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A workshop to promote interprofessional care
Patrina Caldwell1,2, Karen Scott1, Marianne Kerr2
1Sydney Medical School, Sydney, Australia.
Insights
A workshop improved health professionals' knowledge and confidence in managing paediatric incontinence. This interprofessional training encouraged collaboration, leading to better patient-centred care for conditions like bedwetting and neurogenic bladder.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Healthcare
- Interprofessional Education
- Clinical Practice Improvement
Background:
- Paediatric incontinence management traditionally follows a discipline-specific approach.
- Health professionals often work in silos, potentially limiting comprehensive patient care.
- A need exists to enhance collaboration among diverse healthcare providers for paediatric incontinence.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate an interprofessional workshop designed to improve health professionals' knowledge and confidence in managing paediatric incontinence.
- To assess the impact of the workshop on participants' willingness to collaborate with other disciplines.
- To promote a more integrated and patient-centred approach to paediatric incontinence care.
Main Methods:
- A 1-day interprofessional workshop was conducted, covering various aspects of paediatric incontinence.
- Participants (doctors, nurses, allied health professionals) completed pre- and post-workshop surveys, with follow-up at 6 months.
- Quantitative (descriptive analysis) and qualitative (content analysis) methods were used to analyze changes in knowledge, confidence, and attitudes.
Main Results:
- 77 clinicians attended, reporting increased knowledge and confidence, particularly for bedwetting, daytime urinary incontinence (DUI), and faecal incontinence.
- Participants showed a greater appreciation for interdisciplinary contributions and increased willingness to refer patients.
- A significant majority of clinicians reported improved patient management post-workshop for all incontinence types, including neurogenic bladder.
Conclusions:
- Interprofessional workshops effectively enhance clinicians' awareness of other disciplines' roles in paediatric incontinence management.
- This training fosters an interdisciplinary approach, promoting multiprofessional collaboration for better patient outcomes.
- The study supports a collaborative care model for paediatric incontinence, emphasizing a patient-centred approach.
Background:
Paediatric incontinence has traditionally been managed through a discipline-specific approach by doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists. We evaluated a workshop aiming to increase health professionals' knowledge, confidence and willingness to involve other health professionals when managing paediatric incontinence.
Methods:
Our 1-day workshop focused on paediatric bedwetting, daytime incontinence, faecal incontinence and neurogenic bladder. Attendees completed surveys before and after the workshop, and 6 months later. Differences between health professionals and changes in attitudes, knowledge, confidence and experience before and after the workshop were analysed using descriptive analysis. Qualitative data analysis was undertaken using content analysis.
Results:
The workshop was attended by 77 clinicians (41 doctors, 19 allied health professionals and 17 nurses). Over two-thirds of respondents acknowledged having average or above average knowledge of and/or confidence in managing bedwetting, daytime urinary incontinence (DUI) and faecal incontinence, with lower baseline knowledge and confidence for neurogenic bladder. Participants who completed the initial and final surveys reported increased knowledge, improved ability to manage patients, better appreciation of the contribution of other disciplines and willingness to refer patients to other disciplines. Of those who saw patients with incontinence, most reported that the workshop had improved their management: 33/35 for bedwetting; 31/35 for DUI; 21/29 for faecal incontinence; and 16/19 for neurogenic bladder. Paediatric incontinence has traditionally been managed through a discipline-specific approach by doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists DISCUSSION: This study demonstrates that an interprofessional workshop conducted by clinicians from different health professional backgrounds increases clinicians' awareness of the roles of other disciplines and promotes the development of an interdisciplinary approach or multiprofessional collaboration, enabling a more effective, patient-centred, collaborative care model.
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