Attitudes of Undergraduate Social Work Students Toward Interprofessional Health Care Practice and Interprofessional Health Care Education

In 2005, the Centre for Collaborative Health Professional Education at Memorial University in Canada commenced an inquiry into the interprofessional education (IPE) of social work students. In the 2005/2006 academic year, undergraduate social work students were introduced to an IPE program at Memorial University for the first time. This interdisciplinary initiative brought together students from pharmacy, nursing, medicine, and social work to develop and encourage interprofessional educational activities with the purpose of increasing collaborative patient-centered practice competencies of students and professionals (Sharpe & Curran, 2006). In the subsequent three academic years (2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008) Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students explored a variety of IPE modules. This paper summarizes the available literature on the topic of IPE and reports on data collected from three cohorts of undergraduate social work students regarding their attitudes toward interdisciplinary team practice. Data collected are in relation to the Health and Wellbeing of Children module, one of the five module topics in which these students participated over the three-year period. It is proposed that by understanding student attitudes as they are evidenced at this early stage of professional development, valuable information will be provided to educators to inform best practices in the teaching and learning of interprofessional practice skills within the discipline of social work. Finally, the authors provide suggested directions for future research

The impact of ‘child removal’ in nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain : A life course approach

Forum Modernisation, Women and Children : ‘child removal’ in Britain and beyond : a lifecourse approac

Clarifying the Need for Inpatient Medication Education

Low health literacy is a problem for millions of Americans resulting in increased use of avoidable healthcare resources and poor health outcomes. Use of pharmaceutical regimens to manage acute and chronic health issues is the most common treatment modality. Unfortunately, people with low health literacy may have trouble understanding and following provider instructions; reading and following directions on medication bottles, either prescribed and/or over the counter; and identifying proper reasons for taking a medication. The purpose of this study was to increase patient self-agency for the treatment and management of acute and chronic health conditions through medication education. Providing medication education to the hospitalized patient may result in increased knowledge and self-management ability. Secondary rewards involve the increase in hospital reimbursement through increased patient satisfaction scores

Ecological Conditions of the Papillion Creek Watershed: Effects of Adjacent Land-Use.

Stream conditions were assessed for past and present landscapes of the Papillion Creek Watershed of northwest Omaha, Nebraska based on historical records, present land-use surveys and field data collected in June 2000 using the Environmental Protection Agency’s Rapid Bioassessment Protocol modified to meet the needs of the study. Less than 0.4% of the historic tallgrass Prairie remains, with the present landscape mostly in agriculture (83%) or residential-commercial developments (16%). No significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) were found between ten habitat parameters measured for each of three land-used categories, cultivated, residential-commercial, and other. The overall impact of increased land-use on the Papillion Creek was reflected in marginal conditions (1 = poor; 20 = optimal) for all ten habitat parameters evaluated although not all work equally as effected: Epifaunal Substrate/Available Cover (mean score = 8.3), Pool Substrate Characterization (mean score = 8.8), Pool Variability (mean score = 7.0), Sediment Deposition (mean score = 9.0), Channel Flow (mean score = 10.8), Channel Alteration (mean score = 8.3), Channel Sinuosity (mean score = 6.8), Bank Stability (mean score = 5.2), Vegetative Protection (mean score = 6.2), and Riparian Vegetative Zone Width (mean score = 3.4). Compared to the degree of channel alteration, Channel Sinuosity was the habitat parameter most significantly affected (P ≤ 0.000+). In combination, these results quantify the impact of urban expansion on stream ecosystems and support arguments for minimizing development along waterways in order to maintain the ecosystem services and habitat diversity that they provide to urban areas

Gendered leadership: An organizational perspective

This chapter provides a portrait of women\u27s representation in the leadership ranks of community colleges and reviews data on how six women presidents talk about their lived experiences at the helm of their institutions. Findings indicate an uneven playing field for women on their way to a presidency.https://scholarworks.wm.edu/educationbookchapters/1034/thumbnail.jp

Lysylated phospholipids stabilize models of bacterial lipid bilayers and protect against antimicrobial peptides

AbstractAminoacylated phosphatidylglycerols are common lipids in bacterial cytoplasmic membranes. Their presence in Staphylococcus aureus has been linked to increased resistance to a number of antibacterial agents, including antimicrobial peptides. Most commonly, the phosphatidylglycerol headgroup is esterified to lysine, which converts anionic phosphatidylglycerol into a cationic lipid with a considerably increased headgroup size. In the present work, we investigated the interactions of two well-studied antimicrobial peptides, cecropin A and mastoparan X, with lipid vesicles composed of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylglycerol (POPG), containing varying fractions of an aminoacylated phosphatidylethanolamine, a stable analog of the corresponding phosphatidylglycerol-derivative. To differentiate between the effects of headgroup size and charge on peptide–lipid interactions, we synthesized two different derivatives. In one, the headgroup was modified by the addition of lysine, and in the other, by glutamine. The modification by glutamine results in a phospholipid with a headgroup size comparable to that of the lysylated version. However, whereas lysyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (Lys-PE) is cationic, glutaminyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (Gln-PE) is zwitterionic. We found that binding of mastoparan X and cecropin A was not significantly altered if the content of aminoacylated phosphatidylethanolamines did not exceed 20mol.%, which is the concentration found in bacterial membranes. However, a lysyl-phosphatidylethanolamine content of 20mol% significantly inhibits dye release from lipid vesicles, to a degree that depends on the peptide. In the case of mastoparan X, dye release is essentially abolished at 20mol.% lysyl-phosphatidylethanolamine, whereas cecropin A is less sensitive to the presence of lysyl-phosphatidylethanolamine. These observations are understood through the complex interplay between peptide binding and membrane stabilization as a function of the aminoacylated lipid content. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Interfacially Active Peptides and Proteins. Guest Editors: William C. Wimley and Kalina Hristova

Protecting Children, Empowering Birth Parents: New Approaches in Family Justice

Editorial for the Special Issue Protecting Children, Empowering Birth Parents: New Approaches in Family Justic