Abstract
While the strategy of Shared Decision Making (SDM) originated in the medical field and was later adopted into the mental health arena, little attention has been paid to practice in the broader fields of the allied health and social care professions. These professions are grounded in the recognition of a need for practice that reflects the partnership and collaboration of the professional and the service user working together to further the health and well-being of the user. A pilot training module was developed to introduce and support students in their journey from exposure to the co-production ideology and the SDM strategy into clinical practice in the allied health and social care professions. The aim of the present article is to describe the students' experiences while learning about SDM and their use of this knowledge in their field practice in Israel. The students' experiences highlighted the complexity of integrating SDM into practice both at the individual student level as well as the macro environment. Moreover, it pointed to the need to further develop this co-production paradigm and the SDM strategy into the education of the allied health and social care professions.
Highlights
The present article focuses on the need for integrating the central professional concept of partnership into the clinical practice of allied health and social care professionals
Replies to the Likert scale administered at the end of the module on the training process and the perceived relevance of Shared Decision Making (SDM) to clinical practice provided further information
Aids can increase user self-determination and engagement that effectively supports the decision-making process itself [48, 49] and we suggest that it may support students in their move to practice. This module was developed as an initial endeavor to expand the use of SDM into the health and social care professions
Summary
The present article focuses on the need for integrating the central professional concept of partnership into the clinical practice of allied health and social care professionals. We argue for investing in the training of these professionals on Shared Decision Making (SDM) as a tool to support this professional value system Framed in this context, and based on previous SDM training principles, the introduction of a pilot SDM training module into two academic programs for allied health and social care in Israel is described. The work of professionals in the health and social care fields (such as social workers, occupational therapists and nurses) is grounded in the core values of self- determination and client-centered practice. This translates into the workers’ collaborating with their clients to ensure their active partnership in the process of effecting change in their lives [1]. These principles are reflected in the different professions’ codes of ethics [2, 3]
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