Implementing Lived Experience Workshops in Regional Areas of British Columbia to Enhance Clinicians’ Confidence in Spinal Cord Injury Care: An Evaluation
In British Columbia (BC), there are challenges accessing specialized spinal cord injury care and resources. This paper evaluated the impact of spinal cord injury health educational workshops delivered in regional communities that were informed by persons with lived experience. A community survey was...
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| author | Hannah Prins Scott Donia Shannon Rockall James Hektner Spring Hawes James J. Laskin John Chernesky Vanessa K. Noonan |
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| description | In British Columbia (BC), there are challenges accessing specialized spinal cord injury care and resources. This paper evaluated the impact of spinal cord injury health educational workshops delivered in regional communities that were informed by persons with lived experience. A community survey was conducted with 44 persons with lived experience in a BC region to identify priority SCI health-related topics. Twenty-five topics were ranked from 1–14, with bowel and bladder management ranked 1 and 4, sexual health ranked 5, and pressure injuries ranked 7. Clinical perspectives on the priorities were collected from 102 clinicians in the BC region, who independently ranked 14 of these SCI topics and considered the former 4 topics to be lower clinical priority (ranked 11–14). These priorities informed a series of SCI clinical education workshops held at healthcare facilities in three regional cities. The goals were to improve clinicians’ knowledge and confidence levels when managing spinal cord injury health and to facilitate person-centred care. Positive feedback demonstrated that educational workshops supported by lived experience perspectives effectively enhanced the clinicians’ understanding of spinal cord injury and their priorities. Future plans include engaging more administrators as part of this initiative and conducting workshops in other regions of BC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49d9e77078b24e40b14ca45394a927212024-04-12T13:18:51ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322024-03-0112773110.3390/healthcare12070731Implementing Lived Experience Workshops in Regional Areas of British Columbia to Enhance Clinicians’ Confidence in Spinal Cord Injury Care: An EvaluationHannah Prins0Scott Donia1Shannon Rockall2James Hektner3Spring Hawes4James J. Laskin5John Chernesky6Vanessa K. Noonan7Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaPraxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaPraxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaPraxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaPraxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaPraxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaPraxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaPraxis Spinal Cord Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, CanadaIn British Columbia (BC), there are challenges accessing specialized spinal cord injury care and resources. This paper evaluated the impact of spinal cord injury health educational workshops delivered in regional communities that were informed by persons with lived experience. A community survey was conducted with 44 persons with lived experience in a BC region to identify priority SCI health-related topics. Twenty-five topics were ranked from 1–14, with bowel and bladder management ranked 1 and 4, sexual health ranked 5, and pressure injuries ranked 7. Clinical perspectives on the priorities were collected from 102 clinicians in the BC region, who independently ranked 14 of these SCI topics and considered the former 4 topics to be lower clinical priority (ranked 11–14). These priorities informed a series of SCI clinical education workshops held at healthcare facilities in three regional cities. The goals were to improve clinicians’ knowledge and confidence levels when managing spinal cord injury health and to facilitate person-centred care. Positive feedback demonstrated that educational workshops supported by lived experience perspectives effectively enhanced the clinicians’ understanding of spinal cord injury and their priorities. Future plans include engaging more administrators as part of this initiative and conducting workshops in other regions of BC.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/7/731spinal cord injurymedical educationquality in healthcarehealthcare deliveryregional healthcareknowledge translation |
| spellingShingle | Hannah Prins Scott Donia Shannon Rockall James Hektner Spring Hawes James J. Laskin John Chernesky Vanessa K. Noonan Implementing Lived Experience Workshops in Regional Areas of British Columbia to Enhance Clinicians’ Confidence in Spinal Cord Injury Care: An Evaluation Healthcare spinal cord injury medical education quality in healthcare healthcare delivery regional healthcare knowledge translation |
| title | Implementing Lived Experience Workshops in Regional Areas of British Columbia to Enhance Clinicians’ Confidence in Spinal Cord Injury Care: An Evaluation |
| title_full | Implementing Lived Experience Workshops in Regional Areas of British Columbia to Enhance Clinicians’ Confidence in Spinal Cord Injury Care: An Evaluation |
| title_fullStr | Implementing Lived Experience Workshops in Regional Areas of British Columbia to Enhance Clinicians’ Confidence in Spinal Cord Injury Care: An Evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementing Lived Experience Workshops in Regional Areas of British Columbia to Enhance Clinicians’ Confidence in Spinal Cord Injury Care: An Evaluation |
| title_short | Implementing Lived Experience Workshops in Regional Areas of British Columbia to Enhance Clinicians’ Confidence in Spinal Cord Injury Care: An Evaluation |
| title_sort | implementing lived experience workshops in regional areas of british columbia to enhance clinicians confidence in spinal cord injury care an evaluation |
| topic | spinal cord injury medical education quality in healthcare healthcare delivery regional healthcare knowledge translation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/7/731 |
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