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Exploring Advanced Clinical Practitioner's Experience Developing Clinical Competence and Opinions on Role Identity

Sponsor
University of Sheffield (Other)
Overall Status
Unknown status
CT.gov ID
NCT04183127
Collaborator
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Faculty of Advanced Clinical Practice (Other), Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Other)
32
Enrollment
1
Location
12
Anticipated Duration (Months)
2.7
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

In the United Kingdom, there is an urgent need to reshape the National Health Service (NHS) workforce to equip it to meet the changing demands of the population it serves and deliver the vision set out in the Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View (2017) and recently published NHS Plan (2019). One of the key elements to this is the continuing development, support and utilisation of Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) roles.

Advanced Clinical Practitioners are educated to Masters Level in clinical practice and assessed as competent in practice using their expert clinical knowledge and skills. They have the freedom and authority to act, making their own decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Although the level of education and assessment of competence are common for ACPs working in all areas, training and supervision varies between primary and secondary care, specialties and sites.

The proposed research will explore ACP experiences of how they develop clinical competence and their opinions on role identity, specifically:

  • Factors that have influenced their clinical competency achievements.

  • Training experience (clinical and external education opportunities)

  • Experience of educational/ clinical supervision and its benefits.

  • Self-identified knowledge gaps, with a focus on mental health.

  • Future ACP role identity

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: No intervention

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Anticipated Enrollment :
32 participants
Observational Model:
Other
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Exploring Advanced Clinical Practitioner's Experience Developing Clinical Competence and Opinions on Role Identity
Anticipated Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2020
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Jul 31, 2020
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
ACP

ACPs, either qualified or in training, working in the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw area.

Other: No intervention
ACPs, qualified or in training, will be invited to participate by email. Interested participants will be provided with study materials and asked to complete an online eligibility questionnaire; if eligible, contact details will also be recorded. Participants will be invited to take part in a focus group about their experience in developing clinical competence and their opinions on role identity. Data collection will consist of focus groups.
Other Names:
  • Focus Groups

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    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. Experiences and views of ACPs regarding their experience of developing clinical competence and opinions on role identity [Time frame: 120 minutes] [Jan-Dec 2020]

      Focus groups will follow a topic guide to explore the factors which influence participants experience of clinical competence, training experience and supervision. The focus groups will also discuss participants feelings in relation to self-identified knowledge gaps (focusing on mental health) and the future ACP role identity.

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    18 Years and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Qualified ACP or trainee ACP who has completed at least 1 years (FTE) of ACP clinical training

    • Currently working in this role within either Primary or Secondary Care and based in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.

    Exclusion Criteria:
    • Unable to communicate in English

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 University of Sheffield Sheffield United Kingdom S1 4DA

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • University of Sheffield
    • South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Faculty of Advanced Clinical Practice
    • Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Investigators

    None specified.

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    University of Sheffield
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT04183127
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • CHC-ACP2019
    First Posted:
    Dec 3, 2019
    Last Update Posted:
    Dec 3, 2019
    Last Verified:
    Nov 1, 2019
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    No
    Plan to Share IPD:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
    No
    Keywords provided by University of Sheffield
    ACP
    Competence
    Role identity

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Dec 3, 2019