Personal experience of Latin American therapists on their clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

The health conditions generated by the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted in-person therapy, and as a result online therapy was put into practice. The objective of this study was to describe and analyse, from the perspective of the therapist, how the pandemic has influenced their experience and clinical practice. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 24 Latin American therapists who had performed online therapy during the pandemic. The information was analysed following the coding procedures of the Grounded Theory. Three core categories were constructed from the analysis: (a) impact on the therapist: spiral of uncertainty, oppression and adaptive astonishment;(b) incorporation of technologies into clinical practice: 'I never thought they could help';and (c) transformation of the practice of psychotherapy: 'water always finds its way'. The model incorporates and relates therapists' perceptions of their professional work, patients' attitudes towards this new psychotherapy method, perception of the therapeutic relationship and process, and the facilitators and obstacles experienced in online therapy. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) Las condiciones de salud generadas por la pandemia por COVID-19 restringieron severamente la terapia presencial, y se puso en practica la no presencial. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir y analizar desde la perspectiva del terapeuta, como la pandemia ha influido en su experiencia y en su practica clinica. Se realizaron entrevistas cualitativas a 24 terapeutas latinoamericanos que habian realizado terapia no presencial durante la pandemia. La informacion fue analizada siguiendo los procedimientos de codificacion de la Teoria Fundamentada. A partir del analisis se construyeron tres categorias axiales a) Impacto en el terapeuta: Espiral de incertidumbre, agobio y asombro adaptativo;b) Incorporacion de las tecnologias a la practica clinica: 'nunca pense que podia servir';y c) Transformacion del ejercicio de la psicoterapia: 'el agua siempre encuentra su camino'. El modelo incorpora y relaciona: las percepciones de los terapeutas sobre su trabajo profesional, las actitudes de los pacientes hacia esta nueva modalidad de psicoterapia, la percepcion de la relacion y el proceso terapeuticos, asi como los facilitadores y obstaculos experimentados en la terapia no presencial. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Personal experience of Latin American therapists on their clinical practice during the COVID-19 pandemic (Experiencia personal de terapeutas latinoamericanos sobre su practica clinica durante la pandemia por COVID-19)

The health conditions generated by the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted in-person therapy, and as a result online therapy was put into practice. The objective of this study was to describe and analyse, from the perspective of the therapist, how the pandemic has influenced their experience and clinical practice. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 24 Latin American therapists who had performed online therapy during the pandemic. The information was analysed following the coding procedures of the Grounded Theory. Three core categories were constructed from the analysis: (a) impact on the therapist: spiral of uncertainty, oppression and adaptive astonishment;(b) incorporation of technologies into clinical practice: 'I never thought they could help';and (c) transformation of the practice of psychotherapy: 'water always finds its way'. The model incorporates and relates therapists' perceptions of their professional work, patients' attitudes towards this new psychotherapy method, perception of the therapeutic relationship and process, and the facilitators and obstacles experienced in online therapy.

Effective electromagnetics teaching, no matter what!

Electromagnetics education has evolved through the years, transitioning from the traditional face-to-face, instructor-led delivery mode to more modern practices, encouraging the active participation of students in their own learning. In 2020, educators around the world were forced to transform their teaching mode into online delivery due to the global pandemic. More recently, with the ease of COVID-19 restrictions in some countries, educators have adopted blended-learning strategies. However, despite the type of teaching modality adopted, it is important that educators maintain a curriculum that promotes active experimentation, uses computer modeling and visualization resources, and encourages engineering applications. This paper emphasizes important features that educators should consider when structuring or restructuring an electromagnetics course. © 2021 IEEE.

Intervention to enhance PsyCap in em courses

The unprecedented challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the value of personal resources, such as optimism and resilience, that equip people to successfully adapt to stress and uncertainty. Within higher education, this suggests that employability skills should incorporate personal resource development, in addition to occupational skill/knowledge acquisition and professional network expansion. This paper outlines a framework for developing students' personal resources of hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism (i.e., psychological capital). The framework can be easily embedded within the engineering curriculum and implemented in both face-to-face and online delivery modes. The framework aims to improve students' personal resources, immediately impacting their academic performance, engagement, and satisfaction in the short-term. In the long-term, it aims to provide students with key employability skills linked to individual and organisational success in their future career. We provide guidelines on how to embed such a framework into an electromagnetics engineering course. © 2021 IEEE.