Practice Development
Practice Development School | Research | Models of carePractice development is gaining momentum very quickly in NSW as clinicians come to appreciate the value of using a systematic approach to delivering person-centred care that encompasses the needs of patients, families and staff.
Person-centred care incorporates the practice development principles of inclusiveness, respect for each other, valuing individual contributions and connecting.
These principles take us back to the basic values of nursing and midwifery and refocus us on the reason why many of us came into the profession.
NSW and Australia has a growing number of practice developers and dedicated departments within Area Health Services (AHS) that are facilitating practice development work, researching concepts within practice development and evaluating effectiveness of practice development strategies.
This is a central introductory point for NSW health professionals to access information and resources relevant to practice development.
McCormack, Wilson, Solman, Dewing & Hardy (in press)
Practice Development School
International Practice Development Schools are hosted by the International Practice Development Collaborative (IPDC) collaborators. The program and resources are agreed by the members of the IPDC within a dynamic framework of constant evolution following experimentation and evaluation. Reflecting its collaborative and international nature, the IPDC collaborators are:
- Fontys University (The Netherlands)
- Foundation of Nursing Studies (UK)
- Monash University (Australia)
- Northern Sydney Central Coast Health (Australia)
- RCN University of Ulster (UK)Institute (UK)
- Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead (Australia)
There are currently two Practice Development Schools offered in Australia every year.
Research
Fitzgerald M, Solman A (2003). Clinical practice development in Central Coast Health. Collegian 10(3): 8-12
Manley K, McCormack B (2003). Practice development: purpose, methodology, facilitation and evaluation. Nursing in Critical Care 8 (1): 22-9
McCormack, B., Manley, K. and Garbett, R. (editors) (2004) Practice Development in Nursing, Oxford: Blackwell
McCormack B, McCance TV (2006). Development of a framework for person-centred nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 56(5): 472-9
Walsh K, Moss C, FitzGerald M (2006). Solution-focused approaches and their relevance to practice development. Practice Development in Health Care 5(3): 145-55
Wilson V (2005). Improving the effectiveness of patient care: an emancipatory practice development approach. Neonatal, Paediatric & Child Health Nursing 8(3): 4-8, 10-1
Wilson V, McCormack B (2006). Critical realism as emancipatory action: the case for realistic evaluation in practice development. Nursing Philosophy 7(1): 45-57
Models of care
Professor Chiarella has been leading the Models of Care project since 2004. Some of the work highlighted across NSW has been underpinned by practice development principles.
Professor Mary Chiarella
Professor of Nursing and Chair, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
University of Sydney
88 Mallett Street
CAMPERDOWN SYDNEY 2050
Ph: 0061 2 9351 0904
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