scholarly journals Five Years of Nurse-Therapy: Development of a Clinical Nursing Specialty

1977 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
Isaac Marks
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Operational Research ◽  
Training Period ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Clinical Nursing ◽  
Therapy Development ◽  
College Of Nursing ◽  
One Year

The Royal College of Nursing recently published a book in their research series entitled Nursing in Behavioural Psychotherapy (Marks et al., 1977) which reviewed developments in the field. Operational research into nurse-therapy began in 1972 at the Maudsley Hospital. Out of this a national course was formalized in 1975 by the Joint Board of Clinical Nursing Studies for England and Wales (Course No. 650). Although the formal course lasts 18 months, it is now possible to shorten the training period to one year, followed by six months of lightly supervised practice working in settings away from the training centre. Currently there are two recognized training centres, at the Bethlem/Maudsley and Graylingwell Hospitals, and moves are afoot to start a third programme elsewhere.

National Course for Training Nurse-therapists in Adult Behavioural Psychotherapy

1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Isaac Marks
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Operational Research ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Full Time ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Clinical Nursing ◽  
Certificate Training ◽  
Trained Nurse

British nursing has the honour of being the first profession to produce a nationally recognised syllabus in behavioural psychotherapy. This notable event is signalled by the approval of an 18-month course for the training of nurse-therapists in adult behavioural psychotherapy (course No. 650) by the Joint Board of Clinical Nursing Studies, which is responsible for post-certificate training of nurses in England and Wales. Some details of the syllabus appear in the appendix. The appearance of this course was the culmination of a three-year operational research program funded by the D.H.S.S. at the Maudsley Hospital. During that project a psychiatrist and psychologist trained five R.M.N. qualified nurses to become full-time therapists. In a final year of the program the trained nurse-therapists were seconded to four hospitals in the London area and to a General Practice Health Centre to see whether their therapeutic skills transferred to work in a new setting - they did.

Enjoyment of 12-16 year old dancers during one-year training period

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Yli-Piipari ◽  
Timo Jaakkola ◽  
Jarmo Liukkonen
Keyword(s):  
Training Period ◽  
One Year

Changes of Physical Capacity and Soccer-Related Skills in Young Soccer Players within a One-Year Training Period

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Jastrzębski ◽  
Wojciech Barnat ◽  
Anna Konieczna ◽  
Paweł Rompa ◽  
Łukasz Radzimiński
Keyword(s):  
Physical Capacity ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Training Period ◽  
One Year

Pareto Set as a Model for Dispatching Resources in Emergency Centres (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Guedes ◽  
Vasco Furtado ◽  
Tarcísio Pequeno ◽  
Joel Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Operational Research ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Pareto Set ◽  
Multi Objective Optimization ◽  
Pareto Dominance ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
The Best Approximation ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Cost

UNSTRUCTURED The article investigates policies for helping emergency-centre authorities for dispatching resources aimed at reducing goals such as response time, the number of unattended calls, the attending of priority calls, and the cost of displacement of vehicles. Pareto Set is shown to be the appropriated way to support the representation of policies of dispatch since it naturally fits the challenges of multi-objective optimization. By means of the concept of Pareto dominance a set with objectives may be ordered in a way that guides the dispatch of resources. Instead of manually trying to identify the best dispatching strategy, a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm coupled with an Emergency Call Simulator uncovers automatically the best approximation of the optimal Pareto Set that would be the responsible for indicating the importance of each objective and consequently the order of attendance of the calls. The scenario of validation is a big metropolis in Brazil using one-year of real data from 911 calls. Comparisons with traditional policies proposed in the literature are done as well as other innovative policies inspired from different domains as computer science and operational research. The results show that strategy of ranking the calls from a Pareto Set discovered by the evolutionary method is a good option because it has the second best (lowest) waiting time, serves almost 100% of priority calls, is the second most economical, and is the second in attendance of calls. That is to say, it is a strategy in which the four dimensions are considered without major impairment to any of them.

scholarly journals Post-CCT National Surgical Fellowship in Bariatric and Upper GI Surgery

2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 354-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Royal College ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Essential Requirement ◽  
Upper Gi ◽  
One Year ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
The Right ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal ◽  
Park Hospital

With fierce competition for the best consultant posts in surgery, a fellowship is almost becoming an essential requirement. There are numerous fellowships available but finding the right one and organising family life around it is extremely difficult. After a lot of scepticism from some trainees about the post-Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) national surgical fellowships scheme, it was advertised in July 2008 through The Royal College of Surgeons of England in partnership with the surgical specialist associations. I was extremely fortunate to be successful in the interview in November 2008 as the first Fellow in Bariatric and Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery under the scheme and opted for the fellowship at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, for one year.

scholarly journals The Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 257-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Caird ◽  
Adrian Worrall ◽  
Paul Lelliott
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Royal College ◽  
College Of Nursing

The Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS) was launched in May 2003. Its purpose is to assure and improve the quality of the administration of electroconvulsive therapy. Participating clinics undergo a process of self- and peer-review. The Royal College of Psychiatrists' Court of Electors will award an accreditation rating to clinics that meet essential standards; this accreditation will last for 3 years, subject to annual self-review. Participating clinics will also receive feedback and advice about local strengths and areas for improvement. The accreditation service is endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Anaesthetists and has the support of the Healthcare Commission in relation to English services. Clinics that participate in ECTAS will be listed on the College website, with the accreditation rating awarded.

scholarly journals An evaluation of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' “Psych Star” scheme

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S145-S146
Author(s):  
India Lunn ◽  
Declan Hyland
Keyword(s):  
Career Choice ◽  
Royal College ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Geographical Separation ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Mentor Support ◽  
Career Advice ◽  
Core Training ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One

AimsIn 2019, the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) launched the “Psych Star” scheme for medical students with an interest in psychiatry. The one-year scheme provides Psych Stars with a matched mentor, free registration at the RCPsych's International Congress, financial support for psychiatry-related activities, journal subscriptions and access to two online learning platforms. This project aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the scheme in supporting Psych Stars to explore their interest in psychiatry and in promoting psychiatry as a career choice, through use of a survey for both Psych Stars and mentors.MethodSurveys were sent to all Psych Stars and mentors from the first cohort of the scheme. The mentor and student surveys contained a mixture of ranking, multiple choice, closed-ended and open-ended questions. Questions examined: clarity of the scheme's aims and objectives; benefits of each aspect of the scheme; impact of the scheme on application to Core Training; benefits and barriers to successful mentorship; adequacy of mentor support from the RCPsych and suggestions to improve the scheme.ResultSix Psych Stars and nine mentors completed the respective surveys. All Psych Stars stated the scheme was enjoyable. Five Psych Stars were more likely to apply for Core Training because of the scheme. All Psych Stars identified the most beneficial aspect of the scheme being the funded place at the RCPsych International Congress. Other aspects highly ranked included: funding to explore areas of psychiatry of interest and the opportunity to be an ambassador for psychiatry. All Psych Stars found the mentorship useful.Mentors supported Psych Stars by providing career advice, suggesting relevant conferences to attend and assisting Psych Stars make decisions on how to use their allocated funding. Barriers to mentorship that were identified included: geographical separation, limitations related to the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of time. For mentors, areas for improvement included clearer aims and objectives and more support from the RCPsych.Both mentors and Psych Stars suggested forming a network of Psych Stars and mentors would be useful to share ideas and experiences.ConclusionThis evaluation shows that the Psych Star scheme successfully supports Psych Stars to explore their interest in psychiatry, and promotes psychiatry as a career choice. This survey has been helpful in identifying what aspects of the scheme are particularly attractive, and also, importantly, how the Psych Stars scheme can be improved for future cohorts. The survey will be delivered to all future annual cohorts of Psych Stars and mentors.

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