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This study investigated the role of the product owner in Agile Scrum projects. Interviews with 18 professionals from four companies were analyzed to identify common tasks and responsibilities associated with the role. The findings highlight the product owner's as a key communicator, prioritizer, and engaged team member, instrumental for effective collaboration between the Scrum team and stakeholders. However, challenges such as overview and planning, communication, and role clarity were also identified. The study emphasizes the need for thorough training, clear role descriptions, and improved communication within Scrum teams to address these challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today's role-related issues in the school counseling literature are similar to the concerns from 100 years ago. To examine roles, Burnham and Jackson (2000) reported significant discrepancies between the actual practice of school counselors and the ideal roles identified in the literature, prior to the publication of the ASCA National Model. This replication study reexamines the status of school counselor roles twenty years later and includes roles addressed in the ASCA National Model. Overall, school counselor participants reported, on average, engaging in individual counseling for 35.37% of their time, 20.63% of time in small groups, 34.67% of time in classroom guidance, and 36.37% of time in nonguidance duties. Additional rates of role engagement are described along with offering comparisons between the present study and Burnham and Jackson's (2000) findings. Implications for the school counseling profession are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After retiring from the field of drama therapy in 2018, I resumed my career as an artist, making theatre, music and visual art. Since that time I have focused most on creating both actual and digital images through photography. In February 2024, I completed an exhibition of 60 images launched on an international platform, Art without Boundaries, in March 2024. The exhibition concerns a series of photographs I created in the late 1970s of people wearing masks that I made on my face. The early photographs were very much about my fascination with masks as self-portraiture. I paired the old images with new ones of new masks of my face on some of the same people 45 years later, and some new people. In this creative contribution, I present my artist statement for the exhibition and then one photograph that was in the show. And below that is a playful image visually expressing an idea that has been with me for more than fifty years – that a human being is multiplicitous and that, like an actor onstage, has the potential to play many roles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After retiring from the field of drama therapy in 2018, I resumed my career as an artist, making theatre, music and visual art. Since that time I have focused most on creating both actual and digital images through photography. In February 2024, I completed an exhibition of 60 images launched on an international platform, Art without Boundaries, in March 2024. The exhibition concerns a series of photographs I created in the late 1970s of people wearing masks that I made on my face. The early photographs were very much about my fascination with masks as self-portraiture. I paired the old images with new ones of new masks of my face on some of the same people 45 years later, and some new people. In this creative contribution, I present my artist statement for the exhibition and then one photograph that was in the show. And below that is a playful image visually expressing an idea that has been with me for more than fifty years – that a human being is multiplicitous and that, like an actor onstage, has the potential to play many roles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Community pharmacists were the face of the health response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Their pivotal role during the pandemic has been widely recognized, as they adapted to continue to provide a higher level of care to their patients. The objective of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of frontline pharmacists' lived experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on their roles. Photovoice, a visual research method that uses participant-generated photographs to articulate their experiences, was used with semi-structured interviews to explore pharmacists' lived experiences. Frontline community pharmacists who provided direct patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Canada were recruited. Participants were asked to provide 3–5 photos that reflected on how they see themselves as a pharmacist and/or represents what they do as a pharmacist. Data analysis incorporated content, thematic and visual analysis and was facilitated using NVivo software. A published conceptual framework model was used as the foundation of the analysis with care taken to include new concepts. Ethics approval was obtained from the University of Alberta health research ethics board. Interviews were conducted with 21 participants and they 71 photos. This study advanced the conceptual framework model presented in a scoping review, of what was made visible (pharmacists' information, public health, and medication management roles) and what was invisible but made visible by the pandemic (pharmacists' leadership roles). It was revealed through the reflective nature of this study the important leadership role pharmacists have in their communities. This study highlighted the work of community pharmacists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through their information, public health, medication management, and leadership roles. Their experiences also made visible the cost their work had on them as they did more to adapt and continually respond as the pandemic evolved. Pharmacists recognized their role as leaders in their practice and communities. • This study uncovered community pharmacists' work and the cost of that work. • This study advanced the conceptual framework model adding leadership and chaos. • Leadership supported information, public health, and medication management roles. • Pharmacists fulfilled the medication management role despite additional work. • Photovoice facilitated exploration of the lived experience during the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

End of life care in the emergency department is environmentally and culturally challenging. The aim of this study was to determine Australian emergency department doctors and nurses' perceptions of their roles in providing end of life care in this environment. Perceptions of end-of-life care roles were identified through semi-structured interviews with doctors and nurses using Dieklemann's seven interpretative stages of analysis guided by phenomenological interpretive underpinnings (hermeneutics). Nine nurses and seven doctors were recruited using purposive sampling. Organisations for emergency doctors (Australasian College for Emergency Medicine: ACEM) and emergency nurses (College of Emergency Nursing Australasia: CENA) were approached to advertise the study and recruit participants across Australia via email. Results were categorised into four themes namely: role perception; the intensive nature of the role; emotional burden; and role integration. The participants stated that end of life care was provided according to their professional roles and responsibilities. Doctors and nurses had distinct tasks, some of which overlapped. The accounts of the participants in relation to their understanding of each other's roles highlighted differences in how nurses perceived the role of doctors, and vice versa. The participants spoke about aspects that had an impact on their role of practicing end of life care in the emergency department setting. In this study, all participants expressed concern for dying patients in the emergency department. The delivery of quality end of life care was believed to be paramount and required staff to work together to achieve the best outcome for the dying patient and their families. Regardless of the similarities and differences that were perceived within their roles, the nurses and doctors believed that their main objective was to ensure that comfort care was provided to dying patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Women empowerment is growing in South African communities and workplaces. More women are in executive positions which often require time away from home with the implication that their conversations with family and relatives are limited. As time change, the role of men changes in the family context especially in Africa. Gone are the days when women were told that they belong in the kitchen. More women step forward in the corporate world by taking up key leadership roles. The purpose of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) is to protect employees from unfair treatment. However, the implementation of affirmative action aims at measuring whether the challenges faced by the previously disadvantaged groups, and factors such as age, gender, ethnicity and disability regarding basic employment conditions are still questionable. Some women earn more than their husbands, compared to the past when men were the breadwinners of the household, particularly in black communities. In this article is discussed the factors contributing to black men's gender role changing in the household from a theological and psychological perspective. Contribution: The contextual perspective of this research is contributed by the African men's concern regarding cultural beliefs and practices relating to gender role changes in households. The contribution of this article is to inform people about factors, which African men experience in gender role changes in households from both a theological and psychological perspective. This research is done using a literature review; thus, a multi-disciplinary approach, which seeks to provide knowledge and encourage African black men to embrace gender transformation roles in households. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the past decades, academic librarianship has been preoccupied with changes that include academic librarians as research partners due to the changing landscape in scholarly communication services, evolving technologies, and institutional missions. Thus, the idea of academic librarians being a partner in research rather than mere research supporters is a new development in academic librarianship that requires attention, especially on what academic librarians can do to partner with the research community successfully. Therefore, this study employed a qualitative approach to explore academic librarians’ roles as research partners and the competencies required for better collaborations. Data were generated through face-to-face interviews with 14 academic librarians purposively sampled from a major research university in Nigeria. Ten themes emerged from the findings regarding academic librarians' role as research partners. These include information discovery and provision, information use and evaluation; grants application; articulation of research topic; literature and reference management; research data management, systematic review, authoring a manuscript, scholarly publishing, and research dissemination. Similarly, eleven themes emerged as the competencies required to be analysed under the dimensions of knowledge, skill, and attitude. These include research methodology and research data management as the knowledge needed in a research partnership. While digital scholarship, systematic review, reference / citation management, data curation and preservation, bibliometrics/information evaluation and communication emerged as the skills required for the effective discharge of their responsibilities. Professionalism, patience, and cordiality were found to be the attitude required. This paper is limited to providing academic librarians with the necessary authority to enhance their performance in a research partnership, and offering them the approach to guide their practice in a research partnership. Thus, the study recommended, among others, the need for enlightenment programmes and activities for academic librarians that cut across training, workshops, and organising conferences in research areas in enhancing their service performance to ensure successful research partnerships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Measures of public opinion regarding nursing's brand image are needed to identify and correct perceptions that are incongruent with the breadth and scope of contemporary nursing practice. Misperceptions of nursing's influence may serve to minimize or disregard nursing's unique contributions to addressing the Social Determinants of Health which are foundational for improving the health of global populations. To compare public perceptions of the brand image of nursing between China and the United States (US) and determine whether sociodemographic variables influenced factors between the two countries. A cross-sectional online survey was distributed among members of the Chinese and U.S. public. Perceptions of nursing's brand image were assessed through the original Nursing Brand Image Scale-Public Version in the US (NBIS-P) and when translated to Chinese (NBIS-P-C). Descriptive statistics and multigroup confirmatory factor analyses were used to compare perceptions of the brand image of nursing and to examine the influence of demographics. The reliability of the Chinese version of the NBIS-P-C was confirmed by this study. Age and gender did not influence public perceptions of nursing's brand image in either China or the US. Instead, educational attainment was the significant demographic variable and positively correlated with the public's perceptions of nursing in both countries (p <.05). Public respondents with lower educational attainment scored both the traditional nursing factor "Caregiver Virtues/Attributes" (e.g., Trusted, Caring, Nurturing/Mothering) and the factor "Lack Authority/Identity" (e.g., White Cap/Uniform, Subservient, Female) higher, while scoring the factor for "Leadership" (e.g., Decision Makers, Influential, Leaders) significantly lower than those with higher educational levels. A disparity exists between nursing's contemporary contributions to healthcare and the public's limited understanding of the diverse leadership roles all nurses provide, across a variety of settings, and in global public health initiatives. The virtuous traits of the nurse are perceived most directly and immediately by the public while their roles as autonomous decision-makers and leaders are less (or not at all) visible. Enhancing the accuracy and visibility of a strong brand image could advance public perceptions of nurses as experts and leaders in nursing science, thus paving the way for nurses to more effectively direct and influence the health of the public, particularly those with lower educational attainment who represent some of the most vulnerable populations. Targeted interventions that incorporate the educational level of the public offer a foundational opportunity for the nursing profession to correct inaccurate and outdated stereotypes that prevent nurses from achieving their desired brand image as influential leaders. Such campaigns could also be used to inform policy, guide strategic planning, and transform the future direction of the nursing profession. • Public opinion measures are needed to identify inaccurate stereotypes of nursing. • Virtuous traits of nurses are perceived most directly and immediately by the public. • The role of nurses as decision-makers and leaders are less visible to the public. • Misperceptions of scope of practice may hinder nurse contributions to global health. • Branding campaigns could be used to shape policy and inform the future of nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows how the elderly regain identity and socialization within their new roles after retirement, through qualitative research conducted with the drawing technique. This research aims at revealing how healthy seniors can cultivate their passions, reorganize their space and time, and improve their quality of life. This paper addresses the main theories of aging and calls into question some long-accepted theoretical assumptions regarding gender differences in the elderly. And moreover, this paper is intended to be a starting point for rethinking policies for the elderly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on the findings of a Master of Information Science dissertation. The purpose of the study was to determine the Road Accident Fund's readiness for electronic records. The study was qualitative, and a case study was used as the design for the investigation. Data were collected through document analysis. The findings revealed that two business units in the organisation have similar record-keeping mandates, which is confusing. Records Management forms part of the Information Governance unit at head office, while Correspondence and Document Management Services are responsible for performing records management functions in the regional offices. These business units do not form part of Information Governance, as is the case at head office, but are stand-alone regional units entrusted with records management. There is one such unit in every regional office across the country. The organisation has a central records manager who operates from the head office in Centurion. However, these regional records management business units exist and operate in isolation. As a result, there is dis-integration between paper records and the electronic processing of claims, which hinders the institution from providing timely services to motor vehicle accident victims. To improve its records management practices, the study recommended developing and implementing a records management programme, which will facilitate records management policy implementation and the development of standard processes and procedures within the organisation for managing paper and electronic records in an integrated manner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For several years now, the two megatrends of servitization and digitalization have had a major impact on business in manufacturing. Servitization means the addition of complementary services to products aiming for increased revenues, margins, and differentiation from competitors. Digitalization refers to the rapidly evolving information and communication technologies, enabling intelligent and interconnected products. The convergence of the two megatrends leads to so-called smart services; digital services that generate additional value from data of smart products. Smart services enable new promising business models going far beyond traditional services. Consequently, the value creation in manufacturing is shifting drastically. Manufacturing companies striving to offer smart services need to plan for their future value network (VN) and must define their position in it. However, this is not a trivial matter. Manufacturing companies must extend their often historically grown value creation with new mechanisms, such as processing machine data, and structures, such as digital platforms. Hence, the complexity of the underlying VN of a successful smart service business is far greater than traditional VNs in manufacturing. To tackle these challenges, our research aims for a design support for smart service VNs. The research follows the guiding principles of design science research, utilizes the design research methodology, and integrates a systematic literature review. This results in a framework giving a general understanding of smart service value creation. The framework is supplemented by 44 value creation roles for smart services, which help planning the VN and positioning of the focal company in it. Hence, we empower managers to design their companies' future value creation for smart services. The framework and roles further extend the scientific knowledge base regarding the understanding of value creation through and with smart services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The term Community Rehabilitation Worker (CRW) encompasses a group of mid-level health workers introduced within healthcare systems to increase accessibility to health- care services for individuals within the community sphere. This study aimed to summarise the current knowledge on the role of community rehabilitation workers in community-based mental health services in low- and middle- income countries. Method: Between the 10th and 17th of July, 2020, searches were conducted on the following databases: Cochrane, EbscoHost, Primo, and Pubmed. The search strategy identified 521 individual records, 4 of which were included in this review: 2 qualitative descriptive studies, 1 quantitative descriptive study and 1 conceptual study. Results: Across the 4 studies, eight roles of community rehabilitation workers were identified in relation to mental health services: home visits, client illness management, referral, documentation and administration, client and family education, community education, intersectoral collaboration and mediation. There was no data found on the role of community rehabilitation workers in mental health services in low- and middle- income countries specifically, indicating a gap in research. Conclusion: There is a need to improve knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of community rehabilitation workers where mental health service provision is concerned. The data summarised in this review could be utilised to educate health professionals regarding the role of community rehabilitation workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Nurses play an important role in the implementation of best practices. However, the role of nurses in changing practice by implementing best practices requires further exploration. No systematic review was found that summarised the best available evidence on the roles of nurses in changing practice through the implementation of best practices. This study summarised the best available evidence on the roles of nurses in changing practice through the implementation of best practices. A systematic review was used to search for studies in the English language, where a best practice was implemented in a clinical context and which included findings regarding the roles of nurses when implementing best practices. Scopus, EBSCOhost (Academic Search Ultimate, APA PsycInfo, CINAHL with Full Text, ERIC, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, MasterFILE Premier, MEDLINE Complete), PUBMED, and ScienceDirect databases were searched from January 2013 to June 2021. The search generated 1343 citations. After removing duplicates and applying eligibility criteria, 27 studies were included. Five definite roles were identified as follows: leadership, education and training, collaboration, communication and feedback and development and tailoring of the best practice. These roles are interrelated, but equally crucial in order to implement best practices. This study found five interrelated but equally crucial nurse roles in changing practice through the implementation of best practices. Contribution: The study's findings and gaps identified can be used for further nursing research, improving practice change and health outcomes through the implementation of best practices and the role nurses can play in this process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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• A novel formalization of roles unifying and generalizing traditional notions of role equivalence. • Roles are conceptualized as evolving from initial conditions, which also provides a potential micro-foundation. • The framework allows for a generic proof that traditional role equivalences form lattices. • Extensions to multivariate networks with actor and tie attributes are discussed by example. We propose a novel formalization of roles in social networks that unifies the most commonly used definitions of role equivalence. As one consequence, we obtain a single, straightforward proof that role equivalences form lattices. Our formalization focuses on the evolution of roles from arbitrary initial conditions and thereby generalizes notions of relative and iterated roles that have been suggested previously. In addition to the unified structure result this provides a potential micro-foundation for the emergence of roles. Considering the genesis of roles may explain, and help overcome, the problem that social networks rarely exhibit interesting role equivalences of the traditional kind. Finally, we discuss extensions of the role concept to multivariate networks with actor and tie attributes by example. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social work profession is anchored on theory and practice and has both primary and secondary methods of interventions. The knowledge base of social work is constituted by values, principles, theories, skills and techniques. Globally, social work scholars have developed paradigms, theories, approaches, perspectives, models, techniques, skills and principles that could be applied in a variety of settings to various social ills for the benefit of clients in communities. Thus, this study was aimed at exploring social workers' intervention during natural hazards. The researchers used an interpretative qualitative research approach and case study design. Moreover, five social workers who provide psychosocial counselling and social relief of distress were purposively sampled to participate in this study. Data were collected through individual semi-structured interviews and analysed thematically. The study found that social workers use three primary methods of social work: casework, group work and community work. Furthermore, the participants stated that they play roles such as educator, counsellor and broker when dealing with victims of natural hazards. Based on the findings, the researchers have noted that not all social workers are active in providing psychosocial counselling to the victims of natural hazards. As such, the researchers recommend more workshops to educate all social workers that social workers have an important role to perform in the midst of natural hazards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Problem statement. The aim of the study is to verify if the same protocol brings the same results towards the three roles of soccer, in terms of explosive power and speed, and if the COVID-19 affected the performance during the period September-December. Methods. Eighteen (n = 18) Italian élite soccer players, without goalkeepers, participated in this study (age 24.5 ± 5.9; body weight 75.2 ± 6.0; height 181.2 ± 7.1) from July to December, a period in which the whole team was infected by COVID-19. The players were monitored through two specific tests, CMJ and Speed test on 10 meters, detected in three different periods and in relation to three different playing positions: (D) defenders, (M) midfielders and (F) forwards. Soccer players have been trained following the same program training. A 3x3 Mixed-design analysis of variance was used to verify differences between the three roles and the results of the three measurements taken in July, September and December for each test. Results. The results is statistically significant (p < .05) for the within factor in the two tests, but there is no significant effect between groups (p > .05). Conclusion. In relation to the protocol used, we noticed that in terms of speed the forward role had the greatest improvement, while in terms of power in the lower limbs the role of the midfielder. Therefore, it is not possible to use the same training protocol for all roles, but to program your own personalized training plan based on the results of the match analysis and the performance model of each role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to examine the background and role of artisans in the development and visualization of batik designs. This background is related to batik design development's cause factors. The role that becomes a research question is the batik artisan involvement in Girilayu, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. That involvement includes perceptions and participation in adding to the batik designs variety as traditional textiles; that attached to people's lives as a complement to traditional ceremonies and clothing needs. Data collection was carried out by literature review, interview, field observation and interactive methods analysis. The result shows that batik artisans' role motivation as an internal factor contributes to the Girilayu's batik designs development in Karanganyar. External factors that affect, among others, culture, the interaction between a community of crafters in the Girilayu region, beliefs, customs, geographical location, and natural conditions that directly affect the visualization of batik motifs. Design in that case acts as a mediator of the society's mindset and reality in producing product visualization. The role of batik artisans in design development is to produce contemporary motifs inspired by social trends and issues. Batik Girilayu's development designs are influenced by batik artisan ability to elaborate on experiences, insights, sensitivity, functional, contextual expertise and natural conditions that directly influence batik motifs visualization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to examine the background and role of artisans in the development and visualization of batik designs. This background is related to batik design development's cause factors. The role that becomes a research question is the batik artisan involvement in Girilayu, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. That involvement includes perceptions and participation in adding to the batik designs variety as traditional textiles; that attached to people's lives as a complement to traditional ceremonies and clothing needs. Data collection was carried out by literature review, interview, field observation and interactive methods analysis. The result shows that batik artisans' role motivation as an internal factor contributes to the Girilayu's batik designs development in Karanganyar. External factors that affect, among others, culture, the interaction between a community of crafters in the Girilayu region, beliefs, customs, geographical location, and natural conditions that directly affect the visualization of batik motifs. Design in that case acts as a mediator of the society's mindset and reality in producing product visualization. The role of batik artisans in design development is to produce contemporary motifs inspired by social trends and issues. Batik Girilayu's development designs are influenced by batik artisan ability to elaborate on experiences, insights, sensitivity, functional, contextual expertise and natural conditions that directly influence batik motifs visualization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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• The study has placed a spotlight on rural nurse's capacity to be adaptive in a dynamic and highly variable resuscitative environment. • Rural nurses shoulder a greater level of responsibility during a resuscitation in the absence of a medical officer, including complex clinical assessments, diagnostic testing (xray, pathology) and communicating with retrieval services. • Building rural nurses leadership skills in resuscitation is necessary when working in professional isolation and across various external teams. Rural nurses play a vital role in the provision of resuscitation care, as first responders and often the sole healthcare professionals delivering timely interventions with greater role autonomy and extended scope of practice. Whilst there is a developing body of literature describing the 'generalist' roles of rural nurses when providing care in acute care settings, little is known about the roles rural nurses assume during a resuscitation. The aim of this study was to explore the role/s that rural nurses enact when delivering resuscitative care to their rural community. An ethnographic methodology was used across two rural hospital sites in Australia, involving non-participant observation and interviews. Reflexive thematic analysis led to three themes that described the resuscitative roles of rural nurses: Senior and junior nurse, formal and informal leadership roles, multiple roles. This study has placed a spotlight on rural nurse's capacity to be adaptive in a dynamic and highly variable resuscitative environment. Building leadership capacity should be a rural nursing workforce strategy, aimed at supporting the unique roles that rural nurses undertake when working with various external teams during resuscitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Following my Stage III Metastatic Melanoma cancer diagnosis, the way I viewed the world, my place in the world, and my relationships with those closest to me changed. Every role identity I previously held has evolved on a spiritual, perceptual, attitudinal level and has become modified on a physical level through altered behaviors and actions. Using my personal experience as the primary data, this autoethnograhic narrative examines the evolution of my identity along with an attempt to understand the reactions of those closest to me. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Financial institutions in South Africa are implementing business process re-engineering (BPR) on a regular basis because of the fast-changing industry. However, the success of these projects is low because of the lack of clearly defined roles, an unclear definition of what BPR is, the inability to link BPR projects to organisation strategies and the lack of documentation to guide BPR activities. Accordingly, there is a need to define a framework to guide the implementation of BPR projects. Objectives: The researchers embarked on this study in order to define a framework to ensure improvement of BPR in financial institutions. The framework should assist in providing guidelines when conducting BPR activities and will enable plans for BPR projects in terms of knowing which skills and roles to source for these projects. Method: A conceptual BPR framework was developed and BPR experts from financial institutions were then engaged to determine whether the framework would work. The engagements included understanding the challenges faced and how they could be combated, understanding the roles involved and determining if organisations had BPR frameworks in place. This subsequently led to a final framework being consolidated. Results: This study presents the recommended BPR framework that can be used by financial institutions to achieve success in their projects. The framework incorporates project management and change management processes and ensures alignment of BPR activities with the project phases. It also ensures that the activities are clearly stipulated and the roles performing the activities are clearly defined. It considers time management, planning aspects and effective communication within BPR projects. Conclusion: The proposed framework can be used by financial institutions to manage their re-engineering projects. This framework overcomes most of the known challenges and combines two disciplines, that is, project management and business process re-engineering. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Over 100 Community Health Representatives (CHRs) as part of the oldest and largest Community Health Worker (CHW) program in the United States serve the Dine People on the Navajo Nation. The CHRs work under a tribally determined scope of practice that embraces the importance of self-determination of tribal nations, a philosophy central to the CHW field nationally. Navajo CHRs are the epitome of frontline workers, as they extend their traditional role to encompass long-term emergency response during coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). This article describes the Navajo CHR role in the pandemic through the lens of an interview with the program's director, Mae-Gilene Begay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Interprofessional collaborative practice (ICP) is an essential skill in today's healthcare environment that can be cultivated through interprofessional education (IPE) in higher education, as students are in the process of developing their professional identities. Undergraduate social work field students and nursing students in clinical rotation explored their experiences together in clinical supervision groups co-led by instructors from both fields. Researchers used a mixed methods approach to measure changes in feelings and skills related to ICP among students who participated in clinical supervision groups. Eighteen nursing and social work students participated; those involved in the interprofessional clinical supervision groups performed better on the Inter-professional Socialization and Valuing Scale (ISVS) than the comparison group. Qualitative themes indicated that students enhanced their interprofessional knowledge; improved their interprofessional communication skills; and increased their comfort levels on an interprofessional team. Implications and suggestions for implementation are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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• Students used role rubrics to prepare for simulation through role-playing. • Expert modeling videos demonstrated student roles to guide simulation preparation. • Role rubrics and expert modeling videos reduced students' simulation anxiety. Role assignment in nursing simulation is a time met with great anxiety due to the fear of the unknown, performing in front of faculty and peers, and social evaluation anxiety. Using role rubrics and expert modeling videos may better prepare students for their role in simulation, reducing these barriers and promoting student learning. A convenience sample of 13 junior-level Bachelor of Nursing students enrolled in a summer medical surgical nursing course. quantitative cross-sectional design with a content analysis of students open-ended responses. All participants (n = 13) reported reading the role rubric and role-playing to prepare, as well as believing that the expert modeling video reduced their simulation anxiety. Providing students with role rubrics and role demonstrations through expert modeling videos may reduce students' anxiety and enhance preparation for simulated learning experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Pharmacists are among the most accessible healthcare professionals, and scopes of practice are evolving. There is a paucity of literature evaluating community pharmacists' degree of comfort with managing high‐risk medications, including anticoagulants. Aim: To describe discrepancies between perceived and actual roles in care optimisation of patients prescribed direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), as well as the level of collaboration between pharmacists and other healthcare providers, and barriers to action among pharmacists. Methods: Community‐based pharmacists in Alberta, Canada, were surveyed to evaluate perceived and actual roles, collaboration and barriers. Discrepancies between perceived and actual roles were compared for individual items, and total scores were calculated. Results: In all, 177 (5%) pharmacists responded to the survey. Perceived role scores were high, and actual role scores were generally lower (median scores 42/52 vs 61/65). Actual role items with the lowest scores were: knowledge of the patient's medical conditions and indication for DOAC; provision of information about the condition being treated with a DOAC; review pertinent laboratory tests at initial prescription fill and refill; and follow‐up on adherence and side‐effects. Discrepancy rates between perceived and actual roles were low. There was moderate correlation between perceived and actual role scores (Spearman's ρ = 0.512, p < 0.001). Responders reported a high degree of collaboration with physicians. Several system‐ and organisation‐level barriers were identified, although overall barrier burden was low. Conclusion: Community‐based pharmacists perceived a significant role for pharmacists in optimising DOACs for patients, and higher perceived role scores were associated with greater action in actual roles. Removing system‐level barriers, and improving communication with prescribers about indications for DOACs, should be prioritised to enhance the role of the pharmacist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Workplace-based rehabilitation is a growing field of practice internationally and locally. This commentary discusses the current barriers and facilitators facing South African occupational therapists wanting to implement workplace-based rehabilitation with upper limb conditions. An overview is provided of current international practice in the field and relevant factors in the South African context. Recommendations are made for development in this field in clinical practice, research and education in South Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Community health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in health across Hawai'i, but the scope of this work is not comprehensively collated. This scoping review describes the existing evidence of the roles and responsibilities of CHWs in Hawai'i. Methods: Between May and October 2018, researchers gathered documents (eg, reports, journal articles) relevant to Hawai'i CHWs from health organizations, government entities, colleges/universities, and CHWs. Documents were reviewed for overall focus and content, then analyzed using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 10 Essential Public Health Services as well as the Community Health Worker Core Consensus Project roles to identify workplace roles and gaps. Results: Of 92 documents received, 68 were included for review. The oldest document dated to 1995. Document types included curricula outlines, unpublished reports, and peerreviewed articles. Documents discussed trainings, certification programs, CHWs' roles in interventions, and community-, clinical-, and/or patient-level outcomes. Cultural concordance parity between CHWs and patients, cost savings, and barriers to CHW work were noted. Most roles named by the Community Health Worker Core Consensus Project were mentioned in documents, but few were related to the roles of "community/policy advocacy" and "participation in research and evaluation." Workplace roles, as determined using the 10 Essential Public Health Services, focused more on "assuring workforce competency" and "evaluation," and less on "policy development," and "enforcing laws." Discussion: CHWs are an important part of Hawaii's health system and engage in many public health functions. Although CHW roles in Hawai'i mirrored those identified by the CHW Core Consensus Project and 10 Essential Public Health Services frameworks, there is a noticeable gap in Hawai'i CHW professional participation in research, evaluation, and community advocacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Continuing professional development fosters advancement in knowledge and skills and can support changes in practice. Research suggests that pharmacists perceive the need for additional training to take on expanded roles. However, the types of professional development and preferred learning methods are unclear.Objective: To identify pharmacists' professional learning needs in order to support expanded roles in practice.Methods: A mixed-methods approach was used. In focus groups made up of pharmacists and pharmacy students, learning needs associated with their perceptions of pharmacists' roles were examined. A web-based survey of Albertan pharmacists determined the knowledge, experience, and confidence required to engage in professional activities, preferred learning methods, and professional development needed to support pharmacists currently and in future.Results: Analysis of data obtained from 5 focus groups (n = 42) revealed learning needs related to changes in pharmacists' roles. Pharmacists valued the social aspect of learning as well as the role of certification in building confidence. Survey data (n = 416) indicated that a high proportion of pharmacists reported training needs in the areas of physical assessment, interpreting laboratory tests, and making decisions about complex drug therapy. Community pharmacists and those with bachelor degrees were more likely to indicate a need for additional training in various patient care skills. Pharmacists reported a preference for learning with peers and learning at work within teams.Conclusion: Meeting various learning needs will foster pharmacists in their current and future professional roles, including situated learning in the workplace. These findings will be of interest to employers and educators in supporting pharmacists' evolving roles in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In examining the pregnancy journey, an emphasis is often placed on the mother while minimizing the journey of the father. Birth educators play a critical role in facilitating healthy transitions from pregnancy into parenthood. This article utilizes a rite of passage framework to explore the transition of the individual into the role of father. This schema allows educators to identify psychosocial stressors and further explore effective ways to facilitate positive patient outcomes. The paper concludes that childbirth educators may effectively work with both fathers and mothers as they transition into parenthood and that added support including mutual-aid groups would benefit expectant fathers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Globally, people engage in the game of rugby as spectators, players and organisations on many different competitive levels for the purpose of leisure, work and play. It is performed on both amateur and professional levels and engaged in by male and female players ranging from pre-school to adults. The purpose of the study was to describe and compare the roles, rituals and emotional regulation, on and off the field, of male rugby players on three different competitive levels in the Free State, South Africa. A cross-sectional study design was used amongst rugby players (n=45); 1 team per competitive level (3 levels). The results of the study showed significant differences with regards to roles that rugby players on the different competitive levels assume and the importance which they ascribe to each role. Variations exist in the rituals that the rugby players on the different competitive levels perform before and during a game of rugby. The degree to which situations are experienced as stressful differs across the three competitive levels. Across these levels, the use of positive verbal and non-verbal expression is used more than negative expression. Across all three levels rugby players use emotional suppression more than situational reappraisal as an emotional regulation strategy. Additional factors and the comparison thereof on different competitive levels should be investigated in future studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Over past decades, the notion of policy advice in technology assessment (TA) has widened, going beyond traditional advice in the form of expert opinions by adding a broad range of brokerage activities. Concomitantly, the roles of scientific policy advisors have diversified. Based on an empirical study of advisory practices at the Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, we ask which advisory roles TA practitioners adopt. Our study shows that practitioners take up multiple roles: the decisionist advisor, the deliberative practitioner, the governance facilitator, the engaged academic, and the agenda-setter. These roles vary, inter alia, in the dominant modes of policy advice and the aspired function in politics and society and correlate with specific project and advisory constellations but also with paradigmatic beliefs of TA practitioners. Our analysis further exemplifies how these roles differ in a) the reference to and interpretation of core principles such as scientificity, neutrality and relevance and b) their strategies of managing the boundary between science and politics. Thus, the article goes beyond the mere statement "TA has politics" by illustrating how the politics of TA manifests in distinct ways in different roles of TA practitioners in policy advice. Highlights • TA practitioners at ITA adopt five distinct roles in policy advice. • The roles offer various interpretations of scientificity, neutrality and relevance. • The roles differ in how they manage the boundary between science and politics. • The role repertoire points to a diversification of paradigms in TA. • Considering a role's paradigmatic assumptions renders TA practice more robust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As higher education institutions in United States offer online courses to growing audiences, there is increasing desire to understand how best to engage students with both course content and their peers. This case study examines the effects of assigning chat roles and facilitating self- and group reflection on student-content and student-student interaction outcomes in four synchronous chats conducted in an online introductory-level sustainability course. We also considered what occurred within group reflections to inform how they are structured in the future. We found that assigning roles increased the proportion of critical student-student interactions. Self-reflections had no effect on either interaction type. Groups completing group reflections had a greater proportion of critical student-content interactions in the third chat and critical student-student interactions in the fourth chat than the groups that did not complete the group reflections. Based on our results, we plan to keep roles and group reflections going forward, and eliminate self-reflections. Furthermore, to increase the effectiveness of the group reflections, we propose some ideas to increase student ability to convert their ideas into change during subsequent chats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technological advancements associated with Industry 4.0 drive a paradigm shift with economic and social consequences where digitalization, robotization, and other emerging technologies reshape the interconnection between organizations. Critical areas that need to adapt to the change are inter-organizational buyer-supplier relationships managed by Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) professionals. That is, their future responsibilities and skills are likely to change. Introducing the concept of specialized roles to summarize needed competencies, this research conducted a real-time Delphi study using an internet-based platform involving 47 procurement experts. As a result, the roles of the Data Analyst, Master Data Manager, Process Automation Manager, Supplier Onboarding Manager, System Innovation Scout, and Legislation Specialist were identified as essential Industry 4.0 PSM roles. For these roles, the probability of their occurrence, industry impact, desirability, and level of industry adoption are assessed. Based on emerging technologies in PSM and adopting a human-centered perspective, this research shows the need to focus on talent development to enable a technology-driven revolution. Thus, the contributions lay in the literature on Industry 4.0 and the PSM skills and capabilities domain, highlighting the required roles for Smart Working and effective Smart Supply Chains management as parts of the digital transformation journey. • Industry 4.0 requires PSM practitioners to be specialized to adopt technologies for Smart Working and Smart Supply Chains. • An internet-based real-time Delphi study with 47 PSM experts identifies and assesses six new Industry 4.0 PSM roles. • The results show that professional roles within PSM are not stable but contingent on an organization's contextual factors. • The concept of a Smart Working professional who uses technology to fulfill organizational activities is transferrable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In mentoring graduate students, it is hard to deny the ubiquity of graduate student advising. Faculty members, who are usually engaged in advising to tease out problems and suggest solutions, could often times be faced with negative attributions concerning faculty members' competence, as well as receive unaligned responses rather than collaborative understanding of issues or recommendations. While previous studies on advising may have focused on specific, intricate, discourse particles and microscopic perspectives on advising, studies on advice giving exchanges that depart from these dimensions are insufficient. To fill in this lacuna, this paper proposes to explore strategies and participation roles in which faculty members assume in selected doctoral dissertation advising. Through discourse analysis, specifically focusing on discourse and situational identities grounded in identities-ininteraction (Zimmerman, 1998), the study illuminates some of the many advising roles and advising strategies that are revealed as legitimate, aligning doctoral student learning experience. In particular, advising roles and advising strategies, as illustrated in this study, link social and institutional context by proposing some of the many trajectories of how both faculty members and graduate students understand the relevance of advising exchanges. By focusing on these exchanges, the paper will also contribute to the growing body of literature on a range of different factors that may constitute advising in terms of content and manner in which advising takes place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]