Download or read book Portfolios for Health Professionals E Book written by Lynette Cusack and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portfolios for Health Professionals 3e is a practical guide to designing and developing a portfolio that documents and communicates your professional achievements and competencies, in order to meet the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) annual registration requirements. Now revised to address a range of health professions, this third edition will help students to gain a basic understanding of what a portfolio is, how it is used, and why different types of portfolio may be required for different purposes. The book provides health professionals with detailed guidelines for developing a quality portfolio that will help them to review their professional practice, direct their continuing professional development, assess their learning and career planning, and communicate their professional achievements. - Updated regulatory requirements for national registration - Aligned to updated APRHA CPD standards - New section on clinical reasoning - Increased focus on reflective practice throughout, to encourage critical thinking - Expanded section on ePortfolios, including examples - Greater emphasis on evidence-based practice - New Chapter 7, with practical examples of the approaches used by a range of health practitioners to develop their professional portfolios
Download or read book Portfolios for Health Professionals written by Kate Andre and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portfolios for Health Professionals 3e is a practical guide to designing and developing a portfolio that documents and communicates your professional achievements and competencies, in order to meet the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) annual registration requirements. Now revised to address a range of health professions, this third edition will help students to gain a basic understanding of what a portfolio is, how it is used, and why different types of portfolio may be required for different purposes. The book provides health professionals with detailed guidelines for developing a quality portfolio that will help them to review their professional practice, direct their continuing professional development, assess their learning and career planning, and communicate their professional achievements. Updated regulatory requirements for national registration Aligned to updated APRHA CPD standards New section on clinical reasoning Increased focus on reflective practice throughout, to encourage critical thinking Expanded section on ePortfolios, including examples Greater emphasis on evidence-based practice New Chapter 7, with practical examples of the approaches used by a range of health practitioners to develop their professional portfolios
Download or read book Portfolios for Nursing Midwifery and other Health Professions E Book written by Lynette Cusack and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portfolios for Nursing, Midwifery and other Health Professions is a practical guide providing detailed strategies for developing a quality portfolio that will assist you to review your professional practice, assess your learning and career planning, direct your continuing professional development and effectively communicate your professional achievements. Written by Lynette Cusack and Morgan Smith, this fourth edition will help you understand the drivers and benefits of portfolios and how to design and evaluate a quality portfolio in order to meet the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) annual registration requirements. Clearly outlines what a portfolio is, how it is used and why different types of portfolios are required for different purposes Supports understanding of the relationship between portfolios and the AHPRA regulatory requirements of self-declaration and practising in accordance with professional practice standards Assists in understanding and applying reflection techniques in professional development, learning and portfolio use. An increased focus on how portfolios relate to career planning and achieving professional goals Highlights different ways of demonstrating evidence of achievements An increased emphasis on demonstrating safety and quality in healthcare and person-centred practice
Download or read book Job Readiness for Health Professionals E Book written by Elsevier and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-06-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get an edge in the job market and develop the soft skills — the personal qualities, habits, attitudes, and social graces needed to work successfully with anyone, anywhere. Job Readiness for Health Professionals, Soft Skills Strategies for Success, 2nd Edition provides a unique tool for soft skill programming to help graduates succeed on the job as effective, engaged, and high-functioning employees. This handy resource uses an 8th grade reading level and a consistent, easy-to-follow modular format to guide you through the essential entry-level soft skills like how to dress, speak, and collaborate in the healthcare setting. With two new chapters, new Video Case vignettes, and 48 soft skills and behavioral competencies, it gives you the tools you need to join the healthcare workforce. Behavioral objectives provided for mastering each skill. Worktext format with journaling activities and multiple self-reflection activities offers valuable review exercises. Critical thinking exercises woven throughout skills include multidisciplinary scenarios from the field. What If? boxes feature short scenarios that encourage you to think about how you would handle a situation in the workplace. Case studies throughout use fictional vignettes to illustrate the issues involved with the specific skills. Down a Dark Road vignettes depict what can go terribly wrong when a skill is ignored or not mastered. Experiential Exercises are actions or experiments that you can perform on your own to gain a deeper appreciation for the skill. Cross Currents with Other Skills ties together and cross-references related skills, pointing out the synergies and connections between them. NEW! Highly anticipated Finding Your First Job chapter highlights competencies that you need to consider and prepare for when starting your job search, beginning a career in the health professions, writing your resume, and interviewing. NEW! Video Case vignettes with assessment and implementation tools on interview skills, active listening, dealing with others, problem solving and decision making, communication, presenting yourself for the workforce, working as a team, dealing with authority, and enhancing your promotability provide a multimedia component with real-life workplace scenarios for your review. NEW! Being a Student chapter covers competencies where students often struggle, including: taking meaningful notes, remaining calm and confident during assessments, and successfully preparing for practicum interviews. NEW! New content on financial literacy, including managing finances and paying back students loans, covers the impact financial decisions have on your life — both personally and as you look for a job.
Download or read book Darby Walsh Dental Hygiene E Book written by Jennifer A Pieren and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2024-01-19 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Dental Hygiene & Auxiliaries** Darby & Walsh Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice, 6th Edition offers everything you need to succeed in your coursework and clinical and professional practice. No other dental hygiene foundational text incorporates clinical competencies, theory, and evidence-based practice in such an approachable way. All discussions — from foundational concepts to diagnosis to pain management — are presented within the context of a unique person-centered model that takes the entire person into consideration. A veritable who's-who of dental hygiene educators, practitioners, and researchers cite the latest studies throughout the text to provide a framework to help you in your decision-making and problem-solving. New to this edition is an increased focus on new and emerging technologies, enhanced coverage of infection control in the time of COVID-19, and new chapters on telehealth and teledentistry and mental health and self-care. - Focus on research and evidence-based practice offers insights from expert chapter authors (educators, practitioners, and researchers) from across the United States and beyond. - Expansive art program features modern illustrations and updated clinical photos to visually reinforce key concepts. - Step-by-step procedure boxes highlight key points with accompanying illustrations, clinical photos, and rationales; online procedure videos are included with new text purchase. - Human Needs Conceptual Model/Oral Health Related Quality of Life frameworks, in which all discussions are presented within the context of a person-centered care model, take the entire person into consideration. - Learning aids in each chapter include professional development opportunities; learning competencies; patient education tips; critical thinking scenarios; and discussions of legal, ethical, and safety issues, which help your practical application and problem-solving skills and bring the profession to life. - NEW! Increased focus on new and emerging technologies keeps you up to date with the latest advances in the field. - NEW! Telehealth chapter explains how to practice telehealth and teledentistry in nontraditional and community-based settings. - NEW! Mental Health and Self-Care chapter provides timely content on safeguarding mental health and wellness for the practitioner and the patient. - UPDATED! Enhanced coverage of infection control prepares you to practice as a dental hygienist in the time of COVID-19 and potential future pandemic events. - UPDATED! Coverage of Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA®) for integrating into the dental hygiene process of care. - EXPANDED! Further integration of the current American Academy of Periodontology periodontal classifications throughout the text. - Integration of theory throughout the book includes content on how to incorporate the use of theory in practice.
Download or read book Successful Professional Portfolios for Nursing Students written by Suzanne Reed and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming Nursing Practice is a series tailor made for pre-registration student nurses. Each book in the series is: · Affordable · Mapped to the NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters · Full of active learning features · Focused on applying theory to practice ‘A fantastic little book for helping nursing students and qualified nurses to understand what a successful portfolio should look like.’ Dr Gabrielle Thorpe, School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia This book is a simple, quick and easy to use guide to building a professional portfolio for nursing students. Students are required by the NMC to keep an ongoing record of achievement, to demonstrate their competence at each stage of their programme. The portfolio is an essential part of the assessment of practice to demonstrate nursing competence. This book gives a step-by-step and practical explanation of how to compile a professional portfolio to succeed in these assessments. It can be used throughout nursing programmes and into your nursing career as a tool to help with interviews, appraisals and the NMC revalidation process. Key features - Excerpts from other students′ portfolios show what makes a good portfolio - Step-by step activities guide you through building your own portfolio - Linked to the latest NMC Standards and ESCs for pre-registration nursing education About the Author Suzanne Reed is an experienced General Manager with many years working at strategic and operational levels in the NHS and Independent Sector. She is currently a freelance writer and a voluntary carer in the community.
Download or read book Darby and Walsh Dental Hygiene E Book written by Jennifer A Pieren and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back and better than ever, Darby and Walsh's Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice, 5th Edition offers everything you need to succeed in your coursework, at certification, and in clinical practice. No other dental hygiene text incorporates the clinical skills, theory, and evidence-based practice in such an approachable way. All discussions — from foundational concepts to diagnosis to pain management — are presented within the context of a unique patient-centered model that takes the entire person into consideration. New to this fifth edition is a much more streamlined approach — one that stays focused on need-to-know information, yet also houses expanded content on things like alternative practice settings, pediatric care, risk assessment, and dental hygiene diagnosis to give you added context when needed. This edition is also filled with new modern illustrations and new clinical photos to augment your learning. If you want a better grasp of all the dental hygienist's roles and responsibilities in today's practice, they Darby and Walsh's renowned text is a must-have. - Focus on research and evidence-base practice provide proven findings and practical applications for topics of interest in modern dental hygiene care. - Step-by-step procedure boxes with accompanying illustrations, clinical photos, and rationales outline the equipment required and the steps involved in performing key procedures. - Critical thinking exercises, cases, and scenarios help hone your application and problem-solving skills. - Feature boxes highlight patient education, law, ethics, and safety. - UNIQUE! Discussions of theory provide a solid foundation for practice. - Key terms are called out within chapters and defined in glossary with cross-references to chapters. - Practice quizzes enable you to self-assess your understanding. - NEW! Streamlined approach focuses on the information you need to know along with the practical applications. - NEW! Added content covers alternative practice settings, new infection control guidelines, pediatric care, risk assessment, dental hygiene diagnosis, the electronic health record (EHR), and more. - NEW! Modern illustrations and updated clinical photos give you a better picture of how to perform essential skills and utilize clinical technology. - NEW! Online procedures videos guide you step-by-step through core clinical skills. - NEW! Editorial team brings a fresh perspective and more than 30 years of experience in dental hygiene education, practice, and research.
Download or read book Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Clinical Competence E Book written by Eric S. Holmboe and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a multifaceted, practical approach to the complex topic of clinical assessment, Practical Guide to the Assessment of Clinical Competence, 3rd Edition, is designed to help medical educators employ better assessment methods, tools, and models directly into their training programs. World-renowned editors and expert contributing authors provide hands-on, authoritative guidance on outcomes-based assessment in clinical education, presenting a well-organized, diverse combination of methods you can implement right away. This thoroughly revised edition is a valuable resource for developing, implementing, and sustaining effective systems for assessing clinical competence in medical school, residency, and fellowship programs. - Helps medical educators and administrators answer complex, ongoing, and critical questions in today's changing medical education system: Is this undergraduate or postgraduate medical student prepared and able to move to the next level of training? To be a competent and trusted physician? - Provides practical suggestions and assessment approaches that can be implemented immediately in your training program, tools that can be used to assess and measure clinical performance, overviews of key educational theories, and strengths and weaknesses of every method. - Covers assessment techniques, frameworks, high-quality assessment of clinical reasoning and procedural competence, psychometrics, and practical approaches to feedback. - Includes expanded coverage of fast-moving areas where concepts now have solid research and data that support practical ways to connect judgments of ability to outcomes—including work-based assessments, clinical competency committees, milestones and entrustable professional assessments (EPAs), and direct observation. - Offers examples of assessment instruments along with suggestions on how you can apply these methods and instruments in your own setting, as well as guidelines that apply across the medical education spectrum. - Includes online access to videos of medical interviewing scenarios and more, downloadable assessment tools, and detailed faculty guidelines. - An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
Download or read book Nursing Health Survival Guide Portfolios and Reflective Practice written by Susan Lillyman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflective practice is a requirement for all healthcare professionals. This essential guide will help you develop the skills to be effective as a reflective practitioner within any clinical environment. The Nursing & Health Survival Guides have evolved - take a look at our our app for iPhone and iPad.
Download or read book Management Principles for Health Professionals written by Joan Liebler and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management Principles for Health Professionals is a practical guide for new or future practicing healthcare managers. The customary activities of the manager—planning, organizing, decision making, staffing, motivating, and budgeting—are succinctly defined, explained, and presented with detailed examples drawn from a variety of health care settings. Students will learn proven management concepts, techniques, models, and tools for managing individuals or teams with skill and ease. The Sixth Edition is loaded with all-new examples from real-world healthcare settings and covers many current topics such as: ? Emerging implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. ? A template to track the areas of impact of this major law is presented; this enables a manager to identify the topics to monitor and to prepare responses to changes as they unfold. ? Developments concerning electronic health record initiatives ? Adapting and revitalizing one’s career; ? Information concerning various staffing alternatives such as outsourcing and telecommuting, and updates the material concerning job descriptions and their application. New material has been added in the section on consultant's contracts and reports. ? Patient privacy and the detection and prevention of medical identity theft, and much more.
Download or read book Health Informatics E Book written by Ramona Nelson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded second place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Information Technology category. See how information technology intersects with health care! Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 2nd Edition prepares you for success in today's technology-filled healthcare practice. Concise coverage includes information systems and applications such as electronic health records, clinical decision support, telehealth, ePatients, and social media tools, as well as system implementation. New to this edition are topics including data science and analytics, mHealth, principles of project management, and contract negotiations. Written by expert informatics educators Ramona Nelson and Nancy Staggers, this edition enhances the book that won a 2013 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award! - Experts from a wide range of health disciplines cover the latest on the interprofessional aspects of informatics — a key Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative and a growing specialty area in nursing. - Case studies encourage higher-level thinking about how concepts apply to real-world nursing practice. - Discussion questions challenge you to think critically and to visualize the future of health informatics. - Objectives, key terms and an abstract at the beginning of each chapter provide an overview of what you will learn. - Conclusion and Future Directions section at the end of each chapter describes how informatics will continue to evolve as healthcare moves to an interprofessional foundation. - NEW! Updated chapters reflect the current and evolving practice of health informatics, using real-life healthcare examples to show how informatics applies to a wide range of topics and issues. - NEW mHealth chapter discusses the use of mobile technology, a new method of health delivery — especially for urban or under-served populations — and describes the changing levels of responsibility for both patients and providers. - NEW Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare chapter shows how Big Data — as well as analytics using data mining and knowledge discovery techniques — applies to healthcare. - NEW Project Management Principles chapter discusses proven project management tools and techniques for coordinating all types of health informatics-related projects. - NEW Contract Negotiations chapter describes strategic methods and tips for negotiating a contract with a healthcare IT vendor. - NEW Legal Issues chapter explains how federal regulations and accreditation processes may impact the practice of health informatics. - NEW HITECH Act chapter explains the regulations relating to health informatics in the Health Information Technology for Education and Clinical Health Act as well as the Meaningful Use and Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Download or read book International Healthcare Professionals Handbook A Success Guide to Working in the UK for Nurses Midwives and Allied Health Professionals E Book written by Annesha Archyangelio and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Healthcare Professionals' Handbook is a compendium of advice, information and support for new international recruits embarking on careers in the UK – from those who have succeeded before. Written by Annesha Archyangelio, a Jamaican-born nurse who has worked for many years in the NHS, the book will help you navigate UK healthcare systems and processes with ease. It's packed full of handy guidance, covering everything from terminology to cultural competency and how to adapt to new ways of working. This invaluable book will not only help you settle into your role in the UK but provides strategies for thriving in your career into the future. - Offers support all the way, from the international recruitment process through to successful completion of exams and beyond - Focuses on staff development and progression in the workplace - Presents a guide to the structure of the NHS and other health and social care services - Gives overviews of the NMC, RCN and other key bodies - Covers communication challenges and cultural competency - Includes measurements, abbreviations and a dictionary of key terms and colloquialisms indispensable for international recruits
Download or read book Putting Together Professional Portfolios written by Christine Forde and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-02-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the increasing emphasis on continuing professional development for teachers and all educational practitioners, the use of portfolios to plan, chart, and review professional development is now widespread. Drawing directly from their experience of developing portfolios and portfolio-based assessment, and from current research, this book enables the reader to design and plan a portfolio, chart and analyze relevant professional experiences, reflect critically on practice, assess performance against standards and competences frameworks, present evidence of practice and achievements, and plan their continuing professional development. There are also chapter objectives, key questions and tasks in every chapter, which adds to the practical focus of the book.
Download or read book Burn Your Portfolio written by Michael Janda and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2013 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on real-world practices, professional do's and don'ts, and business rules for those in the graphic arts.
Download or read book Clinical Reasoning in the Health Professions E Book written by Joy Higgs and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2008-02-18 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical reasoning is the foundation of professional clinical practice. Totally revised and updated, this book continues to provide the essential text on the theoretical basis of clinical reasoning in the health professions and examines strategies for assisting learners, scholars and clinicians develop their reasoning expertise. key chapters revised and updated nature of clinical reasoning sections have been expanded increase in emphasis on collaborative reasoning core model of clinical reasoning has been revised and updated
Download or read book The Learning Portfolio written by John Zubizarreta and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The learning portfolio is a powerful complement to traditional measures of student achievement and a widely diverse method of recording intellectual growth. This second edition of this important book offers new samples of print and electronic learning portfolios. An academic understanding of and rationale for learning portfolios and practical information that can be customized. Offers a review of the value of reflective practice in student learning and how learning portfolios support assessment and collaboration. Includes revised sample assignment sheets, guidelines, criteria, evaluation rubrics, and other material for developing print and electronic portfolios.
Download or read book Assessment in Health Professions Education written by Rachel Yudkowsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessment in Health Professions Education, second edition, provides a comprehensive guide for educators in the health professions—medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health fields. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated by leaders in the field. Part I of the book presents an introduction to assessment fundamentals and their theoretical underpinnings from the perspective of the health professions. Part II covers specific assessment methods, with a focus on validity, best practices, challenges, and practical guidelines for the effective implementation of successful assessment programs. Part III addresses special topics and recent innovative approaches, including narrative assessment, situational judgment tests, programmatic assessment, mastery learning settings, and the key features approach. This accessible text addresses the essential concepts for the health professions educator and provides the background needed to understand, interpret, develop, and effectively implement assessment methods.
