Bridging the Gap: Three Strategies to Optimize Professional Relationships with Generation Y and Z

Millennials (Generation Y) and the Generation Z population comprise the majority of occupational therapy student cohorts and new graduates entering the workforce. While fieldwork education has historically prepared students for generalist, entry-level practice, there is still a gap between what students versus employers feel are career-ready skills and qualities to be successful in the workforce. This manuscript presents evidenced-based strategies for educators, occupational therapists, and managers to enhance the preparation and professional development of occupational therapy students and new graduates. Use of coaching philosophies, emphasizing practice-ready skills, and a growth mindset are methods to target the strengths of Generations Y and Z members and address areas of growth as they prepare to enter the workforce. Emphasizing human relationships over task completion or skill mastery helps uphold the values of millennials and the Generation Z population that they can make an impact in the workplace. Modeling practice-ready skills, explicit discussion of “soft” skills, and use of guided discovery supports these generations’ understanding of basic workplace etiquette and culture. Using a growth mindset philosophy can help foster initiative and self-awareness, which are potential areas of growth for these generations. These strategies can then promote healthy, productive collaboration in the workplace and, ultimately, enhance the client-provider relationship

Assessing Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Information Needs and Perceptions of the Library: A Longitudinal Evaluation - Year 1

Poster presentation for the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting 2016.This project will follow incoming undergraduate students in the traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program over four years. Using both surveys and focus group interviews, we hope to better understand their level of information need and information seeking behaviors, perceptions of library resources and the role of informationists, and identify gaps in their needs and the library's integration in the curriculum. Gathering yearly data will help us improve and expand upon our current level of involvement in the U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) undergraduate curriculum by making incremental updates to our content and improve the timing for interventions and communication.Taubman Health Sciences LibraryUM Library Research and Creative Projects Awardhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/117637/1/MLA16_Undergrad_info_needs.pdfDescription of MLA16_Undergrad_info_needs.pdf : Poste

Term Harvesting & Generation Guide

The "Term Harvesting & Generation Guide" outlines term harvesting strategies to help build the list of search terms for advanced literature reviews, such as systematic reviews. The Guide was developed by a team of Taubman Health Sciences Library Informationists as an instructional tool for the Systematic Reviews: Opportunities for Librarians Workshop and Advanced Literature Searching in the Health Sciences Massive Open Online Course.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/153785/4/Term_Harvesting_and_Generation_Guide.pd

Total Zinc Intake May Modify the Glucose-Raising Effect of a Zinc Transporter (SLC30A8) Variant

Objective: Many genetic variants have been associated with glucose homeostasis and type 2 diabetes in genome-wide association studies. Zinc is an essential micronutrient that is important for β-cell function and glucose homeostasis. We tested the hypothesis that zinc intake could influence the glucose-raising effect of specific variants. Research Design and Methods: We conducted a 14-cohort meta-analysis to assess the interaction of 20 genetic variants known to be related to glycemic traits and zinc metabolism with dietary zinc intake (food sources) and a 5-cohort meta-analysis to assess the interaction with total zinc intake (food sources and supplements) on fasting glucose levels among individuals of European ancestry without diabetes. Results: We observed a significant association of total zinc intake with lower fasting glucose levels (β-coefficient ± SE per 1 mg/day of zinc intake: −0.0012 ± 0.0003 mmol/L, summary P value = 0.0003), while the association of dietary zinc intake was not significant. We identified a nominally significant interaction between total zinc intake and the SLC30A8 rs11558471 variant on fasting glucose levels (β-coefficient ± SE per A allele for 1 mg/day of greater total zinc intake: −0.0017 ± 0.0006 mmol/L, summary interaction P value = 0.005); this result suggests a stronger inverse association between total zinc intake and fasting glucose in individuals carrying the glucose-raising A allele compared with individuals who do not carry it. None of the other interaction tests were statistically significant. Conclusions: Our results suggest that higher total zinc intake may attenuate the glucose-raising effect of the rs11558471 SLC30A8 (zinc transporter) variant. Our findings also support evidence for the association of higher total zinc intake with lower fasting glucose levels

Total zinc intake may modify the glucose-raising effect of a zinc transporter (SLC30A8) variant: a 14-cohort meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE: Many genetic variants have been associated with glucose homeostasis and type 2 diabetes in genome-wide association studies. Zinc is an essential micronutrient that is important for β-cell function and glucose homeostasis. We tested the hypothesis that zinc intake could influence the glucose-raising effect of specific variants. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We conducted a 14-cohort meta-analysis to assess the interaction of 20 genetic variants known to be related to glycemic traits and zinc metabolism with dietary zinc intake (food sources) and a 5-cohort meta-analysis to assess the interaction with total zinc intake (food sources and supplements) on fasting glucose levels among individuals of European ancestry without diabetes. RESULTS: We observed a significant association of total zinc intake with lower fasting glucose levels (β-coefficient ± SE per 1 mg/day of zinc intake: -0.0012 ± 0.0003 mmol/L, summary P value = 0.0003), while the association of dietary zinc intake was not significant. We identified a nominally significant interaction between total zinc intake and the SLC30A8 rs11558471 variant on fasting glucose levels (β-coefficient ± SE per A allele for 1 mg/day of greater total zinc intake: -0.0017 ± 0.0006 mmol/L, summary interaction P value = 0.005); this result suggests a stronger inverse association between total zinc intake and fasting glucose in individuals carrying the glucose-raising A allele compared with individuals who do not carry it. None of the other interaction tests were statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that higher total zinc intake may attenuate the glucose-raising effect of the rs11558471 SLC30A8 (zinc transporter) variant. Our findings also support evidence for the association of higher total zinc intake with lower fasting glucose levels

Removal of DPM from an Air Stream Using Micron-Scale Droplets Category: Control Techniques and Strategy

Respiratory exposures to diesel particulate matter (DPM) present health risks, particularly in confined environments with a relatively high number of emission sources. Despite a variety of existing control technologies, exposures in some occupational environments remain unacceptably high (e.g., underground mine environments), and new technologies and abatement strategies are needed. The physics of droplet-particle interactions suggests that micron-scale water drops can effectively scavenge DPM from an air stream. Here, experimental results are presented on DPM removal from a diesel exhaust stream using a fog of water droplets. Measured scavenging coefficients, based on both number density and mass, show that significant DPM removal is possible. The potential scavenging mechanisms at play are discussed, and insights are offered on future work necessary for scale-up of a fog-based exhaust treatment technology

Demonstration of Optical Microscopy and Image Processing to Classify Respirable Coal Mine Dust Particles

Respirable coal mine dust represents a serious health hazard for miners. Monitoring methods are needed that enable fractionation of dust into its primary components, and that do so in real time. Near the production face, a simple capability to monitor the coal versus mineral dust fractions would be highly valuable for tracking changes in dust sources—and supporting timely responses in terms of dust controls or other interventions to reduce exposures. In this work, the premise of dust monitoring with polarized light microscopy was explored. Using images of coal and representative mineral particles (kaolinite, crystalline silica, and limestone rock dust), a model was built to exploit birefringence of the mineral particles and effectively separate them from the coal. The model showed >95% accuracy on a test dataset with known particles. For composite samples containing both coal and minerals, the model also showed a very good agreement with results from the scanning electron microscopy classification, which was used as a reference method. Results could further the concept of a “cell phone microscope” type monitor for semi-continuous measurements in coal mines

Frequency and Effects of Search Strategy Characteristics on Relevant Article Retrieval in Systematic Reviews

Objectives To identify common characteristics of highly effective search strategies for a clinical systematic review topic. Methods Before attending an in-person systematic review workshop, participants asked to draft a reproducible search strategy based on a brief scenario and a research question from a published systematic review related to blood transfusion and radical prostatectomy. Participants are provided with three studies that were included in the published systematic review, but are not given the systematic review itself. The scenario proposes three commonly-requested limits: date range, inclusion of specific outcome, and human studies that participants can choose to apply or not. The submitted strategies are evaluated for reproducibility and effectiveness of retrieval of the 10 studies included in the published systematic review. Strategies were considered ”highly successful” if they returned all 10 included studies. We conducted a thematic analysis on the 14 highly successful strategies to identify common characteristics between them that could guide future searchers. Two studies were disproportionately missed by the other 98 search strategies, and their PubMed records were analyzed to identify what made them particularly challenging to find. We thank the MLA Research Training Institute for its training, support and encouragement to carry out this research. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (RE-95-17- 0025-17). This study is IRB Exempt under HUM00128315.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/177126/1/Townsend_MLA2019_RTIPoster.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/177126/2/Townsend_MLA2019_RTIPoster.pptxDescription of Townsend_MLA2019_RTIPoster.pdf : Conference poster in pdf formatDescription of Townsend_MLA2019_RTIPoster.pptx : Conference poster in ppt formatSEL