Managerial
NHS Confederation (2010) Feeling better? Improving patient experience in hospital
Thu, 01/13/2011 - 09:38 — Gwyn OwenAn evidence-based report published by the NHS Confederation (2010) that presents arguments and examples from practice (England & USA) to illustrate how changing delivery impacts on the quality of a person's experience.
influencing change checklist
Tue, 01/11/2011 - 15:24 — Gwyn OwenA set of reflective prompts designed to help you evaluate your ability to influence change taken from Upton T, Brooks B (1995) Managing change in the NHS. Buckingham; Open University Press.
assessment of management skills inventory
Tue, 01/11/2011 - 14:55 — Gwyn OwenAn evaluation tool from Broome AK (1990) Managing Change. Basingstoke; Macmillan Education Ltd designed to help you collect feedback from others about your management skills (assessment of management skills inventory.doc) and analyse that to inform personal development planning (assessment of management skills - summary.doc)
time management tools
Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:00 — Gwyn OwenResearch article discussing issues of time management in outpatient physiotherapy departments.
Fleet L, Blandford A (2005) Requirement of time management tools for outpatient physiotherapy practice. Health Informatics Journal 11:179-199
health and safety - policies and processes
Sun, 01/09/2011 - 22:00 — Gwyn OwenBriefing papers published by the CSP describing policies and processes that promote health and safety in the workplace.
Some of the CSP's resources are only available to CSP members, so you will need to log onto the CSP's website before clicking the hyperlink to these publications.
manual handling
Sun, 01/09/2011 - 21:57 — Gwyn OwenGuidance published by the CSP that presents an overview of manual handling from a legal perspective and discusses the implications for physiotherapy practice.
Some of the CSP's resources are only available to CSP members, so you will need to log onto the CSP's website before clicking the hyperlink to this publication.
economic evaluation and NHS service design
Sun, 01/09/2011 - 14:04 — Gwyn OwenA review of the evidence on the use of economic evaluations in NHS decision making - published by the Health Technology Assessment programme
ensuring quality - placement education
Thu, 01/06/2011 - 18:13 — Gwyn OwenBriefing papers published by the CSP designed to support the development and provision of high quality placement learning opportunities.
You will find more information about placement learning on the CSP's practice educators webpage, and via the clinical educators network on iCSP (you will need to subscribe to this groups on iCSP to view the information and discussion threads).
Some of the CSP's resources are only available to CSP members, so you will need to log onto the CSP's website before clicking the hyperlink to the publications listed.
equality and diversity - issues for employment
Wed, 01/05/2011 - 18:09 — Gwyn OwenResources that provide guidance about the implications of equalities & diversity legislation on employment.
Some of the CSP's resources are only available to CSP members, so you will need to log onto the CSP's website before clicking the hyperlink to the CSP publications.
