Today's Profession Research Articles

ICT Skill Development Using Excel, Xero, and Tableau

ABSTRACTThe recent implementation of IES 2 and AACSB 7 has reinforced the importance of the development of ICT skills in accounting students and ensuring that they are work-ready for the demands of today's profession (AACSB 2020; IFAC 2019). This paper provides an overview of an assignment that we have introduced in an online graduate accounting course, which encompasses Excel, Xero, and Tableau software. Excel provides our students with the opportunity to develop skills in spreadsheets and applying formulas to work with financial data. Xero provides our students with an opportunity to get first-hand experience with a commercial cloud-based accounting software product and, finally, Tableau provides our students with skills in the utilization of visualization software. Our assignment features both team and individual components. An online course featuring a computer-based assignment provides a unique learning environment for the student.

Gordon Nicholson Henderson: A man of words

The small band of BSAVA founder members had intuitive foresight, an enthusiasm and energy to get things done and have made a lasting impression on the veterinary profession of today. The autumn of 2018 saw the passing of Brian Singleton and now it's time to bid farewell to Nick Henderson who sadly passed away on Sunday 23 December. Bruce Vivash Jones pays tribute to his colleague and good friend since 1954, Gordon Nicholson Henderson BSc FIPR FRCVS

Professions Susceptible to Automation; A Study on Automotive Sector Employees

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Professions Susceptible to Automation; A Study on Automotive Sector Employees

The future of jobs has been a popular issue in the industry 4.0 process and digitization. Many of today's profession groups are at risk with automation in the digitalization process and most will be replaced to computer-based software and robots. By this concept, with Industry 4.0, we come up with whether the jobs are susceptible or non-susceptible to automation. According to researchers, jobs, where more routine and labor-intensive work is done, are categorized as group of jobs prone to automation, on the other hand jobs requiring human skills in which intellectual skills are used intensively, especially those that cannot be done through machines yet are categorized as group of jobs non-susceptible to automation. A recent Forrester Report predicts that by 2021, 6% of jobs in the US will be automated. In another study, it is predicted that 47% of the professions in the US will be unmanned during the automation process. By this study, a review of the literature on the susceptibility of the various professions to automation will be made and self-assessment of the automotive sector managers in İzmir and the surrounding areas regarding their future professions will be studied through a descriptive study.

Today's profession: Views and practices of private practice dietitians re Medicare Chronic Disease Management program

AbstractAim: To explore private practice dietitians' experiences of Medicare Chronic Disease Management allied health program operations, particularly regarding workplace environments, patient management practices and acceptance of the program.Methods: A cross‐sectional national survey was administered electronically in 2008. All private practice members of Dietitians Association of Australia were invited to participate. A 38‐item questionnaire asked about referrals, patients, fees, billing and participant demographics. Descriptive statistics, χ2 and Spearman's rank order correlation coefficient were used for analysis (if P < 0.05).Results: There were 356 (47%) dietitian participants; 94% were Medicare providers. Most (75%) worked in private practice ≤20 hours per week (median 12.0) and half (47%) in sole practices. Medicare referrals made up 0–100% of their practices. Patients were seen as complex because of their chronic conditions. Many dietitians reported inability to complete initial patient education within funded consultation time. Consultation time was often increased and patients were required to pay more than the scheduled fee. Fees were lower for follow‐up consultations. Dietitians' acceptance of the Medicare‐Plus Chronic Disease Management program was low.Conclusion: Current Medicare policy arrangements provide insufficient initial consultation time for counselling; and available frequency of follow‐up consultations is low. As a consequence, eligible patients have limited access to low‐cost dietetics services. The results support a need for review of the Medicare‐Plus Chronic Disease Management policy for dietetics interventions and alignment with other counselling services to better meet the needs of providers and also of patients with chronic conditions and diet‐related risk factors.

Current factors contributing to professionalism in nursing.

A serious nursing shortage is creating a crisis in the nation's health care system. Many experienced nurses are leaving the field and young people are not selecting nursing as a potential career. Reassessment of professionalism in nursing therefore is indicated. A descriptive comparative/correlational design examined differences and relationships among levels of nursing professionalism, experience, educational degrees, organizational membership, and specialty certification in a random sample of registered nurses (RNs) (N=774). The Professionalism Inventory Scale was used to measure attitudinal attributes of professionalism and its five dimensions (use of professional organizations as major referent groups, belief in public service, autonomy, self-regulation, and a sense of calling). A series of statistical analyses revealed that professionalism was related significantly to years of experience as an RN, higher educational degrees in nursing, membership in organizations, service as an officer in the organization, and specialty certification. Today's profession of nursing is evolving as a valuable public service. Positive aspects of nursing professionalism must be recognized and implemented to retain experienced nurses in the profession and attract young people to nursing as a viable career choice.

Medical Mythology

THE heritage of medicine and veterinary medicine is rich in mythic figures and legends. Many of these figures and symbols are evident in today's profession and some are universally accepted as symbols of medicine. Perhaps a moment spared from busy daily schedules to reflect on a segment of this fascinating history will cause us to appreciate our profession and its family tree a little more.

Attitudes of Public Health Nurses and Neighborhood Health Program Participants about Nurses' Working Apparel

NURSES are painfully aware of the tremendous change and upheaval that their profession has been experiencing in recent years. In the struggle to keep nursing relevant to our changing times, accepted methods, traditions, and concepts are being challenged and discarded. Some of the more obvious changes are in nursing education, the delegation of traditional nursing functions to ancillary personnel, and the assumption by nurses of responsibilities which heretofore have been considered within the domain of the physician only. Thus, nurses are finding themselves in the uncomfortable position of redefining what nursing is, of searching for a new identity. The nurse's professional uniform has been one means by which she traditionally has been riecognized. In recent years, however, some have questioned whether the uniform is still appropriate for the nursing profession of today. In numerous studies, attempts have been made to determine the effect of the uniform on the nurse-patient relationship (1-8). Also, not to be overlooked is its effect upon the nurse's image of herself and upon her overall job satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to survey the attitudes of public health nurses concerning their working apparel. We attempted to determine not only clothing preferences and the reasons for these preferences, but also to determine attitudes about the decision-making process under which the clothing policy was established. In addition, the educational and professional backgrounds of the respondents were examined in relation to their attitudes. A sample survey of the attitudes of mothers of pediatric patients about nurses' working apparel was also conducted. We attempted to determine if the mothers could recall what kind of clothing the nurses wore, what the mothers' clothing preferences were for nurses, reasons for their preferences, and if differences by ethnic group existed.

The Family Life Educator of the Future

In this second report from The Family Coordinator's Family Life Education Panel an attempt is made to see what the future family life teacher will be like. In what ways will he be different from today's teacher? What different kind of preparation will he have for his work? How will his profession differ from today's profession of family life education? How will his personal characteristics be different from those of today's educator?