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Joint programmes - give them a second thought: the value of programmes leading to dual nursing and social work qualifications. |
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Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 6(3), 2011, pp.128-134. |
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1755-6228 |
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In 2004, London South Bank University started developing a new Honours degree programme to produce graduates equipped with both mental health nursing and social work professional knowledge. This paper describes the development, design, and evaluation of this joint mental health programme. The paper draws attention to the need for a more holistic approach to mental health training that brings together the medical and the social knowledge and skills required by today's practitioners. A number of advantages of the joint programme model are discussed, including the ability to work in interprofessional teams and across professional boundaries. The paper suggests that a specialist holistic training that incorporates nursing, social work (and in the future possibly occupational therapy and psychology) knowledge and skills would create well-prepared professionals to work with mental health and learning disability service user groups, and that this may be considered as a more successful solution to the effective integration of interprofessional education than the current struggles to superimpose it on uni-professional courses. |
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holistic care; mental health education; multidisciplinary training; nursing; social work education; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=e1bd7c7a-c094-4c87-b3c5-3b3927768ea1 |
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