Papers by Dr Maria Tsouroufli
Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2015
ABSTRACT Based upon the findings of a national survey of school coordinators and leaders on citiz... more ABSTRACT Based upon the findings of a national survey of school coordinators and leaders on citizenship and community cohesion, this research indicates that teachers perceive their students to feel a sense of belonging to multiple communities, each with their own required actions for effective participation. There appears to be wide variation in the characteristics of students’ engagement in community activities depending on their individual needs and circumstances. While there is convincing evidence of schools successfully implementing strategies to equip students with a conceptual understanding of their roles as citizens, the research also identifies a need to develop students’ practical skills and self-efficacy to interact with their immediate and wider communities. In order to support students to participate most effectively in their communities, there is a need for schools to provide tailored support to those groups of students who may otherwise be least likely to participate in community activities.
BMC Medical Education
We analysed the learning and professional development narratives of Hospital Consultants training... more We analysed the learning and professional development narratives of Hospital Consultants training junior staff ('Consultant Trainers') in order to identify impediments to successful postgraduate medical training in the UK, in the context of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) and the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). Qualitative study. Learning and continuing professional development (CPD), were discussed in the context of Consultant Trainers' personal biographies, organisational culture and medical education practices. We conducted life story interviews with 20 Hospital Consultants in six NHS Trusts in Wales in 2005. Consultant Trainers felt that new working patterns resulting from the EWTD and MMC have changed the nature of medical education. Loss of continuity of care, reduced clinical exposure of medical trainees and loss of the popular apprenticeship model were seen as detrimental for the quality of medical training and patient care. Consultant Trainers' per...
This book addresses what is globally acknowledged to be one of the most fundamental and pressing ... more This book addresses what is globally acknowledged to be one of the most fundamental and pressing concerns in contemporary society: the ways in which education can help young people understand - and play a full and active part - in contemporary society. On the basis of a national project funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and conducted as part of a partnership between the National Foundation of Educational Research and the Department of Education at the University of York, UK, the authors analyse data from young people and teachers to explore what they understand by citizenship and community and what they currently do, and would like to do, to promote more effective learning and engagement. On the basis of this research the authors make recommendations to enhance levels of understanding and opportunities for engagement in citizenship communities.
Medical Education, 2011
Babaria et al. 2 focus on hitherto under-researched aspects of the hidden curriculum in the pre-c... more Babaria et al. 2 focus on hitherto under-researched aspects of the hidden curriculum in the pre-clinical years and discuss the pervading influence of gender on teacher and student behaviour in one North American medical school. Using a sample of female students that is ...
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2010
This study discusses the results of a cross-sectional survey of healthy college students in Polan... more This study discusses the results of a cross-sectional survey of healthy college students in Poland. More specifically, it describes, explores, and explains the relationships between psychological variables/models such as health behaviors (HB), sense of coherence (SOC), level of optimism (LOO), and self-efficacy (SE) among college students. These separate constructs have also been used to operationalize a positive health attitude (PHA) as a novel construct. The social survey was carried out at three higher education institutions in Poland in January 2006. The random sample of 455 undergraduate students was taken from five different faculties: Physiotherapy, Physical Education, Tourism and Recreation, English Philology and Polish Philology. Four reliable and validated research tools were used to collect the data: Juczynsky's Health Behaviour Inventory (HBI); Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Questionnaire (SOC-29); Schwarzer & Jerusalem's Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES); and Seligman's Scale (SS). The results indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) between these four variables: for example, the healthier health behaviors the stronger the sense of coherence, level of optimism and self-efficacy. It was also demonstrated that LOO, SOC, SE, and HB correlate with one another. Finally, these variables create an explicit empirical-theoretical pattern. All the research results from REGWQ tests, Pearson's correlation coefficient and cluster analysis suggest the existence of conceptual similarities between these four variables and/or the existence of some broader scientific construct such as PHA. However, this needs to be examined further. These results could be a good indicator for future research among different faculties or age groups.
Midwifery, 2011
to explore routinisation and constraints on informed choice in a one-stop clinic offering first t... more to explore routinisation and constraints on informed choice in a one-stop clinic offering first trimester antenatal chromosomal screening for Down's syndrome. recordings of booking appointments and pre-screening consultations in both a community and a hospital clinic setting. one antenatal clinic site in the UK offering first trimester nuchal translucency screening in combination with maternal serum screening. 57 taped clinical consultations involving pregnant women and midwives and health-care assistants (HCAs). midwives and HCAs expected women to make informed decisions about screening for Down's syndrome. However, midwives' attempts to maintain the normality of pregnancy and avoid discussions about potential scenarios, as well as their emphasis on the high accuracy rate of first trimester screening have routinised first trimester antenatal screening for Down's syndrome. Also, a general expectation in the clinic to take up screening and the constrained service context in which midwives and HCAs work had implications for women's informed choices. directive information combined with lack of purposeful dialogue with pregnant women have constrained the process of information-giving about antenatal screening for Down's syndrome. the provision of information about antenatal screening for Down's syndrome is a challenging role for midwives. Changes in midwifery practice resulting from continuing education as well as less constraining service contexts could improve the quality of information about antenatal screening for Down's syndrome.
Social science & medicine (1982), 2011
Regulation of time, management of gender equality and discourses of professionalism are often stu... more Regulation of time, management of gender equality and discourses of professionalism are often studied in isolation from one another in the context of hospital medicine. Drawing on qualitative analysis of 20 interviews with senior National Health Service (NHS) hospital doctors in Wales, UK, we demonstrate the complex interplay between professionalism and regulation of time and gender in hospital medicine. We examine the connectivity of gender and time in norms about professional behaviour in hospital medicine and demonstrate how a certain discourse of professionalism is used in turn to retain and reproduce a temporally regulated gender order at work. Based on our findings, and congruent with the spirit of modernisation of management of human resources in healthcare, we offer new directions for gender equality, regulation of time and development of professionalism in hospital medicine.
Health:, 2008
Antje Lindenmeyer has an interdisciplinary background in gender studies, social studies and liter... more Antje Lindenmeyer has an interdisciplinary background in gender studies, social studies and literary studies, especially autobiography studies. She holds a PhD in Women and Gender Studies from the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at the University of Warwick. She is a research fellow in primary care and has worked in the areas of patient involvement/ empowerment, the self-management of chronic conditions and coping with disfigurement and other appearance issues. Her main research interest is in autobiographical narratives of health and illness and their impact on health care encounters.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 2011
Purpose -Attempts to modernise the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK involve promoting flex... more Purpose -Attempts to modernise the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK involve promoting flexible approaches to work and training, restructuring postgraduate training and increasing control and scrutiny of doctors' work. However, the medical community has responded with expressed anxiety about the implications of these changes for medical professionalism and the quality of patient care. This paper aims to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach -Drawing on literature on nostalgia, gender, identity and organisations, the paper explores the narratives of 20 senior NHS hospital doctors to identify ways in which doctors use nostalgia to react to organisational and professional challenges and resist modernisation and feminisation of medicine. Findings -This paper illustrates how senior hospital doctors' nostalgic discourses of temporal commitment may be used to constitute a highly esteemed professional identity, creating a sense of personal and occupational uniqueness for senior hospital doctors, intertwined with gendered forms of othering and exclusionary practices. Practical implications -Nostalgia at first sight appears to be an innocuous social construct. However, this study illustrates the significance of nostalgia as a subversive practice of resistance with implications for women's career and identity experiences. Change initiatives that seek to tackle resistance need also to address discourses of nostalgia in the medical profession. Originality/value -The main contribution of this study is that we illustrate how supposedly neutral discourses of nostalgia may sometimes be mobilised as devices of resistance. This study questions simplistic focus on numerical representation, such as feminisation, as indicative of modernisation and highlights the significance of exploring discourses and head counts for understanding resistance to modernisation.
BMJ, 2005
Article Title: The nature of medical evidence and its inherent uncertainty for the clinical consu... more Article Title: The nature of medical evidence and its inherent uncertainty for the clinical consultation: the example of midlife women Year of publication: 2005 Link to published version: http://dx.
BMC Medical Education, 2008
Background: We analysed the learning and professional development narratives of Hospital Consulta... more Background: We analysed the learning and professional development narratives of Hospital Consultants training junior staff ('Consultant Trainers') in order to identify impediments to successful postgraduate medical training in the UK, in the context of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) and the European Working Time Directive (EWTD). Methods: Qualitative study. Learning and continuing professional development (CPD), were discussed in the context of Consultant Trainers' personal biographies, organisational culture and medical education practices. We conducted life story interviews with 20 Hospital Consultants in six NHS Trusts in Wales in 2005.
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