Interactive Training for Staff Who Care for Psychiatric Residents

描述（由申请人提供）：长期护理机构的居民和医院的患者可能会表现出由精神疾病引起的具有挑战性的行为。拟议的项目将开发一个互动项目，旨在提高与这些居民一起工作的专业人员的技能。基于技能的模块旨在适应用户（无论阅读能力如何），将包括围绕真实视频建模小插图构建的自定进度的交互式教程。基于能力的教学设计将允许用户在理解材料后按照自己的节奏前进。计划模块将涉及 1) 与烦躁或迷失方向的居民的基本沟通技巧和适当的应对策略，2) 高级技能，包括基于团队的方法和预防策略，3) 员工自我护理技术，4) 有关精神疾病的一般信息，以及 5) 仅限管理员的模块，展示全设施以人为本的护理理念的成本效益和组织基础。将向用户提供计划内容的摘要打印输出，并为主管提供培训进度文档。第一阶段研究将开发互联网和光盘培训项目，涵盖基本沟通技巧、有关精神疾病的信息模块和文件要求。该计划将通过由专业护理人员进行的随机试验进行评估。第二阶段将完成所有模块的开发，并将通过互联网在多个机构进行更大规模的随机试验进行评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Residents in long-term care facilities and patients in hospitals may exhibit challenging behaviors caused by mental illness. The proposed project will develop an interactive program designed to sharpen the skills of professional staff who work with these residents. Skill-based modules, designed to accommodate users regardless of reading ability, will consist of self-paced interactive tutorials built around realistic video modeling vignettes. The competency-based instructional design will allow users to advance at their own pace when the material is understood. Program modules will address 1) basic communication skills and appropriate response strategies with agitated or disoriented residents, 2) advanced skills including team based approaches and prevention strategies, 3) techniques for staff self-care, 4) general information on mental illness, and 5) an administrators-only module demonstrating the cost effectiveness and organizational underpinnings for a facility-wide philosophy of person centered care. Summary printouts of program content for users and documentation of training progress for supervisors will be supplied. The Phase I research will develop internet and CD-ROM training programs covering basic communication skills, informational modules about mental illness and documentation requirements. The program will be evaluated in a randomized trial with professional care giving staff. Phase II will finish development of all modules, and will be evaluated in a larger randomized trial at multiple facilities via the internet.