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Nurse First Programme Seeks Innovators

Published on 2012-05-25 02:46:00

Dear Peter, I hope you don't mind me picking your brains :) We are currently recruiting for a new cohort for the UK's most intensive innovation and leadership programme for health professionals who work in the community. It is called Nurse First and is a free programme that has been developed with the Queen's Nursing Institute, Bucks New University, the Shaftesbury Partnership and Johnson & Johnson (who are sponsoring it). What we are particularly looking for are creative and innov [..] > read more

PJ's project [iii]: Hodges' model An aide mémoire, or candidate Gärdenforsian conceptual space?

Published on 2012-05-23 17:33:00

If you have a 'project' then chances are at some point you're going to commit it to paper as a text or Gantt chart... Last November I posted an outline and some reflections about a project that I suppose has been a career in the making. This blog is part of the 'output': a channel that is open. I am writing this in Lund, Sweden. The people, weather, the lilac and other scents on the breeze are a real joy. I'm here to attend the Conceptual Spaces at Work conference which starts tomorrow. Part [..] > read more

106? No! That's not the meaning of 'personalised' care [I]

Published on 2012-05-18 12:21:00

INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL Person-alised care c/o Andrea, Jamal, Leila, Kareem, Nada, Cassie, Graham, Addy, Gizela, Sandra, Kate, Tony, Em, ... Diagnosis - dementia, confusion, agitation Care needs include: personal hygiene, dressing, washing ... Carer - support relationship building trust, empathy, rapport... 106 Policy, Governance, Audit, Outcomes, Feedback, Commissioning, ... What is the meaning of continuity? BBC News: Dementia patient 'had 106 carers'. > read more

Visual means: Patient Status at a Glance (PSAG)

Published on 2012-05-16 15:07:00

A recent HSJ came with a CHKS supported document on Top Hospitals. Page 14 considers Worldwide comparison and learning from others with three items on Patient Status at a Glance (PSAG) Boards; Developing a safety culture; and Reducing readmissions. All are related (communication, safety, outcomes, multidisciplinary collaboration), but PSAG stands out to me for obvious reasons as it acknowledges the value of visual management, a quick heads-up overview of status. On PSAG four brief sentences not [..] > read more

[HIFA2015] International Nurses Day, May 12 "Closing the gap: From evidence to action"

Published on 2012-05-12 06:17:00

Dear Colleagues / collaborators, Nurses worldwide under the umbrella of the International Council of Nurses celebrates the International Nurses Day yearly on May 12. This is to pay tribute to the millions of men and women who put their lives to the service of humanity, in accordance with convention 149 of the ILO (Nursing Personnel Convention) passed in 1997. This celebration however has not yet gained the recognition it should, for how can one explain the fact that this day may even go [..] > read more

International Nurses Day - Closing the gap: My Project for a Global Conceptual Framework for Nursing

Published on 2012-05-10 18:06:00

As International Nurses Day is celebrated tomorrow on the 12th May the emphasis and work here at W2tQ lies with Hodges' model. The project is to publicise h2cm's international potential in providing an avenue to help unify nursing theory, practice and assure future research. Fawcett wrote of the metaparadigm of nursing - namely the inclusion of the concepts of person; environment; health; and nursing. These concepts are incorporated into Fawcett's criteria on model validation which are listed [..] > read more

Visual Methodologies Doctoral Training Workshop 26 - 27 June 2012

Published on 2012-05-03 17:17:00

Developing Theory & Practice in Visual Methodologies The School of Education, Communication & Language Sciences and Durham University’s School of Education are holding a two-day workshop for doctoral students on the development and use of visual methodologies. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, 26 June and Wednesday, 27 June 2012 at Newcastle University. Further information about the workshop and how to register can be found at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/education/postgraduate/visualmetho [..] > read more

Conceptual Space Markup Language (CSML): Towards the Cognitive Semantic Web

Published on 2012-04-30 18:40:00

I'll start May hopefully in tune with plans towards the month's end and attending Conceptual Spaces at Work. The SCIENCES domain page has included Markup Languages (ML) for a great many years. In the early versions of the h2cm website there were just two 'resource' pages. When the ongoing four page format arrived then markup languages had a place. Looking at the programme for next month's Conceptual Spaces at Work the first session listed includes this reference: Adams, B., Raubal, M. (2009 [..] > read more

Personal Health Records: Part II - revisiting Kim and Johnson 2002

Published on 2012-04-28 04:46:00

Part I continued ... What Kim and Johnson reveal is a level of transience that can be quite scary in this context. True, electronic health records can be archived and printed, but the latter surely defeats the purpose of the 'e'. Printing undermines the credentials. The virtual landscape presented in part I by checking the current status of these domains highlights the issue of ownership of data in a way that has provoked much debate in social media and the transferability of a person's d [..] > read more

Oxford Drupal 'Education' Camp 22 - 23 June 2012

Published on 2012-04-26 02:15:00

I have booked a holiday for Friday 22 June because as their website announces - > read more

SocInfo2012: 4th Int. Conference on Social Informatics

Published on 2012-04-25 15:22:00

Dear all, The Fourth International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2012) will be hosted at the EPFL in Lausanne (CH), in collaboration with the team Humanités Digitales@unil (University of Lausanne), on the 5-7 December 2012. The general co-chairs are Karl Aberer, School for Computer and Communication Science, EPFL, Switzerland and Andreas Flache, Director of Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The call for papers is open until the 7th of July, [..] > read more

25th Int. Council of Nurses (ICN) 25th Quadrennial Congress: Equity and access to health care (seeking co-presenters & sponsors)

Published on 2012-04-22 12:42:00

Copied below is news about the 2013 International Council of Nursing Congress. There are lots of details to follow including the cost of registration. The call for abstracts invites submissions - in ONLY ONE of the following categories: Concurrent session: A paper 15 minutes in length. Symposium: An 80 minute session with a minimum of three speakers presenting on a single theme from different perspectives. Speakers presenting a symposium must submit a single joint abstract. Poster: A visual [..] > read more

Personal Health Records: Part I - revisiting Kim and Johnson 2002

Published on 2012-04-21 06:03:00

When I was at HC2004 or 2005 I was given a copy of the Medical Informatics Yearbook 2003 from the British Computer Society - Nursing Specialist Group stand. Within this volume of key papers for the year April 2001 - March 2002 I found the following: Kim MI, Johnson KB. Personal Health Records: Evaluation of Functionality and Utility. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2002. Mar-Apr; 9(2):171-180. Selected for inclusion in the IMIA 2003 Yearbook of Medical Informatics. > read more

A research coordination network (RCN) for Digital Societies and Technologies

Published on 2012-04-20 02:13:00

From: Wayne Lutters Date: 19 April 2012 20:02:13 GMT+01:00 To: "CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS at LISTSERV.ACM.ORG" Subject: Sociotech announcement Hi All, I'm happy to write that the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is now funding: > read more

Update papers, Drupal and future April 2012

Published on 2012-04-16 15:16:00

You might have noticed a slight hiatus in posts recently, in fact over the past six weeks or so. During that time I was working on a paper following the November's CARDI conference when two others popped up again out of the academic ether. I've probably whined on before about how I write, but don't benefit from like-minded people to read stuff and bounce ideas off. It's not that my nursing and multidisciplinary colleagues are not academically inclined: far from it. There's people taking time to [..] > read more

What really makes us human?

Published on 2012-04-15 08:09:00

Remembering is fundamentally recursive, because it involves inserting a past mental state into the present one. Michael Corballis New Scientist, 1st September 2007 p.48-49. > read more

h2cm in the presence of -alities

Published on 2012-04-08 02:58:00

INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCESSOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL morality > read more

Slides: Social Work Action Network SWAN Conference 31 March 2012

Published on 2012-04-07 04:25:00

Here are the slides from the Social Work in Action - SWAN conference HOPE University in Liverpool 30-31 March 2012. The session was an introduction to the model. I've used the same template and some of the slides from Colombia last year adding a few new ones for this audience and to reflect the SWAN conference themes. The organizers have a copy of my slides which should appear on their site. The keynote session by Professor Danny Dorling from the University of Sheffield and the main speakers wer [..] > read more

Virtual International Day of the Midwife - start 10.00 5th May New Zealand

Published on 2012-04-06 05:58:00

Hello everyone For those of you who do not know me, I am one of the facilitators of the Virtual International Day of the Midwife. This is a free online conference that runs for: 24 hours starting 10.00 5th May New Zealand. > read more

ERCIM News No. 89 Special Theme: "Big Data"

Published on 2012-04-05 11:59:00

Dear ERCIM News Reader, ERCIM News No. 89 has just been published at http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/ Special Theme: "Big Data" Guest editors: Stefan Manegold, Martin Kersten, CWI, The Netherlands, and Costantino Thanos, ISTI-CNR, Italy http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en89/special Keynote: "E-Infrastructures for Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges" by Kostas Glinos, European Commission http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/en89/keynote/e-infrastructures-for-big-data-opportunities-and-challenges Next issue: N [..] > read more

Art and Science of Listening: the conceptual antenna

Published on 2012-04-01 16:10:00

INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCESSOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL Ability to listen to oneself: self-awareness. A Fractal Antenna Active listening. > read more

Tied to the mast: achieving anonymity

Published on 2012-03-29 17:40:00

It isn't just me - is it? Other people must have this problem. No? It isn't that it's an embarrassing body problem - although time will tell on that - it's just Frustrating. If you venture to write a paper for publication then the submission process usually asks you to render the paper Anon. This makes good sense: right and proper. While some scholars can spend decades on a specific problem, or project the majority of academics must be fleet of foot. Usually, they have to > read more

NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) programme - new funding opportunities

Published on 2012-03-28 11:50:00

Researcher-led outline application form now available The PHR programme is now accepting applications to its researcher-led workstream. In addition to applications under the normal remit, we are looking for applications under the following areas: Highlight notices: Local Sustainable Transport Fund Evidence synthesis Applicants are invited to apply by 1pm on > read more

Dementia - The size of the challenge

Published on 2012-03-27 13:23:00

The image and link below is the first of a set on Flickr produced from the Prime Minister's presentation and meeting with the Alzheimer's Society on March 26 2012. A transcript and video are also available: Transcript - Prime Minister's speech to the Dementia 2012 conference As the image below suggests there are many stats including the startling variation in services nationwide, for example: In Belfast diagnosis is at almost 70 per cent. Here in England we’ve got neighbouring areas with mas [..] > read more

Alcohol: Messages in bottles, domains and anagrams

Published on 2012-03-23 19:04:00

The perennial health news item that is alcohol has bubbled and overflowed this week. In 1987-88 I visited several nearby alcohol services in Blackburn, Preston and Salford with a questionnaire to compare and contrast with Chorley which at the time had no dedicated alcohol services. There was Alcoholics Anonymous AA and Al-Anon, but nothing specific through health beyond community psychiatric nurses. The project was for the CPN(Cert.). Back then I remember a Consultant Psychiatrist saying that t [..] > read more

How solid is the framework? Paper: Perceptual ratings of opposite spatial properties...

Published on 2012-03-19 18:24:00

In researching conceptual spaces and h2cm I came across the following source: Bianchi, I. , Savardi, U., Burro, R. (2011). Perceptual ratings of opposite spatial properties: Do they lie on the same dimension? Acta Psychologica, 138, 3, 405-418. As constructed h2cm makes several assumptions with its axial structure. Is the placement of humanistic – mechanistic and individual – group on continua truly representative of the opposites of continua? It seems that to address this question we mus [..] > read more

Dame Fiona Caldicott to lead confidentiality review

Published on 2012-03-16 13:02:00

Dame Fiona Caldicott has agreed to lead an independent from Government review > read more

Use and ab-use of knowledge

Published on 2012-03-11 19:02:00

The effective ‘use’ of knowledge is constantly espoused in health care both informally with patients and formally in evidence based research. Knowledge is the key to improving patient safety and delivering efficient, high quality care interventions and effective outcomes. Things become complicated in health and social with the number of potential knowledge sources and the disciplines intent on seeing, gathering, recording and utilizing knowledge that is theirs. From that adopted vantage poin [..] > read more

SPECIAL ISSUE cfp Qualitative Research in the Sociotechnology Domain

Published on 2012-03-10 06:42:00

CALL FOR PAPERS - SUBMISSION DUE DATE: 30th April 2012 SPECIAL ISSUE ON Qualitative Research in the Sociotechnology Domain International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development Guest Editor: M. Gordon Hunter INTRODUCTION:The goal of this special issue is provide a venue for the detailed analysis and discussion on sociotechnical philosophy and practices which underpin successful organizational change. OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE: This special issue will highlight current qualita [..] > read more

International Women’s Day

Published on 2012-03-08 17:21:00

Some links for today: Africa’s Girl Power Women at the Forefront of AIDS Vaccine Research Helping Adolescent Girls is Key to Women's Empowerment What Does it Mean to be a Woman in 2012? On International Women’s Day, Protect Women Human Rights Defenders ... Newsweek's 150 Fearless Women - 10 Supported by Front Line Defenders Sources - as above and ... HIPnet Educate Girls in Africa > read more

Health & Social Care - Shoeing the Horse*

Published on 2012-03-07 18:34:00

Anvil *humanistically ... Anvil image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksmith_anvil_ganson.svg Original horseshoe image: http://www.ranchomilagrokansas.com/ > read more

[CIOP] Welcome to new list - Community Informatics for Older Persons

Published on 2012-03-06 17:56:00

There recently has been an expansion of technology applications for older persons. These efforts include communications for elderly with others, connections with families, medical monitoring, group activities, assistance with hospital transitions, and tele-health. An important aspect is the framework of communities, either as a way to view applications or the use of the inforrmation and communications technology application in a group setting, such as a wii activity by a group. Especially prom [..] > read more

RCN nursing journals are now available through HINARI

Published on 2012-03-05 13:26:00

Dear All, I am pleased to share that, as of last month, the journals published by the Royal College of Nursing (UK) are now available through HINARI, which means that HINARI users can now access the following journals:- - Cancer Nursing Practice - Emergency Nurse - Learning Disability Practice - Mental Health Practice - Nurse Researcher - Nursing Children and Young People Nursing Management - Nursing Older People - Nursing Standard - Primary Health Care This brings the total number of [..] > read more

Rare Disease Day 2012 - reflections using h2cm

Published on 2012-02-29 17:56:00

INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCESSOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL Is it ironic that ‘I’, this ‘self’ becomes an expert of my condition by virtue of it being rare? Is it also rare because so few must live with the emotional consequences? Yes, personalised medicine holds great promise, but please don't forget - me: this person : I don't want to be left here. Being that expert I may even know the ICD-10 … codes for my condition. I know the symptoms very well. I know the 'current' evidence and may als [..] > read more

Take II: Awaiting an appt with Nd:YAG

Published on 2012-02-26 16:26:00

Two years ago in 2010 and post-cataract surgery I was literally full of the light and colour of a new year: "2010" definitely not - future vision is 20:20! Working in health you know not to take anything for granted, to live for today and what side effects and outcomes can follow clinical interventions. So, over the past six months I've noticed reduced vision in my left eye. Now I've no focus at all. Here's the situation across the four care domains: INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCESSOCIOLOGY : POLITI [..] > read more

Mental health follow-up II: Drupal ScienceCamp Cambridge 20-21st Jan 2012

Published on 2012-02-22 16:26:00

After the birds of a feather (BoF) session in Cambridge last month I spent an hour chatting to Beatrice and Matthew Taylor who share my interest in mental health and Drupal. Since that Sunday morning I've exchanged emails with them both and am sharing some points here raised by Matthew. ... Matthew: There are lots of things that I'd like to talk to you about. I've been browsing your pages on the Hodges' Model and I'm really impressed. You've done a huge amount of work. PJ: Thanks for t [..] > read more

Health Care - drawing lines

Published on 2012-02-20 14:22:00

Multidisciplinary care Original image source: http://www.jointline-group.co.uk/councils.php > read more

Leonardo: models, limbs and spirit

Published on 2012-02-13 18:00:00

On the 3rd February I headed off to London for the weekend to visit the National Gallery with (two) tickets for the Leonardo exhibition. This was an amazing experience on the Saturday afternoon. The exhibition was small in terms of room sizes and across two floors, but it was very busy and warm even with timed ticketed entry. The show comprised much more than the main exhibits; the drawings, several inspired works by Leonardo's students and audio commentary adding context. Text descriptions and [..] > read more

Locating the Spiritual in Care: (very big) Plantpots vs Green Windows

Published on 2012-02-12 15:22:00

Last summer, July 13 2011 to be precise, the cover of RCN bulletin #278 declared 'Prioritise spirituality'. I am not a religious person, but quite a spiritual one (I think). This RCN news item reported Professor in Dignity of Care for Older People at Staffordshire University, Wilf McSherry's views on spirituality. It is central across health and social care, (it is also vital in terms of cultural and spiritual literacy): The practice of spiritual and religious care is about meeting people at t [..] > read more

Call for chapters - Human centric visualization: Theories, methodologies and case studies

Published on 2012-02-11 17:55:00

[Shortened for length from original post to ubicomp.org] *** CALL FOR CHAPTERS *** Proposal due: Feb 24, 2012 Notification due: March 09, 2012 Full chapter due: June 15, 2012 A book edited by Tony Huang (CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia), to be published by Springer: www.springer.com Web: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=19780%A9ownerid=14065 1. Introduction Visualizations (diagrams) are produced for people to make sense or interact with them. Rapid advances in display tec [..] > read more

Now I am - IST

Published on 2012-02-09 15:49:00

Since January 9th 2012 I work in IST, that is the Intermediate Support Team. This means my colleagues and I try to facilitate early discharge, prevent admission, relapse and also have a gate-keeping role for the local in-patient beds. Working in IST and being a nurse makes me think about all those other –ists that are out there. Several immediately fall out of Hodges' model: Human-ist, human biolog-ist, technolog-ist, psycholog-ist, educational-ist, public-ist - for public [mental] healt [..] > read more

Follow-up: Drupal ScienceCamp Cambridge 20-21st Jan 2012

Published on 2012-02-06 16:02:00

Stefan van Hooft @_iCompute kindly took these notes for the Mental Health session, 10.45am 22 January 2012 (mentioned previously on W2tQ). Stefan captured the topics that were quickly and briefly raised among the seven attendees (contact details provided but withheld here). I have added some [additional comments] and my response follows: --- Twitter hash tags --- Mental Health #mhuk #ukmh [global mental health hash?] RDF Solr Sparkle [SparQL] • accessibility within website • openair Open [..] > read more

Drupal ScienceCamp Cambridge 20-21st Jan 2012

Published on 2012-02-03 02:25:00

Two weeks ago Drupal ScienceCamp was a great success thanks to the organisers and sponsors. There were about 60 attendees with a European flavour too. Being a Science Park we had to circumvent the fence, the alternate access gates closed over the weekend. The three of us who left the hotel soon became six ... as we walked around to the very smart venue - Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited. On the Saturday I attended sessions on responsive design, Drupal modules, Less CSS (at this point I wish I coul [..] > read more

h2cm at 7th Annual Social Work Action Network Conference (SWAN)

Published on 2012-02-02 15:01:00

The final programme is still to be confirmed, but I'll be presenting Hodges' model as a workshop next month at the 7th Annual Social Work Action Network Conference (SWAN). This will be hosted by Liverpool Hope University on 30 and 31 March 2012. This is a 40 minute train journey for me - a nice change. As the website states: There will be two sessions of the conference made available to people to present their own research or conduct workshops. We are keen to facilitate alternative styles of pr [..] > read more

"You're a nurse? That's cool. How much do you make?"

Published on 2012-01-31 18:00:00

Somebody asked: "You're a nurse? That's cool, I wanted to do that when I was a kid. How much do you make?" The nurse replied: "HOW MUCH DO I MAKE?" ... I can make holding your hand seem like the most important thing in the world when you're scared. ... I can make your child breathe when they stop. ... I can help your father survive a heart attack. ... I can make myself get up at 5 a.m. to make sure your mother has the medicine she needs to live. ... I work all day to save the lives of [..] > read more

A Bigger Picture: David Hockney RA

Published on 2012-01-30 18:02:00

The same year [2007], he continues, "the RA offered me this whole space, all 10 rooms, for 2011. I took a couple of days to say yes but I said it had to be 2012 - because I needed four springs: first to observe and prepare, then to paint. ..." My source: Wullschlager, J. Blue-sky painting. FTWeekend, Life & Arts, January 14-15, 2012. pp. 1-2. Image (original copyright acknowledged): http://www.theartnewspaper.com/whatson/event/David-Hockney:-a-Bigger-Picture/1120874http://www.royalacademy [..] > read more

Health & Social Care - Safe Record Keeping Project

Published on 2012-01-27 14:45:00

Dear Member BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and the Department of Health Informatics Directorate (DHID) have launched a project to develop clear and easy to follow guidance for patients and the public on the subject of health and social care records. The project will provide patients with advice on how to look after the health and social care records and other sensitive personal data that they are creating or health and social care providers are sharing with them. BCS is inviting individua [..] > read more

Launch of New [NHS] Human Rights in Healthcare website

Published on 2011-07-01 18:00:00

http://www.humanrightsinhealthcare.nhs.uk/default.aspx The aim of the website is to promote a human rights based approach in health and social care and be a web resource where people interested in, and preferably passionate about, a human rights bas > read more

Public 2.0: Culture, Creativity and Audience in an Era of Information Openness, University of Westminster 21 July 2011

Published on 2011-06-30 18:00:00

I have just registered for this event - see you there perhaps! 21 July 2011 10.30am - 6.00pm Location: University of Westminster, Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW FREE but register here: http://bit.ly/lv1LsT In recent years signi > read more

The Difference that Makes a Difference: an interdisciplinary workshop on information and technology

Published on 2011-06-29 19:15:00

With two days to go I've just submitted an abstract for the Open University workshop. Location: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Dates: 7-9 September 2011 Just attending and keying into what's happening would be a blast, but presenting would > read more

International Conf. "Ageing Globally – Ageing Locally" Dublin Nov. 2011 & h2cm Poster

Published on 2011-06-27 18:00:00

Today I'm really pleased to report news that h2cm will be presented as a poster at "Ageing Globally – Ageing Locally". I will use Hodges' model to explore the dimensions of the conference themes. More to follow ... Related post: Musings... > read more

Informatics vs. Clinical engagement: the general and the specific

Published on 2011-06-26 18:09:00

If there are two aspects to life that both allow us to get on, but also trip us up it is the marvellous ability we have to generalise and also be specific. As ever context rules. In mental health and cognitive therapy in particular people affected b > read more

Musings... on 'local', 'global' and 'glocal'

Published on 2011-06-25 06:04:00

Glocal is an index. Glocal is the designator of change. Glocal is the terminator, the divide between the local and global that is simultaneously inclusive and exclusive. Glocal is penumbral. Glocal is a convulsion of the internal and the external; ne > read more

Conventions Used in This Care Facility (with apologies to the many book prefaces)

Published on 2011-06-23 18:00:00

The following caregraphical (typographical) conventions are used in this care facility: italic Indicates new terms to the resident, patient, and family - often also described as jargon. These may include abbreviations, medical, nursing terms and wo > read more

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights: receive and impart information and ideas

Published on 2011-06-19 18:33:00

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides the right to freedom of expression, subject to certain restrictions that are "in accordance with law" and "necessary in a democratic society". This right includes the freedom to hold opin > read more

National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health: Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity into Canadian Public Health Practice

Published on 2011-06-18 11:28:00

Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity into Canadian Public Health Practice: Environmental Scan 2010 In 2010, the NCCDH undertook a major Canadian-wide consultation and literature review. Additional links: http://www.thecanadi > read more

Pre-Conference Festival of ICT and Older People

Published on 2011-06-18 08:02:00

News of a Pre-Conference Festival: (Wish I could attend both the festival and conference - PJ) British Society of Gerontology 40th Annual Conference (5th to 7th July 2011) University of Plymouth July 4th 2011 13:00 - 17:00The Faculty of Health and t > read more

Health literacy conference: measures & references - conceptualising and conceptual frameworks

Published on 2011-06-13 16:17:00

Keynote 2 was delivered by Prof. Richard Osborne - What is the purpose of measuring health literacy: changing people, places or policy? Overall the conference helped me by explaining some of the main tools including this presentation: REALM - Rapid > read more

Health literacy conference - definitions & Hodges' model

Published on 2011-06-11 07:00:00

Well yesterday was a very useful and enjoyable day both in learning about health literacy [HL] and trying to get the message out there about the potential of Hodges' model. The keynotes a.m. and p.m. were all very informative the speakers leaders in > read more

Health literacy conference & Hodges' model

Published on 2011-06-09 18:00:00

The poster is completed for the health literacy conference today in Manchester. As befits such a broad conceptual framework my effort is general in scope and seeks to highlight (my interpretation of) health literacy themes mapped to Hodges' model. At > read more

Public vs. Private health care: tit4tat

Published on 2011-06-04 18:06:00

OK the title here is a cheat as the focus is social care not health. That said given the overlap and appeals for health and social care 'integration' this basically makes the terms synonymous - at least in this context. The debate about the merits b > read more

E-ACTION FOLLOWING BBC PANORAMA INVESTIGATION - Learning Disability

Published on 2011-06-02 17:30:00

Dear All, Following last nights BBC Panorama investigation into the abuse at Winterbourne View Hospital the learning disability coalition have created the following e-action: http://tinyurl.com/3w3mpl4 It calls on MP's to ensure that the human > read more

Le Quattro Volte (The Four Times) & h2cm

Published on 2011-05-31 18:30:00

This week I am looking forward to going to see Le Quattro Volte (The Four Times) at Cornerhouse. According to the interview with Director Michelangelo Frammartino on BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme a key theme behind the film is Pythagoras' belief i > read more

"Sitting is Killing You" infographic

Published on 2011-05-29 05:27:00

A really interesting infographic: Via: Medical Billing And Coding My source: Mindfulmaps > read more

Musings... the elusive transdisciplinary particle(s!)

Published on 2011-05-25 18:10:00

At any moment there are concepts and phrases that creep into the everyday and academic vernacular, even when their precise meaning is not clearly defined or understood. Such terms may be used interchangeably, as if one means the same as another. Two > read more

RCN Dementia project: survey on the experience of care in general hospitals

Published on 2011-05-24 18:01:00

Dear Sir/ Madam The Royal College of Nursing is currently leading a project to help improve the care of people with dementia in general hospital settings. The project is being supported by the Department of Health and is being undertaken jointly wi > read more

The Difference that Makes a Difference: an interdisciplinary workshop on information and technology

Published on 2011-05-20 18:04:00

Location: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Dates: 7-9 September 2011 Few people would argue that the development of information technologies has had a profound impact on modern society. Information is communicated, stored and manipulated using > read more

Launch of new Skills-based Training On Risk Management: STORM website

Published on 2011-05-19 15:06:00

Hi everyone, The new website www.stormskillstraining.com is live. It is more dynamic offering features such as the opportunity to interact and communicate with fellow STORM Facilitators through the News and Forum sections. It will also continue to pr > read more

Sparc / KT-EQUAL consortium of UK researchers extending quality of life for older and disabled people - upcoming events

Published on 2011-05-16 16:07:00

Dear colleague, We hope you are well. KT-EQUAL has been working hard to launch some exciting developments and workshops more of which you can read about below. Our new blog This week we launched our new KT-EQUAL blog. We'll be updating it regula > read more

1st National Health Literacy Research Conference - NW England

Published on 2011-05-14 10:47:00

As noted at the start of the month the health care domains model will be presented in the form of a poster at the following event on the 10th June. There are still a few places left! Health Literacy: A Public Health concern? 1-day Conference at Chan > read more

C4 News researching anti-psychotic drugs in people with learning disabilities, inc. children and young people

Published on 2011-05-13 18:00:00

Channel 4 News is researching the use of anti-psychotic drugs to control challenging or difficult behaviour in people with learning disabilities, including children and young people. If this is an issue which affects you (or those you care for) or > read more

Consultation opportunity - information needs - social care

Published on 2011-05-13 12:00:00

Dear Colleague, Do you need information about any aspect of social care for your work? Would you be willing to be interviewed as part of our consultation? The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and NICE/NHS Evidence are conducting a joi > read more

'Gaps' a poem by Philip Holmes - Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Published on 2011-05-09 14:34:00

Gaps Philip Holmespholmes at math.princeton.edu Take a line and take away the middle third, and then the middle thirds of two thirds left behind, and middle thirds of those four ninths remaining. Go on and on: what’s left at last is utt > read more

h2cm: where does 'programming' begin and end?

Published on 2011-05-05 18:00:00

On first impressions Hodges' model is a table. Its structure shouts "table!" It is a table around which we can gather. It is political: a tabular rasa. Since 1987 I've been fascinated by the potential that this basic construct, call it the 2 x 2 star > read more

E-Health Awards 2011

Published on 2011-05-03 17:55:00

And the winner is … you? The only UK-wide awards highlighting excellence in healthcare IT are now open for entries. The EHI Awards 2011 in association with BT reward the brightest and best in the UK healthcare IT sector. If you have used IT to imp > read more

W2tQ: Languages, comments and global health

Published on 2011-05-02 16:51:00

I've been looking at the template for this blog and trying to figure out why the prompt / invite for comments does not show. Early in the life of W2tQ 2006 - 2007 the Blogger platform was still under development and plagued with spam. Back then I als > read more

Papers - writing at W2tQ: update May 2011

Published on 2011-04-30 18:09:00

The substance misuse paper is with someone for possible re-working. As previously mentioned the text needs the attention of a practitioner to stamp some practical authority on this complex field. (I've not heard anything since October so if an > read more

Virtual International Day of the Midwife 5th May 2011

Published on 2011-04-30 17:22:00

Hello everyone I am writing to inform you that the program for the Virtual International Day of the Midwife 5th May 2011 is confirmed: http://internationaldayofthemidwife.wikispaces.com This is a free online conference that aims to cater for midwi > read more

Antipsychotics: person centered care vs roots and branches

Published on 2011-04-25 09:05:00

When I visit one of the nursing homes in my patch I invariably have specific appointments in mind. Mr Smith or Mrs Brown have been referred, or are already known to community mental health services. Working in an advisory / consultancy / educational > read more

h2cm as a 'memory palace' - spatial memory

Published on 2011-04-21 15:59:00

I've just caught up with BBC Radio 4 Midweek 6 April 2011. I'd heard a trailer that mentioned memory and sure enough Libby Purves and guests discussed dementia featuring Marianne Talbot and her book Keeping Mum: Caring with someone with dementia and > read more

Survey on the collection and use of nursing informatics at an organisational level

Published on 2011-04-16 11:20:00

I can hardly post "BIG ICT - BIG Society: The big society and HI professionalism" without publicising and responding to Gerry Bolger's survey myself. My source: Carol Bond, Chair, BCS Health, Nursing Specialist Group mail list. I am complet > read more

Journal of Medical Internet Research seeks feedback on CONSORT-EHEALTH

Published on 2011-04-14 16:47:00

Posted on behalf of the Journal of Medical Internet Research. Apologies for the four days until the deadline.My source: Gunther Eysenbach - geysenba at uhnres.utoronto.ca Web-based and mobile health interventions are increasingly important instrum > read more

ERCIM News No.85 Special Theme: "Unconventional Computing Paradigms"

Published on 2011-04-14 12:02:00

Dear ERCIM News Reader, ERCIM News No. 85 has just been published at http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/ Special Theme: "Unconventional Computing Paradigms" - coordinated by: coordinated by Jiri Vala, National University of Ireland Maynooth (Quantum Comput > read more

Mind & Body in Markup: (Book review to follow)

Published on 2011-04-13 14:17:00

I am writing up my reading of From A to Keywords of Markup, Bradley Dilger and Jeff Rice, editors, University of Minnesota Press for the Journal of Community Informatics. In reading the text I noticed how Cartesianism is alive and well not > read more

Nursing ideas somewhere between Drupal & Ruby

Published on 2011-04-08 18:59:00

It's been a busy week: getting ready for the Scottish Ruby Conference [SRC] three fascinating days 7 - 9 April. checking with the client of the Drupal site, confirming that the following CSS3 adornments are not required: coloured lettering : 3D text > read more

BIG ICT - BIG Society: The big society and HI professionalism

Published on 2011-04-03 06:23:00

I have a question for you - is there any irony in the matter of a BIG ICT project that was in embryonic form a decade ago - and the emergence now of the UK government's BIG Society? Well before the 2010 election NHS IcT policy makers recognised once > read more

Four Nurses CD - harmony in care & Milltown Sound

Published on 2011-04-02 10:09:00

I wonder if the Four Nurses have adopted a framework for conceptualising care? Good luck in your fund raising efforts Gaynor, Jo, Andrea and Sharon. Continuing the musical theme - there is an excellent NW England ladies barbershop chorus in Milltow > read more

Google's "Think Quarterly" (I am and so can you!)

Published on 2011-03-26 15:41:00

Google has launched a new venture in e-media with a short book, the first issue is on data - from their website: Like most companies, Google regularly communicates with our business customers via email newsletters, updates on our official blogs > read more

Drupal musings 20: Keswick and that basic site....

Published on 2011-03-25 14:09:00

OK hands-up! While up in Keswick (Sun - Weds), yes I wasted time trying to get a parallax effect to work. A layered graphic effect that as was pointed out on Wednesday evening's standards>next: event at MadLab you can only see when you re-size the > read more

Bob Newhart, a phone, distance, dementia and communication

Published on 2011-03-21 08:51:00

BBC Radio 4 have a series For One Night Only which looks back at classic concerts. These are not only music related as last Saturday attested featuring The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart. This is the title of Bob Newhart's award winning comedy album > read more

Last days leave of 2010-2011 time for Drupal stuff

Published on 2011-03-19 16:17:00

After work yesterday I headed off to the NW Drupal meeting in Manchester. I missed February when the group started a site in Drupal 7. Last evening the focus was on Aegir a major Drupal site management tool, plus Drupalcon Chicago, London this summer > read more

Hodges' model and three slides in Spanish: Paipa, Colombia Feb 24-25 2011

Published on 2011-03-17 18:20:00

From the presentation of the Health Care Domains Model in Paipa last month here are three of the slides in Spanish - with many thanks to Luz Stella Saray and Prof. Wilson Canon Montanez for the translation. (Any mistakes below are mine in data transf > read more

Person centred care, wormholes, pesterers, care domains (iii)

Published on 2011-03-16 14:56:00

Person centred care, wormholes, pesterers, care domains (i) Person centred care, wormholes, pesterers, care domains (ii) Mentor: Shall we re-turn to your question? Student: OK. Good idea. Mentor: So to recap how we can define and represent person > read more

Colombia: Two Nursing Journals AQUICHAN & CUIDARTE

Published on 2011-03-15 16:52:00

Two nursing journals were brought to my attention in Colombia with two possible avenues to engage. There is scope for English speakers with abstracts provided in English and for me the editorial of Aquichan is quite pertinent to h2cm - Visibility of > read more

Reading: From A to <A> Keywords of Markup

Published on 2011-03-12 09:54:00

On the way to Colombia I started to read this book in order to review it - more on that to follow. I've only read four chapters so far and it is a fascinating read. A collection of essays each deals with a particular HTML tag and each so far provides > read more

Person centred care, wormholes, pesterers and care domains (ii)

Published on 2011-03-10 16:28:00

Person centred care, wormholes, pesterers and care domains (i) Mentor: Sorry my friend where were we up to? Student: I am still puzzled as to how we can define and represent person centered care? Where does person centered care fit in h2cm (Hodges > read more

Students at Paipa Nursing Theory Conference 24 - 25 Feb 2011

Published on 2011-03-08 16:54:00

I will post a few more photos as I sort and (hope to) receive them. Still pinching myself here - a great experience! I've emailed a few nursing lists that I subscribe to as GICS - the three universities who organised this conference and are planning > read more

Person centered care, wormholes, pesterers and care domains (i)

Published on 2011-03-06 18:00:00

Student: I am puzzled as to how we can achieve and represent person centered care? Where does person centered care fit in h2cm (Hodges' health career model)? Mentor: Can you recall the questions posed to formulate the model? Student: Yes. In h2cm th > read more

h2cm at Reflective Practice SIG meeting: Assessment, Evidence, and Critical Reflection - What are the issues? Are portfolios a panacea? 28/03/2011

Published on 2011-03-06 07:38:00

I will be presenting the health care domains model at the Reflective Practice Special Interest Group meeting hosted by King's College London on 28/03/2011. 10.30 Using Hodges' Health Domains as a Portfolio Structure Mr Peter Jones, Nursing Home Liai > read more

Most typical face in the world revealed (amid deep irony)

Published on 2011-03-05 09:28:00

National Geographic Magazine has revealed what the most typical human on the planet looks like.… There is a deep irony here (since we are talking about 'skin') in that as the global demographics flow across the decades to alter this typical face, > read more

Notes (ii) from Paipa Conference: Q & A

Published on 2011-03-04 11:57:00

Q. What is the appeal and relevance of Michel Serres to the Health Care Domains Model [h2cm]? c/o Fred Manrique / UPTC (As per the paper - Exploring Serres’ Atlas, Hodges’ Knowledge Domains and the Fusion of Informatics and Cultural Horizo > read more

NIH: Suggest social justice items for Electronic Health Records

Published on 2011-03-03 15:27:00

My source: Spirit of 1848 list [The collaborative tool is very interesting] Let's make suggestions for inclusion of social justice factors in Electronic Health Records by participating in the NIH activity described below. Dear colleague, Your inpu > read more

Notes (i) from Paipa Conference: Q & A and sessions

Published on 2011-03-01 18:01:00

Questions from the delegates (once more interpreted by Andrea Ramirez) at the plenary session on Friday 25th February included - with my response (extended here): Q.Could you please give some specific examples of the model's application and it > read more

'Health coaching': One application for the Health Care Domains Model?

Published on 2011-02-28 18:00:00

The following message from Helen Erickson (Univ. of Texas) was received through the Modeling and Role Modeling mail list MRM-L at LISTS.UFL.EDU. It is the patient education aspect of the post that is of interest to me as it highlights why I cont > read more

Presentation(s) at 1st Int. Congress of Nursing Models and Theories in Colombia

Published on 2011-02-26 09:53:00

Well I am due to leave Paipa soon for Bogota El Dorado airport and the trip home via Paris. It is a beautiful day in Paipa. Very warm, bright sun, from my room I can see people water skiing on the lake. Yesterdays presentations were very well recei > read more

Presentation London May 2011: The Future Role of Support Workers & Assistant Practitioners in Mental Health and Social Care

Published on 2011-02-19 15:25:00

2011 looks like it will be busy: In May I have been invited to present the Health Care Domains Model at a conference organised by M&K Update. The Future Role ofSupport Workers & Assistant Practitioners inMental Health and Social Care My pr > read more

Silver bullets & Magic wands: NHS shamed over callous treatment of elderly

Published on 2011-02-15 18:57:00

There are none: Silver bullets or magic wands - that is. This ongoing news is very distressing for everyone. I attended a sign-off mentors meeting yesterday afternoon and everyone takes this still relatively new role (outside midwifery) very serious > read more

Reflections on publicising The 1st Int. Congress of Nursing Models and Theories in Colombia

Published on 2011-02-11 15:13:00

Inevitably I have posted news of this conference and presentation to several mail lists. I received a reply pointing out that this news was short notice and getting to Colombia in the time remaining would be quite a feat. I replied saying that I had > read more

OERU / OERF / UNESCO Press release: Towards an OER university - Free learning for all students worldwide

Published on 2011-02-09 18:00:00

Please circulate: Joint OER Foundation / UNESCO press release. The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation is to host a strategic international meeting in Dunedin on 23 February, to commence planning for the provision of free learning to all studen > read more

Health Literacy: A Public Health concern? 1-day Conference, Manchester, UK

Published on 2011-02-08 18:23:00

Venue: Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre (Manchester) Friday 10th June 2011 Join us for our first national Health Literacy Research Conference. Health literacy is -‘the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of > read more

h2cm: philosophy of science - analytical AND dialectical Refinetti, R. (1989).

Published on 2011-02-07 14:32:00

"For centuries, philosophers have discussed whether knowledge progresses analytically or dialectically. In the Cartesian tradition of starting with simple concepts and then building up more complex concepts [4], the idea of science as a gradual accum > read more

The Evidence Network

Published on 2011-02-05 11:17:00

Evidence based - medicine, health care, nursing - and other variations abound. Having requested a subscription regularly into my inbox pops the The Evidence Network's newsletter c/o Alan Gomersall, at the Centre for Policy & Practice, King’s C > read more

Call for Papers: Special issue on Community Informatics for Health - Journal of Community Informatics

Published on 2011-02-04 13:33:00

Abstract submissions due 14 March 2011 A special issue of the international Journal of Community Informatics (http://ci-journal.net) is going to be devoted to Health. Community Informatics (CI) is the study and the practice of enabling communities w > read more

KT-EQUAL future events - Ageing Research and Design 4 Health Conf.

Published on 2011-02-03 14:42:00

Dear colleague, KT-EQUAL is planning lots of interesting events in the next few months focused on aspects of ageing research. Below are a few upcoming events that may be of interest to you, more information can always be found on our website. Upco > read more

Old website - home page - musings!

Published on 2011-02-01 18:02:00

I could strikethrough much of the text here: Earlier this evening I thought "This could not happen at a better time!" Suddenly - or maybe not if I'd checked before - the New Year emphasised the age of the h2cm homepage. It did look poorly. On the o > read more

Dementia care: communication in nursing homes

Published on 2011-01-31 18:00:00

In nursing home liaison the importance of communication quickly asserts itself (as it does throughout health and social care). As an organisation effective communication is evident (or should be) at all levels: Corporate: across the 'group' Managemen > read more

Proximity: Relationships, Records, e-Health - Person-centredness near and far

Published on 2011-01-27 18:01:00

When data protection and confidentiality is debated "the need to know" is often wheeled out as a rationale for access to personal identifiable data. See the following: NHS Confidentiality Consultation - FIPR Response (esp. #18). DoH, Confidentiality > read more

1st International Congress of Nursing Models and Theories: Colombia 24th-25th Feb. 2011

Published on 2011-01-24 18:02:00

I am delighted to report the news that theHealth Care Domains Modelwill feature at this International conference. In November I received an invitation to be one of the main speakers from the Grupo Gics Investigacion Team; and so next month I will be > read more

Nursing: magnetic Force 5

Published on 2011-01-20 18:01:00

Back in 2009 I came across a post - Nurse magnets crucial for recruitment and retention about the 14 Forces of Magnetism: In 1983, the American Academy of Nursing conducted a survey of 163 hospitals to learn why some hospitals attracted and retained > read more

Personal realities and in the media

Published on 2011-01-17 14:41:00

Ordinarily I would be completely lost in tonight's Horizon - What Is Reality? at 9pm BBC2. I will be watching, but I won't be as lost as I have been. Today I took a big step forward - sorting 'issues' that will allow me to purchase a new home. I ('w > read more

ERCIM News #84 - Intelligent and Cognitive Systems

Published on 2011-01-14 12:20:00

Dear ERCIM News Reader, ERCIM News No. 84 has just been published at http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/ Special Theme: "Intelligent and Cognitive Systems" - coordinated by: Rüdiger Dillmann and Tamim Asfour, Institute for Anthropomatics, Institu > read more

Help wanted: Broken links (and help upstairs)

Published on 2011-01-13 16:06:00

Periodically on W2tQ I highlight the four care domain links pages, e.g.: http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2009/06/heroes-wanted-to-slay-monster-or-just.html http://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2010/02/topicscape-care-domain-links-in-3d-for.html Simon > read more

W2tQ: Wacky races - global health care and stereotypes

Published on 2011-01-10 18:00:00

Since adding the clustermaps and flag counter I've been following the 'trends' of number of visitors. I'd hoped in summer 2009 I might in 6 months reach 500 daily readers of the feed for W2tQ. That total still eludes me. The flag counter is ongoing a > read more

2011... looking ahead: Line of sight - Lines of insight

Published on 2011-01-05 18:00:00

LINE OF SIGHT: LINES OF INSIGHT: Fractal Drum Image sources: Wilkinson, F.J., Monkhouse, H. R. (1967). Maps and Diagrams; Their Compilation and Construction [Paperback], Methuen & Co Ltd. Intervisibility, Line of sight. p. 125 [scanned]. ( > read more

2010-2011 posts, papers, studies and Drupal

Published on 2011-01-01 14:13:00

Happy New Year everyone! 2010 saw 211 posts, 183 in 2009. As ever a mix of original material concerning h2cm, conferences and call for papers. Fingers x'd 2011 should run to approx 150 posts as I focus on work, studies and Drupal. The good thing for > read more