This audit has identified important areas for practice development, research and education for the whole multiprofessional team in relation to the management of patients with MSCC and beyond.
Dr Ruth Chambers OBE is GP clinical director for practice development and performance at Stoke-on-Trent CCG.
These findings also illustrate how POPAC can be used for practice development purposes, in addition to research.
Our synthesis suggests the following items are important for practice development until further research evidence is available: Concurrency of education and care delivery must not be ignored.
At the first visit, the facilitators were to assist in defining goals for practice development and in choosing suitable means to achieve them.
Increased recognition, and support for, the practice development and leadership functions of advanced practice nurses, in addition to a strengthening of expertise in clinical practice, could reap dividends at all levels of the health care system described in Figure 1.
Health policy on the quality control of prescription practice, professional development for rural doctors, and health education to rural residents could be essential to enhance prescription practice in the rural THCs and improve the health conditions of rural residents in Sichuan Province.
The Sumerians have practiced sustainable development for the last 7,000 years".
Recent research into peer mentoring by doctors supports the idea that practice support can help students deal with the problem of changing practice, benefit professional development for the mentor and ultimately improve patient experience [ 34].
