title: Interdisciplinary family intervention program: a partnership among health professionals, traumatic brain injury patients, and caregiving relatives.
abstract: Throughout the delivery of care after traumatic brain injury, the type of relationship that develops between the family and the professionals has a major effect on the day-by-day adjustment of traumatic brain injury individuals and their relatives. Seventeen health professionals from different disciplines working with the traumatic brain injury clientele at different stages of the continuum of trauma care underwent training in the form of e-learning to apply the Interdisciplinary Family Intervention Program, or PRIFAM. The study methodology was mixed: participants' evaluation of the PRIFAM training was assessed through a quantitative questionnaire, whereas their experience and learning were documented in semiguided, qualitative interviews conducted before and after training. The results show that the training stimulated personal and professional reflective thought in participants and fostered the forging of an interdisciplinary partnership. The training had a positive impact on communication between professionals and with the families and helped to develop a sense of self-efficacy among health professionals.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Team for Family Research, Faculty of Nursing, Universitá de Montréal, Quebec, Canada. helene.lefevre@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pelchat
authors.forename: Marie-Josée
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Levert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires