Publications by authors named "Theus L"
Background: Global demand for standardized assessment of training needs and evaluation of professional continuing education programs across the healthcare workforce has led to various instrumentation efforts. The Hennessy-Hicks Training Needs Analysis (TNA) questionnaire is one of the most widely used validated tools. Endorsed by the World Health Organization, the tool informs the creation of tailored training to meet professional development needs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Global organizations urge toward transformative, lifelong learning for nurses and midwives. Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, strengthening the quality of nursing and midwifery education is top priority. A regional partnership of World Health Organization Collaborating Centers aimed to develop a user-friendly, culturally relevant, and adaptable educational quality improvement intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: to present the development of a toolkit for education quality improvement in universal health and primary health care, targeting schools of nursing and midwifery in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Methods: an expert work group conducted a systematic literature review, selected key content and completed toolkit drafting, using an iterative consensus approach. International partners reviewed the toolkit.
Objective:: to assess the situation of nursing education and to analyze the extent to which baccalaureate level nursing education programs in Latin America and the Caribbean are preparing graduates to contribute to the achievement of Universal Health.
Method:: quantitative, descriptive/exploratory, cross-sectional study carried out in 25 countries.
Results:: a total of 246 nursing schools participated in the study.
Aim: This article describes participant outcomes of an interprofessional collaboration between health professionals and faculty in Malawi, Zambia, and the United States (US).
Background: One strategy critical for improving global health and addressing Millennium Development goals is promotion of interprofessional education and collaboration.
Methods: Program participants included 25 health professionals from Malawi and Zambia, and 19 faculty/health professionals from Alabama and California.
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- The study aimed to analyze plant poisonings in Switzerland over 29 years, focusing on their types, frequency, and severity.
- Out of nearly 25,000 reported cases of toxic plant exposure, only a small fraction resulted in severe poisonings, with just five fatalities, all in adults.
- Specific toxic plants like Atropa belladonna, Datura stramonium, and Colchicum autumnale were linked to severe symptoms including anticholinergic syndrome, photodermatitis, and liver failure.