Provider documentation of patient education: a lean investigation

Purpose

The study evaluates how providers give patient education materials and identifies improvements to comply with Meaningful Use (MU) requirements.

Methods

Thirty-eight patient-provider interactions in two health care outpatient clinics were observed.

Results

Providers do not uniformly know MU patient education requirements. Providers have individual preferences and find gaps in what is available. Accessing and documenting patient education varies among providers. Embedded electronic health record (EHR) materials, while available, have technical access barriers.

Conclusions

Providers'' EHR skills and knowledge levels contribute to non-standardized patient education delivery.     

Placing wireless tablets in clinical settings for patient education

Objective

The authors explored the feasibility and possible benefit of tablet-based educational materials for patients in clinic waiting areas.

Methods

We distributed eight tablets preloaded with diagnosis-relevant information in two clinic waiting areas. Patients were surveyed about satisfaction, usability, and effects on learning. Technical issues were resolved.

Results

Thirty-seven of forty patients completed the survey. On average, the patients were satisfied in all categories.

Conclusions

Placing tablet-based educational materials in clinic waiting areas is relatively easy to implement. Patients using tablets reported satisfaction across three domains: usability, education, and satisfaction.     

德育的张力——浅论社会性道德背景与道德教育

在构建和谐社会的方略下，如何进行高校道德教育成为一个重要课题。在讨论了社会性道德背景的产生以及道德教育与社会性道德背景之间的冲突，并考察了西方伦理学者对此问题的解答的基础上，笔者认为保持道德教育中社会主义道德规范与特定的社会性道德背景之间适度的张力是一种较为明智的态度。     

高新技术对现代汽修行业的影响

从对现代汽车新技术的介绍入手，详细分析了当前汽车修理行业所面临的几大挑战以及应对的措施，探讨了汽修专业教育存在的问题．指出要根据最新的汽车技术发展，安排教学工作，才能够培养出在几方面都能满足实际需要的专业人才。     

现代远程教育——实现我国高等教育公平的砝码

现行教育尤其是高等教育在城乡、区域、阶层等方面存在着现实上的不公平。囿于主客观原因,其主要体现为教育权利与机会的不平等以及公共教育资源占有的不平等。而现代远程教育所独具的特性,使其无论在实现教育机会与过程的平等,还是在实现教育结果的平等上都有着突出的作用。为此,大力扶持现代远程教育的快速发展应成为我们目前情境下的首要之选。     

初中信息技术课教学中合作学习模式的运用与探索

本文通过作者在初中信息技术课的教学实践，探讨了初中信息技术课的教学现状与意义，通过归纳、总结与分析，在新课标下实现初中信息技术课程总目标是提升学生信息素养的一种有效学习模式：合作学习的组织、实施和应注意的问题。同时指出通过信息技术课的学习能够锻炼和培养学生提出问题、分析问题、解决问题的能力，提高了学生的创新能力，促进其它学科的学习。     

环境保护——绿色教育的目标与实践

人类面临着环境恶化和生态危机等一系列的世界性难题,因此,加强环境教育,迫在眉睫。必须重视环境保护,加强环境教育,建立绿色学校,让环保意识深入人心。     

浅谈管理中的"两手"

强制约束和教育是管理的两个基本功能,管理的艺术性就在于这两种功能运用时“度”的把握。     

Education and social cohesion: developing a framework for education sector reform in Sri Lanka1

There is increasing interest in understanding and describing the links between education and ‘social cohesion’. However, the theoretical and empirical base for understanding these links is limited. There is also a shortage of practical tools for education policy‐makers and planners, to help them assess the impact of policies and investments, and to plan for future reform. This paper describes the initial development of an analytical and planning framework for addressing education and social cohesion within the context of a sector‐wide approach to education reform in Sri Lanka. A brief literature review suggests three inter‐connected domains in which links between education and social cohesion might be usefully analysed, together with three working hypotheses: (i) political economy/governance: education affects social cohesion through transparency and participation in education policy formulation, planning and management; (ii) equity/equality of opportunity: education affects social cohesion through the distribution of education resources, opportunities and outcomes; (iii) teaching/learning: education affects social cohesion through the development of certain competencies in students. Drawing on this analytical framework, research conducted in Sri Lanka is used to identify a set of interventions to promote social cohesion, with corresponding baseline, process and outcome indicators as benchmarks for measuring the progress and impact of intended policy measures. This process is described within the context of a ‘sector‐wide approach’ to education reform, intended to bring together the activities of the government and external partners within a single comprehensive medium‐term planning and budgetary framework.