Acceptability and feasibility of a virtual community of practice to primary care professionals regarding patient empowerment : A qualitative pilot study

Autor: Bermejo-Caja, C. J., Koatz, Débora, Orrego, Carola, Perestelo-Pérez, Lilisbeth, González-González, A. I., Ballester, Marta, Pacheco-Huergo, V., del Rey-Granado, Yolanda, Muñoz-Balsa, M., Ramírez-Puerta, A. B., Canellas-Criado, Y., Pérez-Rivas, F. J., Toledo-Chávarri, A., Martínez-Marcos, M., Alejo-Díaz-Zorita, C., Barbero-Macías, C. A., Borrell-Punzón, F., Bueno-Rodriguez, B., Colmena-Martin, B., Del Valle-De Joz, I., Gamboa-Puñal, J. C., García-Valverde, C., Gómez-Garzón, L. M., Gómez-López, A., Hernaz-Guijo, A., Herrera-León, W. N., Iniesta-González, I., Leza-Leza, M., Melchor-Canelo, M. A., Muñoz-Quirós-Aliaga, S., Oria-Fernández, Á., Pertierra-Galindo, N., Prieto-Barbosa, M. D., Robledo-Vázquez, M., Ruiz-López, M., Sánchez-Cruz, M. C., Sánchez-De-Eusebio, M. Á., Seijas-Martínez-Echevarría, M. J., Tovar-García, C. P., Vicente-Diez, J. I., Villanueva-Sanz, C., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Přispěvatelé: UAM. Departamento de Enfermería
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Attitude of Health Personnel
media_common.quotation_subject
Nurses
Pilot Projects
Health informatics
Education
Distance
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
General Practitioners
Medicine
Humans
Learning
030212 general & internal medicine
Patient participation
Empowerment
Qualitative Research
media_common
Pilot study
Medical education
Virtual system
Primary Health Care
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
Nursing research
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
lcsh:RA1-1270
Middle Aged
Focus group
Virtual community of practice
Chronic Disease
Feasibility Studies
Enfermería
Female
Thematic analysis
Patient Participation
Healthcare professional attitudes
0305 other medical science
business
Primary healthcare
Qualitative research
Research Article
Zdroj: Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
BMC Health Services Research
Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
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BMC Health Services Research, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2019)
Popis: Background: Virtual communities of practice (vCoPs) facilitate online learning via the exchange of experiences and knowledge between interested participants. Compared to other communities, vCoPs need to overcome technological structures and specific barriers. Our objective was to pilot the acceptability and feasibility of a vCoP aimed at improving the attitudes of primary care professionals to the empowerment of patients with chronic conditions. Methods: We used a qualitative approach based on 2 focus groups: one composed of 6 general practitioners and the other of 6 practice nurses. Discussion guidelines on the topics to be investigated were provided to the moderator. Sessions were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was performed using the ATLAS-ti software. Results: The available operating systems and browsers and the lack of suitable spaces and time were reported as the main difficulties with the vCoP. The vCoP was perceived to be a flexible learning mode that provided up-to-date resources applicable to routine practice and offered a space for the exchange of experiences and approaches. Conclusions: The results from this pilot study show that the vCoP was considered useful for learning how to empower patients. However, while vCoPs have the potential to facilitate learning and as shown create professional awareness regarding patient empowerment, attention needs to be paid to technological and access issues and the time demands on professionals. We collected relevant inputs to improve the features, content and educational methods to be included in further vCoP implementation. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02757781. Registered on 25 April 2016.
This study was financed by Instituto de Salud Carlos III and Cofinanced by Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER). Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Gobierno de España. (PI15/00164, PI15/00586, PI15/00566)
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