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Evaluation of an online course on the care of teenagers and young adults with cancer

Evaluation of an online course on the care of teenagers and young adults with cancer

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Teenagers and young adults with cancer face significant challenges throughout their cancer journey. Psychosocial issues are considered to be among the most challenging faced by patients, families and healthcare professionals. Staff from Coventry University met with a group of international experts in Bangkok in 2006 to discuss the specific educational needs of various members of the healthcare team who care for this group of patients. Key concepts discussed there became a reality when this online, interprofessional course was accredited and commenced in February 2007.

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Evaluation framework for a multi-site practice-based interprofessional education intervention

Evaluation framework for a multi-site practice-based interprofessional education intervention

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

The interprofessional literature suggests that there is a lack of evidence of the effectiveness of interprofessional education (IPE) on patient outcomes and critiques the methodology used to determine the evidence. This paper describes and critiques a comprehensive evaluation of a practice-based IPE intervention. The evaluation was challenged by the complexity of the project such as having multiple sites with great variability in settings and participants which required a multifaceted evaluation approach.

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Promoting partnership working for undergraduate students

Promoting partnership working for undergraduate students

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Interprofessional working is an important NHS policy aim (Department of Health 2000; Barrett et al 2005), which has meant that interprofessional education (IPE) is an increasingly important topic for higher education institutions (Caldwell and Atwal, 2003; Barr and Ross, 2006). The argument for IPE is based on the assumption that it will enhance interprofessional working and assist in ameliorating many of the challenges of contemporary health-care. However, there is a dearth of evidence of the effectiveness of IPE in the UK, particularly at undergraduate level.

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Interprofessional, practice-driven research: reflections of one "community of inquiry" based in acute stroke

Interprofessional, practice-driven research: reflections of one "community of inquiry" based in acute stroke

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Research is often scholarship driven and the findings are then channelled into the practice community on the assumption that it is utilising an evidence-based approach in its service delivery. Because of persisting difficulties in bridging the practice-evidence gap in health care, there has been a call for more active links between researchers and practitioners. The authors were part of an interprofessional research initiative which originated from within an acute stroke clinical community.

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Performance-based competencies for culturally responsive interprofessional collaborative practice

Performance-based competencies for culturally responsive interprofessional collaborative practice

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

This paper will highlight how a literature review and stakeholder-expert feedback guided the creation of an interprofessional facilitator-collaborator competency tool, which was then used to design an interprofessional facilitator development program for the Partners for Interprofessional Cancer Education (PICE) Project. Cancer Care Nova Scotia (CCNS), one of the PICE Project partners, uses an Interprofessional Core Curriculum (ICC) to provide continuing education workshops to community-based practitioners, who as a portion of their practice, care for patients experiencing cancer.

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Using interprofessional learning in practice to improve multidisciplinary working

Using interprofessional learning in practice to improve multidisciplinary working

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

This article describes how a system of interprofessional learning was established and developed. It gives practical tips on implementation and some short case studies demonstrating how students have benefited from this approach.

PubMed URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19950458

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Wound care in primary health care: district nurses' needs for co-operation and well-functioning organization.

Wound care in primary health care: district nurses' needs for co-operation and well-functioning organization.

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Submitted by National Center... on Mar 14, 2014 - 11:14am CDT

Most patients with leg- and foot ulcers are managed within non-institutional care. The aim of this study was to investigate the district nurses' wound management, including wound appearance, assignment of responsibility, guidelines for wound treatment and co-operation with other professional groups. The study has a descriptive quantitative approach. Data was collected using a wound registration form and a questionnaire. The selection of participants was made by random sampling.

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