Mr King's Story - Doctors and Nurses

This is one of a set of 5 films designed for interprofessional education.

• Main Story: Mr King's hospital admission after a stroke
• Doctors and Nurses (this film): Interviews with doctors and nurses who work in the stroke team
• Therapists: Interviews with a Physiotherapist, an Occupational Therapist and a Speech and Language Therapist who work in the stroke team
• Discharge and Social Care: Interviews with a social Worker and the other members of the stroke team who help the patient prepare for a safe discharge home
• Team Work: Perceptions from all the stroke team members about team working in the care of people who have a stroke

The work of doctors and nurses in stroke team
Informal discussion highlights some of the issues faced by the nurses and doctors in the stroke team.

Discussion Points
• How does the consultant's role change over time?
• Discuss leadership within the stroke team? Do you think this is a static or dynamic state?
• Why do nurses know the patents so well? Discuss what this means for other professionals?
• The nursing sister discusses aspects of professionalism for nursing, what are these? Are these attributes unprofessional?
• How do both the consultant and Sister view communication?
• How does the nurse view the relationship of the nursing team to the professions who come onto the ward and deliver care and then leave?
• Discuss the phrase "no one profession gets ideas above their station"?

Background:
This story follows the care pathway of a gentleman just turned fifty who has a sudden unexpected stroke and is admitted to hospital. The patient consented for his experiences to be used for student learning and to ensure confidentiality we have changed his name to Mr King. The patient and family in this film are actors but the health care team members were practitioners working on the stroke unit at the time. We acknowledge the support of University Hospital of Leicester NHS Trust.

This material was commissioned from the work of the Interprofessional Education Strategy, chaired by Dr Liz Anderson. It was funded by
De Montfort University Faculty of Health & Life Sciences,
University of Leicester Department of Medical & Social Care Education,
University of Northampton School of Health.
Directed and filmed by Cuckooland TV.

Teaching Materials
This film has been designed for interprofessional education. The learning content can be re-purposed in many different ways. In this guide we offer our insights for student learning. We use these learning materials to support placement learning when students are on clinical practice. The film can be viewed during reflective study time in study rooms adjacent to the clinical area. The adult learning approach requires small (n=2-5) interprofessional student groups and the film triggers debate and discussion.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• medical teaching
• nursing
• medicine
• physiotherapy
• occupational therapy
• social work
• speech and language therapy
• stroke patient
• stroke treatment
• De Montfort University
• University of Leicester
• University of Northampton
• Health & Life Sciences
• School of Medicine
• School of Health
• medical training
• health care
• social care