Engaging With Hospital Staff to Develop Implementation Strategies For Delivering a Patient Falls Prevention Education Program Using a World Café.
Cheng Yen Loo, Meg E Morris, Jacqueline Francis-Coad and 12 others
PMID 42338335WHAT IT FOUND
Hospital staff proposed flexible training for all ward roles, visible falls champions, clear patient plans, family communication, interpreters and leadership support to implement a falls prevention education program.
The plan has not been evaluated.
Key findings
01Staff proposed training all ward staff, including cleaners and students, and flexible training for shift work.
02Staff proposed keeping patient plans visible and accessible, and using interpreters or translated resources for patients from non-English speaking backgrounds.
03Staff proposed visible champions and organizational ownership, with all levels taking responsibility.
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What it does not show
The implementation plan was developed but not evaluated, so the paper does not show that the proposed strategies work in practice. Participants were hospital staff, not patients or families, so patient and family experiences were not directly tested. The workshops included only English-speaking staff from three hospitals in Australia, so local ward culture and staffing may limit transfer to other settings. World café discussions can be influenced by table hosts and dominant participants, and the final plan was finalized by the research team.
Declared interests
The study was funded by a Medical Research Future Fund grant (MRF: 2031817). Anne-Marie Hill receives support from the Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation. The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat this as evidence that the Safe Recovery Program or these implementation strategies reduce falls. The workshops produced a plan, and the plan has not been evaluated.