Pilot implementation of an electronic diagnostic support tool (AiD-DST) designed to identify the cause(s) of delirium.

Objective(s): The identification of cause(s) of delirium remains a clinical challenge within medicine. Our group have previously successfully developed and tested the Aetiology in Delirium-Decision Support Tool (AiD-DST). The AiD-DST is designed to help medical professionals close the gap on the detection of cause(s) of delirium.

The Possibilities of Observational Research in Workplace Learning: The Case of Video-Reflexive Ethnography.

Objective: This paper, using video-reflexive ethnography (VRE) as a case study, explores the prospects for and possibilities of observational research in workplace learning.

Methods: Focusing on VRE methodology and drawing on its principles of care, collaboration, exnovation (paying attention to existing strengths) and reflexivity, we elaborate the prospects for and scope of possibilities for observational research.

Results: VRE's flexibility and participatory nature enable researchers and participants to understand the complexities of learning in situ and the dynamic interactions between learning and work practice.

Capturing the ghost in the machine: a process for development and validation of measures of phenomenal consciousness in delirium.

Background: Delirium has conventionally been considered a disorder of consciousness. Alertness and arousal are used as surrogates in clinical practice but are insufficient for the purposes of a more dimensional assessment of consciousness. We present a process of development and validation of candidate measures of phenomenal consciousness that could be applied to the diagnosis of delirium.

New horizons in undergraduate geriatric medicine education.

Current projections show that between 2000 and 2050, increasing proportions of older individuals will be cared for by a smaller number of healthcare workers, which will exacerbate the existing challenges faced by those who support this patient demographic. This review of a collection of Age and Ageing papers on the topic in the past 10 years explores (1) what best practice geriatrics education is and (2) how careers in geriatrics could be made more appealing to improve recruitment and retention. Based on these deeper understandings, we consider, as clinician educators, how to close the gap both pragmatically and theoretically.

Face and content validity of a mobile delirium screening tool adapted for use in the medical setting (eDIS-MED): Welcome to the machine.

Objectives: Following a user-centred redesign and refinement process of an electronic delirium screening tool (eDIS-MED), further accuracy assessment was performed prior to anticipated testing in the clinical setting.

Methods: Content validity of each of the existing questions was evaluated by an expert group in the domains of clarity, relevance and importance. Questions with a Content Validity Index (CVI) <0.