Viewpoint Of Staff Research Articles

An overview of the implementation of the Stress Check Program from the view point of Occupational Health staff

An overview of the implementation of the Stress Check Program from the view point of Occupational Health staff

Exploring impact of accreditation on higher education in developing countries: a Vietnamese view

This study investigates the viewpoints of higher education managers, staff, lecturers and students on the impacts of accreditation in institutional quality management. These views are explored via a case study approach involving semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders at a leading university in Vietnam. The study’s results suggest that accreditation influences most of the university’s management activities, including programmes, teaching activities, lecturers, supporting staff, learners and facilities. We argue the influence of accreditation contributes significantly to enhancing the university’s quality of teaching, learning, research and management. Recommendations for improvement in the use of accreditation results are proposed.

人間関係における行動過程に関する行動分析的研究 : 不登校の小中学生による自然体験活動キャンプにおけるスタッフの行動の視点から(焦点-テーマ「これからの人間関係」-体験活動と人間関係-)

人間関係における行動過程に関する行動分析的研究 : 不登校の小中学生による自然体験活動キャンプにおけるスタッフの行動の視点から(焦点-テーマ「これからの人間関係」-体験活動と人間関係-)

A Multi-Stakeholder Delphi Study to Determine Key Space Management Components for Elderly Facilities in China

The elderly population in China is increasing rapidly. To meet elderly residents’ housing demand, Chinese government makes great efforts to build more elderly facilities. However, major challenges in the operation of these elderly facilities, such as low space utilization rate, poor accessibility, poor environment and so on, have being emerging. The critical reason for challenges can be concluded as the lack of effective space management components. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to explore key space management components for China’s elderly facilities. Considering stakeholders’ (facility owner, facility manager, care staff, elderly residents, and academic researchers) viewpoints on space management, this study used a multi-stakeholder Delphi approach to determine key space management components through five steps. Based on the selection criteria, a total of 25 Delphi panellists with five stakeholder groups were invited and finally 23 Delphi panellists participated in the whole study process. Subsequently, the academic researchers among these panellists were employed to quantify the stakeholders’ influence with the parameter of stakeholder influencing factor. After that, the initial discussion on space management was performed to generate the initial list involving 11 space management components. Next, two ranking rounds were conducted to conclude the final significance scores of each space management component from five stakeholder groups’ feedbacks. With respect to the final ranking score and the values of influencing stakeholder factor, the decision score of each space management components was calculated, which integrated all stakeholder groups’ opinions. Finally, through two cut-off points, a total of seven components were selected as the key space management components for China’s elderly facilities including space planning and assignment, space utilization audit, space occupancy cost audit, space inventory management, space usability management, space change management, and the management of health safety and environment. These components will assist facility managers to conduct effective and sustainable space management practice for supporting organizational core business.

Measuring the quality of working life in the Ministry of Civil Service in Saudi Arabia: قياس مستوى جودة حياة العمل في وزارة الخدمة المدنية بالمملكة العربية السعودية

This study aimed to identify the reality of the quality of work life in the Ministry of Civil Service from its staff viewpoint. The study relied on a descriptive survey method and used the questionnaire as a tool for the study، which contained six dimensions to measure the level of quality of work life. These dimensions are moral work environment conditions، job characteristics، wages and bonuses، working groups، supervision method، and the level of participation. The study society and sample consists of the Ministry of Civil Service in Riyadh staff of total (900) male and female employees. The questionnaires returned from the sample were 257 questionnaires. After a statistical analysis of the data using the statistical program SPSS، the study found a set of results. The most important result was that the quality of work life، from the viewpoint of staff، is considered moderate. In light of that، this study came out with a set of recommendations، including: the need to promote the concept of quality of work life in the work environment within the Ministry of civil Service، and increased staff opportunities to participate in decision-making، and the development of leadership skills for leadership of the heads of departments and managers in the ministry، and taking care of both the financial and moral incentives in addition to increasing training programs and scholarships of the Ministry of civil Service.

EWMA Document: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.

1. Introduction Since its introduction in clinical practice in the early 1990's negative pressure wounds therapy (NPWT) has become widely used in the management of complex wounds in both inpatient and outpatient care.1 NPWT has been described as a effective treatment for wounds of many different aetiologies2,3 and suggested as a gold standard for treatment of wounds such as open abdominal wounds,4-6 dehisced sternal wounds following cardiac surgery7,8 and as a valuable agent in complex non-healing wounds.9,10 Increasingly, NPWT is being applied in the primary and home-care setting, where it is described as having the potential to improve the efficacy of wound management and help reduce the reliance on hospital-based care.11 While the potential of NPWT is promising and the clinical use of the treatment is widespread, highlevel evidence of its effectiveness and economic benefits remain sparse.12-14 The ongoing controversy regarding high-level evidence in wound care in general is well known. There is a consensus that clinical practice should be evidence-based, which can be difficult to achieve due to confusion about the value of the various approaches to wound management; however, we have to rely on the best available evidence. The need to review wound strategies and treatments in order to reduce the burden of care in an efficient way is urgent. If patients at risk of delayed wound healing are identified earlier and aggressive interventions are taken before the wound deteriorates and complications occur, both patient morbidity and health-care costs can be significantly reduced. There is further a fundamental confusion over the best way to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in this complex patient population. This is illustrated by reviews of the value of various treatment strategies for non-healing wounds, which have highlighted methodological inconsistencies in primary research. This situation is confounded by differences in the advice given by regulatory and reimbursement bodies in various countries regarding both study design and the ways in which results are interpreted. In response to this confusion, the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) has been publishing a number of interdisciplinary documents15-19 with the intention of highlighting: The nature and extent of the problem for wound management: from the clinical perspective as well as that of care givers and the patients Evidence-based practice as an integration of clinical expertise with the best available clinical evidence from systematic research The nature and extent of the problem for wound management: from the policy maker and healthcare system perspectives The controversy regarding the value of various approaches to wound management and care is illustrated by the case of NPWT, synonymous with topical negative pressure or vacuum therapy and cited as branded VAC (vacuum-assisted closure) therapy. This is a mode of therapy used to encourage wound healing. It is used as a primary treatment of chronic wounds, in complex acute wounds and as an adjunct for temporary closure and wound bed preparation preceding surgical procedures such as skin grafts and flap surgery. Aim An increasing number of papers on the effect of NPWT are being published. However, due to the low evidence level the treatment remains controversial from the policy maker and health-care system's points of view-particularly with regard to evidence-based medicine. In response EWMA has established an interdisciplinary working group to describe the present knowledge with regard to NPWT and provide overview of its implications for organisation of care, documentation, communication, patient safety, and health economic aspects. These goals will be achieved by the following: Present the rational and scientific support for each delivered statement Uncover controversies and issues related to the use of NPWT in wound management Implications of implementing NPWT as a treatment strategy in the health-care system Provide information and offer perspectives of NPWT from the viewpoints of health-care staff, policy makers, politicians, industry, patients and hospital administrators who are indirectly or directly involved in wound management.

The Rationale for Accepting International Students in Emerging Malaysian Higher Education Institutions from the Viewpoint of International Students and Staff

The share of international students in countries traditionally accepting them has decreased, while that of newly accepting Asian countries is on the rise, such as China, Singapore and Malaysia. Malaysia accepted more than 100,000 international students in 2015. In recent times, the number of students from the Middle East and African countries, such as from Nigeria, Yemen, Libya, or Saudi Arabia has increased drastically.

The relationship between structure and performance organizational from emergency staff viewpoints

Background and Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between organizational structure and organizational performance from the perspective of the staff of 115 emergency departments of Mazandaran province, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this study, data were collected from the emergency personnel of different hospitals of Mazandaran province, Iran in 2014. Moreover, data on two variables of organizational performance and organizational structure were obtained using Frank’s standard organizational structure questionnaire (2006). In this questionnaire, organizational structure is assessed in three dimensions of formalization, centralization, and complexity. This study was conducted on the staff of 115 emergency departments of Mazandaran province. Initially, 499 emergency personnel were selected, and sample population was determined using the Cochran’s formula and random sampling. In total, 207 participants were enrolled in this study. Data analysis was performed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Spearman’s correlation-coefficient, and Friedman’s rank test. Results: According to the results of Spearman’s correlation-coefficient, the correlation-coefficient between organizational structure and organizational performance was 0.793. Moreover, the correlation-coefficients of the complexity and centralization dimensions of organizational performance were 0.979 and 0.493, respectively. Correlation-coefficient of the formalization dimension of organizational performance was obtained at 0.287. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, all the dimensions of organizational structure (formalization, complexity, and centralization) had significant, positive correlations with organizational performance in the viewpoint of the staff of 115 emergency departments of Mazandaran province.

Open Access Concept and the Viewpoint of Academic Staff in Turkish Universities to the Institutional Repositories

Open Access Concept and the Viewpoint of Academic Staff in Turkish Universities to the Institutional Repositories

Facilitators and barriers to self-management of nursing home residents: perspectives of health-care professionals in Korean nursing homes.

PurposeTo explore facilitators and barriers to self-management from the viewpoint of staff taking care of nursing home (NH) residents with chronic diseases in South Korea.Patients and methodsA qualitative content analysis was done using the focus group interview method. A total of 23 health-care professionals (16 registered nurses and 7 social workers) were interviewed from three urban NHs, each with more than 100 beds.ResultsFive facilitators were identified: grouping the residents; the resident’s awareness of his/her current health status; the willingness of residents to engage in self-management; residence in the facility; and support from the staff. Additionally, seven barriers were identified: deterioration of the resident’s health; the dependency expectations of the resident; hesitation in asking for help; difference in expectations between the staff and the resident’s family; insufficient staffing and time; lack of standardized guidelines; and conservative tendencies of the staff due to rigid policies.ConclusionThe findings of this study can help health-care professionals recognize the factors that influence self-management and provide direction for registered nurses and other health professionals involved in supporting self-management programs for NH residents.

The study of status and influencing factors of nurse-physician collaboration in tertiary general hospitals

Objective We aimed to study the status of nursephysician collaboration in tertiary gen-eral hospitals and analyze the influencing factors, and provide references for improving the status and the service of medical-nursing quality. Methods Totally 280 nurses and 186 doctors working in medicine, surgery, emergency room, operating room and ICU in tertiary general hospitals were recruited in the study. The participants were investigated with the questionnaire of Nurse-Physician Collaboration Scale, Jefferson Scale of Attitudes towards Physician-Nurse Collaboration and the Tool for Organizational Culture. Results The status of nurse-physician collaboration was in a good condition, doctors scored (82.98±12.97), which was signifi-cantly higher than those of nurses (76.71±14.25), and there was sighificant difference. For doctors, the influ-encing factors included organizational culture, cooperative attitudes, gender, the type of contract; for nurses, the influencing factors included organizational culture, the department and marital status. Conclusions It is suggested to improve the condition of nurse-physician collaboration from the hospital managers and medi-cal staff's point of view in tertiary general hospitals and construct the harmonious relationship between health care to provide high quality service for patients. Key words: Doctors; Nurses; Physician-nurse collaboration; Influencing factors

Strategies for reducing violence in hospital from the viewpoint of support-administrative staff: A qualitative study

Introduction: Today violence is considered as one of the issues relating to health and occupational safety of the people and is also one of the existing occupational hazards in hospital. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate strategies of reducing violence in hospital from the viewpoint of support-administrative staff to take necessary actions for removing and reducing it using the obtained information. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted qualitatively with semi-structured interview and opinions of 10 authorities and employees of support-administrative units in Alzahra Hospital about violence reducing strategies were collected. Thus, the contents were transcribed after interview and then the interview data was reduced and structured using thematic analysis. Results: Views of the people about necessary strategies and actions for reducing violence in hospital were studied and classified as 46 subthemes and 11 themes in three groups: Necessary action for preventing violence, necessary actions at time of violence and necessary actions after violence. Conclusion: Considering high prevalence of violence in hospitals and although it is not possible to remove violence completely, this issue should be considered by the policymakers in the country, suitable reporting system and a proper instruction for preventing and confronting with violence should be prepared in the hospitals and necessary actions particularly necessary actions after violence which have been neglected so far should be taken to reduce probability of stress and violence in hospital considerably.

学童保育拠点における遊び種類に着目した適正規模に関する研究

In this paper, an observation study was conducted in 22 facilities in Tokyo to derive the accurate scale of an after-school day-care center. From an investigation, the scale of bases such as indoor area and the number of useable areas was investigated. The activity area was calculated and checked a state of playing . I analyzed a state of playing for an index. The index of the child viewpoint is provided in this report and gets the index of the staff viewpoint in the study in the past. Combining both these indexes can help improve the quality of the base.

The role of volunteers at an outpatient cancer center: how do volunteers enhance the patient experience?

The purpose of this study is to describe the role volunteers play in the cancer patient experience at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Island Centre, and opportunities to enhance the services they provide. Using an action research approach, methodological triangulation of data from the viewpoints of patients, volunteers, and staff was used to first understand the unmet needs of patients and then how volunteers are able to address some of those needs. Patients, volunteers, and staff all agreed that volunteers enhance the patient experience, specifically by working with professionals to meet patients' emotional, practical, and informational needs. Physical needs were indirectly met by guiding patients to the appropriate personnel. Additionally, this study elucidated important organizational information such as gaps in care, how to screen for volunteers, and perceptions among interdisciplinary staff about the role of volunteers in cancer care. Volunteers provide an essential complement to the professional healthcare team by tending to the non-medical needs of patients, thereby enhancing the patient experience. By better understanding the role and resulting benefits of involving volunteers in cancer care, healthcare professionals and volunteers can work synergistically to improve the quality of care for patients.

Embedded use of iPads to enhance student engagement and retention in technical education

This paper focusses on attracting and retaining young people into technical disciplines. It introduces a new model of technical education from age 14 that the UK Government initiated in 2008. A concept of University led Technical Colleges (UTCs) for 14-19 year olds. These state supported schools, sponsored by a University, have technical curricula, technologically enabled learning environments and strong engagement with employers. As new schools they have been able to recruit outstanding staff that are conversant with the use of technology to enhance learning and all students have their own iPads. The Aston University Engineering Academy opened in September 2012 and a recent survey of staff, students and parents has provided both qualitative and quantitative data on the benefits to motivation and learning of these embedded iPads. The devices have also had advantages for the management of data on student achievement from a leadership, teaching staff and parental view point.

The Effectiveness of Frères Schools in Palestine and Jordan from the Viewpoint of Teachers and Administrative Staff

The Effectiveness of Frères Schools in Palestine and Jordan from the Viewpoint of Teachers and Administrative Staff

The Investigation of the Viewpoint of Academic Staff and Graduate Students in Teaching Geometry in Elementary School

Determination of the viewpoint of academic staff and graduate students in teaching geometry, which is an essential component of mathematics, has great importance. From this point of view, the aim of this study is to investigate views of academic staff and graduate students on methods such as technology, material, projects, teaching of arithmetic, abstraction and problem-solving in the teaching of geometry. The study was carried out on a total of 46 mathematicians, ranging from graduate students to professors. In order to describe the current situation, a screening model was used. A working group was asked 15 open ended questions to determine their views. Descriptive statistics of the analyzed data collected (arithmetic mean, standard deviation) were used. In addition to this, comparisons were made and the results were interpreted. Suggestions have been made on the basis of the data obtained at the end of the research.

Analysing the influence of privatisation on organisational culture in Isfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company

The aim of this survey is to analyse the influence of privatisation on organisational culture in Isfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company (IMSC); also to compare the influence of privatisation on organisational culture among staff, experts, and managers of the company. The hypotheses have been examined using ten factors of organisational culture addressed in the Rabbin’s model as individual innovation, risk tolerance, orientation, uniformity and unity, management support, control, identity, reward system, conflict tolerance, and communication pattern. Statistical population of this survey includes staff, experts, and managers of IMSC and 192 staff and 60 managers have been selected as the random samples. A questionnaire has been developed containing 39 questions. Content validity of the questionnaire has been approved and reliability of data has been computed as 0.98 using Cronbach’s alpha, which is satisfactory. The hypotheses have been analysed using one sample t test and independent samples t test. Findings imply that no meaningful difference is observed between the viewpoints of staff, experts, and managers of IMSC in respect of the influence of privatisation on ten factors of organisational culture. The results also show that privatisation has moderate influence on organisational culture.

Viewpoints of Educational and Clinical Staff in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences to Barriers Implementation of Evidence-Based Care

Viewpoints of Educational and Clinical Staff in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences to Barriers Implementation of Evidence-Based Care

An Oral History of the Ethics of Institutional Closure

This paper examines the ethical dimensions of the closure process of an English large long-stay institution for people with learning difficulties during the last quarter of the twentieth century. It does this primarily through an analysis of oral historical interview data stemming from those managers who implemented rundown. The paper illustrates the ways in which their testimonies indicate the presence of a morally infused dominant rhetoric, which was based upon the therapeutic benefits of closure, informed by the ideas of normalisation and social role valorisation. However, the paper argues that this principled managerial perspective had unfortunate ethical consequences, in that it under-acknowledged, marginalised and discredited staff viewpoints which raised pertinent issues relating to the downsizing of this particular hospital.