Class of 2006 Abstract / Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) provide students an opportunity to develop and demonstrate skills and competencies desired by future employers. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of performance during APPE rotations on post-graduation hiring practices within the graduates and preceptors of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy. Alumni who graduated from The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy between the years of 1991 and 2005 were surveyed to determine the impact preceptors had on their employment opportunities after pharmacy school (153 of 734 responded). APPE preceptors for The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy were also surveyed regarding the effect that APPE rotation performance has on the student’s future employment opportunities (84 of 272 responded). Study results show that of the alumni surveyed, 64% (n=96) answered that they asked a clerkship/rotation preceptor to provide references for a job or residency application. Further results show 60% (n=91) of alumni answered that their clerkship/rotation experience did increase their interest in post graduation employment at that specific site. Preceptor response confirmed that the student’s performance had a dramatic impact on his/her hiring potential. Of the preceptors surveyed, 74% (n=62) intentionally tried to hire students based on their clerkship/rotation performance, while 55% (n=46) avoided hiring students based on their clerkship/rotation performance. There is a noteworthy association between student performance and postgraduate employment opportunities. These results emphasize the importance of student performance during APPE rotations.

The general purpose of this study was to consider the relationship between an individual's perception of his parent-child experiences and the adequacy of a naive cognitive model to describe his judgements of others.

Magister Artium (Social Work) - MA(SW) / Child sexual abuse is a well-documented social crime that influences every aspect of the survivor and their family's lives. The parents are then confronted with a child that presents behavior that may include scholastic challenges, antisocial behaviour, sexual explorative behaviour as well as adult mannerisms. In addition, parents are then 'expected' to cope with their own feelings of guilt in relation to their child's affected behaviour. The aim of the study was to explore parental coping with childcare post the disclosure of child sexual abuse. This study used a qualitative methodological framework. A group of twelve (12) heterogeneous parents were purposively sampled from Childline case registers. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with the parents, using an interview schedule and a voice recorder. The parents' interviews were transcribed verbatim, translated and verified with the parents. The data was analysed using thematic analysis in order to explore parents' experiences. The findings of the study reveal the participants' emotional responses to the disclosure of child sexual abuse, parental coping post the disclosure of CSA and available resources. These themes highlight the experiences of the parents who care for children post the disclosure of child sexual abuse. The study discusses the needs and challenges of the parents, and offers recommendations regarding provisions that can be made for these parents.

This thesis explores the production process of developing a virtual reality experience with an emphasis on digital humanities and the methods of adapting real-world events, narratives, and media coverage into an interactive, location based VR experience. The thesis contextualizes the production of an accompanying media project, which is informed by the history of U.S migration and the media’s impact on the opinion of Americans. Through the observation of production methods, this paper summarizes the process of creating a VR experience that expands the established production pipeline to more fluidly produce immersive interactive content. Using Homebound: The Interactive Immigrant Experience, a collaborative VR project as a prototype for these methods, we were able to integrate and develop a media production pipeline that uses off the shelf hardware in unison with Unreal Engine 4 to produce a prototype VR experience that follows the narrative on a Latin American Immigrant. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

The problem of immigration has been around since the dawn of man because humans cannot just stay in one place, especially if that place is not suitable for their lives and their families. It is a reasonable expectation of the human condition to want to feel free and safe because we do not live in a utopian society. There are social injustices, wars, and atrocities that threaten the most basic of human needs and freedoms in many countries across the globe. Homebound, the virtual reality experience, which was developed in Unreal, aims to make sense of this crisis and shed light on the lives affected by this social ill. By using rich environments, virtual production and motion capture, to construct a place that captures the realism of the illegal immigration narrative, this manuscript will show how behavioral and gameplay psychology, when paired with environmental storytelling, can be utilized to craft impactful and empathetic, immersive stories and edutainment experiences for the player. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Background:  Earthquakes and other natural disasters have increased over recent years, more people around the world are living with disabilities. The physical therapists have an important role to increase function and restore quality of life. Although it is stated that early rehabilitation intervention is an essential part of the health response there is limited information about the work and the experiences from physical therapists.  Aim: The aim of this study is to examine physical therapists’ experiences after the earthquakes in Nepal 2015.  Design: This study had a qualitative exploratory design, based on five individual semi-structured interviews using the communication platform zoom. The data was analysed by a qualitative content analysis and had an inductive approach.   Result: The physical therapists’ describes a chaotic situation, the psychological vulnerability in patients made it challenging to motivate and keep the patients focused on their rehabilitation. The huge influx of patients made it hard for the physical therapists to manage their time and led to compromised treatments and the need of early discharge of patients. The physical therapists had dual experiences about their role in the healthcare teams. There was a clear system on how to prioritize the patients based on severity of injuries. Conclusion: This study showed that physical therapists in Nepal had an important role from acute care to follow-up after the earthquakes. The study provides an insight from physical therapists in disaster settings and may contribute to identify barriers in performing their work tasks in future disaster settings. / Bakgrund: Jordbävningar och andra naturkatastrofer har ökat de senaste åren, fler människor runt om i världen lever med kvarstående funktionshinder. Fysioterapeuterna har en viktig roll genom att öka funktionen och återställa livskvaliteten hos dessa patienter. Även om det tydligt anges att en tidig rehabiliteringsinsats är en väsentlig del av arbetet finns det begränsad information om erfarenheterna från fysioterapeuter. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka fysioterapeuters erfarenheter efter jordbävningarna i Nepal 2015. Metod: Denna studie hade en kvalitativ utforskande design, baserad på fem individuella semistrukturerade intervjuer med hjälp av kommunikationsplattformen zoom. Data analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys och hade en induktiv ansats. Resultatsammanfattning: Fysioterapeuterna beskriver en kaotisk situation, den psykologiska sårbarheten hos patienter gjorde det svårt att motivera och hålla patienterna fokuserade på deras rehabilitering. En stor tillströmning av patienter gjorde det svårt för fysioterapeuterna att hantera sin tid och detta ledde till att behandlingar behövde kompromissas och ökade behovet av tidig utskrivning av patienter. Fysioterapeuterna hade tvetydiga erfarenheter av sin roll i vårdteamet. Det fanns ett tydligt system för hur man skulle prioritera patienterna baserat på svårighetsgraden av skador. Slutsats: Denna studie visar att fysioterapeuter i Nepal hade en viktig roll för patienten efter jordbävningarna, en roll som sträcker sig från akutvården till uppföljning. Studien ger tydlig insikt i hur fysioterapeuterna upplevde sitt jobb vilket skulle kunna bidra till identifiering av hinder för fysioterapeuter i utförandet sina uppgifter vid framtida katastrofsituationer.

Pregnancy is period in a woman's life when she has many fears, uncertainties and expectations. To receive an HIV positive diagnosis during this period, has devastating effects on women. The burden of HIV and AIDS does not fall evenly or equally. The overwhelming majority of those currently living with HIV/AIDS are young women in developing countries. The impact of HIV on women's lives, including their roles as mothers, economic providers and caregivers within households, emphasises the importance of psychosocial counselling and other interventions. Most women only find out about their HIV status while pregnant. Being diagnosed with HIV infection during pregnancy has become one of the greatest complications of pregnancy in South Africa. WHO (2012:2) predicted that the prevalence of HIV infection among pregnant women is likely to remain high for at least the next two decades, because of the number of people receiving life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa. It is still increasing and was predicted to plateau at around 3 million in 2016. South Africa has implemented a Prevention of Mother-To-Child Treatment programme in which all women who are pregnant are tested for HIV at the ante-natal clinics. If they are diagnosed with HIV, they are immediately enrolled in the PMTCT programme. Despite the remarkably successful implementation of the PMTCT programme in South Africa, women diagnosed with HIV during pregnancy face many challenges. This research found that the HIV diagnosis has a complex mix of emotional, psychosocial, relationship, economic and even legal issues that arise directly from the HIV diagnosis. HIV diagnosis provides concrete evidence that being HIV positive and pregnant at the same time is not a good experience; one is often filled with mixed emotions and uncertainties. The findings also indicate sadness and fear among HIV positive pregnant women, sadness in response to their HIV-positive status and the possibility of not seeing their babies grow up. The reality of an HIV diagnosis in pregnancy remains the same globally and continues to affect women who are diagnosed with HIV during pregnancy. A multidisciplinary approach is the most effective way to address the medical, psychological, social, and practical challenges. The biopsychosocial approach was also found applicable in underpinning this study. The goal of the study was to explore and describe the experiences of pregnant women diagnosed with HIV while pregnant and how diagnosis influences their maternal needs. The guiding research question was: What are the experiences of women diagnosed with HIV during pregnancy? A qualitative research approach was followed with a phenomenological research design. The population for this study was women who were diagnosed with HIV during their pregnancy in a state health centre, in Gauteng. Non probability purposive sampling was utilized to select a sample of 10 women who were diagnosed with HIV during pregnancy, who attended antenatal sessions in the health centre were selected. Their informed consent was obtained. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with participants. Interviews were voice recorded with the permission of the participants, and were transcribed by the researcher. Data gathered were analysed by the researcher and themes and sub-themes were identified. The research findings were presented by providing a biographic profile of the research participants, followed by a thematic analysis of the themes and sub-themes from the transcriptions. Literature control and verbatim quotes from the interviews were used to support the findings. The themes included the following: Theme One - Knowledge of HIV/AIDS; Theme Two - HIV diagnosis; Theme Three - Experiences of living with HIV Status; Theme Four HIV Treatment; Theme Five - Knowledge of mother to-child transmission; Theme Six - Relationship and disclosure and recommendations. / Mini Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / Social Work and Criminology / MSW / Unrestricted

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the learning experiences of mentors and mentees in their mentoring relationships were reflective of Kolb's experiential learning cycle. The researcher interviewed five mentors and five principals who participated in the mentoring programme as encapsulated in the ACE School Leadership programme at the University of Pretoria. The principals were selected from the Nkangala education district of Mpumalanga province. Research questions covered the four modes of Kolb's experiential learning cycle: (i) Concrete Experience, (ii) Reflective Observation, (iii) Abstract Conceptualisation, and (iv) Active Experimentation. The participants were required to describe their experiences in the mentoring programme and their anticipated future mentorship practices within their schools. Participants described the reflective processes they engaged in and the skills and knowledge gained, as well as their interpretation of the mentoring phenomenon. The participants' responses were subsequently analysed to determine the extent to which their learning experiences were reflective of the experiential learning cycle as presented by Kolb (1984). The study confirmed the participants' learning as reflective of Kolb's experiential learning cycle. The outcomes confirmed mentoring as a vital tool for enhancing principals' leadership and management knowledge and skills in order to, in turn, develop their schools as effective learning institutions. The mentoring programme not only contributed towards school improvement, but also gave a huge boost to the principals' personal and professional development. Moreover, the mentors in the programme were instrumental in helping principals to become reflective practitioners as anticipated in the Department of Education's National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa (2007). During this research it was discovered that the programme was not without its challenges, however. Mentor selection was found to contain serious flaws. Moreover, the principals selected for the programme were not fully informed of the reasons for their selection to the programme; the only information they were in possession of in this regard was centred on the academic aspect of the qualification, which meant that this was what they focused on. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / Education Management and Policy Studies / PhD / Unrestricted

Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is a group of developmental disorders characterized by significant challenges in socialization, communication, and behaviour. Unlike many other chronic illnesses, ASD proves to be a difficult disorder for parents to cope with. Nonetheless not many studies have been conducted in the area, particularly focusing on single parents. This study aimed to add to this limited literature by extending the exploration to include experiences of all types of single parents in raising children diagnosed with autism in a South African context, specifically in Pretoria. A semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect data from six purposefully sampled mothers, and thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that participants were unaware of what the diagnosis of ASD meant for their children, and thus took it upon themselves to research and understand. Some of the challenges that single parents have had to face are the financial implications, behavioural problems as well as stigma. The single parents in this study showed resilience, as they were able to use resources that are available to them. Being a single parent to a child diagnosed with ASD has caused parents to adjust their lives to ensure that their child is given the biggest priority. / Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Psychology / MA / Unrestricted

This study explored 6 high school student’s experiences of setting sexual boundaries. The significance of this study expands the findings and contributes to the existing literature on sexual learning by adolescents setting sexual boundaries. Qualitative methodology, narrative style semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis were used in this study. Research findings point out that youths face significant challenges when setting sexual boundaries, such as, dealing with negative responses, having to maintain boundaries for an extended time, and managing emotional distress after consent is provided, but not followed by, a positive sexual experience. Implications for future research would include an exploration of this research question with a larger and more diverse population. The goal would be to develop findings that could be generalized with a larger population. Further, the goal would be to engage in an increased dialog of sex-education for youths. The important areas to explore would include experiences of setting sexual boundaries, support a healthy integration of the meanings that are associated with these experiences, and to enhance strength-based practices of setting healthy sexual boundaries. / Graduate