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2. Towards a new paradigm of healthcare: Addressing challenges to professional identities through Community Operational Research.
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Mike Walsh, Markus Kittler, and Dawn Mahal
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- 2018
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3. Image Reconstruction for Hybrid True-Color Micro-CT.
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Qiong Xu, Hengyong Yu, James Bennett, Peng He 0002, Rafidah Zainon, Robert Doesburg, Alex M. T. Opie, Mike Walsh, Haiou Shen, Anthony P. H. Butler, Phillip H. Butler, Xuanqin Mou, and Ge Wang 0001
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- 2012
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4. Bounded rationality, capital budgeting decisions and small business
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Mike Walsh, Markus G. Kittler, and Jaime A Morales Burgos
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Entrepreneurship ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Context (language use) ,050201 accounting ,Small business ,Investment (macroeconomics) ,Bounded rationality ,Capital budgeting ,Microeconomics ,Body of knowledge ,Accounting ,0502 economics and business ,Economics ,Business and International Management ,business ,Nexus (standard) ,050203 business & management - Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the capital budgeting decision-making of Canadian and Mexican entrepreneurs in small businesses in the food sector. The objective is to understand the capital budgeting decisions through the lens of bounded rationality and how these decisions are affected by different (national) contexts. Design/methodology/approach This is a comparative study in which the use of constructivist grounded theory allowed deep conversations about capital budgeting decisions. Data was collected from forty semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs/managers in two regions, Mexico and Canada. Findings Insights from this study suggest that entrepreneurs’ capital budgeting decisions are not only taken under conditions of bounded rationality but also suggest a prominent role of context in how bounded rationality is applied differently towards investment decisions. Research limitations/implications While the findings cannot simply be generalized, exploring how capital budgeting decisions are made differently across two regional contexts adds to the understanding of the nexus of context, bounded rationality and capital budgeting decision-making. Practical implications Using a bounded rationality lens, this study contrasts and explains similarities and differences in the entrepreneur’s capital budgeting decision-making within small businesses. The insights add to the body of knowledge and help entrepreneurs to reflect on their approach to decision-making. Originality/value The paper uses a less commonly applied approach to understand two under-researched regional contexts. We use constructivist grounded theory to explore entrepreneurs’ capital budgeting decision-making in small businesses in two regions, Canada and Mexico. The comparative approach and the findings add to the understanding of decision-making, highlight the prominent role of context and also challenge some insights from previous research.
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- 2020
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5. Unravelling Australia’s ‘Infamous 'Contract' System’: Evidence from Adelaide, 1942–1943
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Dylan Walker and Mike Walsh
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- 2022
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6. Examining Quality, Use and Impact of Psychotropic (Use) in older adults with intellectual disabilities (EQUIP): study protocol
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Ashleigh Gorman, Marina Odalović, Philip McCallion, Éilish Burke, Malcolm MacLachlan, Mary McCarron, Martin Henman, Maeve Moran, Juliette O'Connell, Mike Walsh, Rohit Shankar, and Máire O'Dwyer
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Widespread, and sometimes inappropriate use of psychotropics in adults with intellectual disability has been an international concern. These medicines have been used to treat mental health conditions, but also, controversially, some types of behaviours not necessarily associated with the diagnosis or in the absence of a relevant diagnosis. Results from the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) study of older adults with intellectual disability in Ireland revealed that 60% were taking psychotropics in 2010. In the intervening decade changes in regulations, policy, and increased decongregation of people with intellectual disability have taken place likely influencing the use of psychotropics. The HSE National Clinical Programme for People with Disability (NCPDD) established in the 2020 has medicines optimisation as a key priority. Existing multi-wave data from the IDS-TILDA study and the HSE national prescribing database offers an opportunity to better understand psychotropic use and prescribing patterns. This is a novel collaboration on lived experience, research, practice and policy. The aim of this research is to examine the quality and trends of psychotropic use of older adults with intellectual disability over a ten-year period in Ireland to evaluate the effects of and to inform both practice and policy to optimise medicines use and health outcomes. Health and medication data from ten years (four waves) of the IDS-TILDA study and corresponding medicines data from the HSE-PCRS prescribing database are available. Descriptive and longitudinal analysis will examine association between long-term psychotropic use, changes in trends of use, and the impact of decongregation on medicines use. This research will inform the development of national guidance on medicines optimisation for older people with intellectual disability and has the potential to change prescribing practices and improve health and wellbeing for older people with intellectual disability.
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- 2022
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7. Epilog
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Mike Walsh
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8. Literaturverzeichnis und -hinweise
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Mike Walsh
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- 2020
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9. TEIL 1 ÄNDERN SIE IHRE EINSTELLUNG
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Mike Walsh
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- 2020
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10. Führen im Zeitalter des Algorithmus
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Mike Walsh
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- 2020
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11. Über den Autor
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Mike Walsh
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- 2020
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12. TEIL 3 VERÄNDERN SIE DIE WELT
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Mike Walsh
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- 2020
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13. Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Mike Walsh
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- 2020
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14. TEIL 2 (VER)ÄNDERN SIE IHRE ARBEIT
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Mike Walsh
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- 2020
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15. Danksagung
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Mike Walsh
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- 2020
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16. Towards a new paradigm of healthcare: Addressing challenges to professional identities through Community Operational Research
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Markus G. Kittler, Dawn Mahal, and Mike Walsh
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Information Systems and Management ,General Computer Science ,Operations research ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Management Science and Operations Research ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Public interest ,Scarcity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Political science ,0502 economics and business ,Health care ,030212 general & internal medicine ,media_common ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Citizen journalism ,Root cause ,Public relations ,Boundary critique ,Interdependence ,Modeling and Simulation ,Sustainability ,business ,050203 business & management - Abstract
Healthcare worldwide faces severe quality and cost issues, and the search for sustainability in healthcare establishes a grand challenge. Public interest is growing in a systemic re-conceptualising of healthcare, from primarily a consumerist problem of individual need for treatment to a need for communities themselves to become more effective in systemic prevention, coping and caring. In community led approaches, scarce resources are moved away from ever-increasing consumerist services to empower, develop and enable communities to plan their own health and community improvements in mutually interdependent patterns of care often seen as ‘co-production’. This approach is exemplified by the innovative NUKA system of community led healthcare which originated in Alaska and which was trialled in Scotland in 2012, where it did not achieve similar acclaim as in the United States. In the Scottish NUKA trial opposition from professionals meant the trial was ended early. Our research found that omitting to account for the strong professional identity of GPs and other practice staff was instrumental in the failure of the trial. Beyond deficiencies inadequately considering professional identities, the trial also failed to engage the community and its patients as owners and architects of the system. We argue that the root cause of these problems was a more general critical systemic failure to manage participatory boundaries and associated identities. Community Operational Research practitioners have developed relevant theories, methodologies and methods to address issues of participation and identity, so could make a significant contribution to opening up new solutions for community led healthcare.
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- 2018
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17. Führen im Zeitalter des Algorithmus : Wie man smart bleibt, wenn die Maschinen smarter sind als man selbst
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Mike Walsh and Mike Walsh
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„Erst hat mich dieses Buch zutiefst verunsichert, dann hat es mich begeistert. Genau wie wir alle kämpfe ich in einer zunehmend komplizierten und verwirrenden Welt um meinen Erfolg. Die alten Regeln funktionieren einfach nicht mehr. Mike Walshs 10 Prinzipien, die auf realen Erfahrungen und gründlichem Nachdenken beruhen, weisen in die Zukunft.“ Michael Bungay Stanier, Autor des Wall-Street-Journal-Bestsellers The Coaching Habit. Reden Sie weniger & fragen Sie mehr Dieses Buch beruht auf zehn Prinzipien, die Mike Walsh in drei Phasen einer Transformation eingeteilt hat. Am Anfang geht es um Ihre persönliche Einstellung, dann um die Menschen, mit denen Sie zusammenarbeiten, und schließlich um Ihr Umfeld: I Ändern Sie Ihre Einstellung II (Ver)ändern Sie Ihre Arbeit III Verändern Sie die Welt Die zehn Prinzipien sind: 10 Arbeiten Sie zielorientiert, nicht profitorientiert 9 Im Zweifel fragen Sie einen Menschen 8 Wenn die Antwort X ist, fragen Sie nach Y 7 Automatisieren und Aufwerten 6 Arbeiten Sie nicht, gestalten Sie Arbeit 5 Machen Sie Ihre Firmenkultur zum Betriebssystem 4 Begrüßen Sie Unwägbarkeiten 3 Denken sie berechnend 2 Streben sie nach Verzehnfachung, nicht nach 10 Prozent 1 Denken Sie zurück aus der Zukunft Am Ende jedes Kapitels finden Sie eine kurze Zusammenfassung und eine Frage, die Sie dazu auffordern soll, sich im Kern den Veränderungen zu stellen, die in Ihrer Organisation nötig sind. Es ist allzu leicht, über grundsätzliche Veränderungen zu lesen, ohne sich mit der erschreckenden Möglichkeit auseinander zu setzen, dass das, was sich eigentlich verändern muss, nicht Ihre Firma oder Ihre Branche ist – sondern Sie.
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- 2020
18. Review of Economy, Emotion and Ethics in Chinese Cinema: Globalization on Speed by David Leiwei Li
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Mike Walsh
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David Leiwei Li ,Economy, Emotion and Ethics in Chinese Cinema ,lcsh:Language and Literature ,Marxism ,lcsh:Literature (General) ,lcsh:P ,Capitalism ,lcsh:PN1-6790 ,Book reviews ,Cinema - Abstract
Review of Economy, Emotion and Ethics in Chinese Cinema: Globalization on Speed by David Leiwei Li.
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- 2017
19. Mutuality in Scottish healthcare: Leading for public good
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Brian Howieson, Mike Walsh, and Roger Sugden
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Sociology and Political Science ,business.industry ,Strategy and Management ,Public health ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Public relations ,Public good ,Public interest ,Health care ,Economics ,medicine ,business ,Empowerment ,media_common - Abstract
This paper offers an alternative paradigm to healthcare, and its delivery, by introducing the concepts of mutuality and empowerment into the existing NHS model of a public health system. In this paper, we will: revisit what is meant by mutuality; advance the meaning of the ‘public interest’ in this context; explore empowerment and community empowerment and their relationship to health; and introduce leading for the public good, which links these concepts and terms together via a dual development approach. It is suggested that this dual development approach will enable policy makers, practitioners in the NHS, and citizens to explore and evolve ways of leading and managing a mutual NHS, with public interest fora becoming the engines that will lead the development of mutuality. Our approach has not been taken from an observation of practice as such; rather, we suggest it as something to pursue as a consequence of theoretical reasoning applied to observations of practice in terms of policy ideas and outcomes of varied healthcare models that suggest inadequacies with existing approaches. It is hoped that this analysis will help researchers and practitioners alike to appreciate further the important concept of mutuality, and to suggest the importance of empowerment and leadership into the existing public health system paradigm.
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- 2013
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20. Readiness for Employment: Perceptions of Mental Health Service Users
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Alison Meiklejohn, Mike Walsh, Susan Prior, Linda Irvine, Kirsty Forsyth, and Donald Maciver
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Adult ,Employment ,Mental Health Services ,Occupational therapy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Health (social science) ,Evidence-based practice ,Adolescent ,Applied psychology ,Psychological intervention ,Education ,Young Adult ,medicine ,Humans ,Workplace ,Qualitative Research ,Aged ,Volition (psychology) ,Mental Disorders ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Rehabilitation, Vocational ,Focus Groups ,Middle Aged ,Mental health ,Focus group ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Vocational education ,Psychology ,Qualitative research - Abstract
Work is good for both physical and mental health, and access to work is a basic human right. People with mental health conditions want to work and with the right support can work but are often excluded from the workplace. We explored factors influencing individual's perceptions of their readiness for employment. Participants' narratives focused particularly on personal causation and it's inter-reactions with other aspects of volition, habituation and the environment and highlight a number of key areas, which are discussed in relation to service provision. Sheltered workshops offer support and some structure and routine but may limit an individual's readiness for employment. Services should be evidence based and focused on real work opportunities which fit with individual's interests and values. Occupational therapy theory offers a unique and valuable perspective in understanding perceptions of readiness for employment and occupational therapists offer valid and useful assessments and interventions for vocational rehabilitation.
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- 2013
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21. The silence of the lambs
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Mike, Walsh
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Driving home the other day I noticed Suffolk ewes and their bedraggled lambs in the fields around Penrith, rather like fleecy islands amongst the large portions of the Irish Sea which currently fill up the rest of the low lying fields.
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- 2016
22. Burnout and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Police: Educating Officers with the Stilwell TRiM Approach
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Maureen Taylor, Vicki Hastings, and Mike Walsh
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Positive response ,Work (electrical) ,Applied psychology ,Traumatic stress ,Burnout ,Psychology ,Law ,Social psychology ,Mental health ,Trauma risk ,Virtual community ,Occupational safety and health - Abstract
The mental health and wellbeing of personnel is a major concern for police occupational health departments. This article explains the work of a UK police force in educating officers about the risks of burnout and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Key elements of that work include the Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) tool (developed in the British Army) to assess the risk of PTSD and the use of Visual-Kinesthetic Disassociation (Rewind) therapy for officers who have been identified as badly affected by traumatic work experiences. The force provides a series of workshops on burnout for officers in order to support their mental health and wellbeing. These workshops utilize an innovative multimedia virtual community educational tool (Stilwell) developed by the local university to explore burnout, the use of TRiM, and Rewind. This article explains the use of these techniques and presents evaluative research data showing a positive response to this approach from officers.
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- 2012
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23. Mental health vocational rehabilitation–occupational therapists’ perceptions of individual placement and support
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Mike Walsh, Claire Baxter, Linda Irvine, Donald Maciver, Kirsty Forsyth, Alison Meiklejohn, and Susan Prior
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Occupational therapy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Medical education ,Evidence-based practice ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Rehabilitation ,Public policy ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Mental illness ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,Perception ,medicine ,Vocational rehabilitation ,Psychology ,Qualitative research ,media_common ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Research purpose: Vocational rehabilitation (VR) has been the focus of recent UK government policy, which outlines objectives to support individuals with mental illness into work. To provide such support, individual placement and support (IPS) as one approach, is frequently referred to. This has ignited both discussion and research within the occupational therapy (OT) profession to re-examine its contribution to VR and consider IPS as part of its practice. Aim: To explore occupational therapists’ (OTs) perceptions about their role within mental health (MH) VR and IPS. Method: Semi-structured interviews were used to generate data in this qualitative study. The interview transcripts were subject to thematic framework analysis. Findings: The findings revealed similarities and compatibility with OT and IPS. Participants acknowledged the value of IPS for clients who wish to obtain paid employment but also recognized the value of all worker roles which is in keeping with the professions values. Conclusion: The findings are congruent with discursive literature regarding OT and VR. Consideration given by OTs to the uniqueness and complexities of work as an occupation reinforces their distinct contribution to VR and could extend to IPS. Further research is needed to verify and extend this study's findings.
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- 2012
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24. Interprofessional learning and virtual communities: An opportunity for the future
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Mike Walsh and Mary van Soeren
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Educational model ,business.industry ,Interprofessional Relations ,Context (language use) ,General Medicine ,User-Computer Interface ,Pedagogy ,Humans ,Learning ,Medicine ,Computer Simulation ,Engineering ethics ,Social care ,Narrative ,business ,Z721 ,Virtual community ,Z489 - Abstract
As various agencies increasingly advocate interprofessional care (IPC), it is paramount that the educational implications of this approach are considered. Interprofessional learning (IPL) is necessary for IPC and this paper argues that an emerging educational model, narrative-based virtual communities (VCs), meets this goal. We therefore argue for the fusion of narrative pedagogy with the VC approach to further the IPL agenda. Using stories to teach is not new. Technological innovations now make the possibility of using narrative, a way to enable students to experience greater reality in complex situations. Recently, two multimedia VCs have been developed. Here, we review the use of "The Neighborhood" and "Stilwell", as IPL tools. Early evaluation of these communities has been very positive and they offer a unique and innovative approach to IPL in ways that immerse learners from many professions into the context of the lives of individuals requiring health and social care, and the people who provide that service. Thus, it is possible to more fully realize and teach about collaboration and partnerships among professionals and patients.
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- 2012
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25. Child sexual abuse: a new approach to professional education
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Mike Walsh and Janet Major
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Medical education ,education ,Professional development ,Subject (philosophy) ,Child Abuse, Sexual ,General Medicine ,United Kingdom ,Education professional ,Emotive ,Education, Professional ,Child sexual abuse ,Pedagogy ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Humans ,Psychology ,Child - Abstract
Child sexual abuse is a highly emotive subject and nurses have a key role to play in caring for survivors. Educating students about this role is difficult because a conventional classroom approach does not prepare students adequately or give them sufficient insight into the experiences of victims. The Stilwell virtual simulation model is a radical new approach which aims to assist learning by immersing students in a realistic multimedia simulation of a typical community. This model allows insightful learning about difficult areas such as child sexual abuse. Its use and contribution to learning in this area are discussed.
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- 2011
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26. Narrative pedagogy and simulation: Future directions for nursing education
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Mike Walsh
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Canada ,Teaching method ,Education ,Narrative inquiry ,Narrative criticism ,Health care ,Pedagogy ,Humans ,Computer Simulation ,Interpersonal Relations ,Narrative ,Nurse education ,Education, Nursing ,General Nursing ,Narration ,business.industry ,Teaching ,ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING ,General Medicine ,United Kingdom ,Patient Simulation ,Virtual learning environment ,Students, Nursing ,Construct (philosophy) ,Psychology ,business - Abstract
Narrative pedagogy has been developed over the last decade in nursing as a means of complementing a conventional content and competency driven pedagogy. It focuses attention on the human experience of health care by deriving shared meanings from interpretation of stories. This allows students to explore the different perspectives of those involved. The emotional experiences of participants can be understood, conventional wisdom challenged and new knowledge emerge as students work together to construct their learning. Individual stories are embedded within the narrative and teachers have successfully used literature and film as narratives to help them explore the meaning of health care with students. Modern technology has opened up a new range of electronic narratives such as virtual simulation. These are considered and rejected as devices for a health care narrative due to their dehumanized and unrealistic nature. However it is argued that a multimedia online simulation of a typical neighbourhood can achieve the goal of providing a suitable narrative. Human actors replace avatars and real world settings replace gaming environments as the stories of people in this community are related and used to support narrative pedagogy. An example of such a narrative developed jointly in the UK and Canada is discussed.
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- 2011
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27. Key characteristics of knowledge transfer and exchange in healthcare: integrative literature review
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Mike Walsh, Duncan Pentland, Richard Murray, Kirsty Forsyth, Linda Irvine, Simon Sikora, and Donald Maciver
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Evidence-based practice ,Knowledge management ,Empirical research ,Systematic review ,business.industry ,Health care ,MEDLINE ,Medicine ,Grey literature ,CINAHL ,business ,Knowledge transfer ,General Nursing - Abstract
Aim. This paper presents the results of a review of literature relating to knowledge transfer and exchange in healthcare. Background. Treatment, planning and policy decisions in contemporary nursing and healthcare should be based on sound evidence wherever possible, but research knowledge remains generally underused. Knowledge transfer and exchange initiatives aim to facilitate the accessibility, application and production of evidence and may provide solutions to this challenge. This review was conducted to help inform the design and implementation of knowledge transfer and exchange activities for a large healthcare organization. Data sources. Databases: ASSIA, Business Source Premier, CINAHL, PsychInfo, Medline and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Review methods. An integrative literature review was carried out including an extensive literature search. English language systematic reviews, literature reviews, primary quantitative and qualitative papers and grey literature of high relevance evaluating, describing or discussing knowledge transfer or exchange activities in healthcare were included for review (January 1990-September 2009). Findings. Thirty-three papers were reviewed (four systematic reviews, nine literature reviews, one environmental scan, nine empirical studies and ten case studies). Conclusion. Robust research into knowledge transfer and exchange in healthcare is limited. Analysis of a wide range of evidence indicates a number of commonly featured characteristics but further evaluation of these activities would benefit their application in facilitating evidence-based practice in nursing. © 2011 The Authors. Journal of Advanced Nursing © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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- 2011
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28. Initial evaluation of Stilwell: A multimedia virtual community
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Mike Walsh and Alison Crumbie
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Models, Educational ,Practicum ,computer.software_genre ,Education ,Health care ,Pedagogy ,Humans ,Narrative ,Education, Nursing ,Content (Freudian dream analysis) ,General Nursing ,Multimedia ,business.industry ,Teaching ,Problem-Based Learning ,General Medicine ,Focus Groups ,Focus group ,Nursing Education Research ,Students, Nursing ,business ,Psychology ,computer ,Realism ,Virtual community ,Program Evaluation ,Meaning (linguistics) - Abstract
Narrative pedagogy has emerged in the last decade as a new approach designed to complement the conventional approaches to education. It is concerned with understanding the meaning of events to people, appreciating multiple perspectives and the emotional content of health care. However there is a paucity of evaluative research concerning its impact. We have used narrative pedagogy to create Stilwell, a realistic narrative telling the stories of 60 characters living in a typical community. Stilwell is a real place (fictional name) and our multimedia model brings the community to life as a virtual practicum for a wide range of health professional students. This paper presents the results of our initial focus group evaluation of student learning experiences with Stilwell. The data indicates students found it a very different way of learning which allowed them to relate theory to practice in ways they had never done before. The realism of Stilwell was a challenge and generated considerable student emotional involvement with the characters, leading to significant novel learning activity.We reflect on how student feedback has allowed us to shape and improve Stilwell as it develops.
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- 2011
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29. Collaborating Across the Pond: The Diffusion of Virtual Communities for Nursing Education
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Mike Walsh and Jean Foret Giddens
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Diffusion of innovation theory ,Process (engineering) ,Interprofessional Relations ,Innovation diffusion ,International Educational Exchange ,Education ,User-Computer Interface ,Residence Characteristics ,Pedagogy ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Humans ,Nurse Practitioners ,Narrative ,Nurse education ,Cooperative Behavior ,Role Playing ,Education, Nursing, Graduate ,Curriculum ,General Nursing ,Internet ,business.industry ,Nursing research ,Nurse educator ,Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate ,Public relations ,United Kingdom ,United States ,Faculty, Nursing ,Diffusion of Innovation ,business ,Psychology ,Computer-Assisted Instruction - Abstract
Over the past decade, there have been significant changes in nursing education, particularly in teaching practice. This change has fueled interest in developing new and innovative approaches to teaching and curriculum. This article describes the shared experiences of two nurse educators on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean who have spent the past 4 years immersed in the process of developing and diffusing virtual communities for nursing education. Diffusion of innovations theory is used as a framework for this narrative. Nurse educators should have an awareness of the phases, steps, and challenges that can be expected during the process of innovation diffusion, including implications for education practice.
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- 2010
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30. Using a simulated learning environment
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Mike Walsh
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Medical education ,Nursing ,business.industry ,Learning environment ,Medicine ,Emergency Nursing ,Medical diagnosis ,business ,Care staff ,Emergency nursing - Abstract
Stilwell is a simulation environment designed for postgraduate emergency care staff. It encourages participants to make less obvious diagnoses of patients who have presented to emergency departments, and to consider a wide range of factors when making treatment and management decisions.
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- 2010
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31. Essex Cares: The birth of a groundbreaking local authority trading company
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Mike Walsh
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business.industry ,Local government ,Local authority ,County council ,Social care ,Support system ,Sociology ,Public administration ,Public relations ,Project management ,business ,Personalization - Abstract
Innovation will play a crucial role in shaping the future of England's care and support system. The eyes of the local government world are on the launch of a pioneering organisation, created by Essex County Council, which offers support to thousands of people across the county. This paper describes the 'birth' of the project and the challenges facing the new social care services model as it evolves. It describes how the process leading to the transfer of in-house social care provider services appears to have elicited a greater level of motivation and morale, and helped to change long-standing cultures, especially within management throughout the business.
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- 2010
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32. Cinema in a small state: distribution and exhibition in Adelaide at the coming of sound
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Mike Walsh
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Visual Arts and Performing Arts ,Communication - Published
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33. Services for children with developmental co-ordination disorder: an evaluation against best practice principles
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Linda Irvine, Kirsty Forsyth, Miriam Crowe, Donald Maciver, Christine Owen, Jacqueline Pentland, and Mike Walsh
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Occupational therapy ,Parents ,030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Best practice ,Child Health Services ,State Medicine ,Interviews as Topic ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Qualitative analysis ,Nursing ,Occupational Therapy ,Care pathway ,Medicine ,Humans ,Cooperative Behavior ,Child ,Qualitative Research ,Service (business) ,business.industry ,Rehabilitation ,Disabled Children ,Motor Skills Disorders ,Scotland ,General partnership ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Ordination ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Delivery of Health Care ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Stress, Psychological ,Qualitative research - Abstract
The National Health Service in Scotland published a best practice framework to support occupational therapists and physiotherapists to deliver effective services for children with developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD); however, adherence is variable. To highlight areas for development, this study compared the care pathway within a paediatric DCD service against the NHS Scotland framework.A partnership of researchers and clinicians based in the United Kingdom conducted a qualitative study with 37 participants (N = 13 interview participants, N = 24 workshop participants). In-depth interviews and/or workshops were used to map the DCD service against the NHS framework. Identified gaps were aligned with four key stages of the care pathway. Qualitative analysis software was used to analyse the data.Core principles to guide future development were identified for each phase of the pathway. These core principles related to the NHS framework and focused on issues such as involving the family, defining clear pathways and enhancing children's participation. Participants identified potential strategies for service improvement such as developing community-based interventions and information provision.Challenges when providing services for children with DCD include confusing service pathways and poor partnership working. It is, therefore, important that clinicians utilise collaborative working strategies that support children's participation.There are numerous challenges related to the implementation of best practice principles into the provision of therapy services for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). It is important that AHPs seek ways of engaging parents and educational professionals at all stages of the care pathway in order to ensure optimum service provision for the child. Addressing participation is an important aspect and community-based strategies may be particularly beneficial, both as a preventative activity and as an intervention approach.
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- 2015
34. Improving health care through community OR
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Mike Walsh and Tony Hostick
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Marketing ,021103 operations research ,business.industry ,Strategy and Management ,media_common.quotation_subject ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Information technology ,02 engineering and technology ,Management Science and Operations Research ,Public relations ,Mental health ,Purchasing ,Management Information Systems ,Negotiation ,Information and Communications Technology ,Health care ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Project management ,business ,Heuristics ,media_common - Abstract
Two examples of Community OR (COR) applied to public and patient involvement in improving health services in the UK are described—the Hull and East Riding Impact project and Trailblazers. These projects are consumer controlled but professionally facilitated. The team members have or have had mental illnesses but are committed to improving mental health services by applying COR methods. These projects illustrate how COR can contribute to the improvement of health services by enabling service users to take the lead in facilitating multi-stakeholder planning and problem solving. The Impact team produced a tool based around Ulrich's critical heuristics and have used this in several successful consultations in the NHS. The Trailblazer project used an idealized planning approach in a novel way to produce a distance method of consultation aimed at enabling stakeholders to negotiate commitments to action. Longer-term evaluation of these approaches is planned.
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- 2005
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35. Evaluation of NOx Flue Gas Analyzers for Accuracy and Their Applicability for Low-Concentration Measurements
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Tim D. Logan, S.J. Gluck, Chuck Glenn, Mike Walsh, Pat Williams, and Bac Vu
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Flue gas ,Spectrum analyzer ,Nitrates ,Ozone ,business.industry ,Environmental engineering ,Reproducibility of Results ,Air Pollutants, Occupational ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Texas ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Air Pollution ,Range (aeronautics) ,Luminescent Measurements ,Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet ,Clean Air Act ,Process engineering ,business ,Waste Management and Disposal ,State Implementation Plan ,Algorithms ,Volume concentration ,NOx ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
The requirements of the Texas State Implementation Plan of the U.S. Clean Air Act for the Houston-Galveston Ozone Nonattainment Area stipulate large reductions in oxides of nitrogen (NO(x)) emissions. A large number of sources at Dow Chemical Co. sites within the nonattainment area may require the addition of continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) for online analysis of NO(x), CO, and O2. At the outset of this work, it was not known whether the analyzers could accurately measure NO(x) as low as 2 ppm. Therefore, NO(x) CEMS analyzers from five different companies were evaluated for their ability to reliably measure NO(x) in the 2-20 ppm range. Testing was performed with a laboratory apparatus that accurately simulated different mixtures of flue gas and, on a limited basis, simulated a dual-train sampling system on a gas turbine. The results indicate that this method is a reasonable approach for analyzer testing and reveal important technical performance aspects for accurate NO(x) measurements. Several commercial analyzers, if installed in a CEMS application with sampling conditioning components similar to those used in this study, can meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's measurement data quality requirements for accuracy.
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- 2003
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36. The Effects of Poverty Reduction Strategies on Artisanal Fishing in Ghana: The Case of Keta Municipality
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Mike Walsh, Ian Jackson, Peter Mawunyo Dzidza, and Ametefee Korbla Normanyo
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Consumption (economics) ,Government ,Poverty ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Structural adjustment ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Fishing ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Systematic sampling ,02 engineering and technology ,Artisanal fishing ,Development ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Geography ,030225 pediatrics ,Development economics ,Basic needs ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
This paper assesses the level of poverty in Ghana after three decades of successive implementation of numerous poverty reduction strategies including Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) by various governments of Ghana. The Keta municipality in the Volta region, where artisanal fishing thrives, was chosen as a representative sample of the whole country. The authors identified eleven artisanal fishing communities in the selected area using systematic sampling. Data were collected on household consumption patterns. This process was used to determine the profile of poverty using the latest upper poverty line of Ghana and the Greer and Thorbecke (1984) poverty formula. Research findings show that the various poverty alleviation methods implemented over three decades by the Government of Ghana, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) significantly failed as they have not produced any meaningful effect on poverty reduction in the sample area. Finally, this paper offers further suggestions regarding how this poverty gap may be bridged using alternative methods.
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- 2017
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37. Enabling integrated knowledge acquisition and management in health care teams
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Mike Walsh, Linda Irvine, Richard Murray, Kirsty Forsyth, Duncan Pentland, and Donald Maciver
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Knowledge management ,Knowledge engineering ,Library and Information Sciences ,socio-technical systems ,Management Information Systems ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,0502 economics and business ,Health care ,Personal knowledge management ,Soft systems methodology ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Business and International Management ,business.industry ,Knowledge economy ,05 social sciences ,systems thinking ,Knowledge acquisition ,health care ,Knowledge sharing ,Intellectual capital ,knowledge acquisition ,knowledge management practice ,Business ,050203 business & management ,mental health - Abstract
Basing treatment, policy and planning decisions on the best available research knowledge remains a central principle in modern health care around the world, yet many health professionals find acquiring and managing published research knowledge challenging. In this paper, we report on a Soft Systems Methodology-based collaborative action research initiative with a specialist mental health service from the United Kingdom's National Health Service. Our objective was to design and implement improvements to their knowledge acquisition and management activities in order to facilitate sustained and effective evidence-based practices. We report on both the factors found to impede effective research knowledge acquisition and management and the development of more integrated knowledge management processes designed to improve the situation.
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- 2014
38. Farm accidents: Their causes and the development of a nurse led accident prevention strategy
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Mike Walsh
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Engineering ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Poison control ,Emergency Nursing ,Suicide prevention ,Project team ,Occupational safety and health ,Transport engineering ,Injury prevention ,medicine ,Marketing ,business ,Seriousness ,media_common ,Preventive healthcare ,First aid - Abstract
The following key facts emerge which are relevant to an accident prevention strategy. HIGH RISK TIMES: Just before lunch and late afternoon. HIGH RISK PLACES: Those places which are most familiar to the farmer, his/her own farm, especially the yard and farm buildings. HIGH RISK ACTIVITY: Working at heights (falls) or with moving objects, tractors and cattle. HIGH RISK PEOPLE: Younger men, especially when not working on their own farm or older farmers working with livestock. The majority of these accidents could have been prevented with the correct use of protective clothing or taking more care. Once an accident has happened, the first aid response is likely to be inadequate. The project team are now working on a strategy to persuade farmers that accidents could happen to them personally and of the seriousness of the consequences if they do. This will be coupled with producing accident prevention materials outlining simple precautions that can be taken to prevent accidents. The final stage is to disseminate these materials through a range of channels involving both NHS, farming and school networks. That is the next stage of the project.
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- 2000
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39. the Emerging role of the nurse practitioner in A&E
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Mike Walsh
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Nursing ,Nurse practitioners ,Family medicine ,Job description ,MEDLINE ,medicine ,Emergency Nursing ,Psychology ,Emergency nursing - Published
- 2000
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40. Emergency nurses and their perceptions of caring
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Brian P. Dolan and Mike Walsh
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Nursing staff ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Professional psychology ,MEDLINE ,Empathy ,Emergency Nursing ,Burnout ,medicine.disease ,Nursing ,Perception ,medicine ,Medical emergency ,Psychology ,Adaptation (computer science) ,media_common - Published
- 1999
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41. Nurses and nurse practitioners part 2: perspectives on cane
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Mike Walsh
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District nurse ,Medical education ,Attitude of Health Personnel ,Nurse practitioners ,education ,Job description ,Professional development ,General Medicine ,Professional competence ,Professional Competence ,Job Description ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Needs assessment ,Humans ,Nurse Practitioners ,Professional Autonomy ,Psychology ,Needs Assessment ,health care economics and organizations - Abstract
The recent growth of the nurse practitioner (NP) movement has coincided with rising interest in the area of professional development. Nurse practitioners have been criticised for moving away from nursing and becoming 'mini-doctors', a charge which they hotly deny, pointing out that they are actually trying to become 'maxi-nurses'. How do nurses and nurse practitioners see their future professional development? If NPs really are intent on becoming 'mini-doctors', might there be evidence of this in their aspirations for professional development? In the second of two articles comparing the perspectives of nurses with those of nurse practitioners, this study investigates opinions about future professional development.
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- 1999
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42. NEWS SKIING: Serbia plans to build #376m ski resort
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Belgrade, Mike Walsh
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Serbia -- Cultural policy ,Ski resorts -- Design and construction -- Government finance -- Planning ,Company business planning ,Business, international ,Travel industry - Abstract
MIKE WALSH BELGRADE Serbia aims to boost its appeal as a winter sport destination by spending #376 million developing a major ski resort in Stara Planina. The mountain site, in [...]
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- 2007
43. Burnout and stress among A&E nurses
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Mike Walsh, Brian P. Dolan, and Alex Lewis
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Stress (mechanics) ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Emergency Nursing ,Burnout ,business ,Clinical psychology - Published
- 1998
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44. Concepts of Risk in Relation to Organizational Structure and Functioning within the Personal Social Services and Probation
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Jan Waterson, Nigel Parton, Hazel Kemshall, and Mike Walsh
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Risk analysis ,Public Administration ,Sociology and Political Science ,Organizing principle ,Social work ,business.industry ,Social Welfare ,Elder abuse ,Development ,Public relations ,Accountability ,Sociology ,Risk assessment ,business ,Risk management - Abstract
The main argument of this paper is that personal social services, including probation, at both a policy and practice level are increasingly focused on issues of risk. We postulate that risk assessment, risk management, the monitoring of risk and risk-taking itself are rapidly becoming the dominant raison d'etre of such agencies, thus supplanting ideologies of meeting need or welfare provision. In turn they have become key to priority setting and rationing, the basis for organizational rationales and structures, the central focus for professional activity and accountability, and measuring quality. Thus an analysis of risk as an organizing principle offers fundamental insights into the rapidly changing nature and organization of statutory social work and probation. There is very little literature that focuses on risk across the spectrum of services. Risk analysis, as such, is most developed in the criminal justice and child protection fields. However, the mental health literature, being centrally preoccupied with notions of dangerousness, is quickly adopting risk terminology. Apart from work on elder abuse, literature on child welfare and community care has been framed in terms of need, issues of risk only coming to the fore around potential admission to residential care. We contend that as issues of rationing and accountability become more dominant, so do concerns with risk. Thus we predict the extension of notions of risk as central organizing principles throughout the social services and probation.
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- 1997
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45. Barriers to research utilisation and evidence based practice in A&E nursing
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Mike Walsh
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Evidence-based practice ,Practice setting ,Nursing ,business.industry ,Medicine ,Emergency Nursing ,business - Published
- 1997
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46. How nurses perceive barriers to research implementation
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Mike Walsh
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Service (business) ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Nursing Research ,Medical education ,Research use ,Attitude of Health Personnel ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Humans ,Nursing Staff ,Sample (statistics) ,General Medicine ,Diffusion of Innovation ,Psychology - Abstract
This article follows up a previous article on community nurses' perceived barriers to implementing research (Walsh 1997). Here the author examines the perceived barriers to research use among a sample of 63 hospital and 78 community nurses. The major barriers identified relate to the clinical setting and understanding research reports. The results have significant implications for managers of the service and educators who seek to promote research-based practice.
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- 1997
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47. Managing risk in the city: the role of welfare professionals in managing risks arising from vulnerable individuals in cities
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Mike Walsh, Andy Alaszewski, Jill Manthorpe, and Larry Harrison
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Adult ,Risk Management ,Economic growth ,Health (social science) ,Urban Population ,Vulnerable adult ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Persons with Mental Disabilities ,Socialization ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Individualism ,Order (exchange) ,Dangerous Behavior ,Humans ,Social care ,Community Health Services ,Business ,Child ,Welfare ,Deinstitutionalization ,Social Welfare ,media_common - Abstract
Modern cities depend on individualism and the process of contracting. Contracts between individuals contribute to stability and order in cities. However, this is challenged by risks and uncertainties especially those relating to vulnerable individuals who are unable or unwilling to enter into contractual relations. This paper focuses on the role of caring professions and the impact of new strategies for managing risks related to vulnerable adults and children, especially the shift from managing risk in institutions to managing risk in the community. This paper is based on research funded through the ESRC Risk and Human Behaviour Programme.
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- 1997
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48. Issues of Risk Practice and Welfare in Learning Disability Services
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Mike Walsh, Jill Manthorpe, Larry Harrison, and Andy Alaszewski
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Health (social science) ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,General Social Sciences ,Human sexuality ,Nursing ,Negatively associated ,General Health Professions ,Learning disability ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,Quality of care ,Psychology ,business ,Welfare ,Risk management ,media_common ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
This article focuses on risk management in services for people with learning disabilities. It identifies the issue of risk as central to many historical and current care practices. It illustrates this through three examples that raise questions of risk in relationship to people with learning disabilities: on community care, alcohol and sexuality. It concludes that risk has often been negatively associated with danger, but that sensitive risk management has the potential to improve or maintain the quality of care services.
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- 1997
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49. ‘Calamity Howling’
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Mike Walsh
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- 2013
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50. Real World SharePoint 2010 : Indispensable Experiences From 22 MVPs
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Reza Alirezaei, Darrin Bishop, Todd Bleeker, Robert Bogue, Karine Bosch, Claudio Brotto, Adam Buenz, Andrew Connell, Randy Drisgill, Gary Lapointe, Jason Medero, Ágnes Molnár, Chris O'Brien, Todd Klindt, Joris Poelmans, Asif Rehmani, John Ross, Nick Swan, Mike Walsh, Randy Williams, Shane Young, Igor Macori, Scot Hillier, Reza Alirezaei, Darrin Bishop, Todd Bleeker, Robert Bogue, Karine Bosch, Claudio Brotto, Adam Buenz, Andrew Connell, Randy Drisgill, Gary Lapointe, Jason Medero, Ágnes Molnár, Chris O'Brien, Todd Klindt, Joris Poelmans, Asif Rehmani, John Ross, Nick Swan, Mike Walsh, Randy Williams, Shane Young, Igor Macori, and Scot Hillier
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- Intranets (Computer networks), Web servers
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Proven real-world best practices from leading Microsoft SharePoint MVPs SharePoint enables Web sites to host shared workspaces and is a leading solution for Enterprise Content Management. The newest version boasts significant changes, impressive enhancements, and new features, requiring developers and administrators of all levels of experience to quickly get up to speed on the latest changes. This book is a must-have anthology of current best practices for SharePoint 2010 from 20 of the top SharePoint MVPs. They offer insider advice on everything from installation, workflow, and Web parts to business connectivity services, Web content management, and claims-based security. SharePoint 2010 boasts significant updates, new features, and numerous changes and this comprehensive overview gets you up to speed on all the latest enhancements Serves as an anthology of current best practices regarding SharePoint 2010 from 20 of the top SharePoint MVPs Offers helpful, real-world advice on such topics as business connectivity services, enterprise content management, Web content management, business intelligence, workflow, SharePoint Designer, Web parts, shared services, claims-based security, and more We all learn from experience, and with Real-World SharePoint 2010 you can learn from the experiences of 20 of the leading SharePoint MVPs!
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- 2011
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