دورية أكاديمية

Contextualizing learning to improve care using collaborative communities of practices

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العنوان: Contextualizing learning to improve care using collaborative communities of practices
المؤلفون: Jeffs, Lianne, McShane, Julie, Flintoft, Virginia, White, Peggy, Indar, Alyssa, Maione, Maria, Lopez, A., Bookey-Bassett, Sue, Scavuzzo, Lauren
بيانات النشر: BioMed Central Ltd.
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: BioMed Central
مصطلحات موضوعية: Quality improvement, Interorganizational learning, Collaboration, Communities of practice, Mentorship, Point-of-care
الوصف: Background The use of interorganizational, collaborative approaches to build capacity in quality improvement (QI) in health care is showing promise as a useful model for scaling up and accelerating the implementation of interventions that bridge the “know-do” gap to improve clinical care and provider outcomes. Fundamental to a collaborative approach is interorganizational learning whereby organizations acquire, share, and combine knowledge with other organizations and have the opportunity to learn from their respective successes and challenges in improvement areas. This learning approach aims to create the conditions for collaborative, reflective, and innovative experiential systems that enable collective discussions regarding daily practice issues and finding solutions for improvement. Methods The concepts associated with interorganizational learning and deliberate learning activities within a collaborative ‘Communities-of-practice’(CoP) approach formed the foundation of the of an interactive QI knowledge translation initiative entitled PERFORM KT. Nine teams participated including seven teams from two acute care hospitals, one from a long term care center, and one from a mental health sciences center. Six monthly CoP learning sessions were held and teams, with the support of an assigned mentor, implemented a QI project and monitored their results which were presented at an end of project symposium. 47 individuals participated in either a focus group or a personal interview. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using an iterative content analysis. Results Four key themes emerged from the narrative dataset around experiences and perceptions associated with the PERFORM KT initiative: 1) being successful and taking it to other levels by being systematic, structured, and mentored; 2) taking it outside the comfort zone by being exposed to new concepts and learning together; 3) hearing feedback, exchanging stories, and getting new ideas; and 4) having a pragmatic and accommodating approach to apply new ...
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
العلاقة: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/16/464Test
الإتاحة: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/16/464Test
حقوق: Copyright 2016 The Author(s).
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.DAA93973
قاعدة البيانات: BASE