title: Organizing and delivering training for acute mental health services: a discussion paper.
abstract: Recent policy statements that address the quality of care provided by acute mental health services have highlighted an urgent need for specialist nurse education and training. However, examples of how to design and implement such training initiatives are sparse. Drawing on recent experience of developing an innovative training programme for acute psychiatric settings, this paper seeks to examine some of the key issues associated with current training provision for acute inpatient mental health workers. The methodological and practical concerns surrounding this type of initiative are discussed with the main aspects of programme content, service user participation, team training and organizational challenges being explored. Resulting from this work, several recommendations regarding the content, organization and delivery of future training initiatives are made.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Bee
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Loftus
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lovell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration