Social capital, work engagement, working conditions, and leadership are concepts that have been studied previously, but there is lack of knowledge about what processes promote sustainable organizational improvement work in hospitals, and specifically, what leads healthcare professionals to engage in clinical developments. The overall aim of this thesis is to increase knowledge of how social cap...

BACKGROUND International migration is a global phenomenon challenging healthcare professionals to provide culturally competent care. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of leaders on the cultural competence of healthcare professionals. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 2010 to 2012 to obtain data for a social network analysis in 19 inpatie...

OBJECTIVE To explore healthcare professionals' views about the benefits and challenges of using information technology (IT) resources for educating patients about their warfarin therapy. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of both community and hospital-based healthcare professionals (e.g., doctors, pharmacists and nurses) involved using a purpose-designed questionnaire. The questionnaires were ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the article is to present the available data from the literature on substance use disorders in healthcare professionals. Prevalence, risk factors, treatment options, and reentry into clinical practice are discussed. INTRODUCTION Impairment of a healthcare professional is the inability or impending inability to practice according to accepted standards as a result of ...

AIM The aim of this qualitative study was to explore parental experiences of how healthcare practices and healthcare professionals in hospital clinics in Denmark influence everyday life of parents with a child with ADHD. DESIGN AND METHODS The methodology was focused ethnography. Participant observation and interviews were used as the primary data collection methods. Fifteen families of child...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to identify facilitators of and barriers to healthcare professionals' motivation in a diabetes centre in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). DESIGN A qualitative research approach was employed using semistructured interviews to assess perception of and attitudes regarding healthcare professionals' motivation in providing good quality diabetes care. SETTING A diabetes centre l...

Communication between healthcare professionals and patients as part of the therapeutic process is often restricted to short, episodic face-to-face encounters within healthcare institutions. The absence of a continuous communication process that extends the face-to-face encounter to include the therapeutic process outside the institution limits the support and guidance healthcare professionals c...

Ensuring and enforcing human rights in patient care are important to promote health and to provide quality and appropriate healthcare services. Therefore, continued medical education (CME) is essential for healthcare professionals to utilize their sphere of influence to affect change in healthcare practice. A total of 123 participants attended three CME courses. Course topics covered: (i) the a...

Aims To explore healthcare professionals' perceptions of what patient participation means in a paediatric care context . Design A qualitative explorative design with grounded theory. Methods Fifteen healthcare professionals who worked in paediatric care settings were either interviewed or asked open-ended questions in a survey, during December 2015-May 2016. Grounded theory was used as a me...