TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation of a mental health consumer academic position
T2 - Benefits and challenges
AU - Happell, Brenda
AU - Bocking, Julia
AU - Scholz, Brett
AU - Platania-Phung, Chris
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the funding provided from the Erasmus + funding for the broader Commune project. We acknowledge the assistance of Piyada Juntanamalaga in undertaking the interviews.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Purpose: Academic positions for consumers of mental health services remain rare despite positive evaluation. This paper considers the benefits and challenges of a consumer academician position, from perspectives of stakeholders involved in the implementation. Design and Methods: Qualitative, exploratory involving in-depth interviews with academicians. Thematic analysis identified the main benefits and challenges. Findings: Benefits identified included lived experience perspective and facilitates interaction and reflection; demonstrating recovery and promoting person centered care. Challenges identified included process, too close to home, and too little too late. Practice Implications: Enhanced understanding of consumer academician positions could increase effectiveness and maximize educational opportunity.
AB - Purpose: Academic positions for consumers of mental health services remain rare despite positive evaluation. This paper considers the benefits and challenges of a consumer academician position, from perspectives of stakeholders involved in the implementation. Design and Methods: Qualitative, exploratory involving in-depth interviews with academicians. Thematic analysis identified the main benefits and challenges. Findings: Benefits identified included lived experience perspective and facilitates interaction and reflection; demonstrating recovery and promoting person centered care. Challenges identified included process, too close to home, and too little too late. Practice Implications: Enhanced understanding of consumer academician positions could increase effectiveness and maximize educational opportunity.
KW - consumer academician
KW - consumer participation
KW - education of health professionals
KW - mental health
KW - mental health nursing
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U2 - 10.1111/ppc.12315
DO - 10.1111/ppc.12315
M3 - Article
C2 - 30613994
AN - SCOPUS:85059565455
SN - 0031-5990
VL - 55
SP - 175
EP - 182
JO - Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
JF - Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
IS - 2
ER -
