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How healthy is your ‘community of practice’? [PDF]

, 2004
This article explores cultural change and situated approaches to learning as a basis for understanding developments in the daily life of the probation organization. These are highlighted in the concept of ‘communities of practice’ that describes learning
Lynch, R.
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Images for change: community development, community arts and photography [PDF]

, 2009
This article explores how community development objectives can be achieved through critical photographic practice. It summarizes the literature relating to community arts practice and its potential for social regeneration.
Purcell, Rod
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Educational standards for training paramedics in ultrasound: a scoping review

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2017
Background Paramedic-performed out-of-hospital ultrasound is a novel skill that has gained popularity in some services in recent years. In this setting point-of care ultrasound (POCUS) can provide additional information that can assist with management ...
Ben Meadley, Alexander Olaussen, Ashleigh Delorenzo, Nick Roder, Caroline Martin, Toby St. Clair, Andrew Burns, Emma Stam, Brett Williams   +8 more
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Gender-Related Differences in Social Participation Among Japanese Elderly Individuals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Introduction/Objectives: The health of elderly individuals is known to benefit from maintaining societal involvement and relationships with other people, such as through social participation.
Ryohei Goto PT, PhD, Sachiko Ozone MD, PhD, Shogo Kawada PT, MS, Shoji Yokoya MD, PhD   +3 more
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Experiential education enhancing paramedic perspective and interpersonal communication with older patients: a controlled study

BMC Medical Education, 2018
Background Paramedics are required to provide care to an aging population with multidimensional and complex issues. As such educators need to prepare undergraduate paramedics to recognise, assess and manage a broad range of psychosocial care and support ...
Linda J Ross, Paul A Jennings, Cameron McR Gosling, Brett Williams   +3 more
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Older patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP3S) tool [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Ageing of the population often leads to polypharmacy. Consequently, potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) becomes more frequent. Systematic screening for PIP in older patients in primary care could yield a large improvement in health ...
Boussery, Koen, Mehuys, Els, Petrovic, Mirko, Somers, Annemie, Tommelein, Eline, van der Cammen, Tischa   +5 more
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Paramedic literature search filters: optimised for clinicians and academics

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2017
Background Search filters aid clinicians and academics to accurately locate literature. Despite this, there is no search filter or Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) term pertaining to paramedics.
Alexander Olaussen, William Semple, Alaa Oteir, Paula Todd, Brett Williams   +4 more
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Development and piloting of a Community of Practice to support learning and improvement in health promotion practice within NSW local health districts

Public Health Research & Practice, 2023
Objectives: Health Promotion Units within New South Wales (NSW) local health districts (LHDs) frequently collaborate and test innovations to address priority health issues or approaches to support the implementation of a health promotion program in a ...
Courtney Barnes, Rachel Sutherland, Gavin Jones, Nina Kingon, NCOIS Research Collaborative, Luke Wolfenden   +5 more
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Imagining biosocial communities: HIV, risk and gay and bisexual men in the North East of England [PDF]

, 2015
Many critics have charted an increasing biomedical and individualised approach to HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men, citing a significant shift in HIV policy and practice away from the community-based approaches to HIV prevention which ...
Young, Ingrid
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An exploration of concepts of community through a case study of UK university web production [PDF]

, 2008
The paper explores the inter-relation and differences between the concepts of occupational community, community of practice, online community and social network.
A. Abbott, A.C. Graesser, A.M. Cox, Andrew M. Cox, B. Nonnecke, B. Nonnecke, B. Wellman, B. Wellman, B. Wellman, D. Bell, E. Davenport, E. Raymond, E. Wenger, G. Myers, G. Salaman, J. Okley, J. Potter, J. Preece, J. Webster, J.M. Muller, J.S. Brown, J.S. Brown, M. Hertzum, M. Oliver, M.Q. Patton, M.S. Granovetter, N.K. Baym, P. Seebach, R. Linford, S. Rafaeli, V.K. Bhatia, Z. Bauman   +31 more
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