Development of a Recovery Education Program for Inpatient Mental Health Providers

Objective: Mental health system transformation toward a recovery-orientation has created a demand for education to equip providers with recovery competencies. This report describes the development of a recovery education program designed specifically for inpatient providers. Method: Part 1 of the ed...

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Published in:Psychiatric rehabilitation journal 2014-12, Vol.37 (4), p.329-332
Main Authors: Chen, Shu-Ping, Krupa, Terry, Lysaght, Rosemary, McCay, Elizabeth, Piat, Myra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Clinical Competence
Educational Program Evaluation
Female
Health education
Health Personnel - education
Hospitals
Human
Humans
Inpatient care
Inpatients - psychology
Male
Medical Education
Medical personnel
Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
Mental health care
Mental Health Services
Pilot Projects
Professional Competence
Program Evaluation - methods
Psychiatric Hospital Staff
Psychiatric Hospitalization
Psychiatry - education
Recovery (Disorders)
Rehabilitation
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Objective: Mental health system transformation toward a recovery-orientation has created a demand for education to equip providers with recovery competencies. This report describes the development of a recovery education program designed specifically for inpatient providers. Method: Part 1 of the education is a self-learning program introducing recovery concepts and a recovery competency framework; Part 2 is a group-learning program focusing on real-life dilemmas and applying the Appreciative Inquiry approach to address these clinical dilemmas. A pilot study with a pretest/posttest design was used to evaluate the program. Participants included 26 inpatient multidisciplinary providers from 3 hospitals. Results: The results showed participants' improvement on recovery knowledge (z = −2.55, p = .011) after the self-learning program. Evaluations of the group-learning program were high (4.21 out of 5). Conclusions and Implications for Practice: These results support continued efforts to refine the program. Inpatient providers could use this program to lead interprofessional practice in promoting recovery.
ISSN:1095-158X
1559-3126
DOI:10.1037/prj0000082