Education
Education Research
A theory/practice gap continues to exist in practice. The Education group (EG) intends to address some of the theory/practice issues associated with this dilemma through the following projects:
- The EG will design a questionnaire and target it at healthcare professionals to ascertain their awareness of evidence based practice (ongoing)
- In each edition of the ACA newsletter the EG will review 2 recent articles with reference to practice.
- The EG will critically review a specific article with the view to illustrating the pit falls of just accepting the published word in a journal (ongoing)
- The EG intends to be involved in research associated with continence care provision for patients with Alzheimer’s. This may be primary research or a systematic review of the literature and is currently under discussion.
MS Consensus Paper
Bladder symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS) are common and distressing but also highly amenable to treatment. A meeting of stakeholders involved in patients’ continence care, including neurologists, urologists, primary care, MS nurses and nursing groups was recently convened to formulate a UK consensus for management. Read more
The James Lind Alliance, and the Social Science Research Unit:
“Outcomes in clinical research – whose responsibility?” . Thursday 20 th November 2008, 10:00 – 16:00. More details here
National Audit of Continence Care for Older People (65+ Years)
Would all members and non-members please make every effort to support this from the Royal College of Physicians.
The National Audit of Continence Care in Older People (NACC) is the direct result of a two-year project to define and pilot clinical indicators in continence care for older people, funded by The Health Foundation. The project has successfully:
- Developed an audit tool for assessing the management and clinical care provided to older people with urinary and faecal incontinence.
- Demonstrated that the indicators of continence care are reliable and robust for use in primary and secondary care and care home settings.
NACC will be a two-year project in the first instance including an initial audit, subsequent dissemination and change followed by re-audit. Sponsored by the Healthcare Commission and endorsed by Professor Ian Philp, National Director of Older People’s Services, Department of Health. The project is now ready for national roll (England and Wales).
This will be the first national audit of practice outside the secondary care environment and, as such, breaks new ground in an area of high national priority. The audit will allow centres direct comparison of their performance compared to quality standards and will inform PCTs and independent care organisations with regard to service provision and further development.
To find out more please visit the RCP website a: RCP CEEU Falls and Bone Health in Older People http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/college/ceeu/coop/index.asp