Is professional recognition in plastic surgery related to activity in research

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relation of medical research, with the participation of prominent plastic surgeon in Congress.METHODS: We reviewed the scientific programs of the last 3 Brazilian Congress of Surgery, were selected 21 Brazilian plástic surgeons invited to serve as panelists or speakers in roundtable sessions in the last 3 congresses (Group 1). We randomly selected and paired by other members (associates) of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery, with no participation in congress as speaker (Group 2). We conducted a search for articles published in journals indexed in Medline, Lilacs and SciELO for all doctors selected during the entire academic career and the last 5 years from March 2007 until March 2012. We assessed the research activity through the simple counting of the number of publications in indexed journals for each professional. The number of publications groups was compared.RESULTS: articles produced throughout career: Group 1- 639 articles (average of 30.42 items each). Group 2- 79 articles (mean 3.95 articles each). Difference between medias: p <0.001.CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate that the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery seeking professionals with a greater number of publications and journals of higher impact. This approach encourages new members to pursue a higher qualification, and give security to congressmen, they can rely on the existence of a technical criterion in the choice of speakers.

Professional Recognition of Educator Practice Framework Handbook

UoS CPD Framework route

Organizational Frames for Professional Claims: Private Military Corporations and the Rise of the Military Paraprofessional

Corporations, nongovernmental organizations, and other organizational forms are major players in the sodal world. Recently, sociological scholarship on organizations has converged with research on the professions to discuss the ways in which professions are shaped or influenced by different organizational forms. In this article, I borrows from the notion of framing within social movement research to argue that organizational forms frame the bids of aspiring professionals. More specifically, I argue that certain organizational forms-such as that of the modern corporation-can aid would-be professionals in making their claims for professional recognition. Organizations do this, I argue, by providing aspiring professionals with a ready-made setting, rationale, and guarantees that make the newcomers more easily recognizable as professionals to outside audiences. I explore this argument by examining how the corporate form has facilitated private military contractors in their attempts to legitimate and develop this highly controversial new industry. The data are drawn from my interviews with private military contractors, state officials, and other interested parties surrounding private military corporations, as well as from archival data that detail the rise of the private military industry.

O impacto da reforma da administração pública na satisfação dos funcionários públicos : o caso dos Açores

Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciências Económicas e Empresariais.

Atuação do fisioterapeuta dermatofuncional e seu reconhecimento pelos profissionais de saúde da região de Lisboa

Mestrado em Fisioterapia

A importância da liderança para o engagement dos colaboradores nas empresas do Vale do Ave

Dissertação apresentada ao Instituto Politécnico do Porto para obtenção do Grau Mestre em Gestão das Organizações, Ramo de Gestão de Empresas Orientada pela Professora Doutora Maria Alexandra Pacheco Ribeiro da Costa

Motivação e desempenho dos funcionários da administração pública cabo-verdiana actual

The process of changes that have been taking place in contemporary world reaches undoubtedly to the public sector. The quest for a new public management, that seeks to provide quality and effective services to the citizens, has been the target of contemporary State. Within this framework, the study of people inside publics organizations becomes strategic. Knowledge is generated, processed, and communicated at great speed, taking society to adopt new approaches. In order to meet the challenges of the new millennium, organizations must thing more of people and, above all, they must be more concerned with creating incentives that can motivate their collaborators to achieve not only the objectives of the organization but also personal objectives of each individual, since there is no point in gaining profit and having productivity if the organization do not develop policies and practices that focus on the human being. Motivation implies accomplishment feelings and professional recognition, expressed by means of executing tasks and activities that are sufficiently challenging and meaningful to the job. The truth is that the adoption of a public management focused on quality requires changes in organization culture, requiring mainly motivation, which leads to efforts, dedication, persistence, and commitment. This work is intended to research motivation as a tool to achieve productivity and excellence in the performance of activities in Cape Verdean Public Administration. To achieve the aim of this work, a bibliographical research on Human Resources Administration as well as different theories related to work motivation in organizations was conducted. The inquisitive method was used based upon a written questionnaire aimed at obtaining data referring to motivation of Public Administration workers.

Motivação e desempenho dos funcionários da administração pública cabo-verdiana actual

O processo de mudanças que vem acontecendo no mundo contemporâneo alcança, inevitavelmente, o sector público. A busca de uma nova gestão pública, que procure prestar serviços ao cidadão com qualidade e eficiência tem sido o alvo a ser alcançado pelo Estado contemporâneo. Dentro desse prisma o estudo das pessoas dentro das organizações públicas apresenta-se como estratégico. O conhecimento é gerado, processado e comunicado a grande velocidade, o que leva a sociedade a assumir novas posturas. Para enfrentar os desafios do novo milénio, as organizações terão que pensar mais nas pessoas e sobretudo, preocupar-se mais em criar estímulos que motivem os colaboradores para alcançarem tanto os objectivos da organização quanto os objectivos pessoais de cada um porque não adianta obter lucro e produtividade se a organização não desenvolver políticas e práticas que privilegiam o ser humano. Motivação envolve sentimentos de realização e de reconhecimento profissional, manifestado por meio de exercícios das tarefas e actividades que oferecem suficiente desafio e significado para o trabalho. A verdade é que a adopção de uma gestão pública focada na qualidade requer mudanças na cultura organizacional, exigindo principalmente motivação, que conduz ao esforço, dedicação, persistência e comprometimento. Com o presente trabalho pretende-se investigar a motivação como uma ferramenta para alcançar a produtividade e a excelência no desempenho das actividades na Administração Pública Cabo-verdiana. Para alcançar o objectivo deste trabalho, fez-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a Administração dos Recursos Humanos e sobre as diversas teorias relacionadas com a motivação para o trabalho nas organizações. Utilizou-se o método inquisitivo baseado num interrogatório escrito para se obter dados referentes a motivação dos funcionários da Administração Pública.

Motivação e desempenho dos funcionários da administração pública cabo-verdiana actual

The process of changes that have been taking place in contemporary world reaches undoubtedly to the public sector. The quest for a new public management, that seeks to provide quality and effective services to the citizens, has been the target of contemporary State. Within this framework, the study of people inside publics organizations becomes strategic. Knowledge is generated, processed, and communicated at great speed, taking society to adopt new approaches. In order to meet the challenges of the new millennium, organizations must thing more of people and, above all, they must be more concerned with creating incentives that can motivate their collaborators to achieve not only the objectives of the organization but also personal objectives of each individual, since there is no point in gaining profit and having productivity if the organization do not develop policies and practices that focus on the human being. Motivation implies accomplishment feelings and professional recognition, expressed by means of executing tasks and activities that are sufficiently challenging and meaningful to the job. The truth is that the adoption of a public management focused on quality requires changes in organization culture, requiring mainly motivation, which leads to efforts, dedication, persistence, and commitment. This work is intended to research motivation as a tool to achieve productivity and excellence in the performance of activities in Cape Verdean Public Administration. To achieve the aim of this work, a bibliographical research on Human Resources Administration as well as different theories related to work motivation in organizations was conducted. The inquisitive method was used based upon a written questionnaire aimed at obtaining data referring to motivation of Public Administration workers.

Le règne de la scientificité : histoire de l'étiologie des maladies infectieuses dans la presse médicale du Québec, 1840-1880

L’essor de la discipline bactériologique est l’un des phénomènes les plus célébrés de l’historiographie médicale. Les approches qu’ont empruntées les historiens pour aborder le sujet depuis le tournant du XXe siècle se sont progressivement modifiées pour passer, le plus souvent, d’une interprétation endogène des développements de la science, où les concepts, les théories, les méthodes de la médecine sont perçus comme se développant isolément du contexte social dans lequel ils s’insèrent, à l’approche inverse, sociologique, où chacune des facettes de l’entreprise médico-scientifique est influencée par son milieu dans une interaction où les instances publiques, gouvernementales et professionnelles impliquées par les projets de médicalisation, formant une dynamique impassible, modifient le cours de chaque aspect de l’histoire médicale. Mais, en dehors des éléments professionnels, le développement de la pensée médico-scientifique est-il invariablement subjugué par cette dynamique sociale ? L’idéal de scientificité prôné par les médecins, formant un archétype dans lequel la rigueur du professionnel doit être isolée de ces facteurs extrinsèques n’est-il pas en mesure d’avoir conféré aux démarches médico-scientifiques une stabilité authentique vis-à-vis les fluctuations de l’environnement sociopolitique et professionnel dans lequel elles s’inscrivent ? Cette étude répond à ce questionnement par l’analyse exhaustive du discours défini par les périodiques médicaux du Québec entre 1840 et 1880. Elle s’articule sur deux développements inédits : l’un qui présente les assises méthodologiques de la vérification, c’est-à-dire la définition de l’archétype médical, son rôle dans la légitimation professionnelle, les critères de scientificité qu’il détermine de même qu’une typologie du discours qu’il permet d’inférer ; l’autre, ses résultats. L’étude montre que l’archétype décrit par le corps médical québécois, loin de n’être qu’un outil discursif par lequel la profession a pu être socialement reconnue au XIXe siècle, exerça une influence déterminante sur la formation de l’attitude professionnelle à l’égard des nouveautés étiologiques présentées par les pionniers de la bactériologie. En plus de dévoiler la trame exacte du développement de la pensée étiologique au Québec, la thèse souligne la complémentarité des approches internes et externes de l’historiographie médicale. Elle contribue ainsi à une représentation plus juste des processus à l’oeuvre dans le développement scientifique.

Exploration des changements identitaires : le cas des travailleuses sociales ayant immigré au Québec

Les travailleurs sociaux immigrants vivent plusieurs défis après l’obtention de la reconnaissance de leurs acquis au Québec par l’Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec (OTSTCFQ. À partir de données extraites d’entretiens menés dans le cadre d’une recherche de plus grande envergure dirigée par Pullen-Sansfaçon, Brown et Graham (Recherche qualitative sur l'expérience des migrants et leur adaptation professionnelle dans la pratique du travail social au Canada, 2012-2015), nous explorons le sentiment d’identité professionnelle vécu par 9 travailleuses sociales immigrantes à Montréal. Ce sentiment apparaît comme l’actualisation de leurs valeurs et de leurs acquis professionnels dans leurs nouveaux rôles et leurs pratiques professionnelles. L’analyse des données permet de dégager divers thèmes en lien avec l’identité professionnelle de ces travailleuses sociales immigrantes. Nous avons pu relever de leurs propos que, depuis leur immigration, divers changements ont effectivement eu lieu au niveau de leurs pratiques professionnelles, voire de leur vision de la profession. Elles ont dû faire face à plusieurs défis liés à l’identité professionnelle, notamment en ce qui concerne la reconnaissance professionnelle et la langue. Trois éléments ont en effet formé la pierre angulaire des changements que ces travailleuses sociales ont vécus dans leur identité professionnelle depuis leur immigration : les valeurs, la question de la langue et la reconnaissance de leurs qualifications.

Responsabilidade social das organizações e satisfação no trabalho: estudo num call center

A presente dissertação tem como objectivo estudar a percepção dos colaboradores a respeito da Responsabilidade Social da Organização exercida pela organização onde trabalham e a relação desta com a Satisfação no Trabalho. Cento e sete colaboradores de um call center responderam a um questionário que incluía as escalas de Percepção de Responsabilidade Social, Satisfação no Trabalho e a escala de Call Center construída para este estudo. As hipóteses são, duas, verificar se quando maior a percepção de práticas socialmente responsáveis nas diferentes dimensões (colaboradores, ambiente e comunidade e económica) maior a satisfação com o trabalho e se as condições de trabalho na organização apresentarem níveis elevados, maior a Satisfação no Trabalho. Dos resultados obtidos, concluiu-se uma associação positiva entre as três dimensões da Responsabilidade Social com a Satisfação no Trabalho, em particular uma associação mais elevada com a dimensão Percepção da Responsabilidade Social - Ambiente e Comunidade. Destaca-se também que a Satisfação no Trabalho está mais associada com a percepção do reconhecimento profissional do que com as condições de trabalho no call center.

Massive Open Online Courses on health and medicine: review

Background: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become immensely popular in a short span of time. However, there is very little research exploring MOOCs in the discipline of Health and Medicine. This paper is aimed to fill this void by providing a review of Health and Medicine related MOOCs. Objective: Provide a review of Health and Medicine related MOOCs offered by various MOOC platforms within the year 2013. Analyze and compare the various offerings, their target audience, typical length of a course and credentials offered. Discuss opportunities and challenges presented by MOOCs in the discipline of Health and Medicine. Methods: Health and Medicine related MOOCs were gathered using several methods to ensure the richness and completeness of data. Identified MOOC platform websites were used to gather the lists of offerings. In parallel, these MOOC platforms were contacted to access official data on their offerings. Two MOOC aggregator sites (Class Central and MOOC List) were also consulted to gather data on MOOC offerings. Eligibility criteria were defined to concentrate on the courses that were offered in 2013 and primarily on the subject ‘Health and Medicine’. All language translations in this paper were achieved using Google Translate. Results: The search identified 225 courses out of which 98 were eligible for the review (n = 98). 58% (57) of the MOOCs considered were offered on the Coursera platform and 94% (92) of all the MOOCs were offered in English. 90 MOOCs were offered by universities and the John Hopkins University offered the largest number of MOOCs (12). Only three MOOCs were offered by developing countries (China, West Indies, and Saudi Arabia). The duration of MOOCs varied from three weeks to 20 weeks with an average length of 6.7 weeks. On average MOOCs expected a participant to work on the material for 4.2 hours a week. Verified Certificates were offered by 14 MOOCs while three others offered other professional recognition. Conclusions: The review presents evidence to suggest that MOOCs can be used as a way to provide continuous medical education. It also shows the potential of MOOCs as a means of increasing health literacy among the public.

O processo de autogestão do grupo de psicólogos da Secretaria Municipal de Educação

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo estabelecer uma análise da prática dos psicólogos na Secretaria Municipal de Educação do Rio de Janeiro, durante os anos de 1983, 1984 e início de 1985. Descreve o processo vivido pelos psicólogos, em busca de reconhecimento profissional e de autonomia técnico-administrativa, na construção de uma identidade profissional, do papel e função do psicólogo na estrutura oficial de ensino da SME do Rio de Janeiro. Nesse processo, identificamos a relação de trabalho do psicólogo com o pedagogo num campo eminentemente pedagógico, as contradições existentes no grupo de psicólogo ao longo de seu processo de desenvolvimento profissional e a ameaça vivida pelo instituído a partir da organização de um grupo instituinte, que procura contribuir para a transformação de instituição onde atua.