The extensive utilization of paraprofessionals as therapeutic agents in National Institute of Mental Health (N.I.M.H.) funded community mental health centers (Gottesfeld, Rhee and Parker, 1970; Levenson and Reff, 1970; Sobey, 1970), has brought much attention to the need for inservice staff development (Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health, 1961; Riessman, 1967; Sobey, 1970). The impor...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact on nutrition- and health-related practice of two methods of delivery of a nutrition and health intervention in Irish full-day-care pre-schools: training of pre-school managers only or training of managers and their staff. DESIGN A simple randomised study with pre-schools divided into two training groups: 'manager trained' and 'manager and staff trained'. Direc...

Three new direct-service staff participated in a program that used a video model to train target skills needed to conduct a discrete-trial session. Percentage accuracy in completing a discrete-trial teaching session was evaluated using a multiple baseline design across participants. During baseline, performances ranged from a mean of 12% to 63% accuracy. During video modeling, there was an imme...

ECEC qualifications indicate the recognised level and types of knowledge, skills and competencies that ECEC staff have received. Formal education in ECEC refers to the level and type of education that ECEC staff pursue to acquire such knowledge, skills and competencies to work in the sector. Professional development provides opportunities for staff who are already working in the sector to updat...

THERE HAS been a great increase in postgraduate educational activity in this country, as well as in America, over the past few years. In this country postgraduate educational programmes are being organised in a number of hospitals, and the district hospitals often lead university hospitals in this field. This paper seeks to outline and discuss the programme of one district hospital, with specia...

Challenges Training of site staff on EDC systems is essential to ensure data quality and returns are maximised. Guidance notes are issued to support standardised completion of case report forms. However, due to the technical nature of EDC, guidance notes alone provide insufficient support for most site staff. Provision of effective, consistent and timely EDC training across a trial’s lifespan i...

Cultural competence training for staff in healthcare seems one of the most widespread measures to deal with ethnocultural diversity, especially in North America. Most of the studies and experiences of this training originate from the United States; European contributions, especially from continental Europe, are rare. This paper contributes to the cultural competence discourse by presenting expe...

Self-management support following stroke is rare, despite emerging evidence for impact on patient outcomes. The promotion of a common approach to self-management support across a stroke pathway requires collaboration between professionals. To date, the feasibility of self-management support in acute stroke settings has not been evaluated. The Bridges stroke self-management package (SMP) is base...