Complete the Kolb’s learning style questionnaire, which you can find here: bit.ly/USFPTLS (copy & paste link in your browser). Provide and reflect on your results, and finally give examples and/or strategies you might use to be successful in a professional DPT program? (2,000 characters or less).
Write a paper of 500-750 words (not including the title page and reference page) on your proposed problem description for your EBP project. The paper should address the following:
Describe the background of the problem. Tell the story of the issue and why it deserves attention.
Identify the stakeholders/change agents. Who or what organizations are concerned about, may benefit from, or are affected by this proposal. List the interested parties, patients, students, agencies, Joint Commission, etc.
Provide the PICOT question. (PICOT: Population-Intervention-Comparison-Outcome-Timeframe). Make sure that the question fits with your graduate degree specialization.
State the purpose and project objectives in specific, realistic, and measurable terms. The objective should address what is to be gained. This is a restatement of the question, providing focus. Measurements need to be taken before and after the evidence-based practice is introduced to identify the expected changes.
Provide supportive rationale that the problem or issue is an important one for nursing to resolve using relevant professional literature sources.
Develop an initial reference list to ensure that there is adequate literature to support your evidence-based practice project. Follow the “Steps to an Efficient Search to Answer a Clinical Question” box in chapter 3 of the textbook. Refer to the “Search Method Example” as the format in which to compile this data.
The majority of references should be research articles. However, national sources such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS), or the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and others may be used when you are gathering statistics to provide the rationale for the problem.
Once you get into the literature, you may find there is very little research to support your topic and you will have to start all over again. Remember, in order for this to be an evidence-based project, you must have enough evidence to introduce this as a practice change. If you find that you do not have enough supporting evidence to change a practice, then further research would need to be conducted.
What is the best wound product that could address the numerous challenges of wound management such as shortest healing time, patient comfort, best aesthetic result in a cost-effective manner? What are the factors that determine, based on patient needs, the adequate product inventory and based on what factors the practitioners select the best wound healing product?
Healers, thousand years ago, when they were trying to manage wound healing to the best interest of their patients had the same questions. It is of remarkable note that a clay tablet in 2,200 B.C. described as the “three healing gestures” namely being “washing the wounds, making the plasters, and bandaging the wound” (Ackerknecht, 1982; Carmichael and Ratzan, 1991). Ancient plasters are today’s wound dressings. These “plasters” were described as mixtures of materials such as mud or clay, oil, beer, plants, and herbs and were used by different civilizations, such as the Egyptians, Sumerians and Indians to provide protection and to absorb exudate from wounds. The Egyptians were the first to use bandages made from lint soaked in grease and honey, as an anti-bacterial barrier to the wounds and painted the wounds with copper to also take advantage of its anti-bacterial properties (Carmichael and Ratzan, 1991). Several thousand years later, honey is still used in advanced wound dressings, known in clinical practice as MANUKAhdâ, MediHoneyâ or TheraHoneyâ dressings. The Greeks focused on the importance of the cleaning of the wounds and in their manuscripts recommended “washing the wound with clean boiled water, vinegar (acetic acid), and wine (ethanol)” and they differentially diagnosed between “fresh” (acute wounds) and “non-healing”, (chronic) wounds. Hippocrates in one of his manuscripts wrote: “For an obstinate ulcer, sweet wine and a lot of patience should be enough”, (Carmichael and Ratzan, 1991).
5,000 years later, there are more than 5,000 wound care products (dressings, ointments, debridement agents, cleansers, antimicrobial solutions, creams, lotions, bandages, skin substitutes and not otherwise specified-NOC). The expectations however over the years for an effective wound care product remained almost the same. Despite the technological revolution of the last 50 years, we are still looking for products that are capable of maintaining high humidity at the wound site while they remove exudate, they are free of particles and toxic contaminants, they are non-toxic and non-allergenic, they can be removed without creating further trauma to the wound, they cannot be penetrated by bacteria, they allow gaseous exchange, they are thermally insulated, they are comfortable, they do not need to be changed frequently, they stimulate the host to regenerate lost tissue and replace the wound with functional skin and, most recently, we realized how important it is to have products that have long shelf life, are cost effective and available to all socio-economic backgrounds (Arudchelvam 2019; Dickison and Gerecht, 2018).
Based on your research, consider the ways in which the two health systems are similar to and/or different from one another.
Assess the business and health care-related implications of horizontal and vertical integration of your selected health systems. How does integration impact the management of your selected organizations and the patients/consumers they serve, especially in terms of cost, quality, and access?
Consider any applicable insights you have gained through the Discussion for this module.
The Assignment
Write a 3- to 4-page paper in which you:
Davita and Kaiser Permantente are the Systems
Compare the horizontally integrated health system and the vertically integrated health system you have selected (e.g., size, settings/locations, and types of services).
Explain each health system’s rationale for pursuing integration and the strategies it has used to achieve integration.
Assess the business and health care-related implications of integration for your selected health systems, including how integration impacts the patients/consumers the organization serves.
For this Assignment you will discuss your experience using a Web-based EHR. You will design and construct a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation that will be presented in a training session for new HIT students coming into your facility. Please include the following topics in your presentation:
Describe your experience with the Web-based EHR.
Discuss the possible challenges one would face to convince healthcare providers to use this type of EHR.
What features did you see in the EHR that were helpful?
How could other facilities benefit from these features?
What impressed you about the Web-based EHR?
Please dedicate a minimum of three slides to each topic. Your presentation must have at least 15-20 slides and include title and reference slides.
Requirements:
This Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.). Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful. The resources used (including your text) should be properly cited.
Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
Assignment 1: Development of Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy
Your personal assessment of your philosophy of teaching and learning should be unique to you. This assignment will give you a good base for enhanced learning through the remainder of this course and will provide you the opportunity to achieve the course learning outcome: describe the complexities and realities of health teaching from a personal and theoretical perspective. Supporting information and assessment of your philosophy of teaching and learning is addressed in Units 1 – 3. Feel free to incorporate elements of the models presented in the WHO (2012) Health Education: Theoretical Concepts, Effective Strategies and Core Competencies-document that fit with your experience in motivating people to learn.
Evaluation Criteria for Assignment 1
• Articulate clear statements of your personal learning style and your professional teaching philosophy. (3 marks)
• Link at least one of the theoretical underpinning (e.g. Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Social Constructivism) to support your teaching-learning philosophy. (10 marks)
• Provide one clear and detailed example to demonstrate how your values and beliefs related to both teaching and learning affect your role as a health care professional. (5 marks)
• Provide evidence of application of course concepts from Units 1, 2, and 3 and references from external sources as needed to support your teaching-learning philosophy. (7 marks)
• Accurate APA format including:
o Title page, headings and subheadings (1 mark)
o References in the body of the paper (2 marks)
o Reference citations in the references list (2 marks)
• Accurate scholarly format including:
o 3-4 pages in length, excluding title page and References list (1 mark)
o Introduction (1 mark)
o Scholarly language and professional tone (1 mark)
o Grammar, spelling, and punctuation (1 mark)
o Conclusion (1 mark)
Operating for over a decade, the Ambit Program works with justice-involved girls ages 12 through 18. They are referred to the program by probation officers, judges, or other community-based programs. The Ambit program combines multiple best practice approaches for working with girls including focusing on strengths, including families, offering a safe space to share experiences, hiring trained and effective staff, and conducting girls-only groups to encourage sharing. The program model involves four main components: weekly girls groups, individual counseling and case management, restorative justice talking circles, and resource referrals.
The program has hired you to examine their program so that they can look for other funding opportunities, including expanding their referral sources. They also want you to consider doing a follow-up study on participants who have left the program to determine what effects participation has had on their life after leaving the program.
Thinking about the readings, assignment 1, and lectures, what would you need to ask the program and stakeholders about the program in order to begin the evaluation?
please write at least 2-3 paragraphs responding to the question
PICO Assignment
In juvenile obese males, how does obesity affect them with and without parental intervention, over a span of 1 year?
Juvenile obesity is a major global challenge that requires medical interventions and research to determine the best treatment options for managing the problem (Smith et al., 2020). As a public health concern, childhood obesity results in adverse health consequences, and escalated prevalence rates. Obese children are more likely to grow and develop non-communicable diseases such as diabetes (Karki et al., 2019). To address the health concerns of obesity among juveniles, there is a need to integrate scientific knowledge and clinical expertise in determining the best intervention strategies.
The topic of juvenile obese males is linked to evidence-based practice because it seeks to address the issue using a problem-solving approach by integrating scientific evidence and occupational practices. As an evidence-based practice, the topic reflects on the importance of parental involvement in the development of obese cases among juvenile males. Parents play a pivotal role in contributing to the healthy well-being of children; thus, they should be involved in researching the effects of obesity on the children (Ash et al., 2017). Based on Biblical evidence, the kinds of meals children take impacts their physical health and appearance, “At the end of ten days, their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did not eat the portion of the king’s meat” (Daniel 1:15). According to the Scripture, children whose diets are not well-managed by parents are at greater risk of developing obesity. Therefore, the topic is linked to evidence-based practice since it integrates evidence from scientific perspectives, clinical expertise, and the patients’ values.
References
Ash, T., Agaronov, A., Aftosmes-Tobio, A., & Davison, K.K. (2017). Family-based childhood obesity prevention interventions: a systematic review and quantitative content analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0571-2
Karki, A., Shrestha, A., & Subedi, N. (2019). Prevalence and associated factors of childhood overweight/obesity among primary school children in urban Nepal. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7406-9
Smith, J.D., Fu, E., & Kobayashi, M.A. (2020). Prevention and management of childhood obesity and its psychological and health comorbidities. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 16(1), 351-378. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-100219-060201
Let’s now combine the learning content from your workshop with your independent online study. Applying your understanding, please contribute your thoughts to the following question.
This may be thought provoking, while some of you may also share personal experiences. Please contribute to the discussions and be mindful and considerate of everyone’s perspectives.
Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) is an important part of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and is being implemented by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
How can we address the relatively low levels of community participation and inclusion of people with disability in Australia?
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