Library Seminars: Keeping Faculty Informed

Faculty Seminars 2014/2015

Keeping health care reform healthy, patients informed.

ANA has advocated for decades to secure meaningful health care reform. Passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a comprehensive law that aims to protect consumers, increase access to care, promote health, improve and refocus the health care delivery system, and control costs. Prior to full implementation, it has been reported that the law has provided 54 million Americans free access to preven...

Implementing an evidence-informed faculty development program.

OBJECTIVE To establish an evidence-informed faculty development program. DESIGN Survey derived from a needs-assessment tool. SETTING Department of Academic Family Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, which is geographically dispersed across the province. PARTICIPANTS Full-time faculty members in the Department of Academic Family Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. MAIN OU...

Trauma-informed care: keeping mental health settings safe for veterans.

Veterans, as military personnel returning from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, are frequently coping with various mental health problems. These veterans are at high risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associated behavioral consequences, including self-harm, verbal and physical aggression, and violence. In this article, we highlight the physiological, physical, and emotional conseque...

Do chiropractic college faculty understand informed consent: a pilot study

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to survey full-time faculty at a single chiropractic college concerning their knowledge of Institutional Review Board (IRB) policies in their institution as they pertain to educational research. METHODS All full-time faculty were invited to participate in an anonymous survey. Four scenarios involving educational research were described and respondents ...