The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted educators, both personally and professionally. However, very little is known about the extent of these impacts among educators’ serving children with intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD). present study surveyed 230 educators (teachers, staff, administrators) to assess their wellbeing, concerns during pandemic, perceived importance variou...

also inspiring educators, able to teach patients and their families, physician peers, and the vast array of paraprofessional hospital staff about anesthesiology. As individuals who champion anesthesia patient care, clinician practitioners are astute observers of much that we do not understand. Dr. Serlin, sit on the anesthesiology stool by asking the questions about what we do not understand ab...

A quasiexperimental study was conducted to ascertain what nurses know about teaching patients and whether a planned education offering could increase the knowledge nurses have about the teaching process in patient education. A convenience sample of 44 nurses participated in a pretest/posttest and 1- to 2-month follow-up test on the teaching process. Knowledge deficit was present and learning ev...

AIM The aims of this paper are to present the findings from a discursive analysis of key issues associated with providing excellence in nursing care; and to provide an exemplar framework to support excellence in nursing care and describe the potential benefits when excellence in nursing care occurs. BACKGROUND The challenge facing the nursing profession is in ensuring that the core principles...

While Western educators caution against contrived collegiality in the midst of enthusiasm for peer coaching as a form of teacher development, Hong Kong educators are struggling to detach discussion and observation of classroom teaching from staff appraisal. The challenges for this task are twofold: To secure a niche for peer coaching in the practice of staff development, and to ward off contriv...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to explore the role of managerial style, work environment factors and burnout in determining job satisfaction during the implementation of quality improvement activities in a dental clinic. METHOD Quantitative research was carried out using a prestructured anonymous questionnaire to survey 302 respondents in Kaarli Dental Clinic, Estonia. Dental clinic staff...

Academic institutions invest considerable resources in improving the website quality of their MBA courses, in the hope of increasing student retention and willingness to recommend the programs to others. Despite this investment, it seems that the old "keep it simple" rule is also true for e-learning. Data collected from students enrolled in a blended distance learning MBA program at the Open Un...

INTRODUCTION falling, and fear of falling, significantly affect older people and their lifestyle resulting in loss of confidence, restriction of activity and deteriorating quality of life. Multi-factorial assessment and active participation in an evidence-based exercise programme are key interventions to prevent and manage falls. OBJECTIVE to examine older people's experiences of therapeutic ...

In a world characterized by Ecological Overshoot, where humanity demands more from natural ecosystems than they can sustainably renew, education nurture sustainability-minded citizens and future leaders to help accelerate the transition toward an era our finite planet’s resources stand at core of all decision-making. Despite essential role Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in contributing sus...

This paper reports on the methodological challenges encountered during a research project employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The worldwide shortage of educators for information technology prompted the researchers to explore the personal qualities desired for Computer Educators who are Destined to Achieve Results (CEDARs) and to develop an assessment instrument t...