Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: May 2015

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 ...

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Six Threshold Concepts Anchoring the New Framework for Information Literacy (2014) ACRL

Amid several ongoing challenges I have been reading and writing on threshold concepts, Hodges model and Technology Enhanced Learning with 1800 words thus far. At the residential in April we had a talk on publishing so that is the aim.

The following reference -

Knapp, M., Brower, S., 2014. The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education: Implications for Health Sciences Librarianship. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 33, 460–468. doi:10.1080/02763869.2014.957098

- includes an interesting table, doubly so since the framework concerns information literacy. In the table below I have reversed the columns. The full framework documentation also provides more comprehensive references.

Five Information Literacy Competency
Standards for Higher Education (2000)

Six Threshold Concepts Anchoring the New
Framework for Information Literacy (2014)

The 2000 standards outlined five abilities an information literate student will possess.

The information literate student...1

1. Determines the nature and extent of the information needed,
2. Accesses needed information effectively and efficiently,
3. Evaluates information and its sources critically and incorporates selected information into his or her knowledge base and value system,
4. Uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose, individually or as a member of a group, and
5. Understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally

Threshold concepts are defined as ‘‘those ideas in any discipline that are passageways or portals to enlarged understanding or ways of thinking
and practicing within that discipline.’’3

1. Scholarship is a conversation,
2. Research as inquiry,
3. Authority is contextual and constructed,
4. Format as a process,
5. Searching as exploration, and
6. Information has value
Adapted from: TABLE 1 Information Literacy: Then and Now, p.462.

1. Association of College and Research Libraries. ‘‘Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.’’ January 18, 2000.
http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency

3. ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force. ‘‘Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Draft 2. June 2014.’’ 2014.
http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Framework-for-IL-for-HE-Draft-2.pdf

Sunday, May 24, 2015

The profit motive and health currency

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


"... They tell us that temperatures are still unbearable, that it’s consistently scorching hot. And it’s getting worse as the weather heats up. Workers are fainting every day. To cope, they use a traditional technique called “coining”, where they scratch their skin with coins to bring blood to the surface of the skin. It’s meant to relieve the stress and fatigue caused by the heat. ..."

A Kin Tai factory worker getting “coined” by a coworker on Monday.

When people are exploited and in the absence of health services and evidence-based health care information, they may resort to traditional remedies to try to solve acute health problems. When the control of the work environment is also beyond the worker's control then acute problems and risks to health are bound to follow.

My source: France24 TV English Service

Web: Cambodian workers 'keep fainting from heat' while making Armani jeans:
https://observers.france24.com/en/20150513-fainting-heat-factory-cambodia-armani


Thursday, May 21, 2015

NMC Code and Guidance on using social media responsibly

http://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/guidance/social-networking-guidance/
NMC: Guidance on using social media

In March the Nursing & Midwifery Council published a new Code for nurses and midwives.

There is also guidance on the use of social media for this group of health professionals.


https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/guidance/social-media-guidance/

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Conflict-Ed models

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




Real-Life Soldiers Masquerade as Toys in the African Desert (c) Simon Brann Thorpe




Simon Brann Thorpe:
http://simonbrannthorpe.com/


See also:
Real-Life Soldiers Masquerade as Toys in the African Desert:
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/simon-brann-thorpe-toy-soldiers/

My source: The Sunday Times Magazine, May 10, 2015. pp.24-31.

Monday, May 18, 2015

Define 'pristine'? Designs of the Year 2015

Chips are very important -



- but let's look after the fish...




Of the Design Museum's Design of the Year 2015 I hope this one is successful (the chips are bound to follow...).


My source:
Heathcote E (2015) The strange, the striking and the elegant, FTWeekend, 16-17 May. p.4.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Nightingale forgotten: Leaving the optimism to others...

individual
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
group
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One in four 18 - 24-year-olds failed to identify Florence Nightingale as a nurse in a survey that also revealed that one in five people chose not to go into the profession because they felt nurses were unappreciated. ... The Times, p.4.

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Bates Center Blog:

What Would Florence Nightingale Do (WWFND)?: Nightingale and 21st Century Health Care Reform

 c/o IPONS


The Times, Nightingale forgotten, Tuesday May 12 2015. p.4.(Poll, London Clinic)

Hodges' model = Four care domains + Spiritual

Sunday, May 10, 2015

New York, New York ... the Bronx is up but TEL and Clinical Informatics are down ...

 on the subway of course...

Subway advertisement for Penn State Online

City Tech CUNY.EDU New York subway

Yesterday the following email was also received:

New white paper released
ELMS Learning Network: An EdTech Platform for Sustaining Innovation

Read more at https://www.elmsln.org/

Friday, May 08, 2015

'How to Build a New Global Health Framework': Gostin & Friedman in The Lancet

http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5556647df8c0be7cf0da07db2&id=2fa83f37fc&e=2b5ede61fe

http://www.law.georgetown.edu

May 7, 2015 - Can a true, robust global health framework be created to help prevent tragedies like Ebola while at the same time allow countries to meet everyday health needs?

Georgetown University global health and law experts say it can be done, and in a special issue of “The Lancet” focusing on global health security, they propose specific priorities to transform a fragmented health system into a “purposeful, organized” framework with national health systems at its foundation and an empowered World Health Organization at its apex.

“The Ebola epidemic in west Africa raised the critical question of who is in charge,” says Lawrence O. Gostin, JD (http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/faculty/Lawrence-Gostin.cfm) , faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law (...) at Georgetown University Law Center (http://www.law.georgetown.edu/) . He and his O’Neill Institute colleague, Eric A. Friedman, JD (...) , published an analysis of global health security today in The Lancet (“A retrospective and prospective analysis of the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic: robust national health systems at the foundation and an empowered WHO at the apex.” (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60644-4/fulltext) )

“The world is ill-prepared for the next epidemic,” Gostin says. “The need for advance funding, planning and coordination from the national health system up to WHO is at the heart of preparedness, not only for epidemic disease, but also naturally occurring disasters such as the crisis precipitated by the Nepal earthquake.”

In their review, Gostin and Friedman offer a retrospective analysis of the recent Ebola outbreak and the “profound harms posed by fragile national health systems.”

In creating a new framework, the authors say, “The scope of the reforms should address failures in the Ebola response, and entrenched weaknesses that enabled the epidemic to reach its heights.”

They propose a new global health framework that has national health systems as its foundation and an empowered WHO as the “global health leader envisaged at its creation.”

To reach the goal of having an empowered WHO to lead a global health framework, Gostin and Friedman outline priorities for reform:

  • Funding: commensurate with global mandate under WHO Director-General’s control,
  • Technical excellence: diverse staff with multisectoral capabilities,
  • Operational capacities: rapid deployment of economic and human resources,
  • Normative standards: setting priorities and ensuring compliance,
  • Regional offices: regional knowledge and consistency with headquarters, and
  • Engaging non-state parties: harnessing the potential of civil society.
Gostin and Friedman say another critical component to a global health framework are key stakeholders such as the United Nations, The World Bank and NGOs. “In a well functioning global health system, all parties would perform functions suited to their mandate, working cooperatively, and supporting national ownership.”

In addition, the authors point out the need for a strong legal framework to enforce international health regulations: “International law and national implementing legislation can be powerful means for a more effective global health system,” Gostin and Friedman write.

Another key component to a global health framework is to shore up the national health capacities in preparation for a crisis that would better ensure health security, regionally and globally.

“Planning for rapid mobilization should be combined with strengthening health systems to build country capacity,” they say and propose reforms including a global health workforce reserve, and emergency contingency fund, a pandemic emergency facility (like that suggested by The World Bank) and an international health system fund.

“Action now on WHO and other reforms to the global health system is crucial, before the political moment passes,” Gostin and Friedman conclude.  “These reforms would not only keep populations secure against pandemic threats, but would also ensure health and safety for all needs through rights-based universal health coverage.  This is a global health framework that is achievable in the aftermath of a tragic epidemic that needlessly took 10,000 lives in one of the world’s poorest regions.”

About the O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law

The generous philanthropy of Linda and Timothy O’Neill established the O’Neill Institute in 2007 to respond to the need for innovative new solutions to the most pressing national and international health concerns. Housed at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C., the O’Neill Institute reflects the importance of public and private law in health policy analysis. The O’Neill Institute draws upon the University’s considerable intellectual resources, including the School of Nursing & Health Studies, the School of Medicine, the McCourt School of Public Policy, and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.

http://www.oneillinstituteblog.org/ 

http://www.twitter.com/oneillinstitute 
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Copyright © 2015 The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University. All rights reserved.


My source: O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law via HIFA2015

Below I have related the above to Hodges' model:

individual
INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
group
Concepts - Understanding
Global Health Conceptual Framework,
Beliefs, Belief systems,
Education,
Individual Action
Critical Thinking
Access to Health Information
Impact of disease/disaster on survivors
Psychological health needs
Pre-vent
Ebola..., Epidemic - Pandemic,
Natural disasters
Emergency response,
Critical Action
Timeliness - Surveillance, Readiness,
(National-) capacity,
Physical health needs,
Health systems, (Infra)Structures,
Technical, Operational, Processes,
Coordination, Mobilisation
Scales: Local, Regional, National, Global
Social Empowerment, Engagement
Poverty
Communities
Critical Communications
Concordance
Local Leadership, Cooperation
Behaviour of groups amid Fear / Uncertainty
Socio-Technical
Community-Social-Urban... Informatics
Pre-empt
UN, World Bank, WHO, NGOs,
Reform, Policy, Standards
Rights-Based Universal Health
Global Health Framework
Funding, Law, Legislation
Priorities, Compliance, 'HQ'
Critical Governance & Assurance
Civil Society, Citizenry

Thursday, May 07, 2015

'New Philosopher' magazine #3 (print) Health


I purchased issue #3 (print) on Health in New York on Sunday. As I digest this I'll try and add some comments here.

http://www.newphilosopher.com/products-page/books/issue-7/








The magazine was publicised in Times Square last year. There is also an NP writing competition.




Images: https://www.newphilosopher.com/wp-content/themes/acubensportal/subscribes/covers/cover-US-issue1.jpg