Abstract
Background: The needs and rights of stakeholders (health service users and carers) to participate in the planning and delivery of services they use is increasingly being acknowledged in healthcare service delivery, education, and research policy directives throughout the world. Amongst health professions education mental health nursing is the area where stakeholder participation is most developed, however the approach taken is often described as ad hoc and tokenistic. Experiences of mental health stakeholders and academics codesigning education at program level is poorly articulated in the literature. This poses the question, how can nursing academics support experts by experience (stakeholders) and augment their knowledge in the context of health professions’ education?
Aim and objective/s of the study: To explore the co-design processes and outcomes of co-designing an Australian post-registration mental health nursing curriculum.
Method: Using qualitative case study design, we explored the experiences of five stakeholders: one mental health service user, two carers and two academics co-designing the revision of an Australian post-registration mental health nursing curriculum. Data was analysed using Braun and Clarke’s six steps for reflexive thematic analysis. Approval was granted by University Ethics Committee
Findings: The process resulted in participants developing a shared sense of trusting relationships and successful collaboration. Participants valued the wide range of experiences being brought into this work. There was a shared ambition of improving mental health services. At completion of the project participants felt they had not quite finished what they had hoped for, but appreciated the process could not have been rushed. All participants discovered how a co-designed curriculum is ultimately bound by the bodies who govern mental health nursing education.
Conclusion and impact: To our knowledge, this is the first study exploring the experiences of service user, carer and academic codesigning post registration mental health nursing curriculum. Findings provide deeper understanding of processes and can be utilised by universities in the much-needed development of collaborative ways of working between mental health consumers and nursing academics.
Aim and objective/s of the study: To explore the co-design processes and outcomes of co-designing an Australian post-registration mental health nursing curriculum.
Method: Using qualitative case study design, we explored the experiences of five stakeholders: one mental health service user, two carers and two academics co-designing the revision of an Australian post-registration mental health nursing curriculum. Data was analysed using Braun and Clarke’s six steps for reflexive thematic analysis. Approval was granted by University Ethics Committee
Findings: The process resulted in participants developing a shared sense of trusting relationships and successful collaboration. Participants valued the wide range of experiences being brought into this work. There was a shared ambition of improving mental health services. At completion of the project participants felt they had not quite finished what they had hoped for, but appreciated the process could not have been rushed. All participants discovered how a co-designed curriculum is ultimately bound by the bodies who govern mental health nursing education.
Conclusion and impact: To our knowledge, this is the first study exploring the experiences of service user, carer and academic codesigning post registration mental health nursing curriculum. Findings provide deeper understanding of processes and can be utilised by universities in the much-needed development of collaborative ways of working between mental health consumers and nursing academics.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 9 Mar 2023 |
| Event | Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2023: 'Back to normal or forward to better? New horizons in healthcare' - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 7 Mar 2023 → 9 Mar 2023 https://theconf2023.exordo.com/login |
Conference
| Conference | Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2023 |
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| Abbreviated title | THEconf2023 |
| Country/Territory | Ireland |
| City | Dublin |
| Period | 7/03/23 → 9/03/23 |
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