical workplace. Our research field involved two teaching wards in a Scottish urban hospital, where 120 h of non-participant observations were conducted over 10months. Combining purposive and convenience sampling, we conducted 36 individual interviews with key informants, which included medical students, foundation doctors, postgraduate trainees, consultant supervisors, and other health care professionals such as nurses and pharmacists. Data was thematically analysed using Bourdieu's theory of social power reproduction. The research team brought diverse professional backgrounds and perspectives to the exploration of data on gendered encounters. Combining the observational and interview data, five themes were generated, which suggested gender-related differentials in social and cultural capital that the participants acquired in the CLE. Experiences of discriminatory behaviour and stereotypical thought processes impacted the female students' engagement and drive towards learning, implying an adverse influence on habitus. In contrast, the valuable influence of gendered role-models in building confidence and self-efficacy signified a positive transformation of habitus. The research participants displayed considerable internalisation of the gendered processes in the CLE that appeared to be linked to the transient nature of clinical placements. This research reveals that despite constituting the majority demographic of medical school, female students struggle to gain social and cultural capital. Gendered hierarchies that structure clinical workplaces disadvantage female students and doctors, and the differential experiences transform their habitus. Based on our theoretically informed investigation, we advocate for role-models given their positive impact on students' and doctors' habitus. Additionally, medical educators may consider extended clinical placements that provide opportunities for female students and early-career doctors to secure social and cultural capital through integrating better in health care teams and building meaningful interprofessional relationships.

A Retrospective of Monique Aubry’s Contributions

This article has three main objectives: (1) to present Monique Aubry’s professional trajectory, (2) to describe her intellectual legacy, and (3) to reveal her craft and work values. The first two sections are narrated by Monique in her own voice. The third part is based on conversations between Monique and Viviane Sergi, her colleague, collaborator, and friend, which took place in May and June 2023, while writing the other parts of this article.

Vade Mecum in ERCP, a roadmap to success: Tips from experts for excelling in ERCP.

Background and study aims Training in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is operator-dependent and traditionally, the apprenticeship model, in which experts are considered to be role models, has been adopted for it. The aim of this study was to develop a practical guide compiling tips from experts to help guide trainees to succeed in ERCP. Methods A web-based survey was created to understand the professional development of ERCP experts, the investments they made, the obstacles they overcame, and the quotes that guided their professional life. ERCP experts worldwide were invited to participate. Results Fifty-three experts (of 71; 74.6%) from 24 countries answered the survey. Experts started ERCP training early (average age 31 years; range, 24-52 years) and it often was combined with training for endoscopic ultrasound. A long training period (average 21 months; range, 3-120 months) was needed to achieve competence, frequently in another department, and it was commonly complemented with research in the field (76.5%). "Time and practice" were the most worthwhile investments they made to achieve success. "Sports" were an area outside endoscopy frequently considered to be important to acquire the skills necessary to excel in ERCP. "Lack of dedicated time for training" and "peer competition" were the biggest obstacles the experts faced. Several pieces of advice were given to the experts, such as to be resilient, careful, patient, responsible, and hard-working. "Personal life" was mentioned as an undeniably crucial factor for achieving long-term success that should not be forgotten. Conclusions This survey is the first to provide insight regarding the professional trajectory of renowned ERCP experts worldwide, providing valuable recommendations to help trainees excel in ERCP.

Adopting or Dodging the Heroic Model: Professional Trajectories of Estonian Women Architects

The article focuses on gender-specific experiences of Estonian women architects in the late Soviet and post-Soviet Estonia. Architecture has been, and to a great extent still remains, a rather masculinist field, adhering to an image of heroic individualist creative genius and supporting a very demanding and uncompromising work culture. These preconceptions often make it complicated to forge different career paths or to appreciate alternative or more cooperational modes of practice. The article asks if and to what extent the unwritten rules and prejudices have affected Estonian women architects’ experiences in studying architecture, establishing their careers, combining the responsibilities of professional and private lives, and building up their image as (women) designers in a general sense. Based on in-depth interviews with 16 professional architects aged 33–92, the article also highlights the differences and similarities of practising architecture as a woman in the Soviet and post-Soviet social and economic contexts, mapping them onto findings of international feminist research in the context of both Western Europe and the former Eastern Bloc. Additionally, the article refers to the productive possibilities of oral history as a method to complement and challenge the conventional architecture historical writing as well as the intersubjective character of the narratives thus constructed.

Situación laboral de los egresados de las universidades sudamericanas: Una revisión sistemática

The study analyses the complex employment situation of university graduates in South America, considering factors such as educational quality, labour market demand, specialized skills and technological adaptation. The objective is to analyze the existing literature on the situation of graduates from South American universities between 2019 and 2023. The PRISMA method was used, selecting 30 relevant studies. The criteria included English-language studies focused on the employment situation of South American graduates, excluding other approaches. The search was carried out in ERIC, Scopus and SciELO. The results provided a deeper understanding of graduates’ career paths and promoted skills for their insertion in an ever-changing market. The results of the systematic situation allowed a better understanding of the situation and evolution of professional trajectories, fostering skills in order to benefit the graduates in their insertion into the labour market. It is concluded that the employment situation of graduates is a challenge that needs collaborative action between educational institutions, governments with the establishment of policies that address the changing world of work.

Ascertaining the Curriculum Relevance of the Special Program Journalism in Select Public Secondary Schools in Caraga Region

The study delves into the impact and effectiveness of the Special Program in Journalism (SPJ) by examining the experiences and perspectives of graduates from select public secondary schools in Caraga Region – XIII. The primary aims include profiling the pioneering SPJ graduates, assessing the development of their journalistic skills, and evaluating the benefits derived from completing the program. Utilizing a tracer study approach, data was collected through surveys and thematic analysis to capture the graduates' feedback on the strengths and weaknesses of the SPJ curriculum, particularly focusing on the availability of journalism facilities and technological resources. Results revealed that while graduates acknowledged the program's strengths in enhancing writing, speaking, and lay-outing skills, they also highlighted deficiencies in access to essential tools like speech laboratories and digital cameras. The study concludes that improving journalism facilities is crucial for enhancing the program's effectiveness and ensuring graduates are well-equipped for journalism careers. Additionally, establishing a monitoring and evaluation tool is recommended to track the long-term impact of the SPJ program on graduates' professional trajectories.

"Ripping Off the Band-Aid": uncovering future health care Professionals' "Fractured Knowledge" about sexual and reproductive health.

Research has shown the role of identity on future health professionals' confidence and competence in addressing the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of their patients. While there has been some work in increasing the sexual health literacy of future providers via various curricular approaches and comprehensive clinical-based training, there are research gaps on how social differences around identity impact future healthcare professionals' knowledge and practices around SRH. This article presents research findings on the experiences of US undergraduate students attending a campus that provides training in the health sciences and health professions. Our study aims to understand the perspectives of these students as they pertain to their future career choices in healthcare, with a focus on how their past experiences learning about sex, sexuality, and reproduction impact their current and future professional trajectories. We present a qualitative analysis from 40 in-depth interviews with U.S. undergraduates. The interview questions were designed in collaboration with undergraduate researchers interested in sexual health education. These student researchers collected all the interview data and worked with senior researchers to analyze some of these data. The themes that emerged from the interviews were around experiences with what students perceived as "fractured" sexual and reproductive health (SRH) knowledge they received as children and adolescents. This knowledge shaped essential aspects of their identity as young adults and future healers. Data indicated unique processes implicated in how past as well as present socialization experiences learning about sex, sexuality, and reproduction positions undergraduates in health professions to see young adulthood as a journey of "catching up" on sexual knowledge but also as an ongoing experience of anticipation and planning influencing their career-building journey. The importance of sexual health literacy among healthcare professionals cannot be overstated, as it is vital in providing patient-centered and non-judgmental sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care and services. To date, there is a shortage of studies looking at the impact of sexual health knowledge on healthcare professionals. More research is needed on educational strategies that could be implemented at the intra-personal level to assist college-aged young adults in healthcare career tracks to "catch up" or "fill in the gaps" in their sexual education journey.

Work-Life Balance of Working Women: Impact on Job Performance and Promotion

This research paper explores the correlation between work-life balance and the job performance and promotional prospects of employed women. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, it collects data on work-life balance practices and encounters of women across diverse professions. The analysis centers on elucidating the impact of proficiently managing work and personal life on job effectiveness and the probability of career progression. Key findings underscore the significance of tackling work-life balance challenges to foster gender parity in work environments and augment women's career advancement. In essence, the study underscores the pivotal role of work-life equilibrium in shaping women's professional trajectories and advocates for its prioritization in organizational policies and practices.

Academic identities in today’s university: a visual study

ABSTRACT Recent years have seen the development of accountability processes to monitor the quality, autonomy, and performance of universities. These include the evaluation of university academics based on a quality quantification system that prioritizes research over other roles. For Spanish academics, their professional trajectories hinge entirely on successfully navigating evaluation procedures of this type. This study analyzes the impact of these processes on the academic identity of university teaching staff through an alternative and complementary perspective using visual methodologies. To this end, we employed collaborative image creation processes and engaged in reflective analysis, applying both narrative (vertical) and paradigmatic (horizontal) approaches. The results reveal the particular impact of evaluation processes on the identity of university academics. Additionally, we observed the influence of other elements that further amplify this impact, including job insecurity, the quest for employment stability, autonomy to fulfill the work role, as well as the prevalence of inequalities and competitiveness within access procedures. Consequently, we have identified the development of identities with distinct nuances, all underpinned by a common thread: subservience to the demands of evaluation processes, which have emotional and health consequences. This article concludes by proposing lines of action to enable the optimal development of academics.

Charting futures: understanding anticipatory professional socialisation practices of prospective accountants within higher education

ABSTRACT Drawing on Bourdieu’s sociological framework, this study examines how prospective accountants engage with professional socialisation opportunities within the accounting higher education field. Prospective accountants globally experience anticipatory professional socialisation through which they develop employability skills and shape their professional trajectories. Through interviews with Malaysian prospective accountants and insights from local accounting professionals and academics, this study reveals that the prospective accountants’ professional socialisation practice is not solely a conscious and deliberate process. Instead, it involves ongoing negotiation between an individual’s habitus (way of being), capital (resources), and the opportunities that the accounting higher education field offers to them. The findings also highlight the ways in which an individual’s way of being is influenced by their class and ethnic background, and how this impacts their socialisation and career orientations. Individuals from privileged backgrounds tend to possess greater cultural and social capital, positioning them advantageously to benefit from professional development opportunities provided by their institutions compared to those from less privileged backgrounds. These findings raise questions about the role of higher education institutions in promoting equity and expanding access to the accountancy profession for underprivileged groups.

Breaking Stigmas, Forging Paths:

In the corridors of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, I embarked on a transformative journey inpsychiatry, one that not only shaped my professional trajectory but propelled a fervent resolve tocombat entrenched stigmas surrounding mental health. Guided by the compassionate mentorship of myclinical supervisor, my clinical attachment became the crucible in which my motivation to pursuepsychiatry as an international medical graduate (IMG) was ignited.

Russian Student Readiness for Professional Service: from Actual to Desired

The phenomenon of service comes into our area of interest when we are talking about the uniqueness of Russia’s social structure and the markers that define it. Service can be included in everyday life through professional activities, therefore we can consider the subject, focusing on its type. The goal of the research is to determine the meaning of professional service, its place in the modern world, as well as the development of methodological guidelines guiding the training session. Achieving the goal would be impossible without relying on the methodology of the social and philosophical analysis, value, activity, and psychological approaches.The following problems that structure the presentation of the material have been solved. 1. The origins of the idea of service and the ways of its development in Russian society are revealed. Retrospectively the transformation of the ministry is considered from the formation of Russian statehood to modernity. 2. The service strategy for any specialist activity is determined. It is argued that the ethics of every profession can be built around the idea of service. 3. The direction of the formation of students’ attitudes towards an acquired profession based on service is proposed. They are: awareness of the importance of labor; assessment of the work role as a goal; developed social responsibility; acceptance of service as one of life’s principles. 4. Meaningful guidelines are outlined in the discussion of possible difficulties, that may arise on the path of professional service. Such changes include: loss of motivation; loss of professionalism value; refusal of a lifelong professional trajectory. The research is exploratory in nature, but the results obtained turn out to be fruitful for the exchange of the first experience of conducting the course “Fundamentals of Russian Statehood”, and later, theoretical and methodological discussion with possible correction of educational material.

Human Capital Strategies to Foster Employee Engagement Within Post Pandemic Layoffs

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to highlight productivity and engagement issues being experienced across industries, subsequent to strategic human capital realignment, in response to changes in the business environment. The linkages among employee engagement as related to leadership communication, work-life balance, and professional development are explored as the discussion draws on previous research examining employee’s organizational behavior to leadership response within the midst of exceptional events. Design/Methodology/Approach: The authors draw upon 15+ years in general management, communications consultant, and research in organizational behavior. Findings: Research shows that the restoration of trust and a path to creating an organizational culture which invites job engagement through organizational commitment are paramount. The combination of specific strategies coupled with organizational resource management during crises such as rapid and massive layoffs, change, and uncertainty indicates the necessity for tenacity with adaptability facilitated by strategic leadership communication of a shared vision. It will be important for organizational leaders to consider human capital investment strategies that can boost engagement. Practical Implications: Within the context of uncertainty organizational leaders must communicate empathy with employees and examine how much of a role an individual’s perceived career mobility and skill competence plays in strengthening their work engagement. Employees with positive work-life balance can exercise resilience, creativity, and tenacity. As organizations tackle the varying factors related to employee retention and engagement, they should implement strategies that not only retain employees but equip them with the characteristics that define psychological capital within the future of work. Post-pandemic organizational behavioral practices must empower employees to obtain a work lifestyle that allows them to feel in control of their personal and professional trajectories. Originality/value: The current study contributes to the stream of literature on layoff anxiety, productivity issues, and the role leadership communication and human capital strategies play in bolstering employee engagement. Furthermore, the current study highlights the importance of strategic leadership communication as organizations grapple with the challenges of a post layoff exercise, such as, how to increase productivity, engagement, retention, adaptability to the future of work, and profitability for long term growth.

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND ANIMAL WELFARE

This article traces the professional historical trajectory of promoting health and well-being through investigations and interventions in environmental health, associated with education for university, intersectoral and interdisciplinary sustainability based on the vitalist philosophy of Samuel Hahnemann and determinations established by the Brazilian Ministry of Health . Scientific initiation activities developed rational skills for thinking aimed at solving local problems regarding sustainability with raw plant extracts and ultra-diluted and energized solutions for animal welfare. In parallel, there was the construction of competence in environmental ethics in line with the concept of environmental health, the new Brazilian code of medical ethics and the concept of one health. We declare that there are no conflicts of interest.