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Practice Development by definition is:A continuous process of developing person centred cultures. It is enabled by facilitators who authentically engage with individuals and teams to blend personal qualities and creative imagination with practice skills and wisdom. The learning that occurs brings about transformations of individual and team practices.This is sustained by embedding both processes and outcomes in corporate strategy. (Manley et al 2008,) Reference Manley, K. McCormack, B., Wilson V.,(2008) International Practice Development in Nursing and Healthcare. Blackwell Publishing Staff Nurse/Midwifery Leadership ProgrammeThese Practice Development based programmes, called Pebbles and Kohatu (Kohatu is a parallel programme for Maori nurses/midwives), are aimed at nurses and midwives who have less that ten years clinical experience. Participants attend one full day a month for six months and the programme exposes them to the wider world of health and how individuals can influence the future of healthcare.The programme aims to support the development of the nursing and midwifery workforce to enable succession planning within the DHB; and to create a pool of talented nursing/midwifery clinicians skilled in leading and managing change. Nominations for the programme are called for twice a year through the Charge Nurse/Midwifery Manager network. Action Learning SetsAction learning, in this context, is a method of individual and /or organisational development based on a group of colleagues meeting over time to tackle real problems or issues in order to get things done.This is a formal, facilitated process which is built on solid theory from the fields of education, management, psychology and sociology. During 2011, this new initiative has been trialled and evaluated with the Waikato Hospital Charge Nurse/Midwifery Manager group. Outcomes have included an updated procedure on Direction and Delegation for Enrolled Nurses (still in draft form) and procedural work on the application process for course and conference leave. ResearchResearch during 2010/11 has focussed on the Pebbles/Kohatu programmes. Dr Philippa Miskelly, Research Fellow for the Waikato DHB, in coolaboration with academics from Monash and Wollongong Universities (Australia) is carrying out a pluralistic evaluation of the programme.This ethically approved research will provide valuable information which will inform the future direction of the programme. Clinical SupervisionLimited capacity for the provision of individual and group supervision.For more details please contact:
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