All of the resources included in our person-centred care resource centre have been reviewed by the Health Foundation. We believe them to be of the highest possible standard but we do not take responsibility for the accuracy of information from third parties.
Presentations
Teams working on the Health Foundation's MAGIC programme designed workshops to help health professionals develop the skills and techniques for effective shared decision making. Materials to support the programme include overheads, handouts and pre and post-training self assessment.
Discussion papers
This blog describes how a doctor helped a family to move from asking the doctor to make a decision, to thinking through what their mother's wishes might be for her end of life care, and how this has influenced the doctor's subsequent practice.
Academic / research papers
This paper reports on the findings of two rounds of semi-structured interviews with health professionals taking part in the Health Foundation's MAGIC programme to put shared decision making into practice. It sets out the work required to implement shared decision making and to inform future efforts.
Academic / research papers
The article aims to translate existing conceptual descriptions of shared decison making int a three-step model that is practical, easy to remember, and can act as a guide to skills development.
Tools for clinical practice
This document provides a brief reminder of key approaches and phrases that clinicians can use to support shared decision making.
Tools for clinical practice
This resource pack was developed by the Shared Decision Making Team based at AQuA together with 28 teams from hospital, community and primary care working in the clinical areas of: maternity, musculoskeletal and renal.
Video
Enjoyable 4-minute video and song highlighting the importance of engaging patients in decisions about their care and combining patient preference and values with evidence.
Tools for clinical practice
This brief set of slides sets out six easy-to-adopt steps that healthcare professionals can use to better engage people in making decisions about their care.
Discussion papers
This article reviews what is known about compliance and concordance and explores patient and practitioner behaviour.
Discussion papers
This blog sets out from a clinician perspective what shared decision making involves and what is needed to embed it practice.