Helping palliative care healthcare professionals get the most out of mentoring in a low-income country: a qualitative study

Whitehurst, Jane; Rowlands, Julie

doi:10.1186/s12904-016-0164-x

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“…While this approach limits access to non-verbal cues that aid rapport during data collection (Kvale & Brinkmann, 2009) telephone interviews have been successfully employed in several IPA studies (e.g. Cox & Faithfull, 2015;Turner, Barlow, & Ilbery, 2002;Whitehurst & Rowlands, 2016). The interviews began by asking the participant to describe their background (e.g 'tell me a little about yourself?…”

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Quality of life research: a case for combining photo-elicitation with interpretative phenomenological analysis

Burton

Hughes

Dempsey

2017

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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In this paper we provide practical and theoretical discussion of the use of two complementary research methods to explore quality of life. We present a case example of the use of photo-elicitation alongside Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and use examples from our research with people living with paraplegia and chronic pain to demonstrate how these methods can be combined to provide a participant-led understanding of QoL. This discussion includes consideration of practical and ethical issues relevant to others wishing to combine these research methods. Furthermore, we highlight some of the potential practical and therapeutic opportunities provided by the approach through an illustration of how photographs work to enhance self-reflection and promote hermeneutic sense making.

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Quality of life research: a case for combining photo-elicitation with interpretative phenomenological analysis

Burton

Hughes

Dempsey

2017

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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“…The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted June 12, 2023. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.06.08.23291064 doi: medRxiv preprint flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to observe and listen (rather than jump in with an opinion or a fix) were attributes emphasised more by our participants than in previous literature (25,26,36,37,57,58).…”

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“…Published literature evaluating mentorship approaches in global health has favoured quantitative assessment and there are few qualitative studies of participant experience (3,24), particularly relating to mentorship in the cross-cultural setting (25)(26)(27)(28). There is a need for more research into approaches that place international mentors into resource constrained settings and to identify the factors that contribute to, and impede, productive and successful mentoring relationships from the perspectives of both parties involved.…”

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Nothing without connection” – participant perspectives and experiences of mentorship in capacity building in Timor-Leste

Yan¹,

Martins²,

Amaral³

et al. 2023

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Background The literature on mentorship approaches to capacity building in global health is limited. Likewise, there are few qualitative studies that describe mentorship in capacity building in global health from the perspective of the mentors and mentees. Methods This qualitative study examined the perspectives and experiences of participants involved in a program of health capacity building in Timor-Leste that was based on a side-by-side, in-country mentorship approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 participants (including Timorese and Australian mentors, and local Timorese counterparts) from across a range of professional health disciplines, followed by a series of member checking workshops. Findings were reviewed using inductive thematic analysis. Participants were included in review and refinement of themes. Results Four major themes were identified: the importance of trust and connection within the mentoring relationship itself; the side-by-side nature of the relationship (akompaña); mentoring in the context of external environmental challenges; and the need for the mentoring relationship to be dynamic and evolving, and aligned to a shared vision and shared goals. Discussion The importance of accompaniment (akompaña) as a key element of the mentoring relationship requires further exploration and study. Many activities in global health capacity building remain focused on provision of training, supervision, and supportive supervision of competent task performance. Viewed through a decolonising lens, there is an imperative for global health actors to align with local priorities and goals, and work alongside individuals supporting them in their vision to become independent leaders of their professions. We propose that placing mentoring relationships at the centre of human resource capacity building programs encourages deep and transformative learning, and is more likely to lead to long term, meaningful and sustainable change.

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“…The need for palliative care training in LMIC was highlighted in a recent review of published data ( 20 ). Formation of a multidisciplinary team in a resource-limited setting has many challenges ranging from correctly identifying the need to increasing resource availability and utilization ( 20 , 21 ). Training of local providers by visiting faculty, although very effective, is not sufficiently empowering or sustainable unless local providers themselves are trained to become trainers in order to provide ongoing education periodically.…”

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Pediatric Palliative Care Initiative in Cambodia

Celiker

Pagnarith

Akao³

et al. 2017

Front. Public Health

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Cancer care with curative intent remains difficult to manage in many resource-limited settings such as Cambodia. Cambodia has a small workforce with limited financial and health-care resources resulting in delayed diagnoses and availability of limited therapeutic tools. Thus, palliative care becomes the primary form of care in most cases. Although palliative care is becoming an integral part of medical care in developed countries, this concept remains poorly understood and utilized in developing countries. Angkor Hospital for Children serves a relatively large pediatric population in northern Cambodia. According to the modern definition of palliative care, approximately two-thirds of the patients admitted to the hospital were deemed candidates to receive palliative care. In an effort to develop a pediatric palliative care team utilizing existing resources and intensive training, our focus group recruited already existing teams with different health-care expertise and other motivated members of the hospital. During this process, we have also formed a palliative care training team of local experts to maintain ongoing palliative care education. Feedback from patients and health-care providers confirmed the effectiveness of these efforts. In conclusion, palliative and sustainable care was offered effectively in a resource-limited setting with adequately trained and motivated local providers. In this article, the steps and systems used to overcome challenges in Cambodia are summarized in the hope that our experience urges governmental and non-governmental agencies to support similar initiatives.

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Helping palliative care healthcare professionals get the most out of mentoring in a low-income country: a qualitative study

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Quality of life research: a case for combining photo-elicitation with interpretative phenomenological analysis

Quality of life research: a case for combining photo-elicitation with interpretative phenomenological analysis

Nothing without connection” – participant perspectives and experiences of mentorship in capacity building in Timor-Leste

Pediatric Palliative Care Initiative in Cambodia

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