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The 'Whole' Career Model? II
2008-05-19 00:08:00
Today I returned to David Bohm's Wholeness and the Implicate Order chapter 1 Fragmentation and Wholeness:Thus, the Latin 'mederi' meaning 'to cure' (the root of the modern 'medicine') is based on a root meaning 'to measure'. This reflects the view that physical health is to be regarded as the outcome of a state of right inward measure in all parts and processes of the body. Similarly, the word 'moderation' , which describes one of the prime ancient notions of virtue is based on the same root, and this shows that such virtue was regarded as the outcome of a right inner measure underlying man's social actions and behaviour. Again, the word 'meditation', which is based on the same root, implies a kind of weighing, pondering, or measuring of the whole process of thought, which could bring the inner activities of the mind to a state of harmonious measure. So, physically, socially and mentally, awareness of the inner measure of things was seen as the essential key to a healt...
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Slide presentation P.F. Anderson - 'Online Visualization and Organization T
2008-05-17 14:08:00
Through twitter I learned of Patricia F. Anderson 's interest and teaching in health informatics which includes dental informatics and visualization with this presentation: | View | Upload your ownThis is going to keep me busy, it's a great (e)-reference source. There are many other related slide presentations too. Thanks Patricia, wish I could listen in!Must upload some slides on Hodges' model to Slide share.
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FROM: Personal Forms, Paper Forms and e-Forms TO: Forms of Transparent and
2008-05-15 08:33:00
It is hard to outrun paperwork.Even though the promise of a great E-scape has been around for so long that the original pronouncement has become an eerie technology-enhanced echo.Even before we arrive at the paper forms that are the bureaucrat's delight, there is in our mind's eye a personal idealised version.This is in turn a product of the professional training and experience to which we are subjected. The quality of this personal idealised version is also affected by individual traits (aptitude and attitude) that are further shaped by the situation and the unique individual(s) who becomes the focus of our undivided attention.This personal form, its gestation and sustenance is important because it affects the other forms:paper forms - policy, legacy (we've always done it this way);theoretical (academic-the idealised standard) form(s);electronic forms:the computer based recordscanned - archived forms (electronic document management systems)and other variations (e-mails)- and how...
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The 'Whole' Career Model?
2008-05-14 08:32:00
Last weekend I picked up David Bohm's book Wholeness and the Implicate Order - Chapter 1 Fragmentation and wholeness.The title for this post is it seems valid, and in keeping with Brian's Health Career Model :It is instructive to consider that the word 'health' in English is based on an Anglo-Saxon word 'hale' meaning 'whole': that is, to be healthy is to be whole, which is, I think, roughly the equivalent of the Hebrew 'shalem'. Likewise, the English 'holy' is based on the same root as 'whole'. p.3

Where the heck am I (and where are you on Hodges' model)?
2008-05-13 08:30:00
A combination of nursing experience and informatics knowledge and skills have meant that for a long time I have been able to sit on the fence and listen appreciatively to two sides of an ongoing saga. I am sure the ending will be a happy one, if not for the reason that there is no such thing as a 'finished' (nursing) information system. There is however a need for targets, deadlines, plans for a series of software releases and all the activities that accompany 'IT' projects. In short - project management. There is then a constant need for people to sit on the fence.While the ability to sit on the fence may be something of an advantageous position, there are times when it becomes a source of anxiety and dissonance. Off the fence as a nurse without an informatics role (without i-portfolio), you feel left out of things. Literally chomping at the bit to contribute to the developments taking place - elsewhere.Also off the fence, but alternately wearing the informatics shoes you have ...
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2007 HASTAC Conference Proceedings Available
2008-05-12 21:36:00
An announcement from HASTAC.org ("Haystack")Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced CollaboratoryElectronic Techtonics: Thinking at the Interface Conference Proceedings Available NowAvailable now for download or for purchase from LULU: "Electronic Techtonics: Thinking at the Interface," the Proceedings of the First International HASTAC Conference, edited by the HASTAC Editorial Collective of Erin Ennis, Zoe Marie Jones, Paolo Mangiafico, Mark Olson, Jennifer Rhee, Mitali Routh, Jonathan E. Tarr, and Brett Walters.The volume is self-published with Creative Commons licensing, 209 pages long, and includes the entire conference program from last year, URLs for all digital recordings of the conference (available at http://www.hastac.org), and many of the papers from the refereed panels that were chaired and selected by members of the Franklin Humanities Institute's Seminar on "Interface," Duke's contribution to the In|Formation Year.You can obtain your copy of the Electronic ...

Reading: Social Information Technology - Connecting Society and Cultural Is
2008-05-11 16:48:00
Last Thursday I received a parcel. Thinking it was a duplicate copy of a hardback purchased recently, I was thrilled to find it was a copy of the Social Information Technology title. When I originally enquired about submitting a paper, a complimentary copy of the book was not promised. So this was a real bonus on two counts, having checked chapter 7 and looked through the final product I'm really delighted to be a contributor. Putting my effort to one side - one of several from the UK - there are some really informative papers here. This morning I read through one -Chapter 19 Technology and Continuing Professional Education: The Reality beyond the HypeMaggie McPherson, School of Education, University of Leeds, UKMiguel Baptista Nunes, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UKJohn Sandars, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UKChristine Kell, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, UKSection V: Implications of Social Information Techno...
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JavaScript Information Visualization Toolkit (JIT)
2008-05-09 00:02:00
I'm getting to grips with jQuery and determined to master it (somehow!). It's true that efforts in one area pay dividends in another scross Drupal (PHP, mySQL) jQuery, Ruby-Rails (another look soon) and regular expressions (jQuery & Ruby).I have found another javascript resource (c/o the shoes list) 'JIT - JavaScript Information Visualization Toolkit ' created by Nicolas Garcia Belmonte. JIT offers a range of tools very close to my heart:What’s the JIT? The JIT is an advanced JavaScript infovis toolkit that was based on 5 papers regarding different information visualization techniques.The JIT implements advanced features of information visualization like Treemaps (with the slice and dice and squarified methods), an adapted visualization of trees based on the Spacetree, a focus+context technique to lay Hyperbolic Trees, and a radial layout of trees with advanced animations (RGraph).Starting the website in 1997 using Hot Metal Pro I was impressed they included a hyperbolic l...
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IssueLab - where non-profit research is brought into focus
2008-05-05 23:31:00
The following resource may be of interest, especially as the rise of the third sector in health and social care plus the drive for social enterprise calls for new approaches to research.Welcome to IssueLab, where nonprofit research is brought into focus. Each day nonprofits worldwide produce insightful and valuable research on complex social issues. IssueLab makes it easy to locate, access, and engage with this extensive and diverse body of knowledge.
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Cheat sheet for jQuery
2008-05-04 22:00:00
Here is a cheat sheet for jQuery that I found at edocr. I have just printed this one page overview which should prove very useful over the coming weeks (and months!). There are others to check out, such as a CSS help sheet. I just searched edocr for 'nursing', but there is nothing listed. ...
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Hodges' model: a tool for progressive disclosure
2008-05-04 10:30:00
[Warning! This post extends (plays havoc with) the meaning of progressive disclosure.]Trying to get on the surf board of the latest web-programming kind is proving to be very difficult. For many years now and as acknowledged on W2tQ the four links pages - one per care domain - have become a monster in motion. As the user scrolls down the links pages the sense of info overload becomes overwhelming. That is assuming they do scroll. There is no prompt apart from the right-hand scroll bar suggesting 'more'. Even though the links are only sitting in html tables, the experience is not exactly an exemplar of user interface design. It is poor on other counts too:The arrangement of the rows and categories are mine.Yes, reveal the holistic bandwidth of the care knowledge domains, but whatever happened to Socratic dialogue, discovery and subtlety? The user should be able to have a dialogue with the system - with Hodges' model. The holistic aspects should be revealed gradually, an act of dis...
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What Hodges' model is not - prescriptive
2008-05-03 16:05:00
Even though models of nursing (health and social care?) are not exactly flavour of the month at present, if they were then Hodges' model could avoid getting involved in the interminable debates that often surrounds this or that model. As per a previous post therapies, models and computing languages can have much in common with legions of supporters - champions who may have a great deal invested professionally and personally.Hodges' model is neutral in this respect: it is not prescriptive. It does not dictate the particular approach (problem-based, solution focused, person-centred, family partnership, psychosocial, developmental, educational, recovery, self-care, citizen-centred...), but obviously wherever Hodges' model is used the values expected of the professional must follow. Hodges' model provides a very high level, generic arena with potential applications across home, all clinical, social care and pastoral settings, other work places, communities, businesses, governments,...
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Classic text available in pb. - Statistical Theories of Mental Test Scores
2008-05-02 21:03:00
This item was posted on the Educational Research and Methodology Listserv -A publisher, Information Age Publishing, has just brought back -Lord & Novick (1968) Statistical Theories of Mental Test Scores, IAP.This book was out of print and almost impossible to find for many years.
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Hodges' model and care domain dependencies
2008-04-28 23:33:00
Analysis and Synthesis: pretty powerful tools.Looking at Hodges' model the other day I've thought of the model as a foundation upon which learners and experts alike can build. Looking at the model afresh I've realised that (whatever we all may or may not believe) outside of the model there is the 5th spiritual domain. After this and for some people because of this 5th domain time, energy, matter and love came into being.So now to Hodges' model itself: we could not have health, social AND pastoral care systems if it were not for the SOCIAL and POLITICAL domains. These two group domains underpin and support the individual domains. There has always been talk of the golden age. These two domains provide the scaffolding for our lives and we would do well to remember this in these burnt umber times.Reading Michel Serres and other authors you realise that the SCIENCE and intra-INTERPERSONAL care domains depend on the continued support and sustenance of the SOCIAL contract and the POLIT...
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Drupal tinkering - Salamander's in the sand
2008-04-28 00:24:00
I keep thinking of drawing a line in the sand as to when the new Drupal site will go live, but then a curious clucking sound takes over and my arms flap uselessly at my sides. The image below is a screenshot using the Salamander theme for Drupal 6.2. As you can see I have not altered the themes default logo, or the colour scheme; but I'm starting to find my way around the menus at last.I've started to add other users and as you can see have created a forum with topics and posts. The rail ticket image is neither transparent, nor exactly territorial in disposition. It should be possible to set a default vertical and horizontal spacing for images in the archived content. There is another choice to be made in which drop capitals format to adopt. Having read through jQuery in Action, it is time to revisit the book and really experiment.Assuming there is a community out there - a series of forums on Hodges' model must be at the heart of the new site, but this begs the question of wh...
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Grammar in Visual Language: A Visual Linguist Podcast
2008-04-27 21:19:00
I've just watched this Vizthink podcast which I found on Neil Cohn's blog 'The Visual Linguist ':What qualifies as visual language anyway?As usual if you click on the podcast when running it will fill the screen. In addition to the discussion and slides there are many other sources to explore. The news map example had me thinking about Hodges' model and problems within the four care domains. If in addition to clinical staff, managers and policy makers really do want to see evidence of person-centred care and carer's views being taken into account; then how fine-grained should the care map be?(Or is it just a tick in box!)News is one thing, but is there an optimum level for care? Plus of course problems are not the only fruit - there are strengths too...
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Listening and Seeing: The Next Generation
2008-04-26 15:26:00
On the latest Sky At Night Sir Patrick Moore brought the most welcome news that Jodrell Bank is not to close due to a recent science funding cock-up. This is a great relief as in addition to seeing - we need to listen too. The Hubble Space Telescope will have its final servicing mission in August:This will prolong the life of Hubble a true wonder with the images it has sent home to Earth and a fitting last flight for Space Shuttle Atlantis.As we look forward even further to the Next Generation Telescope now called the James Webb Space Telescope astronomy is not only cool but it's hot and heavy too. Here is a discipline that ensures it samples all the available data streams open to it in order to test, verify, learn and progress. Out on the leading edge of astronomical data windows such as gravity waves, it is a case of discovering just how to listen and see. Diagnostic medicine benefits enormously from existing and new ways to investigate anatomy, physiology and pathological proces...
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Mercer's Drupal 6 book - review
2008-04-20 23:44:00
David Mercer's Drupal : Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites introduced me to Drupal 4.7. When I learned of a new Mercer title from Packt I offered to review Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6. If you are impatient and read only the first and/or last para of things then to cut to the chase - if you are new to Drupal and content management systems you need this book. So, go and buy it now!I've been learning Drupal on-and-off (as spare time allows) since last summer. Reading this latest Mercerian effort I've undoubtedly benefited from reading the Drupal 4.7 text. The 4.7 title definitely got me up and running as a Drupal novice, so this formula and style is familiar to me. There are some physical changes: the paper on this latest offering (my copy at least) has better contrast. I could not find the exact font details, but the print size is larger and so there are fewer words per line which naturally helps readability. Consequently, the 4.7 book'...
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HC2008: Just how did I get out of bed this morning..?
2008-04-18 00:20:00
... because I could do with finding out to share with you all.When I got to work and opened my inbox there was an informatics newsletter c/o Sharon Levy Informatics Advisor at the RCN. Included was an urgent notice about funding to attend Healthcare Computing in Harrogate: HC2008. Well - to cut a long story short I'm now registered to attend next Mon-Weds thanks to the Royal College of Nursing Informatics Group. I have not had time to sort study leave, so it may cost me three days holidays but this would be well worth it. I'll be taking notes as there's a report to write. As ever I'm really looking forward to this demanding mix of conference/exhibition and people-contacts. Friday midday is the deadline for registrations. As I've mentioned here before there is also a bursary scheme, so do check for 2009.Having tested things in Edinburgh I'll try and post to W2tQ. Must also remember the power cord for the Eee PC this time. That's why the 'live' Edinburgh post was so short, ...
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municipal SOLID waste: Activist tinder - the perpetual fuel
2008-04-17 23:22:00
There is nothing like a little bit of local politics to ignite the activist tinder - a perpetual fuel - that can be found in the POLITICAL care domain of Hodges' model.At the end of February there was a knock at the door @2130 hours on a Sunday. It was a neighbour who lives a few doors away. What transpired was news of plans to extend an existing solid municipal waste plant in the valley between the communities of Blackrod and Horwich.View Larger MapThere was a meeting of the local council the following night and it was vital that people attend to learn of the plans and act on the information as they see fit. The proposal was summarised in the local press as copied below from the The Bolton News:The plant would be capable of processing up to 75,000 tonnes of household and commercial rubbish.It would create recyclable materials and biofuel products and would operate 24 hours a day, six days a week..Four 38ft high bio-filters would need to be built to clean the air produced by the pr...
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Hooks - Blogs and Mental Health Care
2008-04-14 23:32:00
It seems I'm surrounded by hooks. VanDyk's Pro Drupal book is chock-full of them, so too Ruby (and Rails?).Sitting and listening to a couple of clients in particular I'm busy trying to locate the hooks:those I need to avoid (get one of these stuck in your lip and you'll end up talking gibberish);those I need to find as ways to move 'things' forward.So, health care and programming are worlds apart?: don't you believe it!The book I've to review has arrived Mercer's Drupal 6. I've Drupal 6.2 installed and having been exploring Netbeans and JRuby it's time to revisit the future site c/o Drupal.Without direct comparison so far the text seems to follow the format of Mercer's previous Drupal 4.7 text. The explanation about Drupal menus - primary and secondary links is really helpful, I'll check this out this week. I've come to the conclusion that Hodges' model needs a forum, encouraged by Mercer's discussion of user roles, permissions and the need to provide a hub for a h2c...
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The Story of Stuff - a 20min video
2008-04-13 00:19:00
What is the Story of Stuff ?From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
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"Welcome (nursing) home?"
2008-04-08 21:40:00
Sometimes of course people residing in nursing and residential care facilities become so ill they need to go into hospital. In community mental health terms this can mean that an individual's behaviour can be so disturbed they need specialist assessment and care. It is essential to ensure they can have the best quality of life that their circumstances can provide, without resort to 'care by medication'.The job means listening to people in care asking to go home. Staff need to be skilled and sensitive in how they respond to such requests, especially when they are repeated time after time. Family members can really struggle with this; should they visit? It is amazing how things can change though...Quite a while ago I visited a care home and had arrived a bit early. As I turned-up the lady I'd called to see had just returned back from a stay in hospital. It was remarkable to see her recognise the home as home. She responded warmly to the nurse in charge, the many greetings and rea...
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NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ
2008-04-08 00:08:00
I've made some progress getting to know Eclipse as a programming environment, but on Friday night (as per the post) I was told about JRuby (which I'd confused with IronRuby) and advised to take a look at NetBeans. So now it's installed, registered and yet another 'hello world' program has run.Although I know little of Java I recognise an industry heavy weight when I see one. Walking past the coffee house at Oxford Road Manchester I often wondered wish I had time to get to know Java proper. Java's is too much for me and like the armchair astronomer I currently am, in theory so far Ruby has caught my eye and imagination. Behind Java though there is a huge catalogue of libraries and at present Ruby is written in Java.Apparently the IDE of choice is IntelliJ, but this is not Open Source. I will download this too c/o a trial demo. Wonder if they sponsor worthy causes...? Following Scotland On Rails and Joe O'Brien's observation to focus on Ruby not just Rails, I must also use irb...

'A' is for Pippa and thoughts from Bill in Australia
2008-04-07 23:18:00
Pippa Crouch has been in touch to update me on her course assignment which was awarded an 'A'. This is great news Pippa - many congratulations!Regular readers may recall that Pippa, an Occupational Health Nurse Advisor at East Grinstead Hospital, in South East England came across Hodges' model in the new year and found that the model suddenly fell into place for her. Pippa used Hodges' model in a paper studying for her Occupational Health degree.I'd be pleased to provide some support for people who are interested in using Hodges' model in essays, case studies, posters....In January I also exchanged a few e-mails with Bill Moloney a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Australia . Here are Bill's thoughts:Hi Peter,I am not an academic and respond as a clinician. I endorse your description of this work as a "resource" rather than a nursing model. It provides a wonderful inspirational matrix.In the context of mental health care delivery it compliments any effort to provide for expansiv...
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Northern Skies: Comet Holmes in outburst
2007-10-30 22:16:00
If you've dark skies (and even if you are under urban skies) look out for Comet Holmes , which has brightened suddenly:http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod /ap071026.htmlSee also today's animated Astronomy Picture of the Day [or check archive link for 30 October].More to follow in 2008!
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TEMSS - Therapeutically Enhanced Medium Secure Service for Women [I]
2007-10-30 21:19:00
Dear Peter JonesMy name is Rachel Magee. I am a registered mental health nurse working for Bolton Salford and Trafford Trust at the Prestwich site. I work in a medium secure unit called The Edenfield Centre. We have recently opened a new department called -TEMSS (Therapeutically Enhanced Medium Secure Service ) for Women .As I am a newly qualified nurse I am looking to learn more about this model and see if it would be a useful tool to incorporate into the women's service as part of my preceptorship project.I am writing to you, to ask if you have any information or views on this particular area, which I could possibly use to help me in my research.I look forward to hearing from you.Many thanksRachel Magee (RMN)----------------------Thanks for your interest Rachel this sounds an exciting time for you - response to follow....[used with permission of Rachel Magee]
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Drupal: steep curve - still climbing ....
2007-10-29 23:19:00
Just trying to get an idea of what Drupal can do. It really is powerful (in the right hands!). There's no text as yet - or what is there - is not formatted. Still not sure about the content beyond the Archive comprising Brian's course notes, my intro and (updated) reflections; the Book and the h2cm Chronology.Weird that A, B, C ... just wish it was easier.The book may need to wait, but is I believe a great global project - wish I were a midwife....
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From a Distance: 4Ps, Nursing Process & Socio-Tech I
2007-10-28 18:26:00
In the 4Ps post last year each 'P' (purpose, process, policy and practise) sat in its own domain. I made no effort to differentiate them; each 'P' was left to stand for itself - so here's a question for you...Assuming you agree with this 4P formulation, which 'P', if any, do you think is primary?For me the mainstay is PROCESS because chronological and pathological TIME ticks in the SCIENCES domain. Plans and actions are situated (see Hodges' model) in time and besides pathologically speaking I only have one pair of hands tied to a finite metabolism and hence limited information processing capacity.Now, casting my vote to PROCESS within the SCIENCES domain, may seem something of a sell out to advocates of the humanities and me a mental health professional to boot... Where is the warm-touchy-feely essence of care? So, as we look to the HUMANISTIC hemisphere for quality assurance the next query is yours:Without a sense of PURPOSE tasks x, y, and z will not be done properly, if ...
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Long Man of Wilmington
2007-10-28 00:11:00
Although Brian Hodges created the model in the 1980s the key elements have been around a long time!Thanks to the Culture Show BBC2 27 Oct 2007
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