This presentation was given at the Diverse Conference in Dublin, June 2011.

1. PARTNERS in Practice – A Short Documentary Anne Spencer RN, Dip N, BA (Hons) MSc Educational Technologist, The Health Partnership, Dublin Dr. Pamela Henry RN, RCN, MEd, PhD Lecturer, School of Nursing, Dublin City University Diverse Conference June 2011 1

2. Communities of Practice (COP) are increasingly used within the health care domain to promote the uptake of new knowledge… (Li et al, 2009: McPhee et al, 2009) 2

3. PARTNERS - Community of Practice 3

4. Introduction Community of Practice – PARTNERS Core objective – to achieve integrated records of care across and between health service providers in the acute primary and continuing care sector for persons aged over 65 Develop a summary discharge assessment tool for persons over 65 (for specific use when patients care is transferred between differing health care teams) – Prototype assessment tool created Create a short documentary focusing on the challenges that members of the COP experience in their differing roles which have a direct impact on patient safety and to identify how ICT may help ✔ 4

5. PARTNERS in Care Acute Care Primary Care Continuing Care 5

6. Objective To describe how this COP engaged with the authors to produce a documentary. Documentary Aim: to promote the benefits of developing shared health care records addressing ‘real life’ patient health issues. 6

8. Community engagement - a Participatory Action Research initiative driven by empowered practitioners each with differing clinical roles

9. Funded by PARTNERS clinical engagement project, HIQA and National Nursing and Midwifery Council7

10. Participatory Action Research 8

11. Storyboard Developed in StoryBoard Quick Software http://www.powerproduction.com/storyboard_quick.html 9

12. Documentary 10 The links to video are not available in slide share

13. Challenges Numerous practitioners in different health care environments what is core what is unique to each of their roles and practice environments (delicate balance maintaining respect without attributing blame to one service group) Participatory approach all inclusive however, stakeholders have no background in media production – practitioners not actors! Sensitive issues, sensitive context, focusing on a vulnerable client group 11

14. Reflections Decisions on selection of particular footage was sometimes difficult – real life context was important Fostering continued empowerment of practitioners whilst being sensitive to the topic was critical to the programme Ensuring that the final product is a useful resource for the intended audience was also key. 12

15. PARTNERS Web Sitewww.partnersct.com 13

16. The PARTNERS COP continues to evolve 14

17. Conclusion Case studies are powerful mediums to deliver learning particularly in a visual representation such as a documentary (Barab & Duffy, 2000) Witnessing the ‘real thing, in the real context, with the real people’ (Beetham & Sharpe, 2007) 15

18. BNS 2011 – Student Reflection 16 ‘…..The film highlighted the needs of nurses in different care agencies looking after older adults in order to ensure optimal care and a good quality of life. Through the use of a common assessment form that is transferrable through these agencies the communication of pertinent information is achieved i.e. medication management – changes of medication identified and initiated so care is seamless’.

19. References Beetham, H. and Sharpe, R. 2007 Rethinking Pedagogy in a Digital Age: Designing and delivering e-learning. London: Routledge. Li, L.C., Grimshaw, J.M., Nielsen, C., Judd, M., Coyte, P.C., Graham, I.D. 2009 Evolution of Wenger’s Concept of Community of Practice. [Online] http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/11 [Accessed June 6th 2010]. MacPhee, M., Suryaprakash, N. and Jackson, C. 2009. Online Knowledge Networking- What Leaders Need to Know. Journal of Nursing Administration. 39 (10) 17