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Learning Climate Positively Influences Residents' Work-Related Well-Being
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Lases, Lenny S. S.; Arah, Onyebuchi A.; Busch, Olivier R. C.; Heineman, Maas Jan; Lombarts, Kiki M. J. M. H. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2019
An optimal learning climate is crucial for the quality of residency training and may also improve residents' well-being and empathy. We investigated the associations of learning climate with residents' work-related well-being. A multicenter questionnaire study was performed among 271 surgery and gynaecology residents in 21 training programs from…
Descriptors: Well Being, Empathy, Surgery, Gynecology
"You Need to Bond with the Ones You Train": Mixing Epistemic Cultures in Medical Residency Training
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Wallenburg, Iris; Pols, Jeannette; de Bont, Antoinette – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2015
This paper addresses contemporary reform in postgraduate medical education that aims to standardise training. The reforms are guided by public policy interventions to increase quality of care, objectify performance, and to prepare residents for changing health care needs. This paper draws on an ethnographic study in the Netherlands, studying how…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Ethnography
Listening Effort with Cochlear Implant Simulations
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Pals, Carina; Sarampalis, Anastasios; Baskent, Deniz – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: Fitting a cochlear implant (CI) for optimal speech perception does not necessarily optimize listening effort. This study aimed to show that listening effort may change between CI processing conditions for which speech intelligibility remains constant. Method: Nineteen normal-hearing participants listened to CI simulations with varying…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Surgery, Hearing Impairments
Quality of "Glottal" Stops in Tracheoesophageal Speakers
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van Rossum, M. A.; van As-Brooks, C. J.; Hilgers, F. J. M.; Roozen, M. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2009
Glottal stops are conveyed by an abrupt constriction at the level of the glottis. Tracheoesophageal (TE) speakers are known to have poor control over the new voice source (neoglottis), and this might influence the production of "glottal" stops. This study investigated how TE speakers realized "glottal" stops in abutting words…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acoustics, Speech Impairments, Voice Disorders
Influence of Linguistic Environment on Children's Language Development: Flemish versus Dutch Children
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Wiefferink, C. H.; Spaai, G. W. G.; Uilenburg, N.; Vermeij, B. A. M.; De Raeve, L. – Deafness and Education International, 2008
In the present study, language development of Dutch children with a cochlear implant (CI) in a bilingual educational setting and Flemish children with a CI in a dominantly monolingual educational setting is compared. In addition, we compared the development of spoken language with the development of sign language in Dutch children. Eighteen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Hearing Impairments, Comparative Analysis
Implementing a Surgery-Patient Education Program as a Routine Practice: A Study Conducted in Two Dutch Hospitals.
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Mullen, Patricia; van den Borne, Bart; Breemhaar, Bert – Patient Education and Counseling, 2000
Discusses the development and implementation of a surgery-patient education program in two Dutch hospitals. Evaluation of the new program shows that the specified information was provided to only a limited extent, partly because of problems with the implementation process and partly because some information was made available for patients to use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Programs, Information Dissemination, Patient Education