THE PLP (Personal Learning Project)

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Practice Enhancement Achieved through
Knowledge
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Canmore Demonstration Site

• Presenters?
• Carol Duncan, Principle Investigator
• Sue Langlais, Knowledge Broker
• Where?
• Rural Health Bow Corridor
• Canmore General Hospital
• Calgary Health Region

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Our Agenda Today

• Project description status
• Challenges opportunities

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• Hypothesis
• Implementation of an innovative knowledge
  brokering program will enhance care provider
  participation in evidence-based decision and
  policy-making.

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The Research Team

• Calgary Health Region
• University of Calgary
• Health Sciences (Library Services)

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• Two Knowledge Brokers

• Community Care/Long Term Care (March 2005)

• Acute Care Services (Fall 2005)

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Personal Learning Project (PLP)Step 1 the
story

• the bug

• discomfort or intrigue regarding
  patient care and safety

• what is the story?

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PLP Step 2 the question

• PLP documented and submitted to Knowledge Broker
  (KB)
• Story reviewed and clarified
• PLP modified with participant if necessary

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PLP Step 3 research

• PLP researched by Knowledge Brokers and/or Health
  Sciences, University of Calgary
• Consultation with managers, colleagues, local and
  external experts

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PLP Step 4 sharing

• PLPs are shared

• Results are posted on bulletin boards throughout
  project sites and on the website (pending)

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PLP Step 5 action

• PLPs reviewed and prioritized by team
• Solutions discussed and actions recommended

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PLP Step 6 outcomes

• Practice and/or safety enhancements
• Evaluation of change
• Guideline policy and implementation

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PLP Step 7 evaluation

• Process and outcome evaluation
• Did it work?

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Status

• On target
• Participants from different areas of the hospital
• Fast-tracking other areas
• PLPs steadily submitted

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Top 5 Challenges
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Number 5

• Nobody knows.

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Number 4

• But you didnt tell
• me anything!

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Number 3

• Quality of Research

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Number 2

• Quantity of Research

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Number 1

• Time

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Opportunities

• Timely, up-to-date information to assist care
  provider participation in evidence-based practice
• Enhancement of patient care and safety
• Improved team cohesiveness

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Last but not least

• Tell me and I forget.
• Teach me and I may remember.
• Involve me and I learn.
• Benjamin Franklin