Professional Training Standards Research Articles

HIV Drug Therapy in the Americas 16-18 April 2015, Mexico City, Mexico.

HIV Drug Therapy in the Americas 16-18 April 2015, Mexico City, Mexico.

ПРОЕКТИРОВОЧНЫЕ УМЕНИЯ ЛИНГВИСТА-ПРЕПОДАВАТЕЛЯ В СОСТАВЕ МЕТОДИЧЕСКОЙ КОМПЕТЕНЦИИ

Conversion to 2-level higher education system in Russia and immersion of the new federal state educational standards demands defining of contents of professional training and more detailed description of its results. The main purpose of this article is to reveal characteristics of the notion “project skills of a teacher”, to describe the position of those skills within methodological competence of foreign language teacher (FL-teacher), to make links between project skills and levels of methodological competence. The author shows the value of methodological competence in FL-teacher’s activity, its structure; states the place of project skills (project subcompetence), reveals the links with other subcompetences within methodological (pedagogical) competence, suggesting a model of the latter. She also specifies the contents of project skills, correlates the list of those skills with the level of methodological competence. Levels of methodological competence suggested by the author, i.e. basic, technological and scientific-methodological, reveal which project skills are formed, partially formed or not formed according to these levels. The author gives a detailed list of project skills put in some groups: analytical, anticipating, organizing, methodological (skills of choice), planning and others. The results of this research can be applied to further developing of professional training standards and to FL-teachers’ evaluation process.

Current Requirements of the Society to the Professional Training of Specialists in Information Technology Industry in Japan

Abstract The problem of professional training of skilled human personnel in the industry of information communication technology, the urgency of which is recognized at the state level of Ukraine and the world, has been considered. It has been traced that constantly growing requirements of the labour market, swift scientific progress require the use of innovative approaches to the training of future ІТ specialists with the aim to increase their professional level. The content of standards of professional training and development of information technologies specialists in foreign countries, particularly in Japan, has been analyzed and generalized. On the basis of analysis of educational and professional standards of Japan, basic requirements to the engineer in industry of information communication technology in the conditions of competitive environment at the labour market have been comprehensively characterized. The competencies that graduate students of educational qualification level of bachelor in the conditions of new state policy concerning upgrading the quality of higher education have been considered. The constituents of professional competence in the structure of an engineer-programmer’s personality, necessary on different levels of professional improvement of a specialist for the development of community of highly skilled ІТ specialists, have been summarized. Positive features of foreign experience and the possibility of their implementation into the native educational space have been distinguished. Directions for modernization and upgrading of the quality of higher education in Ukraine and the prospects for further scientific research concerning the practice of specialists in information technologies training have been suggested

Optometric Education in Africa

The African continent, with a population of more than one billion and 55 recognized developing countries, is still grappling in some countries with socioeconomic and other challenges inherent in developing countries. The continent is working toward a single political entity known as the African Union, and development is taking place faster than ever in most countries. The continent is known to have high levels of health problems, including visual impairment and blindness. Most nations in the continent are making efforts to reduce the scourge of health problems including visual impairment and blindness. Visual impairment in the continent is mostly caused by refractive errors. Consequently, optometry can help reduce the prevalence of visual impairment on the continent. The educational programs currently offered by the different institutions include Diploma in Optometry (DipOptom), Bachelor of Optometry (BOptom), and Doctor of Optometry (OD). There are 17 established institutions offering optometry degree programs on the continent, of which 14 are fully accredited. Considering the optometric manpower needed in the continent, more optometry institutions need to be established. Staffing and infrastructural and training facilities are major challenges facing the majority of the existing institutions. There is also a need to place greater emphasis on postgraduate education to meet the institutional, national, and international professional training standards and to ensure sustainability of optometry education. This article addresses the historical development, educational issues, challenges, and needs, as well as recommendations, for improving the standard and sustainability of optometric education.

The current and future role of the medical oncologist in the professional care for cancer patients: a position paper by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

The number of cancer patients in Europe is rising and significant advances in basic and applied cancer research are making the provision of optimal care more challenging. The concept of cancer as a systemic, highly heterogeneous and complex disease has increased the awareness that quality cancer care should be provided by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) of highly qualified healthcare professionals. Cancer patients also have the right to benefit from medical progress by receiving optimal treatment from adequately trained and highly skilled medical professionals. Built on the highest standards of professional training and continuing medical education, medical oncology is recognised as an independent medical specialty in many European countries. Medical oncology is a core member of the MDT and offers cancer patients a comprehensive and systemic approach to treatment and care, while ensuring evidence-based, safe and cost-effective use of cancer drugs and preserving the quality of life of cancer patients through the entire 'cancer journey'. Medical oncologists are also engaged in clinical and translational research to promote innovation and new therapies and they contribute to cancer diagnosis, prevention and research, making a difference for patients in a dynamic, stimulating professional environment. Medical oncologists play an important role in shaping the future of healthcare through innovation and are also actively involved at the political level to ensure a maximum contribution of the profession to Society and to tackle future challenges. This position paper summarises the multifarious and vital contributions of medical oncology and medical oncologists to today's and tomorrow's professional cancer care.

Problematic Student in the Experiential Group: Professional and Ethical Challenges for Counselor Educators

This article updates and adds to the literature about problematic counselors-in-training, specifically centered on the requisite experiential group component in the Association for Specialists in Group Work Professional Training Standards (2000) and CACREP (2009) curriculum. The authors review the literature regarding problematic behavior, present case studies as examples of possible group-work-related situations faced by counselor educators, and end by offering recommendations for practice. Implications for the field are offered.

Forensic psychiatric assessment in European Union member states

To provide a structured description and cross-boundary comparison of legal frameworks and training standards relevant for forensic psychiatric assessment in European Union member states before the extension in May 2004. Information on legislation and practice concerning the assessment of mentally disordered offenders was gathered by means of a detailed, structured questionnaire which was filled in by national experts. Legal frameworks for the assessment and reassessment of mentally disordered offenders and professional training standards in forensic psychiatry vary markedly across EU member states. Currently a cross-boundary harmonization of legal concepts appears hard to achieve. At least a formal construction and implementation of specialist training standards in forensic psychiatry would appear desirable.

Clinical ethics and the road less taken: mapping the future by tracking the past.

Although various aspects of clinical ethics consultation have been discussed in the literature, there has yet to be sustained systematic debate about the fundamental philosophical and methodological issues at stake in doing clinical ethics. Arguing that the field of clinical ethics is at ta critical crossroads, the author of this article outline the core issues that need to be addressed, debated, and resolved in order for the field to secure a meaningful future.

Toward a standards-based classification of group work offerings Robert K. Conyne

The authors, members of the Association for Specialists in Group Work professional training standards committee that drafted the present training standards, respond to the Waldo and Bauman article. They underscore the increasing value of the standards in shaping group work training, practice, and research, pointing out that the standards were not intended to classify independent group offerings. For such classification, while recognizing the contribution of Waldo and Bauman, they suggest an alternative standards-based approach. This classification approach uses a methods-by-purpose framework. In addition, the authors draw from this framework to make suggestions to further define and clarify the four group work specializations.

Authority, autonomy, responsibility and authorisation: with specific reference to adolescent mental health practice.

Standards for professional training and practice are defined by accrediting organisations or statutory bodies. These describe the arena in which the practitioner may speak with authority. The sphere of authorised...

Recent advances. Obstetrics.

Changing Childbirth, the report of the expert committee chaired by Lady Cumberlege,1 followed the recommendations of the Winterton committee2 in emphasising choice: freedom for women to choose a home confinement, pool birth, or elective caesarean section. Choice means shifting much decision making from professionals to women, which many find challenging; it also has cost implications. The flexibility, skill, and knowledge required to give women choice demands higher standards of professional training, particularly for midwives, whose enhanced role has forced obstetricians and general practitioners to rethink their own. Screening for fetal abnormality is a growth industry. Amniocentesis with karyotyping of fetal cells obtained from amniotic fluid at around 16 weeks' gestation was introduced widely in the mid-1970s and is now universal. The association of Down's syndrome with low concentrations of (alpha) fetoprotein and high concentrations of s human chorionic gonadotrophin in maternal serum led in June 1993 to a call for providing screening for all who wanted it.3 Soon, however, concern was expressed about inadequate counselling of pregnant women,4 5 who commonly find it difficult to understand the statistical concepts of risk without a great deal of help (many professionals find it difficult, too). Since there is currently no national policy on screening, and no additional funding to pay for the extra counselling or for the scans during the first trimester that are essential to confirm gestational age, it is not surprising that nearly half of all obstetricians in Britain feel that the current service is inadequate.6 This concern is corroborated by objective surveys of the women themselves.7 The introduction of biochemical screening is sometimes accompanied by disillusion at the relatively low sensitivity of the methods, due not just to technical problems but also to the often surprisingly high proportion of women who decline screening …

Substance use disorders: predictions for the 1990s.

Numerous factors will affect the course of alcohol-drug services over the next decade, including technological-scientific advances, legislation, professional training standards, case law, availability and cost of substances, and social policy toward users. Despite some apparent lessening of substance use, high levels of substance abuse are likely to continue due to fetal damage in high-risk offspring, younger onset of substance abuse, and solo-parent families. Care givers must be prepared to treat more youth, elderly, women, minority, and "dual disorder" patients. Federal and local statecraft against substance production and use remains crude and does not show signs of the increasing sophistication observed elsewhere in the world. Although these forces favor continued high levels of substance abuse problems, the funding mechanisms to provide care are under increasing assault by both the private and public sectors. Areas in which professional practice are apt to improve include clinical assessment-reassessment, treatment outcome research, monitoring during recovery, and out-patient treatment. Professional groups and treatment organizations will become more proactive in the financial support and management of treatment services.

Planning for a Ph.D. Progpam in Human Factors Psychology

Trained Human Factors experts are being sought increasingly in government, industry and academia. In response, program accreditation guidelines have been recommended for adoption by the Human Factors Society in order to set professional training standards. But what are the considerations to be addressed before starting an institutional Human Factors degree program? At the University of Central Florida cautious optimism has led to a feasibility study of these considerations in anticipation of a Ph.D. offering in Human Factors. Feasibility, Planning, and Implementation stages required for Ph.D. authorization in Human Factors will be presented. In particular, emphasis will center on the primary issues of need for such a program balanced against available resources. The Central Florida area is fortunate to have a growing base of government and industrial concerns interested in Human Factors research. In addition, these same concerns have resources in terms of people, equipment, and laboratory space that they are willing to share in a cooperative effort in exchange for trained professionals. The sum total can be reduced program cost combined with an applied curriculum producing Human Factors experts who can “hit the ground running”.

Professional training standards in group counseling—idealistic or realistic?

Abstract This article contains a critical analysis of the Professional Standards for Training of Group Counselors, recently published by the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW). Recommendations are offered for training programs and for the ASGW.

The pursuit of excellence between the ideal and real in group counseling

Abstract This is an invited response to the evaluation of the “Professional Training Standards …” by Zimpfer, Waltman, Wiliamson, and Huhn.

Reaction to “professional training standards in group counseling—idealistic or realistic?”

Abstract This is an invited response to the evaluation by Zimpfer, Waltman, Williamson, and Huhn.

The evolution of professional training in the American Dance Therapy Association

Since its inception in 1966, the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) has worked to develop standards of professional training. The initiation of a registry procedure was the organization’s first attempt to identify and set forth standards for clinical training. This task was often difficult due to three important factors: (1) the lack of in-depth training opportunities during the early years of the association; (2) the desire and motivation of the ADTA to establish a professional identity; and (3) the lack of a clearly defined body of knowledge. The emergence of graduate programs in dance therapy has positively affected the quality of training, lent credibility to the profession, and facilitated the discovery and exploration of a body of knowledge. This paper traces the historical development of dance therapy training in the ADTA.

Models, modes, and standards of professional training: An invited interaction.

Models, modes, and standards of professional training: An invited interaction.

Models, modes, and standards of professional training: An invited interaction.

Models, modes, and standards of professional training: An invited interaction.

Origins of the First National Medical Convention 1826-1846

DURING THE TWO DECADES preceding the first National Medical Convention, held in New York in 1846, numerous attempts were made to bring together delegates from the state medical societies and medical institutions in an effort to improve medical education. While these early meetings were unsuccessful in assembling delegates on a national scale, circulars containing copies of the resolutions adopted, urging higher standards of professional training and pleading for a national reform, were sent from time to time to the medical societies and institutions, thus awakening a national interest which contributed eventually to the success of the first national medical convention. The Medical Society of the State of Vermont sent a circular in December, 1825, and June, 1826, to the medical societies and the medical institutions of New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York, proposing an increase in the requirements for all candidates for medical licenses and