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Improving the social validity and implementation of behaviour therapy training for psychiatric nurses using a patient‐centred learning format
Author(s) -
Milne Derek
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1984.tb01306.x
Subject(s) - psychology , plan (archaeology) , subject (documents) , medical education , psychiatry , medicine , computer science , archaeology , library science , history
Low levels of behavioural care plan implementation and criticisms of the format of an earlier ‘classroom’ course led to a patient‐centred approach to training psychiatric nurses. The critical change involved a series of practical learning tasks with patients on the ward, leading to a single‐subject care plan. The 24 psychiatric nurses attending the new course achieved superior results on two of the skill measures by post‐testing. They also conducted more care plans and credited the course with more social validity than their predecessors ( n = 41). These findings are important in showing how training formats can overcome institutional constraints on service innovation.