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Newsletter of the Boston University School of Medicine, Student American Medical Association (SAMA

Standard sulla competenza informativa per gli studi universitari

Questo documento è la traduzione italiana degli "Standard sulla competenza informativa per gli studi universitari" ("Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education") emanati dalla Association of College and Research Libraries dell'ALA. Per competenza informativa si intende quell'insieme di abilità che vengono richieste agli individui "per riconoscere quando è necessario reperire informazioni, e per essere capaci di localizzare, valutare e utilizzare efficacemente l'informazione necessaria". La competenza informativa sta diventando sempre più importante nell'attuale contesto di rapidi cambiamenti tecnologici e di continua proliferazione di risorse informative. La competenza informativa costituisce la base dell'educazione permanente: è comune a tutte le discipline, a tutti gli ambienti d'apprendimento, ad ogni livello d'istruzione; è ciò che pone in grado coloro che apprendono di padroneggiare i contenuti e di ampliare le proprie ricerche, di diventare più autonomi e di assumere il controllo sul proprio apprendimento

Full and equal equality

Purpose: This commentary takes the article, “Participation of adults with learning disabilities in the 2015 United Kingdom General Election”, as a jumping-off point for considering a tension between the aim of full and equal equality for all people with disabilities as set out in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and more traditional beliefs, that on occasion, it is necessary to deny legal autonomy of men and women with intellectual disabilities in order to protect them. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: This issue is explored by reviewing the multiple and often conflicting ways in which disability and intellectual disability are conceptualised. Findings: Given the multiple and contradictory ways in which both disability and intellectual disability are understood, any discussion of the rights of persons with disabilities is going to be highly problematic. Originality/value: Equal recognition before the law and the presumption that all persons with intellectual disabilities can – with support – make autonomous decisions could be treated as an empirical question

Liver Procurement for Orthotopic Transplantation: An Analysis of the Pittsburgh Experience

The incidence of prospective organ donors in the United States and the techniques which are to used to guarantee their optimal use after identification are analyzed. Attitudes of the public and health professionals toward organ donation are discussed. The organization of the Pittsburgh Organ Procurement Agency and its relationship to other such agencies is described. Finally, the presently used techniques of liver salvaging and preservation are outlined. Copyright © 1984 American Association for the Study of Liver Disease

Superhuman? Perceptions of accelerated students and graduates working in health care

Background: Accelerated university courses were developed in response to consumer demand and educational advances, yet a lack of research exists related to the impact of accelerated health care courses in the United Kingdom. Objectives: This study explored clinicians' perceptions of accelerated pre-registration courses in physiotherapy. Method: Senior clinicians were recruited by purposive sampling from several National Health Service hospitals across northeast England. Data from face-to-face semi-structured interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Findings: Findings from fourteen participants indicated their admiration of accelerated students’ attributes to complete what they considered to be an intense and in-depth course. Such graduates were described as ‘superhuman.’ Participants noted that accelerated graduates were likely to ‘hit the ground running’ in clinical settings. However, concerns were raised that some accelerated graduates' over-confidence affected team dynamics and/or affected some aspects of clinical reasoning. Conclusions: Participants valued the varied routes to graduation while recognising their strengths and limitations. Findings from the study suggested the need for different types of clinical supervision to support each route

Doctoral‐Level Counseling Students’ Experiences of Social Class Microaggressions

The authors recruited 11 doctoral‐level counseling students to participate in a study exploring the lived experiences of people who have encountered social class microaggressions (SCMs). Findings (consisting of 6 themes) suggest that SCMs are a distinct phenomenon arising from interpersonal and environmental exchanges that damage recipients. The authors present implications for counselor education and future research trajectories