Processo de significação de estudantes do curso de medicina diante da escolha profissional e das experiências vividas no cotidiano acadêmico

O objetivo deste estudo é empreender uma análise aprofundada das motivações dos estudantes de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte para a escolha profissional, como também compreender suas vivências no cotidiano acadêmico. A metodologia foi qualitativa, utilizando-se a entrevista semi-estruturada como procedimento metodológico. A casuística foi constituída por 30 estudantes do primeiro ao sexto ano, distribuídos eqüitativamente entre os diferentes níveis do curso. Os dados foram analisados por meio da técnica análise de conteúdo temática categorial. A análise permitiu identificar que a influência familiar, a identificação pessoal, a busca da independência financeira e de status profissional e o desejo de ajudar e de ser útil às pessoas foram fatores que influenciaram os estudantes na escolha do curso de Medicina. Em relação aos momentos vividos durante o curso, o reconhecimento da família e dos amigos, a experiência com o paciente e o contato com professores-modelo foram os mais gratificantes, enquanto provas extensas e pouco tempo para estudo, aulas monótonas com professores desatualizados, contato com pacientes terminais e com a morte e cansaço físico foram considerados pelos estudantes como os momentos mais angustiantes. Os dados apontam importantes aspectos do cotidiano dos estudantes de Medicina, que podem orientar estratégias de apoio psicopedagógico no contexto das novas diretrizes curriculares.

Ser médico no PSF: formação acadêmica, perspectivas e trabalho cotidiano

Este trabalho investiga a formação acadêmica e a motivação de médicos do Programa de Saúde da Família (PSF) para atuarem na área e as vivências adquiridas. Trata-se de estudo exploratório, descritivo e qualitativo. As categorias de análise foram: carência de formação em atenção básica na escola médica e início da carreira; trabalho cotidiano do médico; visita domiciliar; relação multiprofissional na equipe; trabalho médico - realização profissional, rotatividade e falta de perspectivas; compreensão da população acerca do PSF. Os profissionais optaram pelo PSF por motivações pessoais, havendo pouco destaque e preparação para a atividade na graduação. Foi mencionada a importância dos agentes comunitários, do trabalho em grupos e das visitas domiciliares, apesar de alguns referirem impossibilidade de efetuar os dois últimos itens. Há insatisfação profissional devido a sobrecarga de trabalho, dificuldades no relacionamento multiprofissional, falta de retorno financeiro e de reconhecimento de outros profissionais e da população. Foram apontados falta de apoio e vontade política necessários ao êxito do programa. A pesquisa permitiu identificar falta de articulação entre escola médica e gestão municipal na formação de profissionais para atuação no PSF.

Applying organizational core values in everyday delivery work - case Accenture

The purpose of this thesis is to study organizational core values and their application in practice. With the help of literature, the thesis discusses the implementation of core values and the benefits that companies can gain by doing it successfully. Also, ways in which companies can improve their values’ application to their everyday work are presented. The case company’s value implementation is evaluated through a survey research conducted on their employees. The true power of values lies in their application, and therefore, core values should be the basis for all organizational behavior, integrated into everything a company does. Applying values in practice is an ongoing process and companies should continuously work towards creating a more value-based organizational culture. If a company does this effectively, they will most likely become more successful with stakeholders as well as financially. Companies looking to turn their values into actions should start with a self-assessment. Employee surveys are effective in assessing the current level of value implementation, since employees have valuable, first-hand information regarding the situations and behaviors they face in their everyday work. After the self-assessment, things like management commitment, communication, training, and support are key success factors in value implementation.

The ELY Centre for Southwest Finland is involved in everyday life

The ELY Centre for Southwest Finland is a diverse and broad-ranging development and service centre. Our goal is to strengthen wellbeing in Southwest Finland and Satakunta. The aim of our operations is to ensure sustainable wellbeing, a vibrant business community, attractive municipalities and the wider environment, and a satisfied population through clustered collaboration.

From statin efficacy to everyday effectiveness: Studying the gap in between.

Statins are indicated for preventing cardiovascular disease events. Patients with diabetes have a risk of major cardiovascular events double the risk of their peers without diabetes. Thus, clinical treatment guidelines recommend statins for the management of diabetic dyslipidemia. The evidence base for statin use in cardiovascular disease derives from the randomized controlled statin trials designed to prove statin efficacy under ideal conditions, among a homogenous study population meeting strict trial eligibility criteria. This thesis was implemented as four pharmacoepidemiological statin studies using register data on realworld statin users. The overall purpose was to evaluate the trends, patterns and effectiveness of statin use in everyday life. More specifically, nationwide secular trends in statin use in Finland were analysed, especially among patient groups which had been underrepresented in the statin trials. Furthermore, the benchmarking statin trials in diabetes, the Heart Protection Study and the Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study, were evaluated for their representativeness for real-world diabetes care with the emphasis placed on adherence to statin use. The association between good adherence and the incidence of major cardiovascular events in the real-world was further investigated in diabetes. These studies demonstrate that statin initiations increased from 1995 to 2005 in Finland. The increase was most pronounced among those aged at least 75 years and was observed already before the publication of rigorous trial data conducted in elderly subjects. Thus, statins seem to have been initiated in clinical practice also going beyond the strict trial eligibility criteria. Nonetheless, low adherence to statin use among the real-world patients with diabetes was found not only to limit the representativeness of the trials for clinical care but also to attenuate in all likelihood their benefits in the real-world. In fact, good adherence to statin use was found to associate with a decreased risk for major cardiovascular events in patients with diabetes. In conclusion, these studies highlight the importance of good adherence to statin use in clinical practice in order to obtain the full therapeutic value demonstrated in the statin trials. Simply increasing the number of statin users will not alone suffice in sharing our common resources appropriately.

A interculturalidade no cotidiano de uma escola indígena

Este artigo aborda a questão da interculturalidade como categoria constitutiva de uma escola indígena. Contrastando com a concepção colonialista, etnocentrista, que permanece até os dias atuais, surgem outras possibilidades que consideram a autonomia dos povos indígenas na condução de seus próprios projetos educacionais.

The Transfer of Wilderness Trips to the Everyday Lives of Young People: A Case Study

There has been considerable research that investigates the outcomes, benefits, and perceptions of wilderness trip experiences. However, the transfer of learning from a wilderness trip to the everyday lives of youth trip participants, that has deliberately explored post-trip experience, is minimal. Using a qualitative multi-case study approach, methods of data collection included interviews with six youth program participants, six parents/legal guardians, and three program staff, as well as document solicitation. Reports from the participants suggested that the key content transferred to a post-wilderness trip context were interpersonal skills; life skills; and instances of personal growth. Participants applied their learning content from the wilderness trip to school; sports; community and international volunteering; work and career aspirations; family and home life; and social life contexts. Implications for adventure programming and curriculum design, instruction, and transfer are considered.

Mindfulness Practices and Children’s Emotional and Mental Well-Being: Activities to Build and Strengthen Everyday Resilience Adapted for Primary School Teachers

This project reviewed current research on mental health and Canadian children, and then examined the practice of mindfulness as a means of supporting well-being and circumventing the potential detrimental effects of mental health problems. By contextualizing these findings within the recently released educational vision of the Ontario Ministry of Education (2014), which identifies well-being as one of the core principles of education in Ontario, this project investigated how mindfulness-based practices can be brought into the primary grade classroom. The ultimate purpose of this project is the development of a handbook for Ontario teachers of students in grades 1 to 3 (ages 6 to 8). This resource was developed from a comprehensive literature review and provides educators with easy-to-follow activities to use in the classroom to encourage the development of resilience and emotional well-being through mindfulness. The handbook also includes additional information and resources regarding both mindfulness and mental health that may be helpful to teachers, students, and parents.

Everyday Ethics: Framing youth participation in organizational practice

Much of the literature on ethical issues in child and youth participation has drawn on the episodic experiences of participatory research efforts in which young people’s input has been sought, transcribed and represented. This literature focuses in particular on the power dynamics and ethical dilemmas embedded in time-bound adult/child and outsider/insider relationships. While we agree that these issues are crucial and in need of further examination, it is equally important to examine the ethical issues embedded within the “everyday” practices of the organizations in and through which young people’s participation in community research and development often occurs (e.g., community-based organizations, schools and municipal agencies). Drawing on experience from three summers of work in promoting youth participation in adult-led organizations of varying purpose, scale and structure, a framework is postulated that presents participation as a spatial practice shaped by five overlapping dimensions. The framework is offered as a point of discussion and a potential tool for analysis in ecipation in relation to organizational practice.

Comprendre l'image de Mérida vue par ses habitants : un lieu et ses représentations

Cette recherche vise à connaître et comprendre la province de Mérida au Venezuela, en analysant l’image que ses habitants construisent de celle-ci à l’aide de photographies de promotion touristique de la province, issues du matériel produit par l’office de tourisme de Mérida, CORMETUR. La recherche est conçue dans une perspective de méthodologie créative. Les participants ont été invités à élaborer –et à commenter- un collage en se servant, à leur guise, des photos fournies pour récréer leur image de leur province. C’est sur la base de ce travail que je cherche à comprendre la manière dont Mérida est perçue par ses habitants. Mon questionnement est théoriquement supporté par la notion d’ « image » ainsi que par le concept de « représentation », entendue dans l’approche constructiviste de Hall (1997), qui me permet ultérieurement d’interpréter les propos des Merideños rencontrés. Dans et à travers les représentations qu’ils construisent, il est possible de comprendre Mérida en tant qu’un « lieu », tel que défendu par Escobar (2001), au sein duquel convergent le « milieu de vie » et le « milieu touristique » qui le composent. De même, il est possible de saisir des enjeux identitaires, tels que Cuche (1996) et Hall (2007) entendent l’ « identité culturelle », dans leurs représentations.