Neurology consultation using VL is safe and effective as well as acceptable, and the necessary skills were acquired rapidly by a telemedicine-naive neurologist. Telemedicine using VL can contribute to waiting list reduction, and is likely to be most useful in rural areas.
As part of the development and testing of an innovative technology for tracking disinfection of portable medical equipment, end-user feedback was obtained during an initial trial on two acute care hospital units. The disinfection tracking device was installed on the computers-on-wheels and vital signs machines. Each device had the capability of detecting a cleaning event, reporting the event to an online database, and displaying the time since last cleaning event on a visual display. End-user feedback regarding functionality, usefulness of information provided, and impact on workflow was obtained by survey and facilitated group discussions. Seventeen frontline nurses completed the anonymous survey, and 22 participated in the facilitated group discussions. End users found the system functionally easy to use and the information about time since last cleaning useful and reported minimum disruption of workflow. Functionality of the system was confirmed by consistency between recorded and self-reported cleaning patterns. Managers found the data on cleaning of portable medical equipment helpful in validating compliance with hospital equipment cleaning policy. Frontline staff expressed appreciation for technology that helps them and improves outcomes but also discussed concerns about the potential for technology that creates extra work and disruption in the busy frontline nursing care delivery environment. Nurses were appreciative of opportunities to provide feedback and input into efforts to develop and introduce technology. Recorded cleaning events coincided with self-reported equipment cleaning patterns and illustrated that the device efficiently collects information deemed useful by the end user.
Since the 1950s and the period of decolonization, intellectuals in the francophone world have addressed the legacy of humanism. Frantz Fanon, amongst others, wrote on the possibilities of a new humanism and of 'new man' in a decolonized world. This humanism to be constructed, this humanism to come, was faced with the difficulty of how to negotiate the legacy of the European tradition of humanism and the conceptually constructed tension between particularizing experiences deemed proper to cultures outside of Europe and a notion of the universal, which, while an abstraction, was also characteristically French.
In examining works by two Tunisian intellectuals -Albert Memmi and Hélé Béji -this article analyses what they try to do with the term 'humanism'. It is clear that both intellectuals advocate a better world and an end to human suffering, but their principal weapon -humanism -lacks sharpness and the kind of political edge (dialectical) that characterized Fanon's notion of 'new humanism'.
RésuméDepuis les années 1950s et la période de la décolonisation, la réflexion sur l'humanisme se renouvelle chez les intellectuels francophones. Frantz Fanon, parmi d'autres, se donnait à écrire sur la destinée de l'homme, et la possibilité d'un nouvel humanisme, d'un 'homme neuf', dans un monde décolonisé. Cet humanisme à construire se pose une question au moins: que faire de la tradition de l'humanisme européen et cette tension entre le particulier d'une expérience propre à des cultures hors d'Europe et la notion de l'universel, à la fois abstraite mais, dans un monde francophone, bien française? Or, par le biais de deux intellectuels tunisiens -Albert Memmi et Hélé Béji -cet article analyse le mode d'emploi de leur notion de l'humanisme, c'est-à-dire ce qu'ils essaient de faire du terme 'humanisme'. Ces deux intellectuels luttent pour un monde meilleur, luttent pour mettre fin aux souffrances des gens, mais que leur arme principale -l'humanismemanque de netteté et n'a pas la vigueur politique (dialectique) qui a caractérisé celle de Fanon.
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