Professional Training Programs Research Articles

A pilot evaluation of a training programme on understanding and responding to sexual behaviours in children and young people

ABSTRACT Practitioners who work with children and young people such as educators, psychologists, and social workers, are required to understand and respond to various sexual behaviours in children and young people. However, there is a dearth of training programmes dealing with sexual development. To reduce over- and under-reporting of risk, which can have serious adverse outcomes, it is essential to educate practitioners in understanding and responding appropriately to sexual behaviours. This study evaluated Traffic Lights® professional development training programme – a one-day programme offered across Queensland, Australia, with the goal of educating practitioners and promoting safe and respectful sexual health among children and young people. Thirty postgraduate psychology students working with/interested in working with children and young people received Traffic Lights® training, and accuracy of understanding and responding to sexual behaviours presented in scenarios was assessed pre- and post-training. Participant responses were scored using criteria developed by a local sexual health organisation’s research specialists. Findings revealed no significant improvement in understanding and responding to sexual behaviours in children and young people. Implications of this study include recommendations for small-scale evaluations with sexual health experts and follow-up research, which is critical given the need for evidence-based practice in this area.

Teachers taking it online: Measuring teachers’ self-efficacy to teach online after completing a training program on distance education

Research on the effects of ongoing professional development on distance education and teachers’ online teaching self-efficacy is sparse. This quantitative study examines secondary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach online after completing an online, six-week professional development training program on distance education. During the 2020–2022 calendar years, 51 secondary teachers from a large, urban school district in the southwest participated in this study. Data were collected using a modified version of Gosselin’s Online Teaching Self-Efficacy Inventory. Using Shapiro-Wilk tests, results indicate participation in the program had a significant impact in all five of the self-efficacy domains for online teaching, with posttest means higher than pretest means for all scales. Recommendations for further research and implications for teacher educators are provided.

Navigating the challenges of neuro-oncology in Africa: addressing diagnostic and treatment barriers in the region: a correspondence

Navigating the challenges of neuro-oncology in Africa: addressing diagnostic and treatment barriers in the region: a correspondence

Exploration and Practice of the Organic Integration of Professional Skills Competitions and Application-oriented Undergraduate Course Teaching: A Case Study of Introduction to Museology

Professional skills refer to the ways and systems of action that individuals master through practice. To achieve the goal of cultivating application-oriented talents, the cultivation of skills is an important direction for the current reform of application-oriented higher education. By establishing an organic integration mechanism between professional skills competitions and classroom teaching, competition plans can be developed based on professional training programs, teaching outlines, student situations, and course progress. Incorporating competition results into course evaluations can increase students' learning motivation, improve their skill level, consolidate knowledge, and enhance their abilities, making this mechanism an essential means of improving classroom teaching quality.

Time for Dementia: Quantitative evaluation of a dementia education programme for healthcare students.

The future healthcare workforce needs the skills, attitudes, and empathy to better meet the needs of those with dementia. Time for Dementia (TFD) is an educational programme in which healthcare students from a range of professional groups visit a person with dementia and their family carer over a two-year period. The aim of this study was to evaluate its impact on student attitudes, knowledge and empathy towards dementia. Measures of dementia knowledge, attitudes and empathy were administered to healthcare students at five universities in the south of England before and after (24months) they completed the TFD programme. Data were also collected at equivalent time points for a control group of students who had not taken part in the programme. Outcomes were modelled using multilevel linear regression models. 2,700 intervention group students, and 562 control group students consented to participate. Students undertaking the TFD programme had higher levels of knowledge and positive attitudes at follow-up compared to equivalent students who did not undertake the programme. Our findings indicate a positive relationship between the number of visits undertaken and increasing dementia knowledge and attitudes. No substantial differences in the development of empathy was observed between groups. Our findings suggest that TFD may be effective across professional training programmes and universities. Further research into the mechanisms of action is needed.

Competence Quality Improvement through Professional Training and Education

Quality shows ability and reliability in carrying out tasks, especially in the security sector work unit. Quality indicators are a must, because in carrying out the task of maintaining security there is a risk of loss of life or the integrity of the country. This study aims to see the effect of professional training and education on improving the quality of competence of Indonesian soldiers. To show that there is influence, a quantitative research method is used on the basis of data disclosure. A total of 80 marines from the headquarters of the Indonesian National Armed Forces who became research correspondents. Data analysis using statistical regression test. Research data was collected through a purposive method by distributing questionnaires. The results of the study show that there is a strong allegation that the quality of competence increases significantly if soldiers receive professional and educational training programs. This means that the quality of soldier competence needs to be strengthened both in terms of technical ability and knowledge, so that soldiers have a comprehensive level of combat intelligence, encompassing technical intelligence, intellectual intelligence and mental maturity.

Taking into account the peculiarities of escapes by suspects and accused of committing crimes during the professional training of police officers in the basics of security and convoy service.

The subject of the study is the development of methodological recommendations for taking into account the peculiarities of escapes by suspects and accused of committing crimes during professional training in the basics of the security and escort service of police officers. The object of the study is professional training in the basics of the security and escort service of police officers. The article discusses the peculiarities of the escape of suspects and accused of committing a crime during the implementation of security and escort measures. The author gives examples of ways to carry out escapes and analyzes the reasons for their commission. Attention is focused on the need to take into account the peculiarities and use of this experience in the training of employees of security and convoy police units during the implementation of professional training programs for employees of internal affairs bodies. The relevance of the study is determined by the importance of preventing illegal actions in the modern world and, accordingly, the importance of improving the effectiveness of training of security and convoy police officers. To this end, the author has developed methodological recommendations for taking into account the peculiarities of the escapes of suspects and accused of committing crimes during professional training in the basics of the security and escort service of police officers. It is based on departmental regulatory legal acts defining the procedure for the protection and escort of suspects and accused, as well as instructions, reviews and methodological recommendations prepared by units engaged in methodological support of official activities, as well as the opinion of the scientific community competent in this matter.

Assessment of Instructional Intervention in the Professional Training Programs of Teachers as a Motivating Factor of Their Professional Development

In this paper, the authors start by considering the possibilities offered by professional development programs to teachers. These programs imply designed and planned monitoring of one’s teacher competencies, in order to respond to contemporary demands and societal needs adequately. The aim of the research was to examine whether the evaluation of instructional interventions in professional development programs for teachers, in terms of their applicability to educational work with students, affects the teachers’ motivation for further professional development. In this context, teachers’ expectations from these programs were analyzed, as well as their sense of responsibility for learning outcomes (student achievements, teaching quality, student relations, etc.). The research sample included elementary school teachers from the city of Novi Sad. This research can contribute to a better understanding of the needs and expectations of teachers from professional development programs. At the same time, it can also serve as a guideline for the further improvement of the efficiency and content of these programs.

Cinematic Virtual Reality for Educating Health Care Providers About Type 2 Diabetes, Disability, and Elder Abuse and Neglect: A Pilot Study.

Diabetes care for older adults is complex and must consider geriatric syndromes, disability, and elder abuse and neglect. Health care providers would benefit from professional training programs that emphasize these risks. One new educational approach is cinematic virtual reality (cine-VR). We conducted a pilot study to evaluate a cine-VR training program based on an older patient with type 2 diabetes and multiple geriatric syndromes who is at risk for elder abuse and neglect. We employed a single-arm, pre-post-test study to assess changes in attitudes to disability and self-efficacy in identifying and managing elder abuse and neglect. Thirty health care providers completed the pilot study (83.3% women, 86.7% white, 56.7% physicians, 43.4% practiced in outpatient clinics). We observed change in attitudes toward discrimination (Z = -2.628, P = .009, Cohen's d = .62). In addition, we observed changes in six of the eight self-efficacy items, including how participants would ask questions about abuse (Z = -3.221, P = .001, Cohen's d = .59) and helping an older patient make a report to the police or social services (Z = -2.087, P = .037, Cohen's d = .52). In addition, we observed positive changes in understanding the documentation needed to complete whether a patient reports abuse (Z = -3.598, P < .001) as well as the legal knowledge for how to report elder abuse and neglect (Z = -2.556, P = .011). Findings from this pilot study suggest that cine-VR training may increase health care providers' awareness of discrimination and improve self-efficacy toward identifying and managing elder abuse and neglect. Research with a proper control condition is needed to confirm its effectiveness.

Особенности реализации дополнительной профессиональной программы «Переводчик в сфере профессиональной коммуникации» в военных образовательных организациях высшего образования

The aim of the study is to identify the specifics of implementation of the supplementary professional training programme “Translator in the sphere of professional communication” in military educational institutions of higher education. The authors propose a scientific justification of organisational approaches to goal-setting, selection and structuring of education content, among which education professionalisation is considered one of the most important. The scientific novelty of the study lies in clarifying the notion of “professionalisation”, in identifying the main aspects, stages and techniques of professionalisation in the training of translators in military aviation universities to obtain additional professional knowledge and form the professionally significant qualities of a military translator. As a result, a model of professionally oriented training of translators, which guarantees the success and effectiveness of language training of technical specialists in a military university, has been presented.

Симулятор виртуальной реальности по оказанию первой медицинской помощи для использования при обучении персонала АСУП

The article considers the proposed models and methods of designing, developing and implementing a virtual reality VR simulator on first aid for training specialists of the staff management subsystem of the automated pro-duction management system. Analysis of information about the injured at work in the territory of the Russian Federation is given, according to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service. The system structure has been developed. There is proposed a new approach to creating more realistic 3D models for visualizing in virtual reality, developing clothes for 3D models of people in virtual reality in the Marvelous designer software, and a strategy for optimizing 3D models for loading them into a virtual reality application. The process of model development, types of incorrect and correct model topology, types of high-polygonal model before retopology and low-polygonal model after retopology, the process of baking a normal map in Substance Painter software and a baked normal map, a model without and with a normal map, light adjustment, texturing and baking maps, materials consisting of PBR textures and main maps Albedo, Metallic, Roughness, Normal, Ambient Occlusion, Emission maps and models with and without textures, shaders. There is considered an approach to creating clothing for a human model in ZBrush software, as well as a seam on clothing for 3D models in virtual reality. Algorithms for real-time accounting, interaction with three-dimensional models in real time, as well as an algorithm for the operation of animated objects in a virtual reality simulator have been developed. The simulator has been tested in training the staff of the Moscow state budgetary institution the Center for Innovative Technologies in Leisure and Sports “Progress” and in the professional training program for the profession Car Driver implemented by SBVEI 26KADR in 2019. The positive results of the implementation are described.

Assurance and Development of Interaction Quality: The Impact of Blended-Learning Professional Development Training Programme

In recent years, there has been considerable investment at the European Union level in expanding early childhood education and care (ECEC) facilities. In line with this quantitative substantial initiative, research and social policies are increasingly focusing on the quality of such facilities. High quality depends, among other things, on well-trained early childhood educators. This poses a dilemma for early childhood educators for various reasons; there is a shortage of skilled early childhood professionals, so that low-skilled staff are also being employed in early childhood education facilities. Online formats for professional development can contribute to the professionalisation of the ECEC system through vocational training. Since these formats are designed and produced to high professional and technical standards, they can be cost-effective thanks to their multiple uses and because they can often be completed by participants independent of time and location. This article presents an empirically studied blended e-learning training format based on the principles of co-constructivist didactics. The content focuses on the quality of interaction between early childhood professionals and children. Before and after the training course was completed, standardised non-participant observations were conducted in Austrian, German, Hungarian, Slovenian, Italian, and Portuguese early childhood education and care institutions. The before/after measurements (N = 43) showed a significant effect on the quality of interaction between the early childhood professionals and the children.

Implementation of Patient-Centered Care by Athletic Training Students during Clinical Experiences: A Report from the Association of Athletic Training Education Research Network.

Patient-centered care (PCC) is a core competency that should be required by all healthcare education programs, but little is known about its implementation in athletic training clinical experiences. Therefore, we examined characteristics of patient encounters documented by athletic training students implementing PCC behaviors. A multisite panel design was used to recruit 363 students from twelve professional athletic training programs (five undergraduate, seven graduate). Over 1.5 years, clinical experience patient encounter data were logged in E*Value Case Logs, including student role during the encounter, length of encounter, and clinical site. Generalized estimating equations models characterized the likelihood students included PCC behaviors in 30,522 encounters. Discussing patient goals was associated with student role (χ2(2) = 40.6, p < 0.001) and length of encounter (χ2(4) = 67.6, p < 0.001). Using patient-reported outcome measures was associated with student role (χ2(2) = 21.6, p < 0.001), length of encounter (χ2(4) = 34.5, p < 0.001), and clinical site (χ2(3) = 17.3, p = 0.001). Implementing clinician-rated outcome measures was affected by length of encounter (χ2(4) = 27.9, p < 0.001) and clinical site (χ2(3) = 8.6, p = 0.04). PCC behaviors were largely associated with student role and length of encounters; clinical site had less impact. Athletic training educators should emphasize progressive autonomous supervision with preceptors and encourage students to facilitate slightly longer patient visits, when possible, to incorporate more PCC behaviors.

Value Management in the Nigerian Construction Industry: Challenges and Prospects

This study aimed to examine the state of value management in the Nigerian construction industry and to identify the challenges and prospects associated with its implementation. The study found that there is a lack of research on value management in the Nigerian construction industry, with a focus on the challenges and barriers rather than the benefits and best practices. The study also found that value management is not widely implemented in the industry, with limited understanding of the factors impacting its implementation. Specific challenges and barriers to the implementation of value management in the Nigerian construction industry were identified, such as lack of standardization and lack of expertise. Additionally, the study found that there is a limited adoption of international standards and best practices in value management, which could improve the performance of the industry. The study also found that there is a lack of training and education programs for construction professionals in value management, which is essential for effective implementation. Finally, the study found that there is a limited use of technology and data analytics to support value management in the Nigerian construction industry. Overall, the study highlights the need for further research, training and the adoption of international standards and best practices in order to improve the implementation of value management in the Nigerian construction industry.

Student Educational Experiences Relative to Issues Impacting LGBTQPIA+ Patient Care

Context Athletic trainers have expressed a lack of knowledge and a desire to learn more about the issues impacting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, pansexual, intersex, asexual/aromantic/agender, two-spirit, and additional community/identity (LGBTQPIA+) patients, yet little is known about how students are prepared. Objective The purpose of this study was to explore educational experiences relative to LGBTQPIA+ patient care in Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education–accredited, master's-level professional athletic training programs. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Web-based survey. Participants Students (N = 333) who were currently enrolled in the last 1 to 2 semesters of their respective programs or had recently graduated from a master's-level professional athletic training program within the last year. Main Outcome Measure(s) The survey asked participants to characterize and evaluate the effectiveness of their learning experiences, then rank their confidence in addressing the needs of LGBTQPIA+ patients. We used additional open-ended responses to characterize effective instructional strategies. Data were analyzed using statistics of central tendency and open-ended responses were inductively coded. Results Participants reported that their learning experiences about LGBTQPIA+ patient needs were moderately effective for formal (38.2%), informal (42.2%), and clinical education (34.0%). Among the areas where participants reported wishing they had learned more were gender incongruence or dysphoria (39.6%), gender-affirming care (43.5%), and providing inclusive health care forms and documentation (38.4%). Participants reported about 15 ± 37 hours (range, 0–500 hours) of time dedicated to LGBTQPIA+ patient issues, although only 23.2% indicated that this was enough time. Participants indicated that they were quite confident in addressing the needs of LGBTQPIA+ patients (mode = 3 [quite confident], 33.0%); however, 53.7% of participants were only somewhat, slightly, or not at all confident. In the open-ended responses, participants indicated that informal and clinical education experiences providing authentic interactions with LGBTQPIA+ patients were most meaningful. Conclusions Professional athletic training programs should incorporate more educational experiences to better prepare students to meet the health care needs of LGBTQPIA+ patients. Participants in our study additionally indicated a strong desire to learn more about equitable patient care.

Preparedness of Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) Credentialed Athletic Trainers to Take Roles in Academia

Purpose: The athletic training education landscape is shifting, which has opened new avenues for postprofessional education. Previous literature has investigated stakeholder perceptions and attitudes towards hiring a DAT degree holder in academia. Yet, there is no research investigating the experiences of DAT degree holders in academic roles. The purpose of this study was to explore the preparation and experiences of DAT degree holders related to their roles in academia. Methods: We used a consensual qualitative research design to explore the lived experiences of DAT degree holders in academia through semi-structured web-based interviews. Twelve DAT degree holders with at least one-year post-graduation that have been in their current academic role for at least 6 months (5 male, 7 female) were interviewed. Participants engaged in semi-structured interviews that were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. We used a constant comparative analysis and multi-analyst triangulation to create a consensus codebook including domains and categories identified from the transcripts. Credibility and trustworthiness were established through member checking, multiple researcher triangulation, and auditing. Results: Three domains emerged from the experiences of DAT degree holders in their preparation within their program and their transition into education: 1) Common program preparation 2) Program variability and 3) Integration. Participants indicated they were commonly prepared in the areas of advanced clinical practice skills, clinically meaningful research, the value of service, and academic culture. However, there was variability in preparation regarding instructional design and program administration. Finally, participants spoke to receiving system acceptance through the perceived benefits of hybrid faculty as well as their increased translational teaching skills. Conclusions: DAT degree holders are prepared to assume academic roles based on the preparation received in their DAT program, despite not being formally prepared for teaching. Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) degree holders are accepted by academia due to the perceived benefit of hybrid faculty and their ability to bridge the gap between didactic and clinical learning in professional athletic training programs

Peranan religiositas terhadap pertimbangan profesional auditor

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This study aims to examine the influence of task complexity, obedience pressure, and ethical perception on pertimbangan profesional, as well as to explore the role of religiosity as a moderator in the relationship between these variables. The sample used in this study consists of 37 senior and supervisory auditors in public accounting firms in Jakarta. The study uses a survey method with purposive sampling technique. The results show that task complexity has a significant positive effect on pertimbangan profesional, while obedience pressure has no significant effect, and ethical perception has a significant negative effect on pertimbangan profesional. Furthermore, task complexity, obedience pressure, and ethical perception simultaneously influence pertimbangan profesional. The study also shows that religiosity weakens the influence of task complexity on pertimbangan profesional, while strengthening the influence of obedience pressure on pertimbangan profesional. However, religiosity does not moderate the influence of ethical perception on pertimbangan profesional. This study provides an important contribution to public accounting firms and external auditors in developing professional training and development programs aimed at improving audit quality and addressing obedience pressure related to increasingly complex tax avoidance practices.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Peculiarities of using virtual whiteboards to form the professional competence of future lawyers in foreign language classes at university

Problem statement . The focuses of the current digital intercultural learning environment as training programs for professionals in the legal industry specify their developing of systemic foreign language communication skills, skills to analyze which can be based on information technologies and actualized in rapidly changing professional tasks. The study is aimed at substantiating the effectiveness of using virtual whiteboards to form the professional competence of future lawyers in foreign language classes at university. Methodology . The analysis of theory and methodology, generalization of crucial scientific papers on the studied problem, processing of results and creating interactive whiteboards are applied. The pedagogical experiment involved 97 students (girls - 48%, boys - 52%) of the Law Institute of Vyatka State University. Fisher's criterion (angular transformation) is used as a statistical processing method. Results . The didactic peculiarities of making use of virtual whiteboards when forming professional and legal competence of a professional in the legal industry during foreign language classes are stated: the capabilities of network intercultural cooperation when solving tasks in the legal industry; seeking legal assistance; foreign language communication; virtual discussion of criminal acts; independence of the interactive network environment for modeling legal processes; keeping the results in a cloud. At the control stage of the experiment, statistically significant differences between the levels of formed competences of the participants of the experimental and control groups were revealed. Conclusion . Making use of whiteboards will contribute to the formation of foreign language and professional legal competences of a specialist while providing a set of circumstances: active work with foreign regulatory acts in English, showing students new intercultural information collaboration and legal consultancy, combining different types of work, organizing foreign language feedback, solving real practical legal tasks.

Cross-cultural component in the training of future teachers in the China High School (example of physical education and dance teachers)

This article is devoted to the practice of cross-cultural interaction as part of the professional training of future teachers in institutions of higher education in the People's Republic of China. Teachers of physical culture and dance were chosen as the focus group (since dance is an alternative discipline for the physical development of students in modern Chinese schools), because sport is traditionally a less politicized component of the educational program in the PRC, and on the other hand, it most vividly demonstrates not only traditional for Ukraine approaches to the concept of "cross-culturalism" as a combination of achievements of different ethnic cultures in a certain field, but also purely Chinese, where "cross-culturalism" also means a combination of different types of human activity within the framework of one ethnicity. The understanding of this cross-culturalism and its conscious use in professional activities today is also reflected in the professional training programs of future physical education and dance teachers in the People's Republic of China and may be of interest to Ukrainian specialists.&#x0D; One of the starting points of the research is that the concept of "cross-culturalism" in modern Chinese pedagogical science is considered in two parallel ways. We can talk about cross-cultural communication as an external quality, and then it will correspond to the one that is more common in Ukrainian professional literature, but we can also consider it as an internal phenomenon. The position of the Chinese educational system regarding the integrability of sports and artistic specialties (physical culture and dance teacher), as well as the idea of internal cross-culturalism as a combination of two or more types of activities within the framework of one ethnic or cultural community, deserve further research and understanding.

FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF FUTURE EDUCATORS TO WORK WITH PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE USA

This article explores the specific characteristics of the development of higher pedagogical education in the United States with a focus on preparing future educators who work with preschool children. The article outlines the historical development of the American education system and describes the changes that have taken place in the process of preparing future teachers to work with preschool children.The concept of “professional training”, “early childhood educator”, “collaborative learning” in the context of the professional training of future preschool teachers is revealed. The features of the development of higher predagogical education in the context of professional training of future educators to work with preschool children in the USA are detailed described in the article. The author also focuses on key features of the professional training of future preschool teachers. The qualifications including Associateʼs, Bachelor’s, and Master’s degrees, and certificates that can be obtained are specified in the article.The annotation suggests that the paper examines the various approaches, methods, and strategies used to train educators in the United States, particularly in the context of working with young children. Furthermore, the author emphasizes on the various approaches, methods, and strategies used to train educators in the United States, particularly when it comes to working with preschoolers. It also examines the key competencies and skills that future educators need to develop to work effectively with preschoolers and the challenges that they may encounter in the process.The authors note that the professional training of future teachers should be focused on the requirements of the modern world, combining the cooperation of high-quality theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for the effective work of teachers with preschool children. Therefore, the article reveals the current state of the higher education system in the United States, focusing on the professional training program for future educators. Overall, the topic seeks to shed light on the current state of higher pedagogical education in the United States and its relevance to the needs of the early childhood education sector.&#x0D; Keywords: professional training; educator; future educators; early childhood education; higher pedagogical education; preschool children; preschool; STEM education; educational program; collaborative learning.