The hidden curriculum refers to various dimensions of pedagogical activity that concern (professional) knowledge, power relations and the socio-cultural context in which educators operate. The ...article presents ways in which school counsellors understand the hidden curriculum. The findings of qualitative analysis of interviews with 37 school counsellors are presented. Focus is given to how school counsellors understand the term hidden curriculum, recognise and respond to it. While the results revealed that school counsellors know the basic definitions of the hidden curriculum, deeper analysis of their answers showed this understanding is often incomplete and inadequate. In the future, greater attention should be paid to the extent to which the hidden curriculum is recognised and present in both schools generally and the work of the school counselling service.
Pharmacists provide medication counselling services to improve patient knowledge and their adherence to prescription instructions, and to achieve the best possible health-related outcomes. Our study ...aim was to describe the patterns of the reasons for referral to counselling and the subjects discussed between pharmacists and patients, and the possible associations related to the susceptible patient groups (chronic and elderly), in Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) medication counselling clinics.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. An electronic data collection form was developed to document details about the medication counselling services that were provided to patients. The form consisted of three main areas: (1) patient demographics and counselling services characteristics; (2) reasons for referrals to the medication counselling clinics; and (3) the subjects that were discussed between pharmacists and patients in the counselling session. A comparison was conducted between chronic and non-chronic, and elderly and non-elderly patients.
From May 2020 to December 2021, a total of 36,672 counselling service sessions were provided to 28,998 patients. The greatest proportion of reasons for referrals to counselling was that patients had chronic diseases (50.84%), patients were added a new medication (33.69%) or patients received multiple medications (polypharmacy) (22.71%). The most frequent subject discussed during counselling was general knowledge about medication (85.62%), the duration of therapy (68.42%) and the action that patients should take if they missed a dose of their medication (44.51%). Patients with chronic diseases showed a significantly greater frequency of referral to counselling compared to patients without chronic disease, due to polypharmacy, medication use during Ramadhan, adverse drug reactions (ADRs), dosing/interactions, high-alert medication and suspected nonadherence (P < 0.001). This led to a significantly greater frequency of discussions with patients with chronic conditions about their general medication knowledge, the duration of their therapy, missed doses, ADRs, medication reconciliation and medication use during Ramadhan (P < 0.001). Elderly patients recorded significantly more referrals to counselling related to chronic diseases and polypharmacy than their younger counterparts (P < 0.001); however, there was no significant difference between the elderly and non-elderly in the patterns of subjects discussed that were related to polypharmacy and chronic disease consequences. A significant spike was also reported in the frequency of delivery of counselling services to caregivers for the elderly (P < 0.001).
The current state of medication counselling services in Saudi MOH facilities indicates that chronic disease and polypharmacy are the most significant reasons for referral to counselling, and that the subjects discussed the most during counselling are general knowledge about medication, duration of therapy and missed doses. Patients with chronic diseases have a higher frequency of referral to counselling and discussion about polypharmacy and its consequences than those without chronic conditions. Elderly patients also show a high frequency of referral to counselling about chronic diseases and polypharmacy. Caregivers of elderly patients require more education to maximise counselling effectiveness as they attend the majority of elderly patient counselling sessions.
Purpose
This paper aims to empirically examine career guidance services in terms of e-service quality, information quality and perceived value. It specifically examines students’ perceptions of ...quality to explore the effects of e-service quality and information quality on perceived value.
Design/methodology/approach
Students from the University of Verona participated in a quantitative survey, and 119 questionnaires were collected to assess the perceptions of respondents on e-service quality, information quality and perceived value about the career guidance e-service.
Findings
The results indicate that students perceive high value for the career guidance services; the perceived value depends on both service quality of the e-platform and information quality of the report; and efficiency is the most important dimension of e-service quality, while adequacy appears to be the most important dimension of the report.
Practical implications
These findings reveal that service organisations such as universities should invest in career guidance services, given that such services are appreciated by students and contribute to reducing the gap between education and job opportunities. In the design phase, service organisations should pay attention to students’ career development needs by developing e-platforms that are easy to use, appealing, efficient and with continuous system availability and reports that include relevant, understandable, reliable and adequate information. It is important to provide students with a report after they have completed a questionnaire.
Originality/value
To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research empirically evaluating the effects of perceived e-service quality and information quality on perceived value with specific reference to career guidance e-services.
This anthology constitutes the primary report resulting from a three-year innovation project in which the main focus has been on collaboration between preschools and primary schools, and the ...‘PP-tjeneste’ (pedagogisk-psykologisk tjeneste, a public service that assists in evaluation of children with special educational and/or psychological needs and helps those working in the educational setting make appropriate accommodations for those needs), and establishing a program in which they jointly develop their competence regarding inclusivity. Researchers from NLA University College, the University of Stavanger and Statped (a national service for special needs education) have formed a partnership to support a range of innovation processes as well as track their progress through data collection and analysis, and thereby respond to the profile set forth in the national strategy, ‘Kompetanseløftet for spesialpedagogikk og inkluderende praksis’ (Enhancements in special pedagogic and inclusive practices), initiated during the project period. The experiences presented in this anthology will therefore be relevant and of interest to many in both the higher educational sector and the municipalities.
Denne antologien utgjør hovedrapporten etter et tre-årig innovasjonsprosjekt som har hatt hovedfokus på samarbeidet mellom barnehage/skole og PP-tjenesten, og etablering av et samarbeid der man i fellesskap utvikler kompetanse for inkluderende praksis. Forskere ved NLA Høgskolen, Universitetet i Stavanger og Statped har gått inn i et partnerskap der man både har støttet de ulike innovasjonsprosessene og fulgt prosessene gjennom datainnsamling og analyse. Slik samsvarer dette innovasjonsprosjektet på flere måter med profilen i den nasjonale strategien Kompetanseløftet for spesialpedagogikk og inkluderende praksis, som er iverksatt i løpet av prosjektperioden. Erfaringene som presenteres i antologien vil derfor være relevante og aktuelle både for aktører i universitets- og høgkolesektoren og i kommunene.
The Counselling in Primary Care service (CIPC) is the first and only nationally available public counselling service in the Republic of Ireland. This study provides initial data for the effectiveness ...of short-term psychotherapy delivered in a primary care setting in Ireland for the first time.
A practice-based observational research approach was employed to examine outcome data from 2806 clients receiving therapy from 130 therapists spread over 150 primary care locations throughout Ireland. Pre-post outcomes were assessed using the CORE-OM and reliable and clinically significant change proportions. Binary logistic regression examined the effect of pre therapy symptom severity on the log odds of recovering. Six and 12 month follow up data from a subsample of 276 clients were also analysed using growth curve analysis.
Of 14,156 referred clients, 5356 presented for assessment and 52.3% (N = 2806) consented to participate. Between assessment and post-therapy a large reduction in severity of symptoms was observed- Cohen's d = 0.98. Furthermore, 47% of clients achieved recovery,a further 15.5% reliably improved, 2.7% reliably deteriorated and34.7% showed no reliable improvement. Higher initial severity was associated with less chance of recovering at post-therapy. Significant gains were maintained between assessment and12 months after therapy- Cohen's d = 0.50.
Outcomes for clients in the CIPC service compared favourably with large scale counselling and psychotherapy services in jurisdictions in the U.K., the U.S.A., Norway and Sweden. This study expands the international primary care psychotherapy research base to include the entire Republic of Ireland jurisdiction.
Prikriti kurikulum predstavlja različne razsežnosti pedagoškega delovanja. Nanaša se na (strokovno) znanje, razmerja moči in družbeno-kulturni kontekst, v katerem delujemo. V članku predstavljamo ...razumevanje prikritega kurikuluma s perspektive šolskih svetovalnih delavcev.1 Predstavljene so ugotovitve kvalitativne analize intervjujev s 37 šolskimi svetovalnimi delavci. Analizirano je, kaj šolski svetovalni delavci razumejo pod izrazom prikriti kurikulum, kako ga prepoznajo in kako se nanj odzivajo. Rezultati kažejo, da šolski svetovalni delavci poznajo osnovne opredelitve prikritega kurikuluma, bolj poglobljena analiza njihovih odgovorov pa je pokazala, da je to razumevanje pogosto nepopolno in neustrezno. V prihodnje bo treba več pozornosti nameniti prepoznavanju in prisotnosti prikritega kurikuluma, tako v šolah na splošno kot tudi pri delu šolske svetovalne službe.
MotherSafe is a free telephone counselling service for exposures during pregnancy and breastfeeding. As the last health professional seen prior to consumption of medicines, community pharmacists' ...opinions on the use of medications in pregnancy/breastfeeding is likely to be particularly sought by women presenting in pharmacies. However, a recent qualitative study revealed that community pharmacists feel unsupported in their role as medicine information providers to pregnant/breastfeeding women.
The aim of the current study was to undertake a descriptive analysis of calls made by pharmacists or pharmacist-referred patients to MotherSafe across the time period 2000-2018.
A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted of call data from January 2000 to December 2018. Aggregate data were examined by type of caller, reason for call, pregnancy category and exposure type.
Most calls (57%) related to pregnancy or breastfeeding (39%) with calls equally distributed throughout gestation. Calls regarding potential pregnancy exposures to uncategorised drugs were the most frequent (mainly complementary medicines). Unlike pharmacists, calls from pregnant consumers referred by pharmacists were also frequently regarding category A drugs.
This study highlights the need for reliable evidence-based information sources regarding the use of prescribed medications, over-the-counter and complementary preparations during pregnancy and breastfeeding. There is a need for better education of pharmacists about appropriate information sources and the need to use evidence-based resources other than the A-X categories to advise their clients about the safety or otherwise of medications in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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