Audit and feedback in mental healthcare: staff experiences

Multidisciplinary audit in primary healthcare teams: facilitation by audit support staff.

Teaching methods in community health nursing clerkships: experiences of healthcare staff in Iran

PURPOSE Healthcare staff educate nursing students during their clerkships at community health nursing programs. Their teaching methods play an important role in nursing students' acquisition of competencies; however, these methods have not been studied thoroughly. Thus, this study aims to describe, interpret, and understand the experiences of healthcare staff's teaching methods in clerkships at...

Staff and patient feedback in mental health services for older people.

OBJECTIVES To compare the views of patients and staff on the quality of care provided on a psychogeriatric assessment ward over a five year period. To describe the quality improvements which were made as a result of their respective comments. DESIGN Structured interviews were conducted with both patients and staff to obtain qualitative feedback and suggestions for improvement. An analysis of ...

Stigma of addiction and mental illness in healthcare: The case of patients’ experiences in dental settings

OBJECTIVE To explore the ways in which stigma is experienced in healthcare and dental settings by patients with a history of addiction and mental illness. METHODS Audio-recorded, semi-structured interviews with a purposefully selected convenience sample of residents from two community treatment centres in Vancouver, Canada were conducted. The interview guide contained questions about experien...

Acting on audit & feedback: a qualitative instrumental case study in mental health services in Norway

BACKGROUND The National Guideline for Assessment, Treatment and Social Rehabilitation of Persons with Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders, launched in 2012, is to be implemented in mental health services in Norway. Audit and feedback (A&F) is commonly used as the starting point of an implementation process. It aims to measure the research-practice gap, but its effect varies gre...