Tools for learning

Ignite passion for knowledge and learning

This resource aims to encourage, promote and enable organisational learning, research and evaluation, fostering a culture of inquiry and reflective practice.

Based on the immediate needs of the sector; Te Pou has developed an inventory of tools and links for self-directed learning.

• Research and evaluation
• Organisational learning and implementing change
• Innovation
• Writing proposals
• Clinical practice and evidence
• Recovery-oriented service delivery
• Mental health and addiction factsheets

These tools include downloadable guidelines, templates, reports, publications of interest and links to useful national and international resources. In addition, Te Pou produces a series of brief papers and factsheets summarising information on relevant mental health and addiction topics.

The tools for learning content review group, with representatives from the sector, will inform the decisions around what practical tools or areas will be most useful to the sector and how to best provide these tools.  We acknowledge that learning needs differ depending on the setting, the culture of the organisation and the skill sets within teams.

Te Pou will regularly review the usefulness of the tools provided and update the site with new resources accordingly. If you know of any resource or topic that would be useful to include in the inventory, please contact keadmin   "at" tepou.co.nz.

Highlights

Interesting publications

• Commissioning what works: The economic and financial case for supported employment (PDF) (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, 2009). This briefing is aimed mainly at those responsible for commissioning employment-related and other services for people with severe mental health problems. It provides an overview of cost and effectiveness of individual placement and support (IPS) and evidence that is effective, affordable and good value for money.

Using and exploring the web

• Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. You can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organisations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research and links you to full text publications or where to find these. University of Otago developed a useful Google Scholar Tips resource.
• University of Adelaide library created a very useful mental health page. The variety of information ranges from news and full text publications to rating scales.
• The New Zealand Psychiatry Research Review is a bi-monthly free online publication. It describes important studies published with a commentary from Dr David Menkes. When registered, copies are sent by email and back issues are available in the catalogue on the webpage.

For more information

Contact Anita Langthaller.

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Page last updated: 9 February 2010