Sanjoti Parekh1, Robert Bush2, Susan Cook3, Phillipa Grant3. 1. 1School of Population Health,University of Queensland,Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation, Griffith Health,Griffith University,Meadowbrook,Australia. 2. 2School of Population Health,University of Queensland,Herston,Australia. 3. 3CheckUP Australia,Brisbane,Australia.
Abstract
AIM: The purpose of this study is to evaluate an educational programme, 'Diabetes Connect: Connecting Professions', which was developed to enhance communication across primary care networks, to support best practice in clinical interventions and progress multidisciplinary team work to benefit patients in diabetes care. METHODS: A total of 26 workshops were successfully delivered for 309 primary care professionals across the state of Queensland in Australia from November 2011. It consists of two separate, but complementary training elements: a series of online clinical education training modules and state-wide interprofessional learning workshops developed to enhance professional competencies. The evaluation design included completion of online surveys by the participants at two time points: first upon registering for the online modules or workshops; second, one week after attending a workshop. The survey included questions to evaluate the change in role performance measures. FINDINGS: Overall, significant increases in participants' current knowledge, perceived ability to adopt this knowledge at work and willingness to change professional behaviour in the short term were observed. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that for maximum benefit both, workshop and online training, should be combined and made available widely. Future programmes should use a randomised trial design to test the delivery model.
AIM: The purpose of this study is to evaluate an educational programme, 'Diabetes Connect: Connecting Professions', which was developed to enhance communication across primary care networks, to support best practice in clinical interventions and progress multidisciplinary team work to benefit patients in diabetes care. METHODS: A total of 26 workshops were successfully delivered for 309 primary care professionals across the state of Queensland in Australia from November 2011. It consists of two separate, but complementary training elements: a series of online clinical education training modules and state-wide interprofessional learning workshops developed to enhance professional competencies. The evaluation design included completion of online surveys by the participants at two time points: first upon registering for the online modules or workshops; second, one week after attending a workshop. The survey included questions to evaluate the change in role performance measures. FINDINGS: Overall, significant increases in participants' current knowledge, perceived ability to adopt this knowledge at work and willingness to change professional behaviour in the short term were observed. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that for maximum benefit both, workshop and online training, should be combined and made available widely. Future programmes should use a randomised trial design to test the delivery model.
Entities:
Keywords:
diabetes; evaluation; professional competency
Authors: Noel Roy; Anna Daburger; Natalie Goodfellow; David Herr; Michelle Schramm; Janice J Eng; Dennis R Louie Journal: Physiother Can Date: 2021 Impact factor: 1.039
Authors: Robin Miller; Nynke Scherpbier; Loes van Amsterdam; Virgínia Guedes; Peter Pype Journal: Prim Health Care Res Dev Date: 2019-10-04 Impact factor: 1.458