Educational priorities in mental health professions: do educators and consumers agree?
Empirical comparisons of priorities of consumers and educators in university-based programmes in psychiatry, psychiatric nursing and social work are described. Data resulted from a Q-sort of 200 objectives for mental health education. The results of the tests of validity and reliability of the instrument are described, followed by a discussion of the similarities and differences among the four samples of subjects: consumers and educators in the three mental health professions. Suggestions for applications of this methodology by inter- and intradisciplinary service providers are described.
Garrard
J
J
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
Hausman
W
W
Mansfield
E
E
Compton
B
B
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000193:education