Improving medication practices for persons with intellectual and developmental disability: Educating direct support staff using simulation, debriefing, and reflection
| Autor: | Katherine V. Wills, Carrie Shaver, Kathy Auberry |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice 030506 rehabilitation Inservice Training Developmental Disabilities Reflective practice education Allied Health Personnel Health Professions (miscellaneous) Experiential learning 03 medical and health sciences Nursing Intellectual Disability Intellectual disability medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Qualitative Research Self-efficacy business.industry Debriefing 05 social sciences Direct support professional medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Pill 0305 other medical science business 050104 developmental & child psychology Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. 23:498-511 |
| ISSN: | 1744-6309 1744-6295 |
| Popis: | Direct support professionals (DSPs) are increasingly active in medication administration for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, thus supplementing nursing and family caretakers. Providing workplace training for DSPs is often the duty of nursing personnel. This article presents empirical data and design suggestions for including simulations, debriefing, and written reflective practice during in-service training for DSPs in order to improve DSPs’ skills and confidence related to medication administration. Quantitative study results demonstrate that DSPs acknowledge that their skill level and confidence rose significantly after hands-on simulations. The skill-level effect was statistically significant for general medication management −4.5 ( p < 0.001) and gastrointestinal medication management −4.4 ( p < 0.001). Qualitative findings show a deep desire by DSPs to not just be “pill poppers” but to understand the medical processes, causalities, and consequences of their medication administration. On the basis of our results, the authors make recommendations regarding how to combine DSP workplace simulations and debriefing with written reflective practice in DSP continuing education. |
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