Task Force Work Research Articles

JACEP open annual report 2022.

JACEP open annual report 2022.

Does Member Familiarity Help or Hinder Innovation? The Roles of Expertise and Dialogic Coordination

Modern organizations increasingly rely on flexible work arrangements such as innovation task forces to quickly assemble members with diverse expertise needed to create innovative solutions for particular problems. The literature has produced mixed findings on the relationship between member familiarity and innovation, which we suggest may be explained by two forms of coordination: expertise and dialogic. We hypothesize and find that dialogic coordination produces more innovative outcomes for unfamiliar task forces, whereas expertise coordination produces more innovative outcomes for familiar task forces. Further, dialogic coordination in unfamiliar task forces is associated with greater innovative outcomes than expertise coordination in familiar task forces. Our results also highlight the importance of temporal dynamics of dialogic coordination in task force work. Hypotheses were tested through a longitudinal analysis of survey data with external ratings of the innovation outcome from 179 individuals in 32 innovation task forces from a variety of large U.S.-based companies. The findings contribute to an understanding of coordination in contemporary turbulent work environments.

Innovation in Pediatric Clinical Education: The Development of a Clinical Instructor Toolkit

Introduction/Literature Review: Clinical education (CE) experiences are essential components of physical therapist assistant (PTA) and professional physical therapist education requiring qualified clinical instructors (CIs). The 2014 CE Summit recognized the need for CI development. The Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Academic and Clinical Educators special interest group assembled a task force to address the need for pediatric CI resources. The purposes of this study are to describe the process used to create a pediatric CI Toolkit and describe the results of the task force's work as a mechanism to meet the needs of CIs to facilitate clinical teaching. Participants: Pediatric PTAs and physical therapists (PTs) engaged in physical therapy CE were included in the needs assessment survey. The target population of the survey also represented the intended users of the created CI Toolkit. Method: A task force composed of individuals with diverse pediatric subspecialties, geographic regions, and roles in CE convened to create the CI Toolkit. The task force completed a literature search and online CE resources search to assist with survey development and with guidance in the development of the CI Toolkit. A needs assessment survey was created and deployed to gather information from pediatric PTAs and PTs. The task force developed the structure of the CI Toolkit and collected resources to populate the online tool. Results: An online CI Toolkit was created and contained 160 resources organized into topics, settings, and descriptors. Tools include resources for clinical reasoning, student assignments, general resources, weekly objectives, and CI development. A four-person committee was created to review proposed additions to the CI Toolkit. Discussion and Conclusion: The CI Toolkit is a model for accessible CI professional development for clinical teaching and learning. Health professions educators interested in creating resources for clinical educators will benefit from the lessons learned in the creation of the CI Toolkit.

AAIM Recommendations to Improve Learner Transitions

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Recent SPN Position Statements

Recent SPN Position Statements

A framework to guide planetary health education

A framework to guide planetary health education

Choosing Wisely for Thyroid Conditions: Recommendations of the Thyroid Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Choosing Wisely (CW) is an initiative that aims to advance the dialogue between physicians and patients about low-value health interventions. Given that thyroid conditions are frequent in clinical practice, we aimed to develop an evidence-based list of thyroid CW recommendations. The Thyroid Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM) named a Task Force to conduct the initiative. The Task Force work was based on an electronic Delphi approach. The 10 recommendations that received the highest scores by the Task Force were submitted for voting by all SBEM associates. The 5 recommendations that received the highest scores by SBEM associates are presented herein. The Task Force was composed of 14 thyroidologists from 10 tertiary-care, teaching-based Brazilian institutions. The brainstorming/ideation phase resulted in 69 recommendations. After the removal of duplicates and recommendations that did not adhere to the initiative's scope, 35 remained. Then the Task Force voted to attribute a grade (0 [lowest agreement] to 10 [highest agreement]) for each recommendation. The 10 recommendations that received the highest scores by the Task Force were submitted to all SBEM associates. A total of 683 associates voted electronically, attributing a grade (0 to 10) for each recommendation. The 5 recommendations that received the highest scores by the SBEM associates compose our final list. A set of recommendations to avoid unnecessary medical tests, treatments, or procedures for thyroid conditions are offered with a transparent methodology. This initiative aims to foster productive interactions between physicians and patients, stimulating shared decision-making.

Pemberdayaan Satgas Gotong Royong Berbasis Desa Adat Dalam Pencegahan COVID-19 di Banjar Serongga Pondok, Tabanan

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all elements of Indonesian society. Lack of knowledge, lack of readiness, and insufficient allocation of funds make the prevention of this disease a challenge for the entire community. Social distancing, limiting all activities outside the home, using masks, hand sanitizers and disinfectants are all efforts that can be made to prevent the spread of this disease. Banjar Serongga Pondok is one of the traditional Banjar which is quite consistent in implementing these things. The residents of Banjar Serongga Pondok have indeed tried to reduce all activities outside the home, but it is undeniable that there are still residents who have not been able to implement this properly. Therefore, a special task force was formed called the Satgas Gotong Royong Berbasis Desa Adat as the driving force for all COVID-19 virus prevention activities in Banjar. The routine efforts that usually they do are spraying disinfectant liquid every Sunday. However, the limitations of disinfectant fluids and budget constraints in the implementation of these activities made it difficult to carry out the activities. The condition, exacerbated by the scarcity of masks, also made it difficult for the task force to work for residents. Based on these problems, the service is focused on providing information related to COVID-19, providing masks, hand sanitizers, and disinfectants to the COVID-19 Task Force in Banjar Serongga Pondok. The activity was started by giving a speech by Kelian Adat Banjar Serongga Pondok, remarks by the head of the activity organizer, material delivery and discussion, the delivery of assistance, and assistance in the implementation of disinfection. This program is expected to help the task force's work program continuity in preventing the transmission of COVID-19, especially in Banjar Serongga Pondok.

Editorial: We are Core

I belonged to the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) (formerly Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD)) for my entire professional career. It was my home in ALA, and where I forged relationships, learned valuable skills for my career, took advantage of continuing education offerings, and contributed to the profession through presentations, committee and task force work, and in editing ALCTS publications. And now, after considerable discussion and planning, ALCTS, along with the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) and the Library Information Technology Association (LITA), are now Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. This new division will draw on the strengths of the three former divisions. The Oxford English Dictionary provides various meanings for the word “core,” including “The central or innermost part, the ‘heart’ of anything,” and “a central portion that is cut out, or that remains after using the surrounding parts.” These definitions are quite appropriate and fitting for Core.

ESA and the Arctic - The European Space Agency's contributions to a sustainable Arctic

The Arctic has become an area of particular relevance, where manifold interests meet with particular challenges, such as the harsh environment, a limited infrastructure and a low population density. Since many years, the European Space Agency (ESA) supports its Member States with interests in the Arctic. A variety of ESA programmes are directly or indirectly targeting the Arctic area for scientific purposes, for a better understanding of the Arctic environment or to support other activities in the Arctic region, since many of the specific challenges of the Arctic can be addressed by space technology. Monitoring and assessing the Arctic environment are tasks best met with space systems. Satellite technology facilitates navigation and communication and improves marine safety, and it enables the comprehension of climate change impacts, which are particularly evident and dramatic in the Arctic. While the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), which were adopted by UN Member States in 2015, apply globally, the Arctic is especially affected by the changing climate and thus considered to be of great interest to the European and international community. ESA fully supports and works towards attaining the SGDs, and has to this end created a toolbox to target each of the 17 goals. Given the technological capabilities of ESA as well as the Agency's commitment to the SDGs, ESA continues to strengthen its contributions towards a sustainable economic development in the Arctic. After providing a general introduction to the Arctic and its legal status, as well as an overview over different interests in the region, this paper details the numerous ways, in which space activities can contribute to the sustainable development and life in the Arctic. It then turns to retracing the specific steps taken in the European Space Agency, including the work of specific Arctic Task Forces, and gives an outlook on future projects in support of a sustainable Arctic.

Signaling Packet Aggregation and Compression in SIP Network: Modeling and Performance Evaluation

Recent development in communications have increased the demand of internet protocol (IP)-based multimedia conferencing services. Session initiation protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol used for providing group communication in IP-based next generation network. The conferencing frameworks proposed by Internet Engineering Task Force working groups has limited scalability due to the centralized management of conference control by a single server. In order to overcome this limitation, we propose multiple SIP packet aggregation and compression of common header part of each aggregated packet process. This mechanism increases the bandwidth utilization and processing capability of conference server. A queueing model is developed to describe the process of packet aggregation (PA) and compression at the edge proxy. Using the proposed queueing model, the steady-state probability distribution of the queue length is derived and the average packet transmission delay is obtained. We show the trade-off between the overhead gain and delay. Based on the analytical results, the maximum frame size is optimized for which the average delay of a packet transmission is minimum. A discrete event simulation is performed using network simulator 2 to implement PA and compression mechanism in a SIP network. Further, performance measures are numerically obtained from the simulation results. The simulation results discussed upon the key performance metrics for signaling protocols defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T E.721).

Parent Selection for IPv6 Enabled Routing Protocol for Low Power Lossy Network.

RPL (IPV6 Routing Protocol for Low power lossy network) is a network layer routing protocol. It is considered as best routing protocol for Internet of Things (IoT). The packet size and techniques used in RPL are designed in such a way to support low powered devices. RPL was developed by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) work group and still it is in design phase. RPL construct a loop less tree to maintain all the nodes. The parent selection is the backbone of RPL protocol. In parent selection rank calculation play a vital role. In this paper an extensive survey is done about RPL. The various techniques used in RPL are studied in this paper. The performance of RPL protocol is examined using cooja simulator. The working of RPL tested using Contiki enabled sky motes under cooja environment. The heterogeneity of network density and mote type are the major factors considered to examine RPL in terms of Energy efficiency, Packet Delivery Ratio and Response time.

Exploring nurses' work-related stress in an acute care hospital in KSA.

ObjectivesThis study aimed to assess the perceived work-related-stress of staff nurses and determine the relationship between work-related stress and demographic profile.MethodsThis study used a descriptive cross-sectional design and was conducted in a secondary public hospital (staff nurses = 178, bed capacity = 225) in Riyadh, KSA. The hospital provides medical and surgical services that are important to achieve optimum quality patient care and services. In total, 178 staff nurses were interviewed, but 15 responses were excluded because of missing data (response rate: 92.52%).ResultsNurses reported a moderately stressful work environment. Nationality was found to be a significant predictor of nurses' stress levels. Indian nurses had higher stress levels compared with nurses of other nationalities. Working hours per week was another significant predictor of stress.ConclusionThis study highlighted perceived work-related stress of staff nurses and determined the relationship between work-related stress and demographic profile. Most nurses were moderately stressed. Working hours were associated directly with stress level. The study findings can serve as a guide for establishing human resources policies aiming at reducing nurses' stress and, thereby, promoting improved health care and task force work performance.

Abstract WP490: Novice to Certified: Promoting Professional Development in Nurses on a Stroke Specialty Unit

Background and Purpose: This project was designed to guide the novice nurse through their first two years. A personalized growth track was developed that allowed them to prepare for submission to a Professional Nurse Development Program (PNDP) at the end of year one with the knowledge and skills needed to sit for a certification exam by the end of year two. The growth track is a slow emersion into incorporating evidence based practice, research, and professional growth into nursing practice. The track is developed during orientation and provides a roadmap to meet the requirements of advancement to a Level II professional nurse with the goal of achieving Level III after certification. Their interests are used as a personalized guide to connect the nurse with activities that develop these interests into professional practice. Steps include introduction to unit/hospital nursing congress, quality initiatives, clinical certifications, as well as professional certification, with Stroke being the preferred field. The program allows for introduction into precepting, shift leading, and participation in task force or committee work. The growth track is designed to promote confidence and critical thinking skills in the novice nurse. Methods: The project followed 10 new graduates on a stroke specialty unit. The growth track was initiated at the end of the unit orientation. Progression was monitored quarterly through their first two years. Results: All 10 progressed through the growth track program with 7 submitting for the PNDP program at the end of year 1 and achieving Level II. The other three submitted before their second anniversary. All 10 have achieved a clinical certification and have participated in a stroke certification review course, with 6 of the 10 having applied for and scheduled their stroke nurse certification exam before their second anniversary. Conclusions: Compared to nurses who were hired before the growth track was utilized; nurses who participated in this program reached professional milestones ahead of what was generally seen as the normal curve. Follow-up to this program will be to look closely at quality and patient satisfaction data to ascertain the effect of increased professional develop of bedside staff on quality of care.

Psychiatric Genetics Around The Globe - Chances And Challenges: An Update From The Global Diversity Task Force Of The ISPG

Overall Abstract One of the primary missions of the ISPG is to spread state-of-the-art research into the genetics of mental illness around the globe. In so doing, we strive to adhere to the highest standards of scientific practice, to learn about regional chances and challenges, and to foster collaborations across continents. To this end, the ISPG has established a standing committee, the Global Diversity Task Force, bringing together researchers from all continents. A major focus of the Task Force's work lies on the empowerment of early career investigators. Furthermore, the Task Force aims at identifying obstacles that impede researchers' access to funding and other resources needed for successful research. In this symposium, we will learn about the latest developments on these frontiers' from researchers from Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia.

Psychotherapy relationships that work III.

This article introduces the journal issue devoted to the most recent iteration of evidence-based psychotherapy relationships and frames it within the work of the Third Interdivisional American Psychological Association Task Force on Evidence-Based Relationships and Responsiveness. The authors summarize the overarching purposes and processes of the Task Force and trace the devaluation of the therapy relationship in contemporary treatment guidelines and evidence-based practices. The article outlines the meta-analytic results of the subsequent 16 articles in the issue, each devoted to the link between a particular relationship element and treatment outcome. The expert consensus deemed 9 of the relationship elements as demonstrably effective, 7 as probably effective, and 1 as promising but with insufficient research to judge. What works-and what does not-in the therapy relationship is emphasized throughout. The limitations of the task force work are also addressed. The article closes with the Task Force's formal conclusions and 28 recommendations. The authors conclude that decades of research evidence and clinical experience converge: The psychotherapy relationship makes substantial and consistent contributions to outcome independent of the type of treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).

Results from the Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Patient Care Survey: Patient Care Opportunities and Challenges

▪Background:The myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), including essential thrombocythemia (ET), polycythemia vera (PV) and myelofibrosis (MF) can be characterized by heterogeneous symptoms, disease features, and prognosis. Timely monitoring of blood counts and if needed, referral for discussion of stem cell transplant (SCT), are critical to optimizing survival and quality of life. In connection with the MPN SCT Transplantation Timing Taskforce's (MS3T's) work in developing the DIPPS-based Stem Cell Spectrum Timing Tool, the survey was deployed to explore factors contributing to delayed entry to SCT. National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for MPNs strongly recommend referral to specialized centers with expertise in the management of MPNs (Mesa et. al. 2017). To date, efforts to assess the timing and quality of MPN patient care from the patient's perspective have been minimal.Methods:Patients were recruited from MPN-related Facebook pages, subscribers of MPNforum Magazine and E-mail support groups including the MPN-NET, MPDchat, and the MPN Research Foundation. Hematologists, MPN patients, and advocates constructed the 11-item survey questions and content. The survey was available for patient response between July 4-11th2018. Patients were queried on MPN type, time of diagnosis, and details regarding knowledge of their MPN disease features and care.Data:Demographics.Overall 2382 MPN patients responded to the online survey. Of these, 901 (38%) patients had ET, 865 (36%) had PV, 561 (24%) had MF, 41 (2%) had MPN-unclassifiable or MPN/MDS overlap and 15 (1%) did not respond. Among MF patients, 56% reported having primary MF, 42% secondary MF, 1% prefibrotic MF, and 1% reported having already undergone SCT (1% did not specify type of MF or transplant). The majority of patients were diagnosed with their MPN by a hematology/oncology (77.8%) or family practice (15 %) physician.MPN Care provider and monitoring: Out of all respondents, 35% reported being cared for by an MPN specialist, 36% were not cared for by an MPN specialist and 27% were unsure if their provider was an MPN specialist. Overall less than half (42%) of patients reported having sought a second opinion from an MPN specialist. The majority (87%) of participants knew their mutational status relating to the highly publicized and widely tested JAK2 V617F mutation (73.8%) and CALR (10.2%). However, a statistically insignificant number of patients had any idea of other driving and secondary mutations including MPL, EZH2, SRSF2, IDH1/2 or ASLX-1. Blood counts were reviewed by a hematologist for the majority of patients (93% responded “yes”, 4% responded “sometimes”, 3% responded “no”).SCT Referral: Among ET and PV, <1% of patients reported being referred to SCT. For MF, 34% of participants reported having been referred for SCT discussion (30% for primary MF and 28% for secondary MF).Conclusions: MPN patients often report receiving care outside of the care of an MPN specialist. Additionally, despite the poor outcomes and higher likelihood of progression to AML, less than a third of patients with secondary MF report being referred for SCT discussion. Independent validation of patient responses, particularly in regards to MPN specialized care and timing of transplant discussion should be investigated further. However, these patient responses suggest many patients may be receiving less than optimal MPN care. These results demonstrate the importance of community hematology/oncology physician and patient education regarding optimal MPN care. DisclosuresMesa:UT Health San Antonio - Mays Cancer Center: Employment; Celgene: Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy; Incyte Corporation: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; CTI Biopharma: Research Funding; Genentech: Research Funding; Promedior: Research Funding; NS Pharma: Research Funding; Gilead: Research Funding. Palmer:Novartis: Research Funding. Harrison:Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Gilead: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; CTI BioPharma: Consultancy, Honoraria; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria; Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau. Verstovsek:Italfarmaco: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Incyte: Consultancy; Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau. Scherber:Gilead: Honoraria.

Toward harmonizing ecotoxicity characterization in life cycle impact assessment.

Ecosystem quality is an important area of protection in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). Chemical pollution has adverse impacts on ecosystems on a global scale. To improve methods for assessing ecosystem impacts, the Life Cycle Initiative hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme established a task force to evaluate the state-of-the-science in modeling chemical exposure of organisms and the resulting ecotoxicological effects for use in LCIA. The outcome of the task force work will be global guidance and harmonization by recommending changes to the existing practice of exposure and effect modeling in ecotoxicity characterization. These changes will reflect the current science and ensure the stability of recommended practice. Recommendations must work within the needs of LCIA in terms of 1) operating on information from any inventory reporting chemical emissions with limited spatiotemporal information, 2) applying best estimates rather than conservative assumptions to ensure unbiased comparison with results for other impact categories, and 3) yielding results that are additive across substances and life cycle stages and that will allow a quantitative expression of damage to the exposed ecosystem. We describe the current framework and discuss research questions identified in a roadmap. Primary research questions relate to the approach toward ecotoxicological effect assessment, the need to clarify the method's scope and interpretation of its results, the need to consider additional environmental compartments and impact pathways, and the relevance of effect metrics other than the currently applied geometric mean of toxicity effect data across species. Because they often dominate ecotoxicity results in LCIA, we give metals a special focus, including consideration of their possible essentiality and changes in environmental bioavailability. We conclude with a summary of key questions along with preliminary recommendations to address them as well as open questions that require additional research efforts. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2955-2971. © 2018 SETAC.

A new therapy for each patient: Evidence-based relationships and responsiveness.

In this study, we introduce the journal issue devoted to evidence-based responsiveness and frame it within the work of the third interdivisional APA Task Force on Evidence-Based Relationships and Responsiveness. We summarize the meta-analytic results and clinical practices on the adaptations of psychotherapy to multiple transdiagnostic characteristics of the patient, including attachment style, culture (race/ethnicity), gender identity, coping style, therapy preferences, reactance level, religion and spirituality, sexual orientation, and stages of change. We then discuss the clinical and research process of determining what works, and what does not work, for whom. The limitations of the Task Force's work are outlined and frequently asked questions are addressed. The article closes with the Task Force's formal conclusions and 28 recommendations and with some reflections on fitting psychotherapy to the individual client.

Negotiation and Officialisation

In this article we examine and contrast how the work of commissions and task forces, assembled to negotiate consensus on important policy issues, contributed to reforms affecting adult education in Italy and Denmark over the period 2000-2016. First, we conceptualise the work of commissions and task forces as a key, yet underexplored, element in national policy reforms, then outline the methodology employed. Following is our comparative analysis. Our discussion highlights that commissions and task forces have been an important element in both countries, and at least three dimensions help explain their country-specific functions: 1) the type of the national political system; 2) its ideological strength over time; and, 3) the nature of its relation to the European Union (EU). We suggest that these dimensions should be adequately considered in further studies.