Am I My Peers’ Keeper? Problems of Professional Competency in Doctoral Students

Addressing problems of professional competency (PPC) among doctoral students is essential given that doctoral students will become our future counselor educators. In this study, doctoral students (N = 345) in CACREP-accredited programs were surveyed about their knowledge of peers’ PPC. The findings of this study indicate doctoral students are aware of peers with PPC (68.1%), which include inadequate skills to deliver counseling services as well as problematic behaviors related to personal or psychological issues. Findings suggest respondents are affected negatively by being in a program with a peer they perceive has a PPC (47.9%) and are frustrated with educators for allowing problematic peers to continue their doctoral training (70%). The findings of this study show that faculty members need to place more emphasis on educating doctoral students about competency issues and assessing for PPC

The Integration of Service Learning into Leadership and Campus Activities

Through an understanding of the concept of servant­leadership, administrators can integrate community-service opportunities for all student organizations with the aim of emphasizing the advantages of nonhierarchical over hierarchical and power-oriented leadership models

The Reinvestment In Columbia Historic District Ii, Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia Historic District II is a locally designated and National Register listed historic district located in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. Similar to the residents of numerous cities in the United States, many Columbians moved from downtown to suburbs of the city after World War II. By the 1950s, several of the city's neighborhoods were viewed as "blighted" and in need of reinvestment and revitalization. Numerous residences in Columbia Historic District II were subdivided into apartments and boarding houses. By the 1960s, because it was difficult to sell the large homes in the neighborhood, some were slated for demolition. At this time, Historic Columbia Foundation (HCF) with the help of Richland County Historic Preservation Commission worked to help save the buildings and promoted the use of the federal historic preservation tax incentives. In addition, the City of Columbia rezoned the neighborhood commercial, and banks offered longer loan periods and lower interest rates. This thesis argues that while the preservation efforts in Columbia Historic District II saved the historic buildings, the commercial reuse displaced the residents that had lived in the neighborhood and, as a perhaps unintended consequence, actually devitalized the community

Push, pull, and paradox : the significance and irony of working-holidays for young Canadians in Edinburgh

Drawing on six months of fieldwork carried out in Edinburgh, Scotland, this thesis focuses on young Canadians who held working-holidaymaker visas for the United Kingdom and who were living in Scotland over the summer and fall of 2006. Based on both an analysis of my ethnographic data as well as a review of relevant literature on tourism, youth travel, and social capital, I propose that with regards to Canadian working-holidaymakers in the UK, travel is a self-imposed rite of passage which serves as a means of transitioning from one life-stage to another, and moreover that the decision to experience life overseas often coincides with a change in status in the Canadian context. I also show that working-holidays are ironic when juxtaposed with conventional understandings of tourism and work as mutually exclusive, and therefore question an assumption that pervades much literature on travel, namely that tourism and work are antithetical

Building University-Community Partnerships in Rural Settings through a Community-Based Learning Assignment

Universities located in or near rural settings are uniquely positioned to partner with their community to offer invaluable resources often lacking within rural social service agencies. This teaching note describes a community-based research assignment implemented within an MSW advanced research methods course. The goal of this class was to teach students, through service learning, each phase of the evaluation process, and strategies to build and sustain rural community partnerships. Lessons learned and implications for social work practice and education are discussed

Psychological barriers to white counselors\u27 racial identity development

White racial identity development includes abandoning racism and considering racial information more objectively. Racial identity is a key aspect of multicultural competency, which is a high priority within the counseling profession. Psychological barriers to White counselors\u27 racial identity development include personal characteristics, cognitive strategies, and beliefs. Personal traits related to racism include poorer overall mental health, more anxiety, more neurotic tendencies, and less open, extroverted, agreeable, flexible, responsible, and tolerant personalities. Cognitive processes to avoid confronting the reality of racial issues include self distortion, defense mechanisms, dysconsciousness, stereotyping, and stigmatization. Racist attitudes are maintained by specific beliefs including the myths of meritocracy and reverse racism; lack of awareness of White privilege; and color-blind racial attitudes

Clinical Supervisors\u27 Knowledge of Supervisees with Problems of Professional Competency

In this exploratory study, the authors surveyed clinical supervisors (n = 138) regarding their knowledge of their supervisees’ problems of professional competency (PPC). Findings suggest the majority have observed a supervisee with PPC working towards licensure. Further, those that have supervised a supervisee with PPC have been negatively impacted by these interactions (e.g., increased their workload, increased their stress)

Strategies for Communicating Social Science and Humanities Research to Medical Practitioners

Sozial- und geisteswissenschaftliche (SGW) Forscher*innen stehen vor der Herausforderung, qualitative Forschung in medizinischen Fachzeitschriften zu veröffentlichen. Dabei ist das deskriptive, erklärende, erfahrungsbasierte und interpretierende Wissen, das durch qualitative Forschung gewonnen wird, für die Verbesserung der Gesundheitsversorgung unerlässlich. Anhand von drei Beispielen von Studien, die in medizinischen und SGW-Fachzeitschriften veröffentlicht wurden, erörtern wir Elemente, die SGW-Forscher*innen bei der Präsentation ihrer Forschung berücksichtigen können, um ihr Zielpublikum besser zu erreichen. Wir schlagen vor, dass SGW-Forscher*innen die grundlegenden Elemente ihrer Disziplin nicht aufgeben (d.h. erkenntnistheoretisches Paradigma, Forschungsziele, Studiendesign, Forschungsmethoden, Vertrauenswürdigkeit), während sie gleichzeitig die Vorlieben der Redakteur*innen und Gutachter*innen medizinischer Zeitschriften für Wissensformen berücksichtigen, die zu Veränderungen in der Praxis führen können. Je nachdem, was die Autor*innen ihrem Publikum vermitteln wollen, können andere Aspekte der Präsentation angepasst werden, um für die Leser*innenschaft leichter verständlich zu sein (z.B. Struktur, Schreibstil, Vokabular, zusammenfassende Tabellen, Interpretationsebene). Wir bleiben optimistisch, dass das medizinische Publikum, wenn wir es weiterhin mit qualitativ hochwertiger SGW-Forschung konfrontieren, lernen wird, verschiedene Standards für die Forschung zu akzeptieren und zusätzliche Präsentationsformen zu schätzen.Social science and humanities (SSH) researchers face challenges publishing qualitative research in medical journals. Yet, the descriptive, explanatory, experiential and interpretive knowledge generated by qualitative research is integral to the enhancement of health service delivery. Drawing on three examples of studies published in medical and SSH journals, we discuss elements SSH researchers can consider in the presentation of their research to better reach their intended audience. We suggest that SSH researchers resist abandoning the foundational elements of their discipline (i.e., epistemological paradigm, research objectives, study design, research methods, trustworthiness) while being mindful of medical journal editors' and reviewers' preference for practical knowledge that can inform practice change. Depending on what the authors hope to convey to their audience, other aspects pertaining to its presentation may be adapted to be more readily understood by the readership (i.e., structure, writing style, vocabulary, summary tables, interpretation level). We remain optimistic that if we continue to expose medical audiences to high-quality SSH research, they will learn to embrace diverse standards for research and value its other modes of presentation

Evaluation of Organic Corn Varieties

According to the USDA National Organic Program, certified organic farmers must source organic seed (seed from organically raised crops). The organic seed industry is currently growing in Iowa and the Midwest, and with this growth, organic growers are looking for University-based recommendations on organic varieties to use in Iowa. The Organic Agriculture Program at Iowa State University has been using organic seed at the ISU Southeast Research Farm for ten years with excellent results

Rapidly Connecting You to the World: Improving NASAs Worldview to Enhance Discovery and Access to Near Real-Time Imagery

The world around us is constantly in motion. Storms swirl, fires rage, volcanoes erupt and icebergs calve. NASAs fleet of Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites are there to capture this. Within hours of satellite overpass, NASAs Worldview (https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov) delivers this global, near-real time imagery through an interactive web map application. Provided through NASAs Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/lance) via NASAs Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) (https://earthdata.nasa.gov/gibs), the near real-time satellite imagery provides a launching point to discover where the latest wildfires, severe storms, volcanic eruptions, and calving ice shelves are happening. This poster will explore the newest near real-time satellite imagery and soon-to-be available imagery in Worldview, including imagery from geostationary satellites - GOES-East/West and Himawari-8. The poster will cover recent and future improvements to Worldview aimed to enhance the discovery and interaction with near real-time imagery and show how it is used by people from researchers, to meteorologists to the science-minded public around the world