[The dual competence profile: A support of collaboration between practice and science. A qualitative descriptive study]. / Das doppelte Kompetenzprofil: Ein Beitrag für die Zusammenarbeit von Praxis und Wissenschaft.

The dual competence profile: A support of collaboration between practice and science. A qualitative descriptive study Abstract. Background: To ensure orientation towards needs existing in the realm of practice, the dual competence profile is mandatory at universities of applied sciences (UAS): in addition to academic qualifications, entrenchment in professional practice is demanded. However, it is unclear how needs, attitudes, and expectation of clinical practice regarding the interface between UAS and practice looks like. Thus, it is necessary to shed light on the cross-institutional and cross-divisional cooperation as well as on its participants. Aim: This article shows what needs and attitudes people from clinical practice have with regard to cooperation with the UAS and what they expect from persons with a dual competence profile. Methods: Guided individual and focus group interviews with 24 selected representatives from acute, rehabilitation and geriatric care institutions took place. The interviews address the following five block themes: "current state", "need for change", "areas for action", "needs" and "sustainability". Results: Practice institutions demonstrated a clear need for networking and knowledge circulation with the UAS, with a bilateral influence of four subcategories: overall goal, staff development, resources and general regulations. Conclusions: Persons with dual competency profiles provide a valid way for interconnecting higher education and practice institutions in a concrete manner. Their complex work environments require meaningful frameworks, shared goals, and the inclusion of key stakeholders.

Spontaneous state inferences.

Perceivers routinely draw inferences about others from their behavior in an attempt to make sense of the world. Previous research has established that spontaneous inferences include stable characteristics such as traits and a number of variable person-related concepts such as goals, intentions, and motivations. The current research investigated the occurrence of more general spontaneous state inferences. In a series of four preregistered studies (N = 883), we adapted two established experimental paradigms frequently used in spontaneous social inference research to the investigation of spontaneous trait and state inferences. In Studies 1 and 2, we observed evidence for the occurrence of spontaneous state inferences from state-implying statements. In Studies 3 and 4, we observed the simultaneous occurrence of spontaneous trait and state inferences from statements that allowed for both inferences. In a fifth study (N = 97), we provide evidence that people represent states and traits as functionally different: Participants judged the likelihood of behavioral repetition higher when the same behavior was related to a trait-inference than a state-inference. The observation of multiple simultaneous spontaneous inferences in the current research suggests that further theory building regarding the underlying mechanisms and processes of spontaneous impression formation in person perception from behavior is warranted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).