The management of health library outreach services: evaluation and reflection on lessons learned on the VIVOS project

Purpose: The aim of the VIVOS project was to develop and evaluate methodologies, i.e., sets of methods, for determining the value and impact of “virtual outreach” information services in the health sector in the UK. Methods: Five different projects were recruited initially, with another two added later. Methods were largely qualitative, with over 130 interviews conducted among health professionals, complemented by postal questionnaire surveys. Results: Identified factors that affect the successful roll-out and continued development of the projects included the need for help-desk type services to provide sustained support for new users to the services. Conclusions: Follow-up of the projects eighteen months after the end of the VIVOS project revealed that the long-term impacts for the participating library managers included the benefits of using evidence on service outcomes, enhanced recognition locally, and greater confidence in evaluation

Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin, April 1962

Staff Nurses Association Alumnae Meetings 1961 Social Committee Clara Melville Scholarship Fund Ways and Means Report Cook Book Report Bulletin Committee Private Duty Nurse\u27s Section Hospital Report and Nursing Service Federal Nursing Service Practice of Nursing Report of Student Council Activities Medical Work in Ghan

What kind of trouble? Meeting the health needs of ‘troubled families’ through intensive family support

The policy rhetoric of the UK Coalition government's ‘Troubled Families’ initiative, and that of New Labour's earlier Respect Agenda, share an emphasis on families’ responsibilities, or rather their irresponsibility, and their financial costs to society. Giving children a chance of a better life coincides, in this framing, with reducing costs for the taxpayer. The research reported here was based on a national study of Family Intervention Projects (FIPs), funded by the UK government between 2009 and 2012, beginning under New Labour, continuing over a period when the FIP programme was discontinued, and ending after the Troubled Families programme had begun. The research involved over 100 in-depth interviews with stakeholders, including service managers, family key workers, and caregivers and children in twenty families, to consider critical questions about the kinds of trouble that families experience in their lives, and how they are recognised in the policy and practice of intensive family intervention

Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin, April 1959

Alumnae News Anniversary Class of /34 Article from Pennsylvania Nurse Committee Reports Current Events at Jefferson Greetings from the President Jefferson Story Lost Members Letter - Past President Marriages Necrology New Arrivals Notices Pictured - Student Nurses\u27 Residence Report of the School of Nursing and Nursing Services Staff Nurses Social Functions Student Activities Voluntary Service Year of Great Activity and Expansio

Increased System Fidelity for Navy Aviation Hypoxia Training

In 2009, the Naval Aviation Survival Training Program (NASTP) Trainer Management Team (TMT) identified a need for a next-generation normobaric mask-on hypoxia trainer with enhanced capabilities due to the lack of positive air pressure provided by existing capabilities. The lack of a positive pressure-on-demand airflow delivery for current mask-on hypoxia training has been cited as a potential training gap wherein 44% of students experience air hunger (Artino, Folga, & Vacchiano, 2009). As a result, it is unclear whether students are able to recognize more subtle symptoms of hypoxia or if they are masked by air hunger. To address this, researchers have investigated an innovative technology solution to deliver representative pressure-on-demand flow rates, thereby increasing training fidelity by replicating the air delivery method of aircraft systems. This research also provided an opportunity to seek additional novel advances. Reducing the logisitical footprint and increasing portability by removing the need for compressed gases was a goal to ease implementation within higher fidelity training simulators with limited space to increase immersive training opportunities. This paper will provide an overview of the training need and the technical approach to the training device development. Additionally, the authors will discuss the engineering and human subjects testing conducted to evaluate the system. The results will include how symptoms experienced using this novel device compare to historical data from other training systems, in addition to whether the system reduces or eliminates air hunger issues

EXPLORE Performance in Mathematics and Science: Why are Middle School Students Unprepared for Success in Mathematics and Science?

In response to the disconnect between EXPLORE and state assessment scores, and perceived needs in math and science education at the middle school level, Western Kentucky University, a state university, its three regional campus centers, four community colleges, and 30 schools in Western Kentucky developed and established an expanded partnership, entitled the Western Kentucky Math Science Partnership (MSP) addressing a documented local, state, and national challenge: improving teaching and learning in middle school to insure access of all students to rigorous high school math and science. The 2008-2010 Western Kentucky MSP grant, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), was an effort to understand the circumstances that impact students’ performance on the EXPLORE test and, therefore, college and career preparedness. It was an evidence-based problem-solving process to collect and analyse data directly related to declining math/science scores in participating middle school. The research question for the project was “What factors can be identified that contribute to the disparity between EXPLORE scores and the state assessment data?” Three themes were examined to study the research question: (1) leadership and planning, (2) classroom instruction, and (3) the assessment of higher-order thinking skills and problem solving