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1. Multistudy Research Operations in the ICU: An Interprofessional Pandemic-Informed Approach

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Deborah J. Cook, MD, FRCPC, Erick H. Duan, MD, FRCPC, France J. Clarke, RRT, Karlo Matic, MD, Sarah Culgin, MSc, Laurel Kelly, MSc, Katlynne S. Nelson, MSc, Christine V. Wallace, BScPhm, Mark D. Soth, MD, FRCPC, Kimberley A. Lewis, MD, FRCPC, Jill C. Rudkowski, MD, FRCPC, Dan Perri, MD, FRCPC, Tania L. Ligori, MD, FRCPC, Roman Z. Jaeschke, MD, FRCPC, Zain Chagla, MD, FRCPC, Dipayan Chaudhuri, MD, FRCPC, Angela E. Wright, PharmD, Zoe Y. Fu, PharmD, Brenda K. Reeve, MD, FRCPC, Hilary M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, Jeffrey D. Overington, MD, FRCPC, Anna Rozenberg, MD, FRCPC, Kimberly A. Bloomfield, RN, Katryn Love, RN, Jennifer L. Gain, RRT, Nicole L. Zytaruk, RN, Jason H. Cheung, MD, FRCPC, Lehana Thabane, PhD, Michelle E. Kho, PhD, for the Department of Critical Care Research Operations Committee, Waleed Alhazzani, Matthew Bell, Kimberley Bloomfield, Zain Chagla, Dipayan Chaudhuri, Jason Cheung, France Clarke, Deborah Cook, Mary Copland, Sarah Culgin, Erick Duan, Zoe Fu, Jennifer Gain, Abby Hurd, Roman Jaeschke, Hilary Lee, Katryn Love, Laurel Kelly, Michelle Kho, Kate Kim, Kimberley Lewis, Tania Ligori, Karlo Matic, Katlynne Nelson, Heather O‘Grady, Jeffrey Overington, Dan Perri, Brenda Reeve, Anna Rozenberg, Jill Rudkowski, Lois Saunders, Joanna Semrau, Mark Soth, Christine Wallace, Lily Waugh, Angela Wright, and Nicole Zytaruk

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Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
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OBJECTIVES:. Proliferation of COVID-19 research underscored the need for improved awareness among investigators, research staff and bedside clinicians of the operational details of clinical studies. The objective was to describe the genesis, goals, participation, procedures, and outcomes of two research operations committees in an academic ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN:. Two-phase, single-center multistudy cohort. SETTING:. University-affiliated ICU in Hamilton, ON, Canada. PATIENTS:. Adult patients in the ICU, medical stepdown unit, or COVID-19 ward. INTERVENTIONS:. None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:. An interprofessional COVID Collaborative was convened at the pandemic onset within our department, to proactively coordinate studies, help navigate multiple authentic consent encounters by different research staff, and determine which studies would be suitable for coenrollment. From March 2020 to May 2021, five non-COVID trials continued, two were paused then restarted, and five were launched. Over 15 months, 161 patients were involved in 215 trial enrollments, 110 (51.1%) of which were into a COVID treatment trial. The overall informed consent rate (proportion agreed of those eligible and approached including a priori and deferred consent models) was 83% (215/259). The informed consent rate was lower for COVID-19 trials (110/142, 77.5%) than other trials (105/117, 89.7%; p = 0.01). Patients with COVID-19 were significantly more likely to be coenrolled in two or more studies (29/77, 37.7%) compared with other patients (13/84, 15.5%; p = 0.002). Review items for each new study were collated, refined, and evolved into a modifiable checklist template to set up each study for success. The COVID Collaborative expanded to a more formal Department of Critical Care Research Operations Committee in June 2021, supporting sustainable research operations during and beyond the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS:. Structured coordination and increased communication about research operations among diverse research stakeholders cultivated a sense of shared purpose and enhanced the integrity of clinical research operations.

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2022
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2. Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy for Diabetic Foot Infections: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

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Angela Wright, Stephen Wood, Janath De Silva, and J. Simon Bell

Subjects
diabetic foot infection, systemic antibiotic treatment, diabetic foot ulcer, antimicrobial treatment, systematic review, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
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Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) are a common complication of diabetes; however, there is clinical uncertainty regarding the optimal antimicrobial selection. The aim of this review was to critically evaluate the recent systematic reviews on the efficacy and safety of systemic (parenteral or oral) antimicrobials for DFI. Medline, Embase, CENTRAL, and CINAHL databases and the PROSPERO register were searched from January 2015 to January 2023. Systematic reviews with or without meta-analyses on systemic antimicrobials for DFI, with outcomes of clinical infection resolution or complications, were included. Of the 413 records identified, 6 systematic reviews of 29 individual studies were included. Heterogeneity of individual studies precluded meta-analysis, except for ertapenem versus piperacillin–tazobactam (RR 1.07, 95% CI [0.96–1.19]) and fluoroquinolones versus piperacillin–tazobactam (RR 1.03, 95% CI [0.89–1.20]) in one review. The application of the AMSTAR-2 tool determined two reviews to be of high quality. There was no statistical difference in the clinical resolution of infections for 24 different antimicrobial regimens (penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, fluoroquinolones, vancomycin, metronidazole, clindamycin, linezolid, daptomycin, and tigecycline). However, tigecycline did not meet non-inferiority against ertapenem ± vancomycin (absolute difference −5.5%, 95% CI [−11.0–0.1]) and was associated with a higher incidence of adverse drug events. There is minimal systematic review evidence to suggest one regimen is superior to another for DFI.

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2023
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3. Economic evaluation alongside the Probiotics to Prevent Severe Pneumonia and Endotracheal Colonization Trial (E-PROSPECT): study protocol

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Katie Ross, Dimitra Fleming, John Marshall, Najib Ayas, François Lellouche, Justin Lys, Ryan Zarychanski, Timothy Karachi, Deborah J Cook, Marie-Claude Tremblay, Jeremy Grushka, Dan Deckelbaum, Kosar Khwaja, Tarek Razek, Donald Griesdale, John Muscedere, David Maslove, Roupen Hatzakorzian, Patrick Archambault, Feng Xie, François Lauzier, Heather Smith, David Williamson, Emmanuel Charbonney, John Granton, Alyson Takaoka, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Miranda Hunt, Ian Ball, Victoria McCredie, Michaël Chasse, Jennifer LY Tsang, Jordi Mancebo, Peter Dodek, Emilie Belley-Cote, Neala Hoad, Melissa Shears, Mark Soth, Tracy Campbell, Geeta Mehta, Daniel Chen, Shane English, Maureen Meade, John Kim, Jie Meng, Richard Johnston, Jennie Johnstone, Norman Dewhurst, Panagiota Giannakouros, Laura García, John Ma, Dev Jayaraman, Pierre Cardinal, Vincent Issac Lau, John C Marshall, John Basmaji, Deborah Cook, Erick Duan, France Clarke, Mary Copland, Marnie Jakab, Nicole Zytaruk, Christa Connolly, Denise Davis, Catherine Eaton, Tracy Gallinas, Jean Lee-Yoo, Connie Lukinuk, Leia Musielak, Nancy Pavunkovic, Joy Pelayo, Kaitlyn Phillips, Catherine Pracsovics, Julia Raimondo, Vida Stankus, Christine Wallace, Angela Wright, Crystal Young, Katrina Fimiani, Lori Hand, Harjot Jagdey, Lisa Klotz, Alexana Sabev, Nevena Savija, Deanne Cosentino, Diane Lourenco, Julie Misina, Gita Sobhi, Mashari Alghuroba, Alia Khaled, Lauren Locco, Tina Millen, Ryan Vaisler, Maya Biljan, Brittany Marriott, Jan Frieich, Jennifer Hodder, Imrana Khalid, Julie Lee, Yoon Lee, Pragma Roy, Kurtis Salway, Gyan Sandhu, Marlene Santos, Orla Smith, Melissa Wang, Ann Dowbenka, Ann Kosinski, Terri Norrie, Ranjit Parhar, Laura Parsons, Johanna Proceviat, Gitana Ramonas, Mae Yuen, Maria Agda, Victoria Alcuaz, Betty Jean Ashley, Kelsey Brewer, Janice Palmer, Glen Brown, Mara Pavan, Stephen Lapinsky, Laveena Munshi, Maedean Brown, Brittany Giacomino, Alan Kraguljac, Sumesh Shah, Erik Tamberg, Laura Vergeer, Doret Cheng, Gagan Grewal, Anew Han, Holly Leung, Ioanna Mantas, Hilary Roigues, Anew Wyllie, Alexis Turgeon, Danny Barriault, David Bellemare, Anick Boivin, Sarah-Judith Breton, Eve Cloutier, Marjorie Daigle, Charles Delisle-Thibeault, Stéphanie Grenier, Gabrielle Guilbault, Caroline Léger, Catherine Ouellet, Élisabeth Gagne, Julie Gaueau, Claire Grégoire, Véronique Labbé, Ariane Laprise-Rochette, Caroline Ouellet, Mélanie Samson, Marie-David Simoneau, Virginie Turcotte, Tuong-Vi Tran, Lauralyn McIntyre, Joe Pagilarello, Gianni D’Egidio, Mike Hartwick, Jonathon Hooper, Gwynne Jones, Dal Kubelik, Hilary Meggison, Sherissa Microys, Dave Neiliovitz, Guiseppe Pagliarello, Rakesh Patel, Jo Po, Peter Reardon, Erin Rosenberg, Aimee Sarti, Anew Seely, Shelley Acres, Brigette Gomes, Heather Langlois, Liane Leclair, Sydney Miezitis, Kaitlyn Montroy, Rebecca Porteous, Shawna Reddie, Amanda Van Beinum, Allyshia Van Tol, Irene Watpool, Wendy Aikens, Marianne Cox, Anne-Marie Dugal, Susan Fetzer, Kathy Fraser, Jennifer Kuhn, Rob MacLeod, Susanne Richard, Dawn Rose, Sherry Weir, Bill Henderson, Mypinder Sekhon, Denise Foster, Suzie Logie, Judy Yip, Margaret Herridge, s Alberto Goffi, Eyal Golan, Elizabeth Wilcox, Jaimie Archer, Paulina Farias, Brooke Fraser, Cheryl Geen-Smith, Barbara Kosky, Anea Matte, Christina Pugliese, Priscila Robles, Lia Stenyk, Cristian Urrea, Karolina Walczak, Kyung Ae, Jane Ascroft, Fatima Haji, Rajvinder Kaur, Jane Lui, Sophia Mateo, Nga Pham, Tam Pham, Matthew Suen, Jennifer Teng, Gordon Wood, Daniel Ovakim, Fiona Auld, Gayle Camey, Ralph Fleming, Jennifer Good, Mandeep Manhas, Karin Boyd, Jane Dheere, Priscilia Robles, Muhammad Walid, Jill Westlund, Yoan Lamarche, Soazig Leguillan, Karim Serri, Colin Verdant, Yanick Beaulieu, Patrick Bellemare, Philippe Bernard, Marc Giasson, Véronique Brunette, Alexanos Cavayas, Émilie Lévesque, Halina Labikova, Julia Lainer Palacios, Marie-Ève Langlois, Virginie Williams, Thuy Anh Nguyen, Valérie Phaneuf, Frédérick D’Aragon, Charles St-Arnaud, Hector Quiroz, Virginie Bolduc, Elaine Carbonneau, Joannie Marchand, Marie-Hélène Masse, Sylvie Cloutier, Marianne Guay, Line Morin, Jessie Nicolson, Isabelle Paquette, Patricia Roy, France Théberge, Arnold S Kristof, Peter Goldberg, Sheldon Magder, Jason Shahin, Salman Qureshi, Josie Campisi, Vasilica Botan, Anissa Capilnean, Alyssa Corey, Annick Gagné, Jasmine Mian, Kathleen Normandin, Ash Gursahaney, David Hornstein, Robert Salasidis, Patrizia Zanelli, Norine Alam, Tonia Doerksen, Ariane Lessard, Gilbert Matte, Marie-France Robert, Martin Girard, Pierre Aslanian, Sylvain Belisle, François-Martin Carrier, Ané Denault, Jean-Gilles Guimond, Antoine Halwagi, Paul Hébert, Christopher Kolan, Nicholas Robillard, Fatna Benettaib, Dounia Boumahni, Casey Bourdeau Caporuscio, Marie-Ève Cantin, Virginy Côté-Gravel, Ali Ghamraoui, Martine Lebrasseur, Lancelot Legene Courville, Stéphanie Lorio, Maria Trinidad Maid, Nicole Poitras, Romain Rigal, Maya Salame, Valérie Tran, Katie Bacon, Nathalie Boueau, Cecilia Carvajal, Lyne Gauthier, Julie Genon, Karine Jean, Louise Laforest, Antonietta Lembo, Sothun Lim, Jennifer Morrissette, France Pagé, Lucie Pelletier, Marie-Christine Roigue, Jim Kutsiogiannis, Raiyan Chowdhury, Jon Davidow, Curt Johnston, Kim Macala, Sam Marcushamer, Darren Markland, Doug Matheson, Damian Paton-Gay, David Zygun, Nadine Grant, Tayne Hewer, Pat Thompson, Maggie Ge, Janny Hall, Sharon Matenchuk, Osama Loubani, Rick Hall, Robert Green, Diana Gillis, Lisa Julien, Laura Lee Magennis, Tamara Mitterer, Joanna Arsenault, Kim Bruce-Payne, Patti Gallant, Gord Boyd, Christine D’Arsigny, John Over, Jason Erb, Chris Parker, Stephanie Sibley, Tracy Boyd, Ilinca Georgescu, Danielle Muscedere, Cathy Baker, Jennifer Engel, Jennifer Fleming, Lisa Roderick, Shelley Silk, Marcy Spencer, Michelle Tryon, Marcus Blouw, Kendiss Olafson, Bojan Paunovic, Oliver Gutieror, Nicole Marten, Sherri Lynn Wingfield, Marnie Boyle, Halyna Ferens, Debbie Hrabi, Beata Kozak, Chantal MacDonald, Julie Muise, Eileen Campbell, Susie Imerovski, Athena Ovsenek, Rebecca Rondinelli, Teresa Longfield, Amy Moyer, Faith Norris, Janice Sumpton, Karina Teterycz, Brenda Reeve, Karen Bento, Megan Davis, Will Dechert, Krista Gallo, Barbara Longo, Courtney Mullen, Elysia Skrzypek, Laurenne Wierenga, Wesam Abuzaiter, Lynda Amorim, Rosemarie Bauer, Rachel Damota, Thoa Ho, Nicole Macdougall, Mary Thornewell, Lara Pe, Jennifer Visocchi, Auey Bhairo, Halyna Ferenes, Debra Kubin, Dawn-Lee McLaughlin, Maria Valente, Steve Reynolds, Suzette Willems, Tina Sekhon, Sebastien Trop, Alexana Binnie, Ronald Heslegrave, Kim Sharman, Zaynab Panchbhaya, Rakhi Goel, Kim Kozluk, Julianne Labelle, Hina Marsonia, Cecillia Scott, Dave Nagpal, Tracey Bentall, Jessica Sturt-Smith, Michelle Alexander, Tammy Ellis, Mindy Muylaert, Cindy Paczkowski, Wendy Sligl, Sean Bagshaw, Nadia Baig, Lorena McCoshen, Katrina Alexanopoulos, Sherri Bain, Michelle Brandt, Cathy Constable, Kari Douglas, Shaleen Maharaj, Sabrina Travers, Tom Stelfox, Philippe Couillard, Christopher Doig, Ken Parhar, Joshua Booth, Cassidy Codan, Stacy Ruddell, Candice Cameron, Rhonda Edison, Anne Martin, Breanna Mina, Dan Niven, Luc Berthiaume, Jonathan Gaudet, Gina Fleming, Mercedes Carmargo, Beverly Hoekstra, Rita Caporuscio, Rachel Kressner Falvo, Carmelina Maxwell, Karmen Plantic, François Marquis, Han Tin Wang, Francis Toupin, Stephane Ahern, Brian Laufer, Marc Brosseau, Pauline Dul, Johanne Harvey, Lotthida Inthanavong, Danae Tassy, Helen Assayag, Maude Bachand, Marysa Betournay, Karine Daoust, Kristine Goyette, Marceline Quach, Paul Hosek, Bill Plaxton, Catherine Armstrong, Rhonda Barber, William Dechert, Janelle Ellis, Kayla Fisk, Melissa Gabnouri, Emilie Gordon, Rebecca Haegens, Lisa Halford, Brooklynn Hillis, Rebecca Jesso, Jenn McLaren, Elliot McMillan, Mariska Pelkmans, Matthew Rekman, Sylvia Sinkovitis, Monica Truong, Michelle White, Noah Bates, Susan Bryden-Cromwell, Lisa Cha, Colleen Cameron, Aminah Deen, Sheri DiGiovanni, Anders Foss, Esther Lee, Heidi MacGregor, Esther Galbraith, Robyn McArthur, Julie McGregor, Keith Miller, Sharon Morris, Shelley Parker, Candice Smith, Joanna Stoglow, Jennifer Tung, Melissa Vos, Neill Adhikari, Ane Amaral, Ane Carlos, Brian Cuthbertson, Rob Fowler, Damon Scales, Navjot Kaur, Nicole Marinoff, Adic Perez, Jane Wang, Katrina Hatzifilalithis, John Iazzetta, Chrys Kolos, Ingrid Quinton, Paul Lysecki, Joseph Berlingieri, Sameer Shaikh, Steven Skitch, Hala Basheer, Kathy Bruder, Jane Cheng, Kaiser Qureshi, Celeste Thibault, Ying Tung Sia, Mathieu Simon, Pierre-Alexane Bouchard, Patricia Lizotte, Nathalie Chateauvert, Thérèse Grenier, Jean-François Bellemare, Simon Bordeleau, Christine Ouin, Benoît Duhaime, Ann Laberge, Philippe Lachance, Mélanie Constantin, Estel Deblois, Maude Dionne, Lise Lavoie, Isabelle Michel, Alexane Pépin, Sanine Poulin, Sarah Anctil, Amélie Chouinard, Louis-Étienne Marchand, Robin Roy, Roigo Cartin-Ceba, Richard Oeckler, Brenda Anderson, Lavonne Liedl, Laurie Meade, Sueanne Weist, Anna Bartoo, Debbie Bauer, Vince Brickley, Shaun Bridges, Greg Brunn, Jennifer Eickstaedt, Jill Randolph, Sandy Showalter, Melissa Wendling, Robert Taylor, Margaret Cytron, Kim Fowler, Katie Krause, Jackie O’Brien, Marianne Tow, Kaitlin Stassi, Abdulaziz Al-Dawood, Haytham Tlayjeh, Alaaeldien Ghanem, Ahmad Hassanien, Mohamed Hegazy, Ashraf El Sharkawi, Felwa Bin Humaid, Hala Alanizi, Nadyah Alanizy, Njoud Al Bogami, Mohammed Muhaidib, Jawaher Gramish, Randa Alsomali, Nora Devera, and Marjane Villafranca

Subjects
Medicine
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Introduction Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common healthcare-associated infection in the intensive care unit (ICU). Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms that may confer health benefits when ingested. Prior randomised trials suggest that probiotics may prevent infections such as VAP and Clostridioides difficile–associated diarrhoea (CDAD). PROSPECT (Probiotics to Prevent Severe Pneumonia and Endotracheal Colonization Trial) is a multicentre, double-blinded, randomised controlled trial comparing the efficacy of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG with usual care versus usual care without probiotics in preventing VAP and other clinically important outcomes in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU.Methods and analysis The objective of E-PROSPECT is to determine the incremental cost-effectiveness of L. rhamnosus GG plus usual care versus usual care without probiotics in critically ill patients. E-PROSPECT will be performed from the public healthcare payer’s perspective over a time horizon from ICU admission to hospital discharge.We will determine probabilities of in-ICU and in-hospital events from all patients alongside PROSPECT. We will retrieve unit costs for each resource use item using jurisdiction-specific public databases, supplemented by individual site unit costs if such databases are unavailable. Direct costs will include medications, personnel costs, radiology/laboratory testing, operative/non-operative procedures and per-day hospital ‘hoteling’ costs not otherwise encompassed. The primary outcome is the incremental cost per VAP prevented between the two treatment groups. Other clinical events such as CDAD, antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and in-hospital mortality will be included as secondary outcomes. We will perform pre-specified subgroup analyses (medical/surgical/trauma; age; frailty status; antibiotic use; prevalent vs no prevalent pneumonia) and probabilistic sensitivity analyses for VAP, then generate confidence intervals using the non-parametric bootstrapping approach.Ethics and dissemination Study approval for E-PROSPECT was granted by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board of McMaster University on 29 July 2019. Informed consent was obtained from the patient or substitute decision-maker in PROSPECT. The findings of this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number NCT01782755; Pre-results.

Published
2020
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4. Irish local and artisan foods: Multiples make space!

Author

Michelle Dunne and Angela Wright

Subjects
local, artisan, supermarket, farmers’ markets, multiples, Business, HF5001-6182, Management. Industrial management, HD28-70
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Consumers are increasingly discerning about food choices. This research explores the attitudes of Irish consumers to local and artisan food products, and, in particular, if they would consider the supermarket environment as a location of choice for the purchase of these foods. This research applied a quantitative methodology to address the research question. 126,110 supermarket customers were contacted through an Irish supermarket loyalty data base, which resulted in 14,646 completed responses. This rich data allowed the researchers access to the attitude of Ireland’s consumers to speciality local food products, normally absent from the supermarket shelf. 98.8% of respondents would like to be able to purchase local food products in a supermarket, and 76% of respondents expect to pay either less than, or the same price for local food products, as they do for other similar standard foods. This research will be of direct benefit to parties involved with the grocery retail sector in Ireland.

Published
2017
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5. I am an Artist! What do I Know about Business?

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Angela Wright

Subjects
Creativity, Artist, Business Education, Business World, Musicians, Theory and practice of education, LB5-3640
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What has business to do with art? Should artists understand business? This research is concerned with the world of the artist who must operate in a business world. In the words of the late singer, Luciano Pavarotti (2003), artists must „be heard and be seen‟ to be successful. Commercial entities expose their products and services to clients to survive, and for the artist, this is no different. The paper examines if there is a need to ensure that our artistic graduates are „market ready‟, and specifically examines this concept in the context of an Irish Institute of Technology (IT). Artists generally do not view the world in terms of business and commerce, only as a creative space, so investigation is warranted if there is a need for a special purpose award that would allow already qualified or working artists who have missed out on business education to take business modules at any stage in their careers. A post-positivistic qualitative method was applied to gather the empirical data. This consisted of eleven face to face interviews using a semi-structured interview guide, and one additional focus group. The findings of this study reveal that a disconnection exists between the artistic world and the business one. Artists do indeed require business education for their future careers, and it will be necessary to ensure inclusion of business modules at undergraduate level in the future. The findings of this study recommend that new entrant undergraduate performing and visual art students should be able to take business modules throughout their studies, starting initially by facilitating these subjects as electives, and after an initial review of one year, including businesses modules as compulsory subjects. For presently working musicians, this study advocates the development of a Special Purpose Award with business subjects for all artists who are working in this field. These can include artists who have no previous Higher Education qualifications, but this specific cohort would need to take an initial bridging course to ease their return to education. Finally, working and surviving as an artist can be difficult, therefore enabling a route to education through any means for the artist could be a vital bridge to eliminate the disconnect between art and business. This will in the future ensure that artists can be better informed, and be able to differentiate and market themselves in a competitive commercial world.

Published
2016
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8. The Challenge of Research Supervision: The Experience of Lecturers in Various Academic Disciplines

Author

Angela Wright

Subjects
Higher education, Multi disciplinary, Research Supervision, business.industry, Teaching, Multi-disciplinary, Educational systems, ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS, Reflection, Higher Education, Mathematics education, Learning, Sociology, Reflection (computer graphics), business, Discipline
Abstract

Research supervision is the highest level of teaching for academics. Yet, in many cases, academics are allocated supervision without any formal training. For many supervisors, their supervision approach will be a mirror of what they have experienced themselves at post-graduate levels. Many supervisors consider that this form of teaching is stressful and onerous due to the responsibility placed on it by the Higher Education Institution and the student ultimately. What can be done to support supervisors in their supervisory journey? There is a void in the academic literature on research supervision with scant aids available to the supervisor (Cullen, 2009). Brew and Boud (1995) outline the importance of instructor knowledge; however, supervisors only gain extensive supervisory experience over the years. The aim of this study is to better understand the supervisory process. Data was gathered from 12 lecturers engaged in supervision across various disciplines. Findings indicate that supervisors need to adopt and continually change to differing circumstances and different student personalities while supervising. It is essential that formal supervisory training be provided for all supervisors. The findings from this evaluation are novel and will be beneficial to research supervisors across various disciplines. Keywords: Research Supervision, Multi-Disciplinary, Reflection.

Published
2020
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9. Collaborative learning: Businesses and HE co-create

Author

Angela Wright, Supple, Briony, and Delahunty, Tom

Subjects
Knowledge management, business.industry, MBA, Collaborative learning, Business, Higher Education Institution, business
Abstract

This novel research pivoted around a collaborative cyclical learning experience between businesses in a City Centre scape and a local Higher Education Institution. This concept provided for a dual aspect to learning; third level MBA students in parallel with business operatives in a City. The students were tasked with addressing a business problem in cooperation with City Hall and to write a ‘service charter for this city’, while being assessed for progression for their MBA. This Collaborative experiential learning (Kolb, & Kolb, 2017) centred on a group of 22 MBA students while they interacted with 20 businesses in a European City to research, develop and write a service charter. Details of the development of the charter per se are not dealt with in this paper, just the experience of its development by the students and business alike. Finding novel ways to assess third level students is always a challenge for Higher Education Institutions. Imagine the opportunity of being placed at the fulcrum of learning and business development through a dual aspect collaborative learning challenge and experiential learning. An experimental approach was afforded to MBA level 9 students when they were tasked with writing a ‘Service Charter ‘for their City – while in parallel, being assessed through ‘problem solving’ for 5 ECTS credits with the third level partner. The dual aspect of learning and co-creation between businesses and college began when the students sought to solve a problem for City businesses and find a solution to their problem and reflect on it, and the second, when a recommendation came from the research that the businesses needed to undertake further training in order to implement the plan of the final City Service Charter.

Published
2019

10. Now What? : The Voters Have Spoken—Essays on Life After Trump

Author

Mary C. Curtis, Christopher Buckley, Mark Ulriksen, Angela Wright Shannon, Keith Olbermann, Jacob Heilbrunn, Joan Walsh, Marcos Breton, Stephen Mack Jones, Hruska, Mary C. Curtis, Christopher Buckley, Mark Ulriksen, Angela Wright Shannon, Keith Olbermann, Jacob Heilbrunn, Joan Walsh, Marcos Breton, Stephen Mack Jones, and Hruska

Abstract

When the networks called the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden on Saturday, November 7, 2020, people from coast to coast exhaled—and danced in the streets. This quick-turnaround volume, a collection of 38 personal essays from writers all over the country—“many of America's most thoughtful voices,” as Jon Meacham puts it on the back cover—captures the week Trump was voted out, a unique juncture in American life, and helps point toward a way forward to a nation less divided. An eclectic lineup of contributors—from Rosanna Arquette to Anthony Scaramucci—puts a year of transition into perspective, and summons the anxieties and hopes so many have for better times ahead. As award-winning columnist Mary C. Curtis writes in the lead essay, “Saying you're not interested in politics is dangerous because, like it or not, politics is interested in you.” Novelist Christopher Buckley, a former speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, laments, “The Republican Senate, with one exception, has become a stay of ovine, lickspittle quislings, degenerate descendants of such giants as Everett Dirksen, Barry Goldwater, Howard Baker and John McCain.” Nero Award-winning mystery novelist Stephen Mack Jones writes, to Donald Trump, “Remember: You live in my house. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is my house. My ancestors built it at a cost of blood, soul and labor. I pay my taxes every year to feed you, clothe you and your family and staff and fly you around the country and the world in my tricked-out private jet. If you violate any aspect of your four-year lease—any aspect—Lord Jesus so help me, I will do everything in my power to kick yo narrow ass to the curb.” As Publisher Steve Kettmann writes in the Introduction: “The hope is that in putting out these glimpses so quickly, giving them an immediacy unusual in book publishing, we can help in the mourning for all that has been lost, help in the healing (of ourselves and of our country), and help in the pained effort, like moving limbs that have gone numb from inactivity, to give new life to our democracy. We stared into the abyss, tottered on the edge, and a record-setting surge of voting and activism delivered us from the very real threat of plunging into autocracy.”

Published
2020

11. Critical Religious Education in Practice : A Teacher's Guide for the Secondary Classroom

Author

Christina Easton, Angela Goodman, Andrew Wright, Angela Wright, Christina Easton, Angela Goodman, Andrew Wright, and Angela Wright

Subjects
Critical pedagogy--Great Britain, Religious education--Great Britain, Religion--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Great Britain
Abstract

Critical Religious Education in Practice serves as an accessible handbook to help teachers put Critical Religious Education (CRE) into practice. The book offers straightforward guidance, unpicking some of the key difficulties that teachers encounter when implementing this high-profile pedagogical approach.In-depth explanations of CRE pedagogy, accompanied by detailed lesson plans and activities, will give teachers the confidence they need to inspire debate in the classroom, tackling issues as controversial as the authority of the Qur'an and the relationship between science and religion. The lesson plans and schemes of work exemplify CRE in practice and are aimed at empowering teachers to implement CRE pedagogy across their curriculum. Additional chapters cover essential issues such as differentiation, assessment, the importance of subject knowledge and tips for tackling tricky topics. The accompanying resources, including PowerPoint presentations and worksheets, are available via the book's companion website.Key to developing a positive classroom culture and promoting constructive attitudes towards Religious Education, this text is essential reading for all practising and future teachers of Religious Education in secondary schools.

Published
2019

12. A Reflection on Teaching Practice: A Level 9 Microteaching Application

Author

Angela Wright

Subjects
Medical education, Empirical data, Scrutiny, Reflection (computer programming), Higher education, business.industry, Teaching, Educational systems, Microteaching, Context (language use), Plan (drawing), Higher Education, Teaching practice, Learning, business, Psychology
Abstract

I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand, (Asian Proverb). The context of this research is the examinination of teaching practice through the lens of ‘microteaching’, thus affording the opportunity to reflect on and evaluate one’s personal delivery with the view to instigating better actions for practice in the future. This study specifically contributes to a novel critical enhancement of level 9 teaching delivery where the cohort are adult learners. The focus of this evaluation on current practices is to establish where improvements could be made to teaching delivery through the direct scrutiny of peers. Reflection on the feedback and on the sessions was reviewed and recommendations were embraced and operationalised. The empirical data was gathered through three peer review microteaching sessions that were recorded and where feedback was given after each session. The microteaching was repeated once a month over a 3-month interval process. Feedback from the sessions was analysed and recommendations for practice were developed. These recommendations will be considered, and relevant resultant changes will be made to improve future practice at level 9. It is envisaged that the findings of this research will better inform the author, the academic plan, and the faculty for future teaching practice. Keywords: Microteaching, Instructor Evaluation, Reflection.

Published
2018

13. Mary Shelley

Author

Angela Wright and Angela Wright

Subjects
Gothic fiction (Literary genre)--History and criticism, English fiction--19th century--History and criticism
Abstract

Mary Shelley reappraises the significance of Frankenstein alongside other works by Shelley which could be considered to revise the significance and fluctuating meanings of ‘Gothic'during the Romantic period. It offers scholarly, fresh readings of the 1818 and 1831 editions of Frankenstein, as well as chapters upon the fiction that Shelley composed in between both editions, and during the same decade as its second edition. In its broader examination of Mary Shelley's work, this study is the first of its kind within the field of Gothic studies. Alongside sustained explorations of Frankenstein, Matilda, Valperga and The Last Man, the volume Mary Shelley reappraises some of the shorter essays and tales that the author composed for contemporary magazines. Angela Wright argues that the time is now right for a re-examination of the extent to which Shelley participated in and redirected the Gothic tradition.

Published
2018

14. Enquiry Based Learning: A Valuable Mechanism at Level 9?

Author

Angela Wright

Subjects
Engagement, Higher education, business.industry, Deep learning, Teaching, Control (management), Problem statement, Educational systems, Higher Education, Assessment, Atmosphere (architecture and spatial design), Adult Learners, Pedagogy, Active learning, Learning, Artificial intelligence, Enquiry Based Learning (EBL), Spectator sport, Psychology, business, Inclusion (education)
Abstract

This paper examines ‘Enquiry Based Learning’ (EBL) as an engagement strategy for assessment at ‘taught masters’ level 9. The master students in question are adult learners in full time employment and the empirical data was gathered from these students. First, an outline of the key features of EBL is presented and, from there, an investigation of how it is viewed when applied to a specific problem statement by the masters students. EBL creates a memorable atmosphere in the classroom and encourages deep learning (Ramsden, 1992). EBL also encourages active learning, which is more enjoyable for the students (Eison, 2010), especially adults – offering more control (Whowell, 2006). Learning should not be passive or a spectator sport; students learn most effectively by active engagement (Karmas, 2006), with an interesting project, hence, the use of EBL. It is vital that we move beyond a conceptualisation of education as the simple acquisition of knowledge to one which equally emphasises, nurtures and assesses innovation and expertise in the utilisation and application of knowledge, (Boland, 2010). The findings of this research are relevant and important as they inform practice and feed into future programme reviews when considering the inclusion of EBL for assessment.

Published
2017

15. Irish local and artisan foods: Multiples make space!

Author

Angela Wright and Michelle. Dunne

Subjects
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, farmers’ markets, HF5001-6182, Strategy and Management, media_common.quotation_subject, Management Science and Operations Research, Space (commercial competition), 0404 agricultural biotechnology, supermarket, Irish, Accounting, local, 0502 economics and business, Loyalty, Food choice, ddc:650, Management. Industrial management, Economics, Business, Business and International Management, Marketing, Research question, Multiple, Retail sector, media_common, Quantitative methodology, 05 social sciences, Advertising, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, HD28-70, 040401 food science, language.human_language, multiples, language, Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous), 050211 marketing, artisan
Abstract

Consumers are increasingly discerning about food choices. This research explores the attitudes of Irish consumers to local and artisan food products, and, in particular, if they would consider the supermarket environment as a location of choice for the purchase of these foods. This research applied a quantitative methodology to address the research question. 126,110 supermarket customers were contacted through an Irish supermarket loyalty data base, which resulted in 14,646 completed responses. This rich data allowed the researchers access to the attitude of Ireland’s consumers to speciality local food products, normally absent from the supermarket shelf. 98.8% of respondents would like to be able to purchase local food products in a supermarket, and 76% of respondents expect to pay either less than, or the same price for local food products, as they do for other similar standard foods. This research will be of direct benefit to parties involved with the grocery retail sector in Ireland.

Published
2017

16. Romantic Gothic : An Edinburgh Companion

Author

Angela Wright, Dale Townshend, Angela Wright, and Dale Townshend

Subjects
Literature, Modern--18th century--History and criticism, Romanticism, Gothic revival (Literature), Literature, Modern--19th century--History and criticism, European literature--Themes, motives, American literature--Themes, motives, English literature--Themes, motives
Abstract

Though once conceived of as mutually exclusive categories, Romanticism and the Gothic share a long and complex history of reaction and interaction, avowal and disavowal, influence and exchange. Extending recent critical interrogations of the Gothic / Romantic divide, this collection of essays provides a thorough overview of the manifestly Gothic impulses in Romantic-era literary culture, from the graveyard verse of the 1740s, through the heady politics of the later eighteenth century, and into the writings of the second-generation Romantic poets. Divided into three sections †“ Gothic Modes and Forms'; ‘National and International Borders'; and ‘Reading the Romantic Gothic'†'the volume comprises 18 original essays and a detailed introductory essay by an international cast of new and established scholars in the field. As much an introduction to Gothic writing of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as it is a contribution to scholarly debates concerning the relationship between the Gothic and the Romantic, Romantic Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion is an indispensable resource for both students and scholars of British, American and European literary culture in the period 1740†'1830.

Published
2016

17. Ann Radcliffe, Romanticism and the Gothic

Author

Dale Townshend, Angela Wright, Dale Townshend, and Angela Wright

Subjects
Romanticism--Great Britain, Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--History and criticism
Abstract

This book offers unique and fresh perspectives upon the literary productions of one of the most highly remunerated and widely admired authors of the Romantic period, Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823). While drawing upon, consolidating and enriching the critical impulses reflected in Radcliffe scholarship to date, this collection of essays, composed by a range of renowned scholars of the Romantic period, also foregrounds the hitherto neglected aspects of the author's work. Radcliffe's relations to Romantic-era travel writing; the complex political ideologies that lie behind her historiographic endeavours; her poetry and its relation to institutionalised forms of Romanticism; and her literary connections to eighteenth-century women's writing are all examined in this collection. Offering fresh considerations of the well-known Gothic fictions and extending the appreciation of Radcliffe in new critical directions, the collection reappraises Radcliffe's full oeuvre within the wider literary and political contexts of her time.

Published
2014

18. Britain, France and the Gothic, 1764–1820 : The Import of Terror

Author

Angela Wright and Angela Wright

Subjects
Comparative literature--French and English, Gothic revival (Literature), Comparative literature--English and French, Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--History and criticism, Romanticism--Great Britain, Romanticism--France
Abstract

In describing his proto-Gothic fiction, The Castle of Otranto (1764), as a translation, Horace Walpole was deliberately playing on national anxieties concerning the importation of war, fashion and literature from France in the aftermath of the Seven Years'War. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, as Britain went to war again with France, this time in the wake of revolution, the continuing connections between Gothic literature and France through the realms of translation, adaptation and unacknowledged borrowing led to strong suspicions of Gothic literature taking on a subversive role in diminishing British patriotism. Angela Wright explores the development of Gothic literature in Britain in the context of the fraught relationship between Britain and France, offering fresh perspectives on the works of Walpole, Radcliffe,'Monk'Lewis and their contemporaries.

Published
2013

19. Gothic Fiction

Author

Angela Wright and Angela Wright

Subjects
Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain--Guidebooks, Horror tales, English--History and criticism--Guidebooks, English fiction--19th century--History and criticism, English fiction--18th century--History and criticism
Abstract

What is the Gothic? Few literary genres have attracted so much praise and critical disdain simultaneously. This Guide returns to the Gothic novel's first wave of popularity, between 1764 and 1820, to explore and analyse the full range of contradictory responses that the Gothic evoked. Angela Wright appraises the key criticism surrounding the Gothic fiction of this period, from 18th century accounts to present-day commentaries. Adopting an easy-to-follow thematic approach, the Guide examines:- Contemporary criticism of the Gothic- The aesthetics of terror and horror - The influence of the French Revolution- Religion, nationalism and the Gothic- The relationship between psychoanalysis and the Gothic- The relationship between gender and the Gothic.Concise and authoritative, this indispensable Guide provides an overview of Gothic criticism and covers the work of a variety of well-known Gothic writers, such as Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis and many others.

Published
2007

20. Impact of the MOVE (Mobility Optimizes Virtually Everything) Program.

Author

Knight T, Bruzzi B, Wright A, and Bohnenkamp SK

Subjects
Humans, Length of Stay statistics & numerical data, Nursing Evaluation Research, Documentation, Patient Satisfaction statistics & numerical data, Early Ambulation nursing
Abstract

Abstract: Early mobility of hospitalized patients has been associated with improved postoperative results and psychological outcomes, decreased length of stay, and other benefits. This article discusses Mobility Optimizes Virtually Everything (MOVE), an interactive bingo-like activity for patients, and its impact on patient satisfaction, mobility documentation, and decompensation rates., (Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Published
2024
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21. Improving Nursing Knowledge of Alcohol Withdrawal: Second Generation Education Strategies.

Author

Berl K, Collins ML, Melson J, Mooney R, Muffley C, and Wright-Glover A

Subjects
Alcoholism diagnosis, Clinical Protocols standards, Educational Measurement, Focus Groups, Humans, Mass Screening, Risk Assessment, Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium therapy, Clinical Competence, Nursing Staff, Hospital education, Staff Development methods
Abstract

Christiana Care Health System implemented a Care Management Guideline for Alcohol Withdrawal Symptom Management, which provided direction for inpatient screening for alcohol withdrawal risk, assessment, and treatment. Nurses educated on its use expressed confusion with the use of the assessment tools, pharmacokinetics, and pathophysiology of alcohol withdrawal and delirium tremens. Reeducation was provided by nursing professional development specialists. Pre- and postsurveys revealed that nurses were more confident in caring for patients with alcohol withdrawal.

Published
2015
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