Consumer–clinician co‐taught borderline personality disorder training: A pilot evaluation

Abstract

This paper describes a consumer-clinician co-taught borderline personality disorder training programme for clinicians, of whom the largest group were nurses, working in mental health and substance use fields. A pilot evaluation of 73 participants attending the training rated the training as superior to evaluations of an earlier clinician-only-taught training. This study of a novel co-taught training programme found that the consumer input added substantial value. Findings indicate that consumer input into education programmes can make a significant positive contribution to the delivery of mental health services training with likely impacts on mental health service delivery. The potential importance of the findings warrants a comprehensive multicentre study. Confirming the findings would have implications for future borderline personality disorder training programmes.

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“…Two hundred and sixteen training participants attending the last eight training workshops evaluated the training. These 216 participants included the 73 reported on in the preliminary findings[9] plus a further 143 participants.…”

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