Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: December 2014

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Sunday, December 28, 2014

When someone mentions health AND arts I reach for my "holistic (carry) case"

individual
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
group
my well-being
prescribing


social prescribing


economics


Use the arts to boost the nation’s health:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/28/arts-boost-nations-health-nhs-funding-arts-council
With the NHS under ever greater strain, the Arts Council and health authorities are collaborating on schemes around the country ...
Peter Bazalgette
The Observer,

Arts Council - ILFA and the holistic case for art and culture
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/about-ilfa/ilfa-and-holistic-case-art-and-culture

Create: A journal of perspectives on the value of art and culture
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/create/create-issue-1


Monday, December 22, 2014

simplicity - complexity and Content Types



Without activating any content related modules Drupal 8 beta 4 is pretty stark. That's not a criticism. There are just two content types listed: article and basic page as per the screen dump below. The fact is Drupal is providing an easel and that's exactly what you need even before we get to the palette and canvas. As for other content types, there is a Book, Comment and Forum in core as additional options a checkbox away. There are many other contributed content types that could be added depending on your purpose.

Drupal 8 add content: Article and Basic Page
That's the challenge; using existing resources, stretching them as far as possible. In a book like Drupal for Education and E-Learning you can see even without dedicated learning resources, even with generic content types it is possible to create complex learning environments. Add this to experience of  distance learning - e-learning in the raw - that includes library access, databases, reading, discussion, peer review ... (and for our cohort another residential) and there's plenty to learn from.

In reality content is brittle, usually you can't just stretch it. Imagination and control in the form of flow and rules can work wonders. What is glued together - can be broken apart. It's educational chemistry: learning.

Reuse when possible. Be, active-reactive: responsive.

Is this a desktop I see before me, or is it a smartphone? 

So the screen image above is quite an invitation. I'm sure I've posted about his before: what else should be listed?

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Axis of rotation: reflected images & imagination

individual
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
group

imagine a mirror here
self image: REFLECTION

place a mirror here
REFLECTION: body image

what about here ...


and here?



Sunday, December 14, 2014

two cultures? mental health care_physical care : health care_social care : Hodges' model axes


http://www.proguide.it/index.php/2011/02/23/valscura-sassongher/?lang=en
Val Scura

 
C P Snow The Two Cultures
http://www.newstatesman.com/cultural-capital/2013/01/c-p-snow-two-cultures

My source:
Robbins, T. (2014) On the straight and narrow, FT Weekend, Travel, 6-7 December. p.8.

Val Scura - image source:
http://www.proguide.it/index.php/2011/02/23/valscura-sassongher/?lang=en
©Francesco Tremolada

Tuesday, December 09, 2014

"You're a nurse? How much do you know?"

individual
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
group

Yes, I am a nurse - thanks for asking.
So come on - how much do you know?
Actually, I know very little.
Eh?
Why is that?
Surely you have to be quite knowledgeable,
all the lectures, the training on wards, clinics, out in the community, staying updated too?

ethics, giving bad news, communication, self-awareness, empathy and rapport, recovery model, education... anatomy & physiology, healing, homeostasis, medicines, basic life support, drug side effects, risk of falls, observations, infection control...
cultural competence, team work, respect and dignity, the 6Cs, carer education, handling conflict, family therapy...policy, records, scope of practice, continuing education, professional development, confidentiality...

Surely, this little snip points to a packed 'curriculum'?

So it does, but as a nurse you can't make too many assumptions?

Well, yes I suppose so; no-one should pre-judge but you'll have to explain?

[ Now, why am I so pleased you said that...? :-) ]
Well a nurse has to be dispassionate in order to be compassionate.

So... as a nurse you contradict yourself?

No, not exactly. I suppose, given your opening gambit, we have to be neutral, neither hot, nor cold. That way we are sensitive to difference and spotting change. If we think someone is cold, or has a fever then we measure - we find out we check their temperature. So of course some things we can learn based on fact-finding.

Inevitably, assumptions are made as there's a job to do, but it's important not to prejudge. There's a big difference between assumptions, judgements, stereotypes, biases, hypotheses, and the like.

So a nurse can be tepid all the time? Where's the warmth in that, eh?

Good point, but you know what we're about here.
There's general warmth, friendliness, being approachable, civil, being professional.
Then there's warmth as an ingredient in those critical instances.

So, it's a case of yes and no. At first you've to be open-minded. Take the conceptual  framework Hodges' model. Initially it is all structure, but this structure provides four empty care domains - five when wrapped by the spiritual. This can act as a great aide-mémoire.

With a referral you make use of any information that is provided because that's very important too. The information that is received initially is hopefully sufficient to indicate the nature of the problem in broad terms. It may be more specific pointing to an existing diagnosis, a relapse, or multiple diagnoses.
Yes I see. Hodges' model is the blank sheet and as such it is open, non-judgmental.

Yes, but there are also indicators that point to risk, physical - falls for example, plus psychological and mental health aspects like risk of self-harm, harm to others and possibly self neglect. These are the things that must also to be assessed and as such ruled-out.

SELF -
SELF -
HARM
NEGLECT
HARM TO OTHERS
HARM BY OTHERS - ABUSE
VULNERABLE ADULTS
ABILITY TO GIVE CONSENT,
MENTAL CAPACITY

So when does that 'open-mindedness', or 'neutrality' become closed?

As we learn about someone, we build up a picture that kind-of notion, once known some things are closed as they don't tend to change.
They're concluded?

Yes, but one of the reasons that nursing is such an ace job - and yes I know why your grimacing - but it IS!

Anyway, that first day can be a lesson in dynamics. If not the first day it will soon follow!

So, you have to use many different sources and kinds of knowledge.

Yes, that's right and the best knowledge of all is...?

Well, I guess learning for ourselves is the best, most permanent way.

You have it there. It's a really exciting time for nursing, health and social care. Although they go on about technology and clearly technology has a major role to play. 'IT' is playing a major role and if you listen carefully you can hear the robots...

There is much more to do on that 'humanistic' side.

The open-mindedness, openness and acceptance is a baton that we must pass back to the patient. Self-care, when possible, health literacy skills and competence are crucial now.

It's not just the days that are different either. The people we encounter, the patients, the clients - call them what you will, they are all pearls. Aggregated, yes sure, you see so many oysters; but open and face-to-face as a nurse each one shines, unique and peerless with individuality.

OK. Thanks - that's cool indeed!

Acknowledgement - Stu Young, Royal College of Nursing Students

Thursday, December 04, 2014

Report: Personalised Health and Care 2020 [II] - National Information Board

individual
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
group

"All patient and care records digital,
real time and interoperable by 2020."
"Clinicians in primary, urgent
and emergency care, and other key transitions
of care contexts will be operating without paper records by 2018."
"Patients have access to their hospital,
community, mental health and social care services records by 2018."

"By April 2016, commissioners and providers
must publish "road maps" showing how they
will develop interoperable digital records
and services by 2020."
 


Report: Personalised Health and Care 2020. National Information Board. November 2014.

Source:
Illman, J. (2014) National tech blueprint sets greater role for regulators - Personalised Health and Care 2020: selected recommendations, Health Service Journal, 21 November. 124: 6424; p.13.


Tuesday, December 02, 2014