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Impact

Te Pou believes high quality mental health and addiction training is key to developing a strong and effective workforce.

We regularly monitor and evaluate our Skills Matter programmes to understand what differences the programmes make in practice and to look for opportunities to continuously improve our programme offerings.

At the bottom of this page you will find information and results from various evaluation activities undertaken by Te Pou including:

  • end of year student survey results
  • an analysis of the new entry to specialist practice: mental health and addiction nursing programme
  • Skills Matter impact and outcomes infographic - a snapshot of demographic information teamed with student comments about the programmes 
  • stories from students and employers sharing their experiences.

If you would like to share your experience of being a student - or employer of a Skills Matter student - we would love to hear from you. Please contact Angela Gruar.

 

Resources

Skills Matter: Interprofessional learning pilot factsheet

This factsheet summarises participant feedback on the interprofessional learning pilot undertaken by Waitematā DHB and AUT.

2018 Skills Matter student feedback results

Evaluation of all courses funded under the Skills Matter programme.

2018 Follow up Skills Matter interviews report

Second follow up of students from the 2016 Skills Matter cohort.

2017 Skills Matter student survey results

Evaluation report of courses funded under the Skills Matter programme.

2017 Skills Matter - follow up of Skills Matter students of 2016

In 2017, Te Pou followed up with a sample of students who obtained Skills Matter funding in 2016 to better understand the longer-term outcomes of their training. This report summarises the findings of the resulting interviews.

An analysis of the Skills Matter New Entry to Specialist Practice: Mental Health and Addiction Nursing programme

An analysis of five years’ of survey data identified the courses are making a meaningful impact on participants’ practice in the field of mental health and addiction.

Skills Matter student reflections - clinical leadership in nursing practice programme

Three Skills Matter students from the 2015 clinical leadership in nursing practice programme reflect on their study and practice.

Stories

Jocelyn Bristol, nurse

1 December 2017

Jocelyn Bristol is an older nurse, having graduated her nursing training in 1977. She will complete the NESP programme in late-2017 and says, despite her vast experience, the study has increased her confidence and totally enriched her practice.

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Snow Shinoy, nurse at St Dominic's Centre

1 December 2017

Snow Shinoy is one of eight nurses working at St Dominic’s Centre in Feilding, which is run by the Dalcam Healthcare Group. St Dominic’s is a 49-bed residential facility offering recovery, respite and crisis services for people living with mental illness.

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Laura Smith, mental health nurse

1 December 2017

Laura Smith is a young mental health nurse working in an NGO who says her skills, knowledge and ability to empathise have been greatly enhanced by the NESP programme.

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Monique Lammers, Director of Nursing and Allied Health

1 December 2017

Monique Lammers is the Director of Nursing and Allied Health at the Ashburn Clinic in Dunedin. Established in 1882, Ashburn is New Zealand’s oldest psychiatric facility. It uses a therapeutic community model of treatment, and has 34 beds in its inpatient unit and 10 more in its self-care hostel.

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Ines Bruin, Pathways

1 December 2017

Ines Bruin is the Service Relations Manager at Pathways in Auckland. With several branches around the country, Pathways is the largest NGO mental health service provider in New Zealand.

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Wendy Montgomery, Pathways

1 December 2017

Doing the NESP programme gave Wendy Montgomery the skills, learning and confidence to develop a number of new projects at her service that have been of great benefit to service users.

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Waitematā DHB celebrates and embraces new graduates

13 December 2016

Handover | Issue 37 - December 2016 - Cover story On 10 November Waitematā DHB held a graduation celebration for 25 nurses who had completed the mental health and addiction nursing new entry to speciality practice (NESP) programme surrounded by family, whānau, friends, mentors, supervisors, preceptors and nurse leaders

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Moe Aoelua, teen mum to straight-A student

26 May 2016

Four years ago, Moefilifilia (Moe) Aoelua was a 21-year-old mother of two without high school qualifications. Now she is a new graduate on the Skills Matter new entry to specialist practice: mental health and addiction nursing programme and is already making a big impression with her employers.

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Paying it forward

10 May 2016

David Taylor completed a two-year post graduate certificate in health science (Infant, Child and Youth) with the University of Auckland as part of the Skills Matter programme in 2015 and was so enthusiastic about it we just had to write a profile on his journey.

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NGO nurse takes on the Skills Matter NESP programme - and wins!

21 April 2016

NGO nurses can access Skills Matter funding, but they face some different challenges from their DHB counterparts. Trudy George shares her experience of the NESP nursing programme.

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Leading positive changes in clinical practice through learning - Anne Frew

17 February 2015

Anne completed some postgraduate papers under the Skills Matter Clinical Leadership in Nursing programme. Learn what Anne, and her employer, thought about the experience.

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