Complex cognition and individual variability: a mixed methods study of the relationship between creativity and executive control.

One of the methodological challenges of educational neuroscience is understanding real world cognition in the multifaceted environment of the classroom. Complex cognition does not simplify to (which might be satisfactorily measured in the lab) but to sets of activities, likely to vary between individuals, which involve the iterative use of multiple processes, as well as the environment, over an extended period of time. As such, studying complex cognition requires methodological flexibility; any single method is unlikely to provide complete answers.

Supporting health students on rural placements: A scoping review.

Objective: To review Australian literature on initiatives used to provide support for pre-registration health students undertaking a rural placement.

Design: A scoping literature review.

Setting: Rural, regional and remote areas of Australia.

Co-designing community-focused rural placements for collaborative practice.

Aims And Context: As a University Department of Rural Health, we have identified recurrent areas of service need among vulnerable rural populations, specifically the need for allied health. Concurrently, we have also identified missed opportunities for deliberate collaborative practice in rural clinical placements. This paper provides a commentary on our work in progress as we work to leverage available opportunities to provide both service from and education for health profession students on rural clinical placements.

Education, the science of learning, and the COVID-19 crisis.

In the COVID-19 crisis, the science of learning has two different responsibilities: first, to offer guidance about how best to deal with the impact of the current situation, including lockdown and home-schooling; and second, to consider bigger questions about what this large-scale educational experiment might mean for the future. The first part of this Viewpoint summarises advice for parents on mental health, and on becoming stand-in-teachers. The second part, taking the longer view, considers the potential negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis in increasing inequality in education; but also the potential positive impact of driving innovations in technology use for educating children.

Is Classroom Noise Always Bad for Children? The Contribution of Age and Selective Attention to Creative Performance in Noise.

Creativity is considered an important skill in learning but little is known about the environmental factors affecting it in classroom settings. Extending adult findings, this study assessed whether moderate multi-talker noise promotes children's creativity, and whether this is modulated by children's age, working memory, and selective attention. Forty-four elementary school children between 5 and 11 years of age, divided into younger and older age groups, participated in this within-subjects' study.

Factors predicting adherence with psychiatric follow-up appointments for patients assessed by the liaison psychiatric team in the emergency department.

Background: Several factors may predict adherence with psychiatric follow-up appointment for patients seen in the emergency department (ED) by liaison psychiatric teams. Awareness of these factors would allow for interventions targeted at vulnerable groups.

Aim: To examine the factors which could predict adherence with psychiatric follow-up appointments for patients assessed in the ED by the liaison psychiatric team.

Is induced labour in the nullipara associated with more maternal and perinatal morbidity?

Purpose: To ascertain any differences in foetomaternal outcomes in induced and spontaneous labour among nulliparous women delivering at term.

Methods: A retrospective matched cohort study consisting of 403 nulliparous women induced at ≥ 292 days and 806 nulliparous women with spontaneous labour at 285-291 days.

Results: Compared to those in spontaneous labour, women who had induction of labour were three times more likely to have a caesarean delivery (OR 3.

A randomised controlled trial of amniotomy and immediate oxytocin infusion versus amniotomy and delayed oxytocin infusion for induction of labour at term.

Background: There is uncertainty as to the optimal time interval between amniotomy and oxytocin administration when inducing labour. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of amniotomy and immediate oxytocin infusion with amniotomy and delayed oxytocin infusion for induction of labour at term.

Method: A total of 123 women were randomly chosen to receive either amniotomy and immediate oxytocin infusion (referred to as the 'immediate group') or amniotomy and delayed oxytocin infusion (referred to as the 'delayed group').

Nurses using volumetric bladder ultrasound in the pediatric ED.

A painless method to guide the timing of catheterization.