[startgroup] Re: SV: Re: START

  • From: "Mike Doyle" <mj.doyle1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <startgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:10:42 +0100

Hi Kare

Yes, I was disappointed about not being able to stay longer in Edinburgh, but 
new role has placed a number of restrictions on my time. In any case I believe 
the conference went very well. At least next year I won't be expected to nip 
back to the office after a day!

Our original form takes about 25 minutes the first time, although extended 
format with evidence boxes etc takes 1 hour +. 

I guess there may be a threshold at which the START becomes impractical as a 
'brief clinical guideline'. Many staff mistake the 'short term' aspect as 
meaning it takes a short time to complete and I seem to recall some mention in 
the early days that it could be done in 8 minutes!

I am also interested to hear what time period people use to rate items; e.g. 
previous week, month, 2-months etc., as this is obviously crucial to the rating 
and dynamic nature of the tool.

Thanks for your response.
Mike


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kare.Nonstad@xxxxxxxxx 
  To: startgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:05 AM
  Subject: [startgroup] SV: Re: START


  Hi Mike. Sorry You had to leave Edinburgh so soon. Isn`t it allways tempting 
to try to make a good thing do even more? I have had to curb my enthusiasm 
repeatedly in my ideas to make the START jump trough flaming rings etc. I like 
Your model, though. There is a need for developing some kind of meta-model 
concerning our branch of psyciatry. 
  We probable are a chatty bunch here in Trondheim, as in my experience, a 
START meeting takes about an hour, maybe one and a half if we do the treatment 
plan in the same meeting. This is in the beginning of the patients stay, after 
a couple of STARTs, we usually make it in approx. 45 minutes. Maybe we should 
look into this.
  Kåre



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  Sendt: 14. juli 2009 22:30
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  Thanks Chris, Sarah and Steve for your helpful responses.

  I think the items are ideal areas for consideration when assessing strengths 
and risks, but also for the assessment of physical, psychological, social and 
political needs. As you know we are piloting the START to do this as part of 
applying the health career model. 

  Initial feedback was good but the e-proforma we used (which included evidence 
boxes, formulation and intervention sections), was felt to take too long and 
many never fully completed it. In a sense we 'overcooked' the process as 
previous version was broadly welcomed! Therefore, attempting to make 
adjustments to make the process more efficient and practically useful. Will 
feedback to the group in due course.

  Another query; on average how long do people find the START takes to complete?

  Thanks again.
  Mike
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: christopher webster 
    To: startgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 5:52 PM
    Subject: [startgroup] Re: START


    Hi Mike,
                Not sure I can add much. But, obviously, the HCR-20 provided a 
platform for us.And having a couple of senior, very experienced,nurses 
(Mary-Lou and Connie) made the essential  difference. Somewhat later, as I 
explained in a paper given at the Montreal IAFMHS meeting on our joint behalf, 
I realized that a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms could have saved us some 
work. I really do,though, believe that the only way to set up an SPJ device 
that has any hope of working is to establish a small group of colleagues 
willing to work together assiduously until the task is done. It is not a task 
for a committee and it is not a task for an individual person. It should, of 
course, be a topic to be studied and researched in its own right.  
                Thanks, Roger, for getting this going!    Cheers(We should be a 
formidable presence in Vcvr)   Chris.
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Mike Doyle 
      To: startgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:15 PM
      Subject: [startgroup] START


      Nice one Roger!

      Looking forwarwd to networking with alll on the list.

      First query; where did the 20 items of the START come from?

      Thanks
      Mike

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