Specialist workforce development through mentoring: comparing collaborative programme evaluation using action research and realist evaluation

Akhurst, Jacqueline E; Lawson, Sally

Title: Specialist workforce development through mentoring: comparing collaborative programme evaluation using action research and realist evaluation
Creator: Akhurst, Jacqueline E, Lawson, Sally
Date: 2015
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/143771
Identifier: vital:38281
Identifier: https://ischp.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ischp_2015_abstract_booklet.pdf
Description: This Workforce Innovations Programme (WIP) was for healthcare practitioners working in north east England. The innovative mentoring-focused WIP aimed to increase capacity and capability, and to improve services and outcomes for people living with long term neurological conditions. Mentors were matched with practitioners outside of their specialisms and focused on community and partnership working as alternatives to dominant modes of practice. This paper will highlight key outcomes and contextual challenges. It will explore collaborative action research for practitioner development, evidencing the participants’ learning. A medium term realist evaluation then provides data about the value of the WIP; and illustrates ways the programme worked for practitioners and people who used services, to support the drive for improved outcomes. It will compare and contrast the contributions of both forms of programme evaluation, and critique some of the discourses of workforce improvement initiatives.
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP), Akhurst, J. and Lawson, S., 2015. Specialist workforce development through mentoring: Comparing collaborative programme evaluation using action research and realist evaluation. International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP). 9th Biennial Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) volume 2015 number 0 2015
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