Browsing by Author "Slavinska, Andreta"

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    Aspects of Human Capital Management of Healthcare Workforce in the Context of Lifelong Learning: a Rapid Review
    (Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija, 2022-05) Grigoroviča, Evita; Slavinska, Andreta; Jansone-Ratinika, Nora; Bahs, Guntis; Ušča, Svetlana; Danilāne, Līga; Laganovska, Karīne; Znotiņa, Daina; Rīga Stradiņš University
    An individual's knowledge and skills, also known as human capital, shape its professional quality and become a valuable resource for the organization when entering an employment relationship. Investment in human capital, promoting the formal and non-formal lifelong learning of the workforce while implementing targeted capital monitoring, is essential to achieve the strategic goals of the organisation. In addition, in particularly critical areas such as healthcare, human capital management can play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of healthcare and patient safety. The study aims to analyse the research carried out on the aspects of human capital management of the healthcare workforce and its role in the health sector. To achieve the goal, a rapid review was performed by including articles indexed in the databases Scopus and Web of Science in the period 2017-2021, according to search strategy. The study shows - human capital is mostly analysed at the national or regional level as an indicator of a country's level of development (macro-dimension). At the same time, relatively little research has been conducted at the micro-dimension, where management of human capital of the healthcare workforce has been studied at the institutional or sectoral level. Research on human capital management in the healthcare sector at the institutional level only fragmentarily reflects its importance and does not provide a comprehensive picture of effective management methods or systems, as well as benefits or barriers to implementation. There is a significant lack of research on the interaction of human capital management with specific factors in the healthcare sector, such as the quality of health care and the safety of patients and healthcare professionals.
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    Hand-Washing Video Dataset Annotated According to the World Health Organization’s Hand-Washing Guidelines
    (2021-04-07) Lulla, Martins; Rutkovskis, Aleksejs; Slavinska, Andreta; Vilde, Aija; Gromova, Anastasija; Ivanovs, Maksims; Skadins, Ansis; Kadikis, Roberts; Elsts, Atis; Medical Education Technology Centre
    Washing hands is one of the most important ways to prevent infectious diseases, including COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) has published hand-washing guidelines. This paper presents a large real-world dataset with videos recording medical staff washing their hands as part of their normal job duties in the Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital. There are 3185 hand-washing episodes in total, each of which is annotated by up to seven different persons. The annotations classify the washing movements according to the WHO guidelines by marking each frame in each video with a certain movement code. The intention of this “in-the-wild” dataset is two-fold: to serve as a basis for training machine-learning classifiers for automated hand-washing movement recognition and quality control, and to allow to investigation of the real-world quality of washing performed by working medical staff. We demonstrate how the data can be used to train a machine-learning classifier that achieves classification accuracy of 0.7511 on a test dataset.
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    Interdisciplinary Simulation-Based Education Curriculums on Patient Rights : For the Safety of Healthcare Professionals and Patients
    (2024-08-01) Slavinska, Andreta; Šāberte, Laura; Birzniece, Marika Daila; Grigoroviča, Evita; Edelmers, Edgars; Palkova, Karina; Pētersons, Aigars; Medical Education Technology Centre; Faculty of Social Sciences; Rīga Stradiņš University
    In 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published the document “Charter: Health Worker Safety: a Priority for Patient Safety,” which emphasised the importance of enhancing health worker safety to improve patient safety. The significance of patient safety remains undiminished, as evidenced by the recent WHO document, “Patient Safety Rights Charter” (2024), which encompasses critical aspects of patient rights. It must be acknowledged that patient safety is intricately linked to the domain of patient rights, which underpins the necessity for healthcare professionals to possess interdisciplinary competence to effectively fulfil their duties and provide comprehensive patient care. However, it is essential to accurately determine and justify the specific knowledge and skills from other fields that are necessary for healthcare professionals. Moreover, healthcare specialists must not only acquire knowledge but also develop the ability to apply and integrate it into professional practice—participation in interdisciplinary clinical simulations that incorporate aspects of patient rights enables learners to think and act in clinical situations according to generally accepted algorithms and evidence-based practices, while considering the legal aspects of patients' rights. This study was carried out at the Medical Education Technology Centre, Rīga Stradiņš University, between 2023 and 2024, involving 107 residents from different specialties. The survey results reflect a strong interest and positive attitude towards interdisciplinary simulation-based training on patient rights, with participants emphasising its significance and value in enhancing resident education, highlighting the need for its continued and expanded implementation.
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    Narrative Review of Legal Aspects in the Integration of Simulation-Based Education into Medical and Healthcare Curricula
    (2024-03-14) Slavinska, Andreta; Palkova, Karina; Grigorovica, Evita; Edelmers, Edgars; Pētersons, Aigars; Medical Education Technology Centre; Juridiskā fakultāte; Rīga Stradiņš University
    The quality of healthcare varies significantly from one country to another. This variation can be attributed to several factors, including the level of healthcare professionals’ professionalism, which is closely linked to the quality of their education. Medical and healthcare education is unique in its need for students to learn and practice various clinical skills, algorithms, and behaviours for clinical situations. However, it is challenging to ensure these educational experiences do not compromise the quality of healthcare and patient safety. A simulation-based educational (SBE) approach offers a solution to these challenges. However, despite the widespread adoption of the SBE approach in medical and healthcare education curricula; its recognition for its high value among students, educators, and healthcare professionals; and evidence showing its positive impact on reducing risks to both patients and healthcare professionals, there is still an absence of a standardized approach and guidelines for integrating simulations, which includes determining when, how, and to what ex-tent they should be implemented. Currently, there is no regulation on the need for SBE integration in medical and healthcare curricula. However, the framework of this article, based on the results of the analysis of the legal framework, which includes a set of laws, regulations, principles, and standards set by various government, administrations, and authoritative institutions, will determine the fundamental aspects of the integration of the SBE approach that justify and argue the need to (1) incorporate simulation-based education across all levels of medical and healthcare education programs and (2) adhere to certain standards when integrating the SBE approach into medical and healthcare programs. This is an area that needs to be developed with the involvement of legal, health, and education experts.
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    PRASMJU MONITORINGS VESELĪBAS APRŪPES STUDIJU VIRZIENA STUDIJĀS -PACIENTU DROŠĪBAI UN VESELĪBAS APRŪPES KVALITĀTEI
    (Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija, 2021) Slavinska, Andreta; Grigoroviča, Evita; Palkova, Karina; Jansone-Ratinika, Nora; Sīlis, Matīss; Sabeļņikovs, Oļegs; Pētersons, Aigars; Lubkina, Velta; Strods, Gunārs; Vindača, Olga; Rīga Stradiņš University
    The competence of healthcare professionals is crucial in ensuring patient safety and the quality of healthcare. Skills are one of the most important aspects of competence, but often health care employers, when assessing the readiness of young professionals, point out that the ability to implement skills in a real work environment are unclear, insufficient and even inadequate. The paradigm shift in education intends bringing skills to the foreground. In order to promote skills management, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) already in 2016 started work on the institutional level project “Skills Monitoring System” (hereinafter - SMS), focusing primarily on work and profession specific skills in the field of health care studies. Visible and demonstrable monitoring of skills in education is an innovation. The aim of this article is to analyze and reflect the coherence of the RSU Skills Monitoring System concept with the current principles of education policy development, legal framework and basic principles of higher education pedagogy in skills acquisition and evaluation in health care education, as well as to evaluate the initial results of the newly developed system. In order to achieve the goal, an interdisciplinary, qualitative study was conducted, where analytical and descriptive, inductive, deductive and synthesis research and legal (translation) norm methods were implemented, as well as interviews to evaluate initial results. The results of the research show that the components and solutions included in SMS have been developed in accordance with the legal framework and the main educational guidelines, in accordance with the theoretical concepts of pedagogy. An education approach based on simulation integrated in the acquisition of skills allows to systematically evaluate the amount and quality of theoretical knowledge, to determine the actual level of abilities and to predict the quality of performance and compliance with the real work environment. The management of skills acquisition in Higher Education Institutions should be supported and promoted from the point of view of educators, employees and sectoral professional associations and employers.
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    Simulācijā balstītas izglītības attīstības stratēģija medicīnas un veselības aprūpes izglītībā Latvijā 2025.–2027. gadam
    (Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2025) Slavinska, Andreta; Laumane, Antra; Svilāns, Ivars; Grigoroviča, Evita; Grope, Ilze; Liepiņa, Zane; Lietuvietis, Vilnis; Melbārde-Kelmere, Agita; Mežiņa-Mamajeva, Ina; Strīķe, Eva; Šlēziņa, Ieva; Valdmane, Antra; Vilde, Rūdolfs; Āboliņa, Ilze; Baidekalne, Daina; Budzila , Inese; Stepens, Ainārs; Cela, Eva; Damberga , Ieva; Dimiņa, Elīna; Ignatjeva , Inta; Lapiņa, Stella; Sabeļņikovs, Oļegs; Šušpanovs , Kristians; Palkova, Karina; Rīga Stradiņš University
    Pamatojoties uz sadarbības memorandu “Par nacionālo simulācijā balstītas izglītības attīstības stratēģiju medicīnas un veselības aprūpes izglītībā”, kas tika noslēgts 2023. gada 7. decembrī starp Latvijas Republikas Veselības ministriju, Rīgas Stradiņa universitāti, Latvijas Universitāti, Latvijas Ārstu biedrību, Latvijas Jauno ārstu asociāciju, Latvijas Māsu asociāciju, Latvijas Ārstniecības personu profesionālo organizāciju savienību un Neatliekamās medicīniskās palīdzības dienestu, ir izstrādāts dokuments “Simulācijā balstītas izglītības attīstības stratēģija medicīnas un veselības aprūpes izglītībā Latvijā 2025.–2027. gadam” (turpmāk – Stratēģija). Ar šīs Stratēģijas izstrādi tiek atzīts simulācijā balstītas pieejas integrācijas svarīgums medicīnas un veselības aprūpes izglītībā, kā arī Stratēģijas izstrādes partneru apņemšanās sadarboties, iesaistot plašākas ieinteresēto personu grupas, lai uzlabotu gan esošo un nākotnes medicīnas un veselības aprūpes jomas profesionāļu izglītības kvalitāti, gan veselības aprūpes pakalpojumu kvalitāti, kas ietver gan pacientu, gan ārstniecības personu drošības aspektus. Šī Stratēģija ir ceļa karte, lai līdz 2027. gadam saskaņotā un koordinētā veidā tiktu veicināta simulācijā balstītas medicīnas un veselības aprūpes izglītības jomas integrācija visu līmeņu medicīnas un veselības aprūpes izglītībā, kā arī izveidots simulācijā balstīts medicīnas un veselības aprūpes izglītības jomas specifikai atbilstošs resursu un infrastruktūras pārvaldības modelis.