In-service training for dementia care staff: Knowledge lost in transfer between opposing logics

Bidragets oversatte titel: Efter- og videreuddannelse for medarbejdere i demensplejen: Viden tabt i transfer mellem modsatrettede logikker

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Abstract


To improve the quality of dementia care is a health policy goal in Denmark. One Danish region launched a training programme for frontline staff based on a learning transfer principle. This article highlights enablers and barriers to learning how to improve dementia care using a school-based learning programme and examines the role of logics in care work for opportunities for knowledge transfer. The article draws on transfer theory and logics theory in health and care work. The methods used were interviews and observations. A hermeneutic analysis shows that the course participants experienced a gap between new ideals and knowledge, and opportunities to apply these in practice. The training programme was met with enthusiasm among the staff, but they became frustrated when they could not see any possibility to use the knowledge they had acquired. Lack of time was pointed out as a crucial barrier to working in a holistic and person-centred manner. The article concludes that quality improvement in dementia care is dependent on competence building, but that dominating efficiency logics in the work prevent transfer of the care logics that were fundamental elements in the teaching.
Bidragets oversatte titelEfter- og videreuddannelse for medarbejdere i demensplejen: Viden tabt i transfer mellem modsatrettede logikker
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNordisk Välfärdsforskning
Vol/bind8
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)34-51
Antal sider18
ISSN2464-4161
DOI
StatusUdgivet - apr. 2023

Emneord

  • learning
  • care workers
  • dementia care
  • efficiency improvement
  • transfer
  • logics

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