title: Consumer-clinician co-taught borderline personality disorder training: a pilot evaluation.
abstract: This paper describes a consumer-clinician co-taught borderline personality disorder training programme for clinicians, of whom the largest group were nurses, working in mental health and substance use fields. A pilot evaluation of 73 participants attending the training rated the training as superior to evaluations of an earlier clinician-only-taught training. This study of a novel co-taught training programme found that the consumer input added substantial value. Findings indicate that consumer input into education programmes can make a significant positive contribution to the delivery of mental health services training with likely impacts on mental health service delivery. The potential importance of the findings warrants a comprehensive multicentre study. Confirming the findings would have implications for future borderline personality disorder training programmes.
authors.affiliation: roykrawitz@xtra.co.nz
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krawitz
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013663:Teaching