Role Of Qualifications Research Articles

Qualifications, Self-esteem, and Attitude of Health Practitioners toward Personality Disorders in Saudi Arabia

Background The attitudes of society and mental health practitioners towards mental illness are subject to multiple dimensions. This may affect the quality of health services and the client’s ability to seek treatment. It was hypothesized that there is a relationship between qualification, self-esteem, and attitudes toward personality disorders among mental health practitioners in Saudi Arabia. Objective This study aimed to assess how attitudes toward clients’ personality disorders relate to work qualifications and self-esteem among health practitioners in Saudi Arabia. Methods A correlational, within-subject, cross-sectional study was conducted, including psychologists and psychiatrists (N=171) across the five regions of Saudi Arabia, using a survey research design. The online survey contained a demographic information sheet and two standardized scales of attitudes toward personality disorders and self-esteem. Results Descriptive analysis, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and ANOVA were conducted using SPSS. Significant positive correlations were found between the total Attitude to Personality Disorder Questionnaire and self-esteem, APDQ, and qualification scores (r = .319 and .283, both p < .001). There was also a significant positive correlation between self-esteem and qualification scores (r = .378, p <.001). Conclusion The findings of the study may help mental health practitioners understand attitudes toward personality disorders and the role of qualification and self-esteem in prompting a positive attitude. Mental health practitioner training interventions can enhance and support service quality. On-job professional training, additional training on how to treat personality disorders, and proper supervision for clinicians are highly recommended.

Evaluation of healthcare waste management among health functionaries of Gujarat

Introduction: Health Care Waste (HCW) is generated by various activities in healthcare facilities like hospitals, clinical, research institutions, laboratories, blood banks, etc. HCW is both infectious and hazardous and, unless rendered noninfectious and safe, can prove to be hazardous to people coming in contact with it. Objectives: To assess the Knowledge and Practice regarding HCW Management among health functionaries of districts of Gujarat and its association between the designation and qualification with the Knowledge and Practice score. Methodology: It was an observational and cross-sectional study using pretested, reliable, and valid questionnaire. A sample size of 152 was calculated based on the findings of a pilot study. We have implemented our study in Gujarat, divided into four parts (Saurashtra, Central, South, and North Gujarat). Study sites were selected equally in all four areas. Results: A total of 163 healthcare participants were involved in the study, most respondents were from primary healthcare centers (31.7%), followed by medical college hospitals (14.5%). In our study, Bhavnagar district had the highest number of contributors (21.7%), followed by Morbi district (19.1%). The hospital administrator category had the highest knowledge score, while Infection Control or Waste Management Officer had the highest practice score. MBBS/AYUSH graduates had the highest knowledge and practice scores. It is also apparent that staff nurses had better knowledge and practice scores than ANM. Conclusion: The overall assessment score was good for all health workers. Doctors' better knowledge and practice scores signify qualification's role in BMW management.

The role of qualification and quality management in the prescription of antipsychotics and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in nursing home residents in Germany: results of the HIOPP-3-iTBX study.

Nursing home residents (NHR) show high rates of polypharmacy. The HIOPP-3-iTBX study is the first cRCT on medication optimization in nursing homes (NH) in Germany. The intervention did not result in a reduction of PIM and/or antipsychotics. This analysis looks at structure quality in the HIOPP-3-iTBX study participants. Evaluation of structure quality as part of a cluster-randomized controlled intervention study. Structure quality in multiprofessional teams from n = 44 NH (n = 44 NH directors, n = 91 family doctors (FD), and n = 52 pharmacies with n = 62 pharmacists) was assessed using self-designed questionnaires at baseline. Main aspects of the questionnaires related to the qualification of participants, quality management, the medication process and size of the facilities. All completed questionnaires were included. number of PIM/antipsychotics was drawn from the baseline medication analysis in 692 NHR. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and mixed model logistic regression. The presence of a nurse with one of the additional qualifications pain nurse or Zertifiziertes Curriculum (Zercur) Geriatrie in the participating NH was associated with a lower risk for the prescription of PIM/antipsychotics. No association between any characteristic in the other participants at baseline was observed. The results support the known role of nursing qualification in the quality and safety of care. Further studies need to look more closely at how use is made of the additional qualifications within the multiprofessional teams. Perspectively, the results can contribute to the development of quality standards in NH in Germany.

Role of qualification and validation in medical device industry: a study

The need for orthopedic implants is increasing due to the rise in the number of accidents. As people begin to age, they begin to experience pain in their joints, bones, and wrists. If it is not managed with medication, an orthopedic implant may be deemed as the best solution. As per the Bureau of Indian Standard Research, the global market for orthopedic products in 2016 in US dollars was 4.20 billion. Industries seem to have an annual growth rate of 6.1 percent when compared with the previous year, which means the market is expected to reach 61.02 billion dollars by 2023. Therefore, the demand for orthopedic devices is significant and the quality of implants manufactured should be strictly controlled and checked for human health safety worldwide. Nowadays, the regulatory agencies also focus on every medical device manufacturing industry with highly stringent needs. Therefore, the knowledge of standards, validation, and differences between Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) is highly important. Therefore, this paper focuses on the importance of validation in detail for the safety of patients.

“Who Would Bother Getting a Degree When You Would Be on the Exact Same Pay and Conditions . . .?” Professionalism and the Problem With Qualifications in Early Childhood Education and Care: An Irish Perspective

Although the literature is replete with research that indicates the importance of qualified and highly skilled practitioners in the provision of quality Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), challenges to the retention of highly skilled graduates and the establishment of a professional ECEC workforce persist. This study investigates the barriers that hinder practitioners from obtaining higher level ECEC qualifications. It presents findings from the perspectives of practitioners ( n = 18) participating in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme using semi-structured interviews. This article is part of a doctoral study with practitioners and parents on quality in ECEC and the impact of technology on quality practice. Importantly, this article presents findings from the practitioner interviews as they relate to the barriers faced by practitioners in obtaining higher level qualifications. Findings indicate that practitioners value the role of qualifications in the provision of quality practice. Despite this, findings suggest that the likelihood of obtaining an ECEC degree is largely dependent on the practitioner’s financial situation. For example, in the absence of appropriate pay scales and occupational profiles, practitioners are forced to avail of social welfare services.

Ontario’s graduate certificate programs: an exploration into colleges’ perspectives and students’ decision-making processes

This study contributes to the existing literature on role of qualifications in liberal market economies and may inform policy, improve program design and delivery, and help increase the understandi...

A European skills framework?—but what are skills? Anglo‐Saxon versus German concepts

With the proposed introduction of a common framework for comparing qualifications within the European Union as a result of the Lisbon Agreement of 2000, the question of commonly agreed transnational concepts of skills and qualifications has become a pressing political and practical issue. The paper argues that there are grounds for doubting that there is a ready translation of the English terms ‘skill’ and ‘qualification’ in a way that avoids problems of comparing and calibrating German and English vocational qualifications. Reasons for this difficulty are explored, the most important of which relate to: a) the conceptual structure of skill and its cognates in the two languages; b) the differing socio‐political role of qualifications; c) different industrial structures and labour processes; d) differences in institutions regulating vocational education and training. These problems are discussed in relation to examples of similar industries and occupations and apparently similar levels of qualification in England and Germany.

Qualification of inversion inputs in certain engineering geophysical methods

The present paper analyzes the possibilities for input qualification necessary for inversion of certain engineering geophysical measurement data series. The work formulates at first the requirements for determination of geophysical conclusions' reliability and/or accuracy. Then it reviews the quantities playing a role in qualification of geophysical data and geophysical conclusions deduced from the data. Statistical characterization of the ek = (yk - fk (x,z)) random differences between the yk geophysical measurement data and the fk (x,z) theoretical forward problem solutions calculated for the (x,z) model parameters is indispensable in quality controlled geophysical inversion. To qualify the { x } final result of inversion first of all the error components of observational and modelization origin of ek random differences should be determined. To give the s2k variances of the ek differences characterizing the data-model relationship experimental testing should be carried out. To estimate the input errors of least squares type geophysical inversion approximate methods can be suggested beside the ideal testing procedures. Such are: the subjective, the literature-based, the partial and the feedback data-model relationship qualification. In addition to them for certain inversions using 1D and 2D forward problem solutions, self-control based model class adaptive engineering geophysical measurements can also be applied. According to the testing experiences gained with different approximate input qualifications not any theoretical speculation or sophisticated computation procedure is able to substitute the experimental measurement studies.

Comparing Approaches to the Role of Qualifications in the Promotion of Lifelong Learning*

The issues discussed in this article arise from three recent developments with implications that most countries are or will soon be facing. The first is the growing interest on the part of governments in the idea of a single national qualification framework designed to include all types of qualification, those that are school- and work-based, whether they are general, vocational or professional, and all levels of qualification from those certifying basic skills to postgraduate degrees. The origin of the idea of a qualification framework based on outcomes can be traced back to the NVQ framework introduced by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ) in the UK in late 19871. As far as I am aware, this was the first attempt to establish a national qualifications framework based on criteria and levels and independent of any institutions providing programmes of study. Although the NVQ framework was restricted to vocational qualifications, Gilbert Jessup (Jessup, 1990)-one of those involved in its design from the early dayssaw an outcomes-based framework as having a much wider potential. Learning outcomes could be the basis for a comprehensive framework for all qualifications. What was not apparent at the time but has become much clearer since is that the concept of learning outcomes is not as neutral as it appears. If a qualification is described in terms of a set of learning outcomes that in principle can be applied to any kind of learning, an assumption is being made about learning or at least the learning that can be assessed and certified for a qualification. In an outcomesbased qualifications framework, the criteria for learning must be precisely specifiable in advance. This concept leaves out learning that might be important and valued but not specifiable in advance or indeed not specifiable at all except in very general terms2. Some kind of pre-specification of outcomes is, of course, a feature of any qualification, since one of its functions is to communicate something about a person's capability to a user, whether an employer or admission tutor. However, with the launch of NVQs, pre-specification of outcomes became much more detailed. It changed from being a guide to those devising assessments and an indication of a person's capabilities to claiming to be a precise definition of what a person could do-in other words, evidence of his or her competence. The precise specification was designed to replace the kind of normative criteria which in more traditional qualifications were used to compare one individual with another. There *An earlier version of this article appeared in Working to Learn (2002), K. Evans, P. Hod Kinson & L. Unwin (Eds)

The Role of Qualification

The Role of Qualification

Determinants of the Use of Advanced Technologies

There is an extensive literature about the influences on the adoption of new technologies. However, while we often assert the role of qualifications and skills in the innovation and diffusion processes, there has been little formal econometric work in this area. One of the key reasons for this is the lack of information about human capital in firm accounts, at all levels of the organisation, including the top executive and board of directors. This paper draws on a large, firm level data set to explore the linkages between the adoption and use of 13 advanced technologies and the qualification and skill structure of the enterprise. In addition, it provides a number of further insights about the effects of ownership, firm size and industry structure.

Measurements of D--T neutron induced radioactivity in plasma-facing materials and their role in qualification of activation cross-section libraries and codes

Measurements of D--T neutron induced radioactivity in plasma-facing materials and their role in qualification of activation cross-section libraries and codes

Measurements of D—T neutron induced radioactivity in plasma-facing materials and their role in qualification of activation cross-section libraries and codes

Abstract The D-T neutron-induced radioactivity constitutes one of the foremost issues in fusion reactor design. The validation of activation cross-sections and decay data libraries is one of the important requirements for validating ITER design from safety and waste disposal viewpoints. An elaborate, experimental program was initiated in 1988, under USDOE-JAERI collaborative program, to validate the radioactivity codes/libraries. The measurements of decay-γ spectra from irradiated, high purity samples of Al, Si, Ti, V, Cr, MnCu alloy, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, stainless steel 316 (AISI 316), Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn, Ta, W, and Pb, among others, were conducted under D-T neutron fluences varying from 1.6 × 1010n cm−2 to 6.1 × 1013n cm−2. As many as 14 neutron energy spectra were covered for a number of materials. The analysis of isotopic activities of the irradiated materials using activation cross-section libraries of four leading radioactivity codes, i.e. act4/thida-2, reac-3, dkr-icf , and racc , has shown large discrepancies among the calculations, on the one hand, and between the calculations and the measurements, on the other. A discussion is also presented on definition and obtention of safety cum quality factors for various activation libraries.