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    TeamSTEPPS and Organizational Culture

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    Patient safety issues remain despite several strategies developed for their deterrence. While many safety initiatives bring about improvement, they are repeatedly unsustainable and short-lived. The index hospital’s goal was to build an organizational culture within a groundwork that improves teamwork and continuing healthcare team engagement. Teamwork influences the efficiency of patient care, patient safety, and clinical outcomes, as it has been identified as an approach for enhancing collaboration, decreasing medical errors, and building a culture of safety in healthcare. The facility implemented Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS), an evidence-based framework which was used for team training to produce valuable and needed changes, facilitating modification of organizational culture, increasing patient safety compliance, or solving particular issues. This study aimed to identify the correlation between TeamSTEPPS enactment and improved organizational culture in the ambulatory care nursing department of a New York City public hospital

    Facilitating prosociality through technology: Design to promote digital volunteerism

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    Volunteerism covers many activities involving no financial rewards for volunteers but which contribute to the common good. There is existing work in designing technology for volunteerism in HumanComputer Interaction (HCI) and related disciplines that focuses on motivation to improve performance, but it does not account for volunteer wellbeing. Here, I investigate digital volunteerism in three case studies with a focus on volunteer motivation, engagement, and wellbeing. My research involved volunteers and others in the volunteering context to generate recommendations for a volunteer-centric design for digital volunteerism. The thesis has three aims: 1. To investigate motivational aspects critical for enhancing digital volunteers’ experiences 2. To identify digital platform attributes linked to volunteer wellbeing 3. To create guidelines for effectively supporting volunteer engagement in digital volunteering platforms In the first case study I investigate the design of a chat widget for volunteers working in an organisation with a view to develop a design that improves their workflow and wellbeing. The second case study investigates the needs, motivations, and wellbeing of volunteers who help medical students improve their medical communication skills. An initial mixed-methods study was followed by an experiment comparing two design strategies to improve volunteer relatedness; an important indicator of wellbeing. The third case study looks into volunteer needs, experiences, motivations, and wellbeing with a focus on volunteer identity and meaning-making on a science-based research platform. I then analyse my findings from these case studies using the lens of care ethics to derive critical insights for design. The key contributions of this thesis are design strategies and critical insights, and a volunteer-centric design framework to enhance the motivation, wellbeing and engagement of digital volunteers

    Reshaping Higher Education for a Post-COVID-19 World: Lessons Learned and Moving Forward

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    Making Connections: A Handbook for Effective Formal Mentoring Programs in Academia

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    This book, Making Connections: A Handbook for Effective Formal Mentoring Programs in Academia, makes a unique and needed contribution to the mentoring field as it focuses solely on mentoring in academia. This handbook is a collaborative institutional effort between Utah State University’s (USU) Empowering Teaching Open Access Book Series and the Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico (UNM). This book is available through (a) an e-book through Pressbooks, (b) a downloadable PDF version on USU’s Open Access Book Series website), and (c) a print version available for purchase on the USU Empower Teaching Open Access page, and on Amazon

    Tradition and Innovation in Construction Project Management

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    This book is a reprint of the Special Issue 'Tradition and Innovation in Construction Project Management' that was published in the journal Buildings

    Current issues of the management of socio-economic systems in terms of globalization challenges

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    The authors of the scientific monograph have come to the conclusion that the management of socio-economic systems in the terms of global challenges requires the use of mechanisms to ensure security, optimise the use of resource potential, increase competitiveness, and provide state support to economic entities. Basic research focuses on assessment of economic entities in the terms of global challenges, analysis of the financial system, migration flows, logistics and product exports, territorial development. The research results have been implemented in the different decision-making models in the context of global challenges, strategic planning, financial and food security, education management, information technology and innovation. The results of the study can be used in the developing of directions, programmes and strategies for sustainable development of economic entities and regions, increasing the competitiveness of products and services, decision-making at the level of ministries and agencies that regulate the processes of managing socio-economic systems. The results can also be used by students and young scientists in the educational process and conducting scientific research on the management of socio-economic systems in the terms of global challenges

    La escritura colaborativa en la Universidad: Un estudio de casos en español como lengua extranjera

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    Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Formación de Profesorado y Educación, Departamento de Filología y su Didáctica. Fecha de lectura : 11-10- 2019Esta tesis tiene embargado el acceso al texto completo hasta el 14-09-202

    Economic and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Energy Sector

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    The purpose of the Special Issue was to collect the results of research and experience on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the energy sector and the energy market, broadly understood, that were visible after a year. In particular, the impact of COVID-19 on the energy sector in the EU, including Poland, and the US was examined. The topics concerned various issues, e.g., the situation of energy companies, including those listed on the stock exchange, mining companies, and those dealing with renewable energy. The topics related to the development of electromobility, managerial competences, energy expenditure of local government units, sustainable development of energy, and energy poverty during a pandemic were also discussed

    Dialogue without barriers. A comprehensive approach to dealing with stuttering

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    Lingodeer to develop speaking skills in english with students from level 8th at Unidad Educativa Miguel Egas Cabezas in Otavalo

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    The use of the LingoDeer application to develop speaking skills with the eighth-level students at Miguel Egas Cabezas high school in Otavalo.La presente investigación trata sobre el uso de la aplicación LingoDeer para desarrollar el speaking de los estudiantes de octavo nivel del colegio Miguel Egas Cabezas de la cuidad de Otavalo. El objetivo de esta investigación fue fortalecer a mejorar la destreza del speaking de los estudiantes a través del uso principal de aplicaciones móviles. Esta investigación está sustentada en la fundamentación teórica respaldado con la información de varios documentos académicos para la validez de LingoDeer en desarrollar a mejorar el speaking. En esta investigación se utilizó un enfoque mixto los métodos cuantitativo y cualitativo. La recopilación de datos que se integraron los instrumentos de investigación cuantitativos y cualitativos. la encuesta y la prueba de diagnóstico de speaking fue dirigido a los estudiantes del octavo nivel y una entrevista semiestructurada a los profesores de inglés del mismo nivel. Como resultado, se creó una guía con actividades que se basaron en LingoDeer con el propósito de mejorar el proceso de aprendizaje enseñanza del idioma inglés específicamente la habilidad de speaking. Finalizando, Luego de realizar esta investigación en aplicaciones como estrategia de enseñanza-aprendizaje se procedió a sintetizar las conclusiones más importantes basados en los capítulos y objetivos del proyecto. Así mismo, se presentan unas recomendaciones cuyos propósitos son esenciales en el fortalecimiento de la producción oral en los estudiantes de octavo nivel, e innovar los métodos y estrategias en la enseñanza-aprendizaje y fomentar la utilización de aplicaciones móviles en el desarrollo de adquisición del segundo idioma.Licenciatur
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