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Developing effective educational approaches for Liaison Old Age Psychiatry teams
— a literature review of the learning needs of hospital staff in relation to managing the confused older patient | | Author(s) | Andrew Teodorczuk, Mark Welfare, Sally Corbett |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 22, no 5, September 2010 |
| Pages | pp 874-885 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg doi: 10.1017/S1041610209991475 |
| Keywords | Confusion ; Medical care ; Geriatricians ; Psychiatrists ; Teaching hospitals ; Training [welfare work] ; Evaluation ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Deficiencies in the knowledge, skills and attitudes of all healthcare professionals working within the general hospital contribute towards the sub-optimal care of older patients admitted to hospital with confusion. In the UK, policy dictates that Liaison Old Age Psychiatry teams deliver effective education to general hospital clinical staff. This paper reviews the literature concerning the learning needs of healthcare professionals in relation to managing confusion in the older patient, in order to inform effective educational approaches for Liaison Old Age Psychiatry teams. A broad range of medical and educational databases were searched. Identified English language studies were selected for further analysis if they had a specific educational focus in the hospital setting, and then further subdivided into intervention and naturalistic studies. The impact of intervention studies was evaluated by Kirkpatrick's system. Learning needs, as determined from the naturalistic studies, were mapped to identify themes. 13 intervention studies were identified. Despite a high level of effectiveness for educational interventions, it was unclear what the active components were. A further 23 naturalistic studies were identified; their findings focused on knowledge gaps, diagnostic behaviours and experiences, attitudes and training issues. Few studies specifically researched learning needs or the educational role of liaison teams. Conspicuous by its absence was reference to relevant educational theories. The findings of this review can be incorporated in the planning of local curricula by Liaison Teams in order to design educational strategies. There is a need for further research, especially studies exploring the learning needs of all healthcare professionals. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101022005 A |
| Classmark | EDC: LK: QT4: QT9: V6: QW: 4C: 64A |
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