Falls education for practitioners: auditing a three-tier learning approach.
In line with 2004 NICE guidelines, practitioners in West Dorset, England, are developing and maintaining their basic professional competence in falls' assessment and prevention. Local 'falls champions' have been appointed to assist in the education of all staff who work in older people's services in order to raise awareness and promote best practice. A three-tier style of education has been developed to allow staff to learn skills of assessment and intervention in relation to falls prevention. Evaluation over a two-year period clearly demonstrates how primary care trust staff are beginning to meet the requirements of the NICE recommendation on 'education and information-giving', while choosing their own style of learning.
Mitchell
Eileen
E
School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton.
Lawes
Helen
H
D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation