While research suggests that age is not a factor for resistance to change in skills or working practices, long-tenured staff may find it more difficult to adopt and implement new skills as they have invested more in their traditional role and working practices [ 37, 38].
These focus group discussions suggested that there are a number of generic health system weaknesses in Kenya which impact on the ability of health workers to care for clients with mental health problems and to implement new skills acquired during a mental health continuing professional development training programmes.
Despite high rates of preventive delivery, this study found that not all nurses are equally amenable to adopting and implementing new skills.
collaborative apprenticeship is designed to help teachers learn and implement new teaching skills and strategies through four development phases, beginning with implementation of best practices from a mentor to the development of their own.
It also showed that there is a considerable learning and preparation time and a need for ongoing work to implement new and complex practice, and the need for appropriate technology and associated user skills to be available.
Of particular importance is ensuring that healthcare providers receive, not just the motivation, skills and knowledge to implement new diagnostic and treatment guidelines, but also the management support to effect all those system-level changes required to make guideline implementation feasible.
Today, it is essential to implement new technologies and teaching methods that are flexible and encourage students to acquire the necessary professional skills.
Young people who are implementing and managing MFMC have learned new skills and have improved their existing skills in communication and activity management.
