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Deficiencies in postgraduate training for healthcare professionals who provide diabetes education and support: results from the Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs ( DAWN2) study.
- Source :
- Diabetic Medicine; Aug2017, Vol. 34 Issue 8, p1074-1083, 10p, 7 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Aims To consider the global provision of self-management diabetes education and training for healthcare professionals using data from the second Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs ( DAWN2) study. Methods A total of 4785 healthcare professionals caring for people with diabetes were surveyed in 17 countries to assess diabetes healthcare provision, self-management support and training. Results Of the healthcare professionals surveyed, 33.5% received formal postgraduate training in self-management (19.3-51.4% across countries) and 62.9% received training for medical management of diabetes (47.6-70.6% variation). Training in psychological management was low (19.1%), ranging from 3.6 to 36.5%, while 20.4% (a range of 3.6-36.4% across countries) had received no postgraduate training. Overall, the greatest training need was in the management of psychological aspects of diabetes (59.5%). For some, training in a domain was positively associated with a perceived need for further training. Communication skills, for example, listening (76.9%) and encouraging questions (76.1%), were the skills most widely used. Discussion of emotional issues was limited; 31-60% of healthcare professionals across the different countries reported that this only occurred if initiated by patients. Approximately two-thirds of participants reported a need for major improvements in emotional/psychological support, but few had received training in this area, with consistent findings across professional affiliations. Conclusions The present study shows that healthcare professionals report being insufficiently equipped to provide diabetes self-management education, including emotional and psychological aspects of diabetes, and many are not receiving postgraduate training in any part (including medical care) of the management of diabetes. It is paramount that those responsible for the continuing professional development of healthcare professionals address this skills gap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DIABETES & psychology
MEDICAL education
EVALUATION of medical education
PATIENT education
CLINICAL psychology
COMMUNICATION
DIABETES
EDUCATION
EMOTIONS
EVALUATION of medical care
PHYSICIANS
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
HEALTH self-care
SURVEYS
GRADUATE education
WORLD health
HUMAN research subjects
PATIENT selection
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07423071
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Diabetic Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124130335
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.13334