Practice Nurses provide a substantail and important role in caring for patients within a transforming primary care setting. Recent changes outlined in the NHS Plan, as well as the demands of Clinical Governance agendas, National Service Frameworks, HlmP priorities, together with working force planni... Read more »
Nine Sections dealing with:
Learning outcomes
Core modules
Learning strategies
Portfolio development
Capability units
Supporting evidence
Personal statement/reflection on experience
Content and structure of assessment
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Western health care systems are under increasing pressure to increase their per¬formance, become more responsive to their clientele, become safer, deal more pro-actively with chronic disease and avoid illness when possible through prevention. The prog¬noses are the same in every Western country: our... Read more »
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) has been described as “ as a form of action research that attempts to create new theories, ideas and images that aid in the developmental change of a system”. Cooperrider and Srivasta (1987)
It is seen as an “ an exciting way to embrace organizational change”, and is bas... Read more »
The question as to "why" individuals commit suicide is age long and the first defining study on suicide, carried out by Emile Durkeim, is just over one hundred years old. Since that time a substantial number of studies have been conducted on issues pertaining to incidence, causes and factors which p... Read more »
The issue of connecting with people is at the core of all public services or should be so. It is the basis of partnerships for co-creating, designing and delivering responsive and effective services and provision of care. Many organisations are adept at creating systems and processes for meaningful ... Read more »
At a time of organisational turmoil it is sometimes easy to forget our patients. It is also too simple to create a divide between those clinicians delivering a service at the front-line, those responsible for planning or commissioning and those whose main role is to manage the services. The reality ... Read more »
The Tool Kit contains 3 sections as follows:
Section 1: a history of patient involvement initiatives in the NHS focusing on strategies emanating from the NHS Plan
Section 2: A Tool Kit on using and implementing the IPQ
Section 3: Building on the IPQ ie. individual response, practice respons... Read more »
The book is divided into 3 sections as follows:
Section 1. outlines the rationale behind handing over the responsibility of judging excellence to patients as a basis for spreading and sharing good practice
Section 2. details eleven case studies which demonstrate the extent to which service pro... Read more »
Knowing, Doing, Winning is a remarkable book. At one level it is the amazing story of the founding and extraordinary growth of Leaders Cafe 2020; a social enterprise with the aim of engaging and developing 20 million individuals by 2020. At the other level, it is a handbook on self development which... Read more »
In this topical and insightful book of readings, George Boak and Helen Jones have created an excellent platform for enabling senior health care managers and clinicians to reflect upon and share insights and findings derived from their research and practical experiences in embracing innovation and ch... Read more »
This is a unique book written by a unique individual. Often in healthcare, we strive to achieve standards and benchmarks. These are based on average or good performance. It means we aspire to a level of care that is often poor quality, delayed and unsafe for many patients. This book tells the inspir... Read more »
The Tool Kit comprise 6 sections dealing with:
LEARNING AND TEACHING IN THE WORKPLACE
SUPPORTING LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE
REFLECTION IN AND ON THE WORKPLACE
ASSESSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
WORKING WITH OTHERS IN THE WORKPLACE
DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
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The chapters of the book deal with:
what is life coaching?
why do we need it?
The skills of the coach
From the outside in
From the inside out
coaching in the workplace
choosing and using a coach
Life coaching and the future
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