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- Levett-Jones, Tracy, et al.
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Case Studies of Interprofessional Education Initiatives From Five Countries
- 2018
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In: Journal of Nursing Scholarship. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 1527-6546 .- 1547-5069. ; 50:3, s. 324-332
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Although teamwork and interprofessional collaboration arecritical to patient safety, nursing, medical, and allied health graduates oftenfeel ill-prepared to confidently communicate and collaborate with other teammembers. While interprofessional education (IPE) has been advocated as a wayof addressing this issue, there are multiple barriers to its systematic and sustained integration in undergraduate healthcare programs. Despite these challenges, examples of effective IPE initiatives have emerged.Innovation: This article profiles seven case studies of innovative interprofessional education activities that have been successfully implemented across five countries, for a variety of learners, using different delivery modalities, and with evaluation results attesting to their success.Conclusions: The case studies demonstrate innovative ideas that have thepotential to overcome some of the barriers to IPE through the use of creativeand targeted approaches. This article provides a wealth of ideas for the successful design and implementation of IPE initiatives and will be of benefit toeducators wishing to expand their repertoire of teaching approaches.Clinical Relevance: A body of research attests to the relationship betweeninterprofessional communication, teamwork, and patient outcomes. IPE is imperative for facilitating the development of nursing graduates’ communicationand teamwork skills; however, innovative approaches are needed to overcomethe perceived and actual impediments to its implementation.
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- Rhodes, Olin E., et al.
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Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology : A consensus perspective
- 2020
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In: Science of the Total Environment. - : Elsevier BV. - 0048-9697 .- 1879-1026. ; 740
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In the Fall of 2016 a workshop was held which brought together over 50 scientists from the ecological and radiological fields to discuss feasibility and challenges of reintegrating ecosystem science into radioecology. There is a growing desire to incorporate attributes of ecosystem science into radiological risk assessment and radioecological research more generally, fueled by recent advances in quantification of emergent ecosystem attributes and the desire to accurately reflect impacts of radiological stressors upon ecosystem function. This paper is a synthesis of the discussions and consensus of the workshop participant's responses to three primary questions, which were: 1) How can ecosystem science support radiological risk assessment? 2) What ecosystem level endpoints potentially could be used for radiological risk assessment? and 3) What inference strategies and associated methods would be most appropriate to assess the effects of radionuclides on ecosystem structure and function? The consensus of the participants was that ecosystem science can and should support radiological risk assessment through the incorporation of quantitative metrics that reflect ecosystem functions which are sensitive to radiological contaminants. The participants also agreed that many such endpoints exit or are thought to exit and while many are used in ecological risk assessment currently, additional data need to be collected that link the causal mechanisms of radiological exposure to these endpoints. Finally, the participants agreed that radiological risk assessments must be designed and informed by rigorous statistical frameworks capable of revealing the causal inference tying radiological exposure to the endpoints selected for measurement.
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