Recovery Communities of Practice: An Innovative Strategy for Mental Health System Transformation

Piat, Myra; Briand, Catherine; Bates, Eloise; Labonté, Lise

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201500184

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“…By identifying difficult topics and creating appropriate resources and collaborations, CoPs can contribute to the wider community by addressing problems in their field (Roberts, ). In fact, some studies have demonstrated great success from participants working together to play an important role during conferences in their field (Piat et al, ). Through the analysis, it was identified that several collaborations were being organized between participants on the @AskAnatomist page to develop research teams, invite others to talks and work collaboratively at conferences (data not shown, due to ethics limitations).…”

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Ask an anatomist: Identifying global trends, topics and themes of academic anatomists using twitter

Marsland

Lazarus

2017

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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Social media (SoMe) is increasingly used in higher education (HE) to access knowledge and enable global communication. The SoMe platform Twitter is particularly beneficial in these contexts because it is readily accessible, easily searchable (via hashtags) and global. Given these advantages, the twitter platform @AskAnatomist was created to foster a global weekly tweet chat, where students and academics can ask and address anatomy-related questions. The aim of this study was to identify themes arising in the early stages of the @AskAnatomy Twitter community to gain insights into current needs/key areas for academic anatomists, students, and other followers. A qualitative analysis of tweets including the hashtag #AnatQ, (the associated @AskAnatomist hashtag), was undertaken to achieve this aim. Thematic analysis revealed three core themes arising in the formative stages of the @AskAnatomist Twitter site: (1) anatomical education modalities, (2) specific anatomy content, and (3) research motivations. These themes reveal controversies within the field of anatomical sciences, areas for potential education resource improvement and research, as well as the humor of anatomists. Though the original intent of the @AskAnatomist site was to engage the general public in anatomy content and knowledge, tweet analysis suggests that academic anatomists were the primary active "tweeters". Interestingly, this analysis reveals that the @AskAnatomist site progressed into a web-based community of practice (CoP), suggesting an additional benefit of SoMe communities in the field of anatomy. Anat Sci Educ 11: 270-281. © 2017 American Association of Anatomists.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Ask an anatomist: Identifying global trends, topics and themes of academic anatomists using twitter

Marsland

Lazarus

2017

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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“…Such services promote collaborative relationships between service users and providers, as well as shared decision-making, use of joint wellbeing and crisis plans, employment of peer support workers, and fight stigma (Slade et al, 2014). It has been argued that recovery meets a vital ethical obligation to honor the personhood of people with mental illness (Piat, Briand, Bates, & Labonté, 2015).…”

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Recovery education for people experiencing housing instability: An evaluation protocol

Durbin

Kapustianyk

Nisenbaum

et al. 2019

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background:Recovery education centers (RECs) offer recovery supports through education rather than traditional health services. The Supporting Transitions and Recovery Learning Centre (STAR) in Toronto, Canada, is among the few that are internationally focused on individuals with histories of homelessness. Although research suggests that RECs positively impact participants, there is a paucity of rigorous studies and none address the engagement and impacts on homeless individuals.Aims:This protocol describes a realist-informed evaluation of STAR, specifically examining (1) if STAR participation is more effective in promoting 12-month recovery outcomes than participation in usual services for individuals experiencing housing instability and mental health challenges and (2) how STAR participation promotes recovery and other positive outcomes.Methods:This study uses a quasi-experimental mixed methods design. Personal empowerment (primary outcome) and recovery, housing stability, social functioning, health service use and quality of life (secondary outcomes) data were collected at baseline, and 6 and 12 months. Intervention group participants were recruited at the time of STAR registration while control group participants were recruited from community agencies serving this population after screening for age and histories of housing instability. Interviews and focus groups with service users and providers will identify the key intervention ingredients that support the process of recovery.Results:From January 2017 to July 2018, 92 individuals were recruited to each of the intervention and control groups. The groups were mostly similar at baseline; the intervention group’s total empowerment score was slightly higher than the control group’s ( M ( SD): 2.94 (0.23) vs 2.84 (0.28), p = .02), and so was the level of education. A subset of STAR participants ( n = 20) and nine service providers participated in the qualitative interviews and focus groups.Conclusion:This study will offer important new insights into the effectiveness of RECs, and expose how key REC ingredients support the process of recovery for people experiencing housing instability.

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“…The three main elements characterising CoPs identified by Wenger et al 1 are community (collective learning through social interactions), domain (within a particular area of interest) and practice (developing, sharing and maintaining knowledge). Examples of CoPs where professionals have sought further education, development and innovation in a particular practice area, include the promotion of a new measurement tool in child and youth mental healthcare, 5 promotion of recoveryoriented practices in mental healthcare 6 and the management of COVID-19. 7 The advantages of CoPs within healthcare include the joint analysis of practical experiences and information among their members.…”

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Virtual communities of practice to improve clinical outcomes in healthcare: protocol for a 10-year scoping review

et al. 2021

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IntroductionVirtual communities of practice (VCoPs) use a common online platform to provide healthcare professionals with the opportunity to access highly specialised knowledge, build a professional support network and promote the translation of research evidence into practice. There is limited reporting of how best to design and administer VCoPs within healthcare organisations. The primary aim of this scoping review is to identify the best methods used to establish and maintain VCoPs. Findings shall be used to develop a flexible framework to guide the establishment and facilitation of a VCoP for healthcare professionals to ensure the translation of falls prevention clinical guidelines into practice.Methods and analysisA five-stage scoping review process will be followed based on Arksey and O’Malley’s framework and refined by the Joanna Briggs Institute Methodology. An initial limited search of PubMed and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature will identify relevant studies and assist with search term development. This will be followed by a search of five online databases to identify papers published from January 2010 until November 2020. Papers will be independently screened by two reviewers, and data extracted and analysed using a reporting framework. Qualitative data will be analysed thematically and numerical synthesis of the data will be conducted.Results and disseminationThe results of this scoping review will highlight the best ways to design and manage VCoPs in healthcare organisations. The findings will be presented at relevant stakeholder workshops, conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.

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Recovery Communities of Practice: An Innovative Strategy for Mental Health System Transformation

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Ask an anatomist: Identifying global trends, topics and themes of academic anatomists using twitter

Ask an anatomist: Identifying global trends, topics and themes of academic anatomists using twitter

Recovery education for people experiencing housing instability: An evaluation protocol

Virtual communities of practice to improve clinical outcomes in healthcare: protocol for a 10-year scoping review

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