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: 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 (this film): 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
Discharge and Social Care
In this section of the film the social worker is introduced and
outlines their role within discharge.
• Discharge is dependent on many factors what are they? Issues
include local and national policies on support and entitlements,
availability of specialist services e.g. early supported discharge
schemes, role of policy arrangements between health and social
care, partnership working with the family, liaison and listening to
the assessments of the health care team, etc.
• Discuss impairment, disability and handicap.
Discussion Points
• How is social work organised in your area for example are social
workers based in your hospital or at another community venue?
• What information will a social worker require from each
professional members of the stroke team? And why?
How does this influence discharge?
• How do social workers ensure quality of care and equity of
provision? Students need to know about eligibility criteria for
services and how social workers will assess the patients
entitlements.
• Discuss the difference between personalised care and care
provided by the state sector
• What support would families need to maintain their own budgets?
• What is a section '2' and section '5'?
• What things do you think are 'essential' for discharge? What
things might be considered a 'luxury'? For example a walk in
shower is not considered essential.
• Discuss the community support services available in your locality
that influence a patient's discharge or support the patient and
their family on discharge.
• Discuss changes in social and healthcare provision.
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.
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