A revised conception of the relationship between psychological science and professional practice is proposed in the light of postmodern changes in perspectives on knowledge. Positivistic science, which has dominated the traditional interpretation of scientist-practitioner training, is considered from a constructivist point of view to be only one possible foundation of psychological knowledge. I...

This study used reflective practitioner methodology to investigate how to improve the quality of statistical education. During the study, this methodology, curricula, pedagogical practices, assessment and a framework for learning to learn statistics were all developed as means of improving the quality of statistical education. Also documented was the move from being a classroom teacher of stati...

This paper outlines the changing context for youth work and suggests that the relationship between the practitioner and the young person has been, and continues to be, a unique and defining feature of youth work practice. On the basis that training and education for youth work should reflect the core elements of youth work practice, the paper presents a model of youth work training that enables...

In this paper, we analyse and seek to understand the complex relations that occur between clients and consultants during consulting projects. The paper uses ideas from Schön’s model of the “reflective practitioner” to propose a new model conceptualising the client-consultant team as a community of interpretive communities. We show that client and consultant belong to different interpretive comm...

background and aims. irrational prescription of antibiotics by clinicians might lead to drug resistance. clinicians do prescribe antibiotics for either prophylactic or therapeutic reasons. the decision of when and what to prescribe leaves room for misuse and therefore it is imperative to continuously monitor knowledge and pattern of prescription. the aim of the present study was to determine th...

while many international organisations have independent evaluations, including the international monetary fund (imf) and world health organization (who), uniquely the world bank in its 2015 world development report sought to ascertain the potential biases that influence how its staff interpret evidence and influence policy. here, we describe the world bank’s study design, including experiments ...

Virtual workshops look here to stay, however much of the recent discourse focuses on methods, tools, techniques and routines in abstraction from practice practitioner. Collaborations virtual space are necessarily changed shaped by their technologically mediated nature. Therefore, it is imperative enter into reflective dialogue effectively develop future participatory co-creative design settings...

. 12.00 background: most countries use educated nurses called “nurse practitioners” (nps) besides the family physicians for diagnosis, treatment, and specifically health education of the family. the main goal of this study was to redefine the role of nps for better use of their capabilities in the so-called “family physician reform” in iran. materials and methods: this is a qualitative and comp...

conclusions telephone consultation partially based on a cognitive-behavioral approach significantly reduced the intensity of pain and improved the qol in patients with chronic pain in japan. results the pain intensities were significantly decreased from 7.6 ± 2.0 at baseline to 5.7 ± 2.9 on follow-ups assessed by a numerical rating scale (range; 0 - 10, p < 0.001, effect size (es); 0.76). the e...

background: general practitioners (gps) are usually the first-line doctors visiting patients with breast problems. therefore, their knowledge about breast diseases is of significant importance for proper screening and referral of patients and warrants scrutiny. the purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge of gps regarding different breast imaging modalities. methods: in this cross-sect...