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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,581 Views
16 Pages

8 November 2021

Nonprofessional hosts in the P2P accommodation-sharing markets have been demonstrated to be inferior in pricing. The sharing market is increasingly recruiting more professional hosts but is bothered by the disharmony from nonprofessionals’ feelings o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,447 Views
32 Pages

It is believed that school leadership contributes to efficiency and equity in school performance. Therefore, it is essential that professionalization initiatives for school leaders foster learning and development processes towards effective leadershi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,963 Views
15 Pages

Accreditation and Certification: Do They Improve Hospital Financial and Quality Performance?

  • Matthew Brooks,
  • Brad M. Beauvais,
  • Clemens Scott Kruse,
  • Lawrence Fulton,
  • Michael Mileski,
  • Zo Ramamonjiarivelo,
  • Ramalingam Shanmugam and
  • Cristian Lieneck

The relationship between healthcare organizational accreditation and their leaders’ professional certification in healthcare management is of specific interest to institutions of higher education and individuals in the healthcare management field. Si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
16,539 Views
11 Pages

Low health literacy (HL) is associated with many negative health outcomes, and is a major challenge in public health and healthcare. Interventions to improve outcomes associated with HL are needed. In this paper, we aim to develop a comprehensive HL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,371 Views
15 Pages

11 July 2024

Background: Family–professional collaboration is important to enhance the outcomes for children with cerebral palsy and their caregivers. Aims: This study examined the effect of implementing a family–professional collaboration practice mo...

  • Protocol
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,528 Views
8 Pages

8 September 2020

Inter-professional collaboration is a process in which health professionals from different disciplines work together, sharing their ideas and opinions to plan evidence-based care. Nurses and doctors spend most of their time providing direct patient c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,730 Views
14 Pages

10 February 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in baseball viewership, thereby providing an opportunity to comprehensively explore the determinants of the new audience. To this end, we analyze the preferences of the Taiwanese audience in 2019 a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,609 Views
15 Pages

Background/Objectives: Quality of work life (QWL) in the healthcare industry emerges as an important factor for enhancing positive and preventing negative work-related outcomes, including quiet quitting. The aim of the study was to investigate the im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
153 Citations
59,564 Views
17 Pages

The Impact of Heavy Perceived Nurse Workloads on Patient and Nurse Outcomes

  • Maura MacPhee,
  • V. Susan Dahinten and
  • Farinaz Havaei

This study investigated the relationships between seven workload factors and patient and nurse outcomes. (1) Background: Health systems researchers are beginning to address nurses’ workload demands at different unit, job and task levels; and the type...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,486 Views
22 Pages

The Impact of a MOOC: Long-Term Analysis of Teachers’ Learning Outcomes and Practices

  • Eugenia Taranto,
  • Simone Jablonski,
  • Tomas Recio,
  • Elisabete Cunha,
  • Matthias Ludwig and
  • Maria Flavia Mammana

We present the continuation of a study on an international MOOC for the training of mathematics teachers who were introduced to the methodology of outdoor mathematics through MathCityMap. Previously, we presented the immediate learning and profession...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,481 Views
22 Pages

26 November 2024

Graduate outcomes are a key indicator of university performance, yet the progression of students in career preparation during university is ill-understood. The Career Registration Methodology (CRM) addresses this gap by tracking students’ caree...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,468 Views
16 Pages

Athletes with Eating Disorders: Analysis of Their Clinical Characteristics, Psychopathology and Response to Treatment

  • Ana Ibáñez-Caparrós,
  • Isabel Sánchez,
  • Roser Granero,
  • Susana Jiménez-Murcia,
  • Magda Rosinska,
  • Ansgar Thiel,
  • Stephan Zipfel,
  • Joan de Pablo,
  • Lucia Camacho-Barcia and
  • Fernando Fernandez-Aranda

30 June 2023

Eating disorders (ED) have frequently been described among athletes. However, their specific features and therapy responses are lacking in the literature. The aims of this article were to compare clinical, psychopathological and personality traits be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,006 Views
10 Pages

QuarkNet: A Unique and Transformative Physics Education Program

  • Marjorie Bardeen,
  • Mitchell Wayne and
  • M. Jean Young

19 January 2018

The QuarkNet Collaboration has forged nontraditional relationships among particle physicists, high school teachers, and their students. QuarkNet centers are located at 50+ universities and labs across the United States and Puerto Rico. We provide pro...

  • Review
  • Open Access
84 Citations
16,709 Views
16 Pages

Implementation of Competency-Based Pharmacy Education (CBPE)

  • Andries Koster,
  • Tom Schalekamp and
  • Irma Meijerman

21 February 2017

Implementation of competency-based pharmacy education (CBPE) is a time-consuming, complicated process, which requires agreement on the tasks of a pharmacist, commitment, institutional stability, and a goal-directed developmental perspective of all st...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,362 Views
22 Pages

Enhancing Kidney Transplant Care through the Integration of Chatbot

  • Oscar A. Garcia Valencia,
  • Charat Thongprayoon,
  • Caroline C. Jadlowiec,
  • Shennen A. Mao,
  • Jing Miao and
  • Wisit Cheungpasitporn

12 September 2023

Kidney transplantation is a critical treatment option for end-stage kidney disease patients, offering improved quality of life and increased survival rates. However, the complexities of kidney transplant care necessitate continuous advancements in de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,714 Views
9 Pages

The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of specifying professional efficacy as an outcome of burnout in the employee health impairment process of the job demands–resources model. The sample comprised a general, but purposive, sample of e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
978 Views
9 Pages

Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Compared with Professional Judgment of Cosmetic Results after Breast-Conserving Therapy

  • Angelique T. P. M. Brands-Appeldoorn,
  • A. J. G. Maaskant-Braat,
  • W. A. R. Zwaans,
  • J. P. Dieleman,
  • K. E. Schenk,
  • C. L. Broekhuysen,
  • H. Weerdenburg,
  • R. Daniels,
  • V. C. G. Tjan-Heijnen and
  • R. M. H. Roumen

1 December 2018

Background: In the present study, we set out to compare patient-reported outcomes with professional judgment about cosmesis after breast-conserving therapy (bct) and to evaluate which items (position of the nipple, color, scar, size, shape, and firmn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,443 Views
9 Pages

On-Match Impact and Outcomes of Scoring First in Professional European Female Football

  • Patricia Sánchez-Murillo,
  • Antonio Antúnez,
  • Daniel Rojas-Valverde and
  • Sergio J. Ibáñez

Background: Scoring first seems to be a determinant in professional football playing; several factors could influence the development of the match and the outcome. This study aimed to identify which factors could influence scoring first and impact ma...

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
22,791 Views
24 Pages

Migration patterns have rapidly changed in Australia and elsewhere, which have contributed to increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse societies. This requires healthcare sectors to provide professional interpreter services for patients wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
493 Views
18 Pages

Impact of Pandemic-Induced Psychosocial Hazards on the Mental Health Outcomes of Construction Professionals

  • Shang Zhang,
  • Riza Yosia Sunindijo,
  • Carol K. H. Hon,
  • Haoxiang Li,
  • Zhenwen Su and
  • Peng Kang

28 November 2025

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the control measures implemented by governments have caused serious harm to the physical and mental health of many, including professionals working in the construction industry. As one of the largest industri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,899 Views
13 Pages

Clinical Factors, Preventive Behaviours and Temporal Outcomes Associated with COVID-19 Infection in Health Professionals at a Spanish Hospital

  • Mario Rivera-Izquierdo,
  • María del Carmen Valero-Ubierna,
  • Silvia Martínez-Diz,
  • Miguel Ángel Fernández-García,
  • Divina Tatiana Martín-Romero,
  • Francisco Maldonado-Rodríguez,
  • María Rosa Sánchez-Pérez,
  • Luis Miguel Martín-delosReyes,
  • Virginia Martínez-Ruiz and
  • Eladio Jiménez-Mejías

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has quickly spread around the world, with Spain being one of the most severely affected countries. Healthcare professionals are an important risk group given their exposure. The aims of this study wer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,668 Views
10 Pages

Surgical Treatment of Shoulder Pathologies in Professional Gymnasts: Findings, Treatment, and Clinical Outcomes

  • Riccardo Ranieri,
  • Matteo Illuminati,
  • Marco Conti,
  • Giacomo Delle Rose,
  • Marco Minelli and
  • Alessandro Castagna

10 April 2024

Background: This study aims to investigate the impact of shoulder surgery on professional gymnasts through a case series, analyzing the mechanisms of injury and the shoulder lesion patterns, and reporting the clinical outcomes and return to sport. Me...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,409 Views
9 Pages

Impact of an Inter-Professional Clinic on Pancreatic Cancer Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study

  • Gordon Taylor Moffat,
  • Zachary Coyne,
  • Hamzeh Albaba,
  • Kyaw Lwin Aung,
  • Anna Dodd,
  • Osvaldo Espin-Garcia,
  • Shari Moura,
  • Steven Gallinger,
  • John Kim and
  • Jennifer Knox
  • + 9 authors

2 May 2024

Background: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) presents significant challenges in diagnosis, staging, and appropriate treatment. Furthermore, patients with PDAC often experience complex symptomatology and psychosocial implications that require m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,957 Views
18 Pages

20 January 2021

This study empirically explored antecedents and outcomes related to social entrepreneurship in the context of professional sports from the customer’s perspective. Two parent companies—FuBon and ChinaTrust, both financial holding firms&mda...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,590 Views
14 Pages

9 September 2025

Science remains a foundational component of STEM education; however, its impact is constrained by a persistent shortage of qualified science teachers in U.S. high schools, particularly in the discipline of physics. This shortage has led to the widesp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,568 Views
21 Pages

13 September 2022

This article examines how processes of social closure promote persistence at the top of the occupational hierarchy and how they vary by gender. We focus on the links between professional closure strategies and intergenerational immobility in professi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,979 Views
14 Pages

Positive Outcomes of a Comprehensive Health Literacy Communication Training for Health Professionals in Three European Countries: A Multi-centre Pre-post Intervention Study

  • Marise S. Kaper,
  • Andrea F. de Winter,
  • Roberta Bevilacqua,
  • Cinzia Giammarchi,
  • Anne McCusker,
  • Jane Sixsmith,
  • Jaap A.R. Koot and
  • Sijmen A. Reijneveld

Many professionals have limited knowledge of how to address health literacy; they need a wider range of health literacy competencies to enhance empowerment and person-centred prevention. We evaluated whether: (1) a comprehensive health literacy train...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
9,045 Views
24 Pages

This study developed and tested a model, which involves the effects of work–family conflicts on job satisfaction and job performance of construction professionals, with a focus on the mediating role of affective organizational commitment. A str...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,587 Views
14 Pages

5 June 2025

Postoperative pain management after hospital discharge remains one of the main clinical challenges. The use of digital and telemedicine tools offers new opportunities for the continuous monitoring of, and timely intervention in, patients discharged a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
7,154 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Match Location, Quality of Opposition and Match Outcome on Match Running Performance in a Portuguese Professional Football Team

  • José E. Teixeira,
  • Miguel Leal,
  • Ricardo Ferraz,
  • Joana Ribeiro,
  • José M. Cachada,
  • Tiago M. Barbosa,
  • António M. Monteiro and
  • Pedro Forte

29 July 2021

The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of match location, quality of opposition and match outcome on match running performance according to playing position in a Portuguese professional football team. Twenty-three male professional football...

  • Article
  • Open Access
283 Citations
21,733 Views
12 Pages

Professional Quality of Life and Mental Health Outcomes among Health Care Workers Exposed to Sars-Cov-2 (Covid-19)

  • Rodolfo Buselli,
  • Martina Corsi,
  • Sigrid Baldanzi,
  • Martina Chiumiento,
  • Elena Del Lupo,
  • Valerio Dell'Oste,
  • Carlo Antonio Bertelloni,
  • Gabriele Massimetti,
  • Liliana Dell’Osso and
  • Claudia Carmassi

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic spreading worldwide, and Italy represented the first European country involved. Healthcare workers (HCWs) facing COVID-19 pandemic represented an at-risk population for new psychosoci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,707 Views
22 Pages

Background: Children < 5 years living in temporary accommodation (U5TA) are vulnerable to poor health outcomes. Few qualitative studies have examined service provider perspectives in family homelessness; none have focused on U5TA with a cross-sect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,971 Views
27 Pages

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Outcomes of a Yoga-Based Meditation Intervention for Hospice Professionals to Combat Burnout

  • Carrie Heeter,
  • Marcel Allbritton,
  • Rebecca Lehto,
  • Patrick Miller,
  • Patricia McDaniel and
  • Michael Paletta

(1) Background. This research examined the feasibility, acceptability and outcomes of delivering a 6-week yoga-based meditation intervention to clinical teams of hospice professionals (HPs) at a large non-profit hospice organization. The intervention...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,992 Views
16 Pages

Influence of Previous Mental State on Psychological Outcomes of Spanish Out-of-Hospital Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • María Molina-Oliva,
  • Rafael Martín-Sánchez,
  • Elena Pastor-Benito,
  • Raúl Soto-Cámara,
  • Rosa M. Cárdaba-García,
  • Israel John Thuissard,
  • Juan José Fernández-Domínguez,
  • María Paz Matellán-Hernández,
  • Susana Navalpotro-Pascual and
  • Almudena Morales-Sánchez

This study aimed to describe factors relating to the psychological distress of healthcare workers (HCWs) in Spanish out-of-hospital emergency medical services (EMS), according to the previous or non-use of psychotropic drugs or psychotherapy. A multi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,625 Views
17 Pages

Perspective of Health Care Professionals and Cancer Survivors on the Usage of Technology in Consultations

  • Amalie Roland Dons,
  • Henriette Emmy Ludwigs,
  • Katrine Ringvig,
  • Sine Rossen,
  • Karen Trier and
  • Lars Kayser

This study explored the integration of technology in healthcare consultations between healthcare professionals (HCPs) and cancer survivors. The research aimed to understand how technological tools influence the dynamics and environment of cancer surv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
12,080 Views
11 Pages

The environment of health organizations can determine healthcare quality and patient safety. Longer working hours can be associated with nurses’ health status and care quality, as well as work-related hazards. However, little is known about the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,417 Views

20 September 2019

One of the main objectives of higher education for sustainable development is to nurture holistic conceptions of sustainability in students, so that they can use sustainability as an approach to analyze and solve complex problems in their future prof...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,671 Views
18 Pages

Differences in Perception of Healthcare Management between Patients and Professionals

  • Diego Moya,
  • Mercedes Guilabert,
  • Rafael Manzanera,
  • Gloria Gálvez,
  • Marta Torres,
  • Adriana López-Pineda,
  • María Lourdes Jiménez and
  • José Joaquín Mira

Patient perception and the organizational and safety culture of health professionals are an indirect indicator of the quality of care. Both patient and health professional perceptions were evaluated, and their degree of coincidence was measured in th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,941 Views
20 Pages

Background/Objectives: The digital transformation in healthcare is reshaping care delivery by enhancing patient care and flexibility. However, it also poses potential challenges to healthcare professionals’ wellbeing and work practices. To date...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,724 Views
20 Pages

Background: The increasing presence of English learners (ELs) in U.S. schools underscores the need for effective instructional strategies tailored to their diverse needs, especially in STEM subjects. Previous research primarily focused on self-report...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,082 Views
12 Pages

The Influence of Seasonal Period and Match Outcome on External Load in Professional Soccer Players: Analyzing the Effect of Winning and Losing Streaks

  • José C. Ponce-Bordón,
  • Jorge Polo-Tejada,
  • David Lobo-Triviño,
  • Borja Sanabria-Pino,
  • Javier Raya-González,
  • Alberto Muñoz and
  • Tomás García-Calvo

30 June 2025

The aim of this study was threefold: (i) to analyze the influence of previous match outcome on subsequent weekly training load (TL); (ii) to examine whether accumulated weekly TL varies throughout the season; and (iii) to investigate the influence of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,416 Views
14 Pages

24 August 2021

The aim of the study was to determine the between-match and between-halves match variability of various Global Positioning System (GPS) variables and metabolic power average (MPA) in competitions, based on the match results obtained by professional s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
60 Citations
13,737 Views
12 Pages

Using Mobile Devices for Improving Learning Outcomes and Teachers’ Professionalization

  • Inmaculada García-Martínez,
  • José María Fernández-Batanero,
  • David Cobos Sanchiz and
  • Antonio Luque de la Rosa

5 December 2019

Teaching in higher education is changing due to the influence of technology. More and more technological tools are replacing old teaching methods and strategies. Thus, mobile devices are being positioned as a key tool for new ways of understanding ed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
11,603 Views
16 Pages

Essential Skills for Health Communication, Barriers, Facilitators and the Need for Training: Perceptions of Healthcare Professionals from Seven European Countries

  • Dina Zota,
  • Dimitrios V. Diamantis,
  • Konstantinos Katsas,
  • Pania Karnaki,
  • Thomas Tsiampalis,
  • Piotr Sakowski,
  • Costas A. Christophi,
  • Eleni Ioannidou,
  • Sara Darias-Curvo and
  • Athena Linos
  • + 5 authors

Many healthcare professionals are unaware of the necessary skills and barriers hindering interpersonal health communication. This study aimed to evaluate the healthcare professional’s perception regarding health communication training’s n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,181 Views
20 Pages

29 August 2025

Further Education in the UK aims to provide strong educational outcomes for young people. However, some young people are facing a range of complex issues that often require extra support or different interventions. A college developed a programme tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
434 Views
12 Pages

The Influence of Hitting Locations on Shot Outcomes in Professional Men’s Padel

  • Rodrigo Ampuero,
  • Juan Pedro Fuentes-García and
  • Ernest Baiget

3 December 2025

In padel, there exists four possible outcomes after hitting: into play, winners, forced errors and unforced errors. Courts are divided into three zones: baseline, transition and net. The objective of this study was to analyse how shot outcomes may va...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,265 Views
12 Pages

23 February 2025

The present study examines professionals’ knowledge of autism as well as perceptions of potential outcomes and attitudes about education and the inclusion of autistic children in Greece. One hundred and eighty mainstream school teachers, specia...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
13 Citations
10,551 Views
12 Pages

19 February 2014

Community pharmacy is often portrayed as a marriage of professional and business roles in a commercial domain, thereby creating a need for, and value in, pursuing the development of professional competencies for use in the community pharmacy business...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,567 Views
22 Pages

Analysis of Occupational Therapy Students’ Pedagogical Practices for the Forging of Professional Identity and Development of Professional Intelligence: A Scoping Review

  • Ana-Isabel Souto-Gómez,
  • Miguel-Ángel Talavera-Valverde,
  • Luis-Javier Márquez-Álvarez and
  • María-del-Pilar García-de-la-Torre

Pedagogical practices contribute to enhancing professional intelligence which is an indicator of maturity and development of professional identity. The research guiding question was: What are the pedagogical practices involved in occupational therapy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,377 Views
17 Pages

The Effect of Second-Victim-Related Distress and Support on Work-Related Outcomes in Tertiary Care Hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia

  • Ahmad Zulfahmi Mohd Kamaruzaman,
  • Mohd Ismail Ibrahim,
  • Ariffin Marzuki Mokhtar,
  • Maizun Mohd Zain,
  • Saiful Nazri Satiman and
  • Najib Majdi Yaacob

After a patient safety incident, the involved healthcare providers may experience sustained second-victim distress and reduced professional efficacy, with subsequent negative work-related outcomes and the cultivation of resilience. This study aims to...

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