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Lay Educator - Study Information
The Lay Educator study, which is being funded by Diabetes UK, will be looking at whether or not lay people can be trained to successfully deliver DESMOND, to people newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, in partnership with Health care Professionals.
National policy which requires that structured education be provided to all with diabetes challenges health services in the current economic situation. The Expert Patient Programme has shown that lay people, with good training and support, can make excellent facilitators. However, these programmes are not devised to support illness-specific skills and knowledge.
Aims
The aim of the Lay Educator Study is to develop a training programme for lay educators in order to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver the DESMOND programme. If successful in showing that with the right training and support, lay patient educators working with health care professionals in joint teams to deliver diabetes education, can be just as effective as health professional educators, health services will have more options for providing education to greater numbers of people with diabetes.
Definition of a Lay Educator
In the DESMOND programme a Lay Educator is someone who delivers group education to people with diabetes, alongside a Health Care Professional (HCP) partner. A Lay Educator may be someone with diabetes or have a family member or friend with diabetes, or simply have an interest in diabetes and in being a diabetes educator. A Lay Educator is not a registered Health Care Professional, neither are they employed by an organisation to provide diabetes care or education in a non-registered capacity.
Where the study is being conducted
The study is being conducted across the United Kingdom:
- Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust (PCT)
- Hampshire PCT
- Leicestershire PCT
- West Lothian Community Health & Care Partnership (CHCP)
Recruitment for Lay Educators has been completed in all areas.
For More Information please contact Panna Mandalia - panna.mandalia@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
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