1189: A NATIONAL SURVEY DESCRIBING DIURNAL AND WEEKLY VARIATIONS OF CODE TEAM COMPOSITION

Background The study reviewed the disciplinary composition of community mental health teams (CMHTs) and conducted a national survey of mental health providers in England and Wales to explore the determinants of the social care component of CMHTs. Methods A comprehensive literature review and a national survey of NHS mental health Trusts in England and Wales. Results The literature review showed that team composition was rarely well justified with regard to effectiveness, despite some evidence that greater professional diversity (i.e. inclusion of social workers) was associated with higher effectiveness. Forty-two mental health Trusts responded (53.2%) to the survey. There were no staffing differences between responding and non-responding Trusts. Social workers accounted for 19.3% of the staffing total. Nurses formed a third of the workforce and social support workers made up a further 10%. We found that there continues to be a shortage (compared to policy targets and previous research) of psychiatrists, psychologists and occupational therapists, whereas the numbers of nurses employed far exceeds their target numbers. Total staffing numbers appeared to be slightly higher in Trusts citing ‘financial resources’ as a determining factor of team composition. Despite being statistically non-significant, the ‘financial resource’ effect was of medium magnitude. Similarly, there was a non-significant but approaching medium-sized effect of higher numbers of social care support staff when guidance was cited as a rationale for CMHT composition. There was a non-significant (P = 0.076) medium magnitude (η2p 5 0.067) trend towards higher staff numbers in more integrated trusts that did not cite financial resources as a driver of team composition. Conclusions If service recipients are to gain equal access to appropriately staffed services, further attention needs to be paid to supporting an adequately skilled multidisciplinary workforce. The workforce needs to be organised in a way that best provides for local needs rather than a service based largely on the existing supply of different professionals and disjointed workforce planning.

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A National Survey of Palliative Care Team Compositions

Journal of Palliative Care ◽

10.1177/08258597211058963 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 082585972110589

Author(s):

Joseph Chen ◽

Allison de la Rosa ◽

Dejian Lai ◽

Maxine De La Cruz ◽

Donna Zhukovsky ◽

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Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

National Survey ◽

Primary Outcome ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Palliative Care Team ◽

Care Team ◽

Team Composition ◽

Cancer Centers ◽

Interprofessional Teams ◽

Palliative Care Teams

Purpose: It is unclear how well palliative care teams are staffed at US cancer centers. Our primary objective was to compare the composition of palliative care teams between National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers and non-NCI-designated cancer centers in 2018. We also assessed changes in team composition between 2009 and 2018. Methods: This national survey examined the team composition in palliative care programs at all 61 NCI-designated cancer centers and in a random sample of 60 of 1252 non-NCI-designated cancer centers in 2018. Responses were compared to those from our 2009 survey. The primary outcome was the presence of an interprofessional team defined as a palliative care physician, nurse, and psychosocial member. Secondary outcomes were the size and number of individual disciplines. Results: In 2018, 52/61 (85%) of NCI-designated and 27/38 (71%) non-NCI-designated cancer centers in the primary outcome comparison responded to the survey. NCI-designated cancer centers were more likely to have interprofessional teams than non-NCI-designated cancer centers (92% vs 67%; P = .009). Non-NCI-designated cancer centers were more likely to have nurse-led teams (14.8% vs 0.0%; P = .01). The median number of disciplines did not differ between groups (NCI, 6.0; non-NCI, 5.0; P = .08). Between 2009 and 2018, NCI-designated and non-NCI-designated cancer centers saw increased proportions of centers with interprofessional teams (NCI, 64.9% vs 92.0%, P < .001; non-NCI, 40.0% vs 66.7%; P = .047). Conclusion: NCI-designated cancer centers were more likely to report having an interprofessional palliative care team than non-NCI-designated cancer centers. Growth has been limited over the past decade, particularly at non-NCI-designated cancer centers.

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Clinical Training in Foreign Accent Modification: A National Survey

Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders ◽

10.1044/cicsd_30_f_127 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 30 (Fall) ◽

pp. 127-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Anna Marie Schmidt ◽

Shannon Sullivan

Keyword(s):

National Survey ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Foreign Accent ◽

Accent Modification

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Outcomes Measurement and Management: Collection of Data in University Clinics: A National Survey

Perspectives on Administration and Supervision ◽

10.1044/aas13.3.13 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 13-15

Author(s):

Karen Bailey-Jones ◽

Rosemary B. Lubinski ◽

D. Jeffery Higginbotham

Keyword(s):

National Survey ◽

Outcomes Measurement

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A national survey of epidural practice

Anaesthesia ◽

10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.02279-34.x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 56 (10) ◽

pp. 1021-1021 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

L. Bannon ◽

M. Alexander-Williams ◽

D. Lutman

Keyword(s):

National Survey

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National Survey Highlights Acne's Impact on Adults

Skin & Allergy News ◽

10.1016/s0037-6337(09)70219-0 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 40 (5) ◽

pp. 36

Author(s):

BRUCE JANCIN

Keyword(s):

National Survey

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Is the Personal Always Political?

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000230 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 133-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Danny Osborne ◽

Yannick Dufresne ◽

Gregory Eady ◽

Jennifer Lees-Marshment ◽

Cliff van der Linden

Keyword(s):

Survey Data ◽

National Survey ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Openness To Experience ◽

Political Sophistication ◽

Knowledge Based

Abstract. Research demonstrates that the negative relationship between Openness to Experience and conservatism is heightened among the informed. We extend this literature using national survey data (Study 1; N = 13,203) and data from students (Study 2; N = 311). As predicted, education – a correlate of political sophistication – strengthened the negative relationship between Openness and conservatism (Study 1). Study 2 employed a knowledge-based measure of political sophistication to show that the Openness × Political Sophistication interaction was restricted to the Openness aspect of Openness. These studies demonstrate that knowledge helps people align their ideology with their personality, but that the Openness × Political Sophistication interaction is specific to one aspect of Openness – nuances that are overlooked in the literature.

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