Nous jaciments laborals per a diplomats: anàlisi dels convenis de cooperació educativa de la Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació (UB), 1998-2002

A partir de les ofertes de col·laboració d'empreses privades amb finalitat de lucre rebudes a la Facultat de Biblioteconomia i Documentació de la Universitat de Barcelona entre setembre de 1998 juny de 2002, es presenten i analitzen els resultats pel que fa a tres aspectes que s'han cregut especialment destacables: el sector d'activitat de les empreses, les tasques per a les quals se sol·liciten els estudiants i, en darrer lloc, els coneixements i actituds que se'ls requereix. La informació recollida permet fer algunes propostes d'actuació i definir línies de treball tant pel que fa a la formació acadèmica dels alumnes com a la seva orientació professional.

La figura del consultor a empreses del sector tecnològic: oportunitats d'ocupació per als titulats en BiD

The article offers an extrapolation based on the author's own experience, describing the main characteristics of projects undertaken by companies in the technological sector and the typical functions performed by consultants in this area. The principal objective is to introduce the profile of consultant as a potential employment niche for those graduates in Library and Information Science who would like to specialise in this area, once having acquired the complementary training that is needed

El Practicum: una peça clau en la formació centrada en les competències.

Presentació feta a la Reunió amb els centres de pràctiques el 8 de juny de 2005.

Reflexiones en torno a un perfil profesional: los bibliotecarios de las bibliotecas para pacientes en España

Esta comunicación forma parte de una investigación más amplia sobre las bibliotecas para pacientes en España; actualmente estamos identificando y analizando bibliografía especializada. A partir de estas lecturas hemos detectado distintas cuestiones en relación con el perfil profesional de los responsables de estos centros. Por ejemplo, si durante los años 30 del siglo pasado se valoraba sobre todo su capacidad psicológica para comprender a los enfermos y saber elegir las mejores lecturas teniendo en cuenta su situación, en la actualidad se valora más su capacidad de relaciones públicas. Lo que sí se mantiene constante a lo largo de los años es el hecho que no se le exige titulación específica (mayoritariamente se trata de voluntarios) y, por tanto, se defiende un profesional no profesionalizado. En esta afirmación subyace la convicción de que en este tipo de bibliotecas, más importante que la gestión, la colección y el mantenimiento, es la atención al usuario, entendiendo que esta atención no requiere unas competencias personales o profesionales concretas y que la buena voluntad o una buena disposición son suficientes... La realidad nos demuestra lo contrario. La poca visibilidad de las bibliotecas para pacientes así como el desconocimiento de sus funciones básicas (ofrecer al enfermo ocio, formación e información adecuada a sus capacidades) se hace extensiva a sus profesionales. No existe una descripción más o menos consensuada y normativa de este perfil más allá de una relación de sus tareas, en el mejor de los casos, contrariamente a lo que ocurre con los responsables de los centros especializados en ciencias de la salud. En esta comunicación proponemos mostrar la evolución del perfil de los bibliotecarios de las bibliotecas para pacientes en España siguiendo las aportaciones de la bibliografía especializada.

Addressing elementary school teachers' professional stressors: Practical suggestions for schools and adminstrators

Purpose: Given the preponderance of education reform since the No Child Left Behind Act (U.S. Department of Education, 2001), reform efforts have shaped the nature of the work and culture in schools. The emphasis on standardized testing to determine schools' status and student performance, among other factors, has generated stress, particularly for teachers. Therefore, district and school administrators are encouraged to consider the contextual factors that contribute to teacher stress to address them and to retain high-performing teachers. Research Methods/Approach: Participants were recruited from two types of schools in order to test hypotheses related to directional responding as a function of working in a more challenging (high-priority) or less challenging (non-high-priority) school environment. We employed content analysis to analyze 64 suburban elementary school teachers' free-responses to a prompt regarding their stress as teachers. We cross-analyzed our findings through external auditing to bolster trustworthiness in the data and in the procedure. Findings: Teachers reported personal and contextual stressors. Herein, we reported concrete examples of the five categories of contextual stressors teachers identified: political and educational structures, instructional factors, student factors, parent and family factors, and school climate. We found directional qualities and overlapping relationships in the data, partially confirming our hypotheses. Implications for Research and Practice: We offer specific recommendations for practical ways in which school administrators might systemically address teacher stress based on the five categories of stressors reported by participants. We also suggest means of conducting action research to measure the effects of implemented suggestions.

Informe de resultats de la recerca: "Avaluació dels continguts especí­fics de la formació del mestre d'educació musical de la Universitat de Barcelona: punts forts i punts febles"

Aquest informe és un resum dels resultats obtinguts pel grup de recerca GREMI de la UB. Aquests resultats mostren el perfil de l'alumnat i del professorat tutor del pràcticum II de la titulació de Mestre en Educació Musical a la UB i les seves opinions respecte als continguts musicals treballats durant aquests estudis i llur aplicabilitat a l'escola primària

Computer-generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals; effects on professional practice and health care outcomes.

BACKGROUND: Clinical practice does not always reflect best practice and evidence, partly because of unconscious acts of omission, information overload, or inaccessible information. Reminders may help clinicians overcome these problems by prompting the doctor to recall information that they already know or would be expected to know and by providing information or guidance in a more accessible and relevant format, at a particularly appropriate time. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of reminders automatically generated through a computerized system and delivered on paper to healthcare professionals on processes of care (related to healthcare professionals' practice) and outcomes of care (related to patients' health condition). SEARCH METHODS: For this update the EPOC Trials Search Co-ordinator searched the following databases between June 11-19, 2012: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Cochrane Library (Economics, Methods, and Health Technology Assessment sections), Issue 6, 2012; MEDLINE, OVID (1946- ), Daily Update, and In-process; EMBASE, Ovid (1947- ); CINAHL, EbscoHost (1980- ); EPOC Specialised Register, Reference Manager, and INSPEC, Engineering Village. The authors reviewed reference lists of related reviews and studies.  SELECTION CRITERIA: We included individual or cluster-randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and non-randomized controlled trials (NRCTs) that evaluated the impact of computer-generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals on processes and/or outcomes of care. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Review authors working in pairs independently screened studies for eligibility and abstracted data. We contacted authors to obtain important missing information for studies that were published within the last 10 years. For each study, we extracted the primary outcome when it was defined or calculated the median effect size across all reported outcomes. We then calculated the median absolute improvement and interquartile range (IQR) in process adherence across included studies using the primary outcome or median outcome as representative outcome. MAIN RESULTS: In the 32 included studies, computer-generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals achieved moderate improvement in professional practices, with a median improvement of processes of care of 7.0% (IQR: 3.9% to 16.4%). Implementing reminders alone improved care by 11.2% (IQR 6.5% to 19.6%) compared with usual care, while implementing reminders in addition to another intervention improved care by 4.0% only (IQR 3.0% to 6.0%) compared with the other intervention. The quality of evidence for these comparisons was rated as moderate according to the GRADE approach. Two reminder features were associated with larger effect sizes: providing space on the reminder for provider to enter a response (median 13.7% versus 4.3% for no response, P value = 0.01) and providing an explanation of the content or advice on the reminder (median 12.0% versus 4.2% for no explanation, P value = 0.02). Median improvement in processes of care also differed according to the behaviour the reminder targeted: for instance, reminders to vaccinate improved processes of care by 13.1% (IQR 12.2% to 20.7%) compared with other targeted behaviours. In the only study that had sufficient power to detect a clinically significant effect on outcomes of care, reminders were not associated with significant improvements. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: There is moderate quality evidence that computer-generated reminders delivered on paper to healthcare professionals achieve moderate improvement in process of care. Two characteristics emerged as significant predictors of improvement: providing space on the reminder for a response from the clinician and providing an explanation of the reminder's content or advice. The heterogeneity of the reminder interventions included in this review also suggests that reminders can improve care in various settings under various conditions.

Agency Fact Sheet, Department of Commerce: Professional Licensure Division, FY2007

This document produced by the Iowa Department of Administrative Services has been developed to provide a multitude of information about executive branch agencies/department on a single sheet of paper. The facts provides general information, contact information, workforce data, leave and benefits information and affirmative action data.