title: Development of a recovery education program for inpatient mental health providers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Mental health system transformation toward a recovery-orientation has created a demand for education to equip providers with recovery competencies. This report describes the development of a recovery education program designed specifically for inpatient providers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Part 1 of the education is a self-learning program introducing recovery concepts and a recovery competency framework; Part 2 is a group-learning program focusing on real-life dilemmas and applying the Appreciative Inquiry approach to address these clinical dilemmas. A pilot study with a pretest/posttest design was used to evaluate the program. Participants included 26 inpatient multidisciplinary providers from 3 hospitals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed participants' improvement on recovery knowledge (z = -2.55, p = .011) after the self-learning program. Evaluations of the group-learning program were high (4.21 out of 5).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results support continued efforts to refine the program. Inpatient providers could use this program to lead interprofessional practice in promoting recovery.
authors: Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University.
authors: Shu-Ping
authors: SP
authors: Chen
authors: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University.
authors: Terry
authors: T
authors: Krupa
authors: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University.
authors: Rosemary
authors: R
authors: Lysaght
authors: Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: McCay
authors: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University.
authors: Myra
authors: M
authors: Piat
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires