Defining and Assessing Organizational Culture

PROBLEM.  Using theories from several disciplines, the concept of organizational culture remains controversial. Conflicting definitions, lack of semantic clarity, and debate over the most appropriate methods for assessing organizational culture have led to disagreement over the value and validity of such inquiry. METHODS.  This paper reviews development of the concept of organizational culture and methods for assessing organizational culture, focusing on the healthcare environment. FINDINGS.  Most work on organizational culture concerns the traditional corporation. Therefore, some adaptation to the central goals and focus of a human services organization are necessary before application to healthcare settings

Creating a custom e-book for your course

Dr. Bellot used AcademicPub to create a custom ebook for her course. Students were able to purchase the ebook edition for use on their iPads or chose to have a print copy made and mailed to them. AcademicPub makes it easy to incorporate your syllabus, presentations, a collection of content from different text books and journal articles into a single book for your course. Dr. Bellot will describe the process, compare it to past practices and report on student satisfaction with this new format for course materials. 12 PowerPoint slide

Accelerating Curriculum Design: A Love It, Don\u27t Leave It Approach to Creative Process and Idealized Design

Purpose and Background: The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report (2010) on the “Future of Nursing” emphasized the need for nurses to lead health care change. One of the key messages in this report is a call to action for nursing schools to re-envision nursing education that focuses on a population-based perspective and emerging roles for nurses across the care continuum. With an evolving focus on primary and community-based care rather than acute care, and recognition of the importance of coordinating care and managing transitions across providers and settings of care, registered nurses now and in the future will need to be prepared with a breadth of knowledge, skills, and competencies. In response, the Jefferson College of Nursing (JCN) embarked on the ambitious task of designing a new 21st century baccalaureate nursing curriculum over a 13-month period. Nursing curriculum design varies widely and can span the course of two to five years. To reduce the lengthy process and ensure faculty commitment, JCN leadership selected a core team of nine faculty members to navigate the full faculty through the design of the curriculum. Each team member was assigned three teaching credits for curriculum development and design. Although a 13-month turnaround time for curriculum design is unprecedented, what is most unique about JCN’s initiative is that it began with a charge of developing an idealized curriculum from a blank slate. To ensure that the curriculum reflected multiple perspectives, the team recruited six stakeholders including a nurse practice partner, health care consumer, community leader, alumnus, current student, and adjunct clinical faculty. Poster presented at: NLN Education Summit, 2015:Bridging Practice and Education, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 30, 2015-October 2, 2015.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/nursingposters/1009/thumbnail.jp

Painting a portrait of utilization: Medicare and Nurse Managed Centers

Presentation: 53 minute

Using QR Coding to Create Interactive Patient and Provider Resources

Objectives: 1. List two applications of QR coding for didactic knowledge. 2. List two applications of QR coding in the clinical setting. 3. Discuss appropriate QR applications specific to individual disciplines and their corresponding patient populations. Presentation: 35 minute

e-Portfolios in Practice

This presentation focuses on the practical application and implementation of e-Portfolios in the health sciences discipline. The presentation discusses objectives of developing student e-portfolios, portfolio integration into the curriculum across the health sciences professions, implementation and challenges. It demystifies the varied definitions of e-Portfolios and different types of portfolio software. There will be a showcase of e-Portfolios and portfolio templates used in the Doctor of Nursing Program, and the Master of Public Health (MPH) program, and the Doctoral Capstone Course in Occupational Therapy. Objectives: After the presentation, participants should be able to: 1. Describe objectives for the development and use of student e-Portfolios and their potential applications for student professional development and career opportunities. 2. Discuss the various components of e-Portfolios based on the different health professions in the health sciences. 3. Describe the various implementation strategies programs have used and how they have addressed implementation challenges. Presentation: 57 minutes (Note: Audio was cut-off, but entire PowerPoint slide deck is located at bottom of this page