Midwifery data collection: options and opportunities

Most midwives are aware of the need to collect clinical practice data and of its usefulness in supporting the care they provide, which contributes to healthy outcomes for mothers and babies. For the individual midwife, there is more than one easily accessible, standardized data collection instrument from which to choose. However, despite these choices, in an American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Division of Research (DOR) survey on midwifery clinical data collection (N = 263), the majority of member respondents (n = 135; 51%) reported using a self-designed data collection tool, and more than one-third did not know of the ACNM Nurse-Midwifery Clinical Data Sets (NMCDS). On a larger scale, the midwifery profession is also in need of an organized and consistent approach to data collection for the purpose of capturing midwifery practice and outcomes in order to provide data to support legislation, practice, and policy changes. However, the profession currently lacks a single common midwifery practice database. In order to facilitate data aggregation that captures a larger view of midwifery practice at the local, regional, and national levels, it is imperative that all midwives collect relevant data that are uniform and standardized, and that the midwifery professional organizations move forward with the development of a common electronic database. This article describes currently available data collection tools as well as their best uses, applications to practice, and future directions.     

Midwives' practices and beliefs about discharging clients from their practice

Discharging a client from a practice is a choice clinicians may need to make when conflicts arise that cannot be resolved. The legal and ethical considerations before discharging a client are presented. This preliminary survey of 111 certified nurse-midwives was conducted to determine their practices and beliefs about discharging clients. Most (83.7%) participants had discharged five or fewer clients from their practice throughout their careers, including 36.9% who had never discharged a client from their practice. In contrast, 77.5% of participants said that midwives should definitely discharge clients from their practice under some circumstances. Antepartum care was the most frequent period during which clients were discharged, and 59% of those discharged were for noncompliance with the therapeutic regimen, obnoxious or abusive behavior as subjectively identified by the midwife and her colleagues, or failure to keep appointments. When asked why they might not discharge a client from their practice, 60% identified empathy or sympathy for the client as the reason. When asked why they did not discharge clients in the past, 23 (21%) respondents selected "colleagues disagreed" as the reason.     

Journeying with Peter and Sam: reflections on a healing attitude

Reflection enables the practitioner to learn through everyday experiences towards realising desirable practice however it is articulated. In this paper I share my story in journeying with Peter and Sam in a hospice setting with the intention to ease suffering. In considering what is significant within this story, I pay particular attention to the idea of a healing attitude for deeper reflection in order to develop my appreciation of the nature and significance of a healing attitude.     

循证医学在妇产科领域的临床运用

面向新世纪，国际临床医学领域正经历一场巨大变革，特别是我们的医学观念正在发生深刻的变化，其最为重要的特征是：由临床医学结合流行病学、卫生统计学、卫生经济学、互联网和社会学的循证医学观念，正逐渐取代以经验和推论为基础的传统医学观念。在世界范围内，循证医学日渐成为医学教育和医学继续教育的重要组成部分，对不断提高临床医学人才素质、促进临床医学发展发挥着越来越重要的作用。     

构建模块化实践教学新体系培养应用型病理人才

结合医学教育标准,为全面提高医学人才培养的质量,本校对病理方向学生构建了模块化实践教学新体系,学生的创新和实践能力得到了培养与提高。取得了一些较好的成果。     

张謇的体育思想及其时代价值

张謇作为中国近代著名的实业家,也热衷于发展教育事业。张謇的体育思想,受当时一些主要社会思潮的影响,以“武备精神”为核心,以“体力与智力平均发达”为手段,以“德行艺全面发展”为灵魂,一贯主张体育与其它学科具有同等地位。张謇的体育思想,与当时时代主题相契合,明确体育课程的地位与价值,支持体育竞技活动的参与,高度重视公共体育场地设施建设,主张政府和学校共同致力于体育教育的大力发展,对当代中国的教育体育改革具有重要的借鉴意义。     

中医药院校人体解剖学精品课程建设的研究与实践

精品课程建设是教学质量工程建设的中心环节,是衡量学校办学水平和教学质量的重要标志,是实现培养目标的基本保证。安徽中医学院人体解剖学教研室紧紧抓住中医药院校人体解剖学教学特点,在教学团队、教学平台、教学内容、教学手段和教学方法等方面进行了精品课程建设的研究和实践,取得了较好成效。     

Validation of a Culturally Relevant Snakebite Envenomation Clinical Practice Guideline in Brazil

Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a neglected tropical disease with significant global morbidity and mortality. Even when antivenom is available in low-resource areas, health workers do not receive adequate training to manage SBEs. This study aims to develop and validate a clinical practice guideline (CPG) for SBE management across Brazil. A panel of expert judges with academic and/or technical expertise in SBE management performed content validation. The content validity index (CVI) score was 90% for CPG objectives, 89% for structure and presentation and 92% for relevance and classified the CPG as valid. A semantic validation was performed by analyzing focus group discussions with doctors and nurses from three municipalities of the Brazilian Amazon, after a 5-day meeting during which the CPG was presented. Two central themes emerged: knowledge acquired during the meeting and recommendations for improving the CPG. Based on these results, the CPG was revised into a final version. This study presents the successful development and validation process of a CPG for SBE management, which is targeted to a specific low-resource, high-burden setting. This development and validation process can be adapted to other settings and/or other neglected tropical diseases.     

Positioning the six‐month review in the recovery process post‐stroke: The ideology of personal responsibility

Stroke is the UK's fourth highest cause of death and an estimated 300,000 people in England are living with related disability. This paper explores the six‐month review (6MR), a policy initiative that aimed to ameliorate unmet need. A multiple case study approach underpinned by critical realism was used to elicit the views of patients, carers, providers and commissioners across three sites using interviews, observations and documentation. Forty‐six patients (age range 28–91 years), 30 carers and 28 professionals were interviewed between December 2015 and October 2016. Twenty‐nine reviews were observed. Data was analysed thematically across sites. 6MRs carried out by stroke nurse specialists (SNSs) were found to be more medically orientated than those completed by a Stroke Association (SA) co‐ordinator who focused on social issues. Reviewers regarded reviews primarily as an opportunity to address unmet need and signpost to further services. Patients responded in three different ways: proactive and engaged, reflected an active orientation to recovery and self‐management; proactive and self‐managing on their own terms, encompassed patients who were striving for independence but took their own approach sometimes at odds with that of clinicians; and passive orientation, whereby patients did not engage in rehabilitation or self‐management. Patients identified different priorities to those of reviewers, particularly those with other long‐term conditions and this appeared to contribute to the dissatisfaction that some expressed. In conclusion, there was little evidence that the 6MR played a key role in recovery. Locally defined outcomes for the 6MR reflecting national policy were not substantiated by the findings. Our findings suggest that the 6MR should review therapy goals and facilitate patient‐led goals. Reviewers should be allowed the freedom to individualise the process rather than adhering to a rigid framework dictated by national policy and local protocols.     

检验医学专业临床微生物学实习教学改革探讨

对检验医学专业临床微生物学实习进行系列教学改革,包括系统理论知识培训、系统实践操作技能培训、科研能力培训和考核方式改革。