‘Happiness Index’ to Health Gain: Using Evaluation of Teaching to Benefit Patient Care

1997 ◽  
pp. 575-576
Author(s):  
J. Pitts ◽  
C. Coles ◽  
D. Percy ◽  
P. White
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Health Gain ◽  
Benefit Patient ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching

ORCA: The Versatile CPR

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 332-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Stam ◽  
E. M. van Mulligen ◽  
M. de Wilde ◽  
R. van Mastrigt ◽  
J. H. van Bemmel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Structured Data ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Benefit Patient ◽  
Specialized Care ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Multi Media

AbstractThe introduction of computer-based patient records (CPRs) that fully replace paper records proves especially difficult in specialized care, despite the potential advantages of CPRs for patient care and research. Improved data legibility, availability, sharing of records, and decision support may directly benefit patient care. Barriers to the introduction of CPR applications at institutions may be caused by lack of infrastructure, or by financial or organizational issues. To have clinicians interactively enter data at the point of care is still a big challenge. This paper presents an overview of ORCA (Open Record of CAre): a generic CPR, designed for integration with existing systems, presentation of multi-media patient data, and the collection of structured data, directly by clinicians. ORCA can easily be tailored to the needs of a variety of medical specialists without the need for changes to its data model, functionality, or interface. The paper describes the essence of the architecture of ORCA and the user benefits with emphasis on the support of structured data entry.

scholarly journals The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Alex Till ◽  
Deepa Bagepalli Krishnan ◽  
Russell Gibson ◽  
Michael Hobkirk ◽  
David Somerfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Benefit Patient ◽  
Medical Leadership ◽  
Development Structure

Summary The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme aims to develop and support a new cohort of leaders within psychiatry. This article provides an introduction to the scheme, which is accessible to all higher trainees with the support of their host organisation. We explore its development, structure and how it is evolving to provide a strong platform for achieving the College's ambition to benefit patient care by embedding a culture of medical leadership within mental health services.

scholarly journals The challenge of introducing continuous professional development for paramedics

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Martin
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Continuous Professional Development ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Benefit Patient ◽  
The Individual

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is defined by the United Kingdom (UK) Health Professions Council (HPC) as: “…a range of learning activities through which professionals maintain and develop throughout their career to ensure that they retain their capacity to practise safely, effectively and legally within their evolving scope of practice.” Suggested key precepts of CPD are that the individual learner is responsible for their own learning and development; it is based upon and feeds back into practice; employers need to create optimal environments for CPD; and learning and development can be derived from an extremely wide and diverse range of both formal and informal activities. Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) must embrace the multitude of activities which contribute to a professional’s development. Any activity which follows an outcome based approach to learning, where the individual has reflected on practice and set about identifying an appropriate activity to develop, can be defined as CPD. This implies a move beyond the spoon-feeding culture of training to an educational approach of selfdirected learning and requires an attitude change within the ambulance profession. The outcome of good CPD should be practitioners with increased competence and improved patient care. This is why demonstrating participation in appropriate CPD activities is important for registration and in satisfying the requirements of professional bodies. To meet these requirements the individual needs to keep an accurate record of their CPD. CPD is an ongoing process of development. The challenge for the individual is to develop the intrinsic motivation required to assess their learning needs, and respond accordingly. The challenge for ambulance managers is to facilitate opportunities for CPD. Fundamentally CPD in ambulance services is about producing improved, competent practitioners to benefit patient care. This is achieved by the practitioner assessing where they are now, following a path to improvement, and recording what has been done.

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