Effect of Policy on Daily Routine and Responsibilities of Healthcare Professionals NHS FPX 6004 Assessment 3 Training Session for Policy Implementation

However, if we do a risk-benefit analysis, it is imperative to engage in such patient education activities as they are beneficial to the patients as well as the healthcare systems. To minimize the burden and increase effectiveness, certain educational documents can be prepared to avoid repetition of the information and for patients to keep information handy for future reference. Other than the educational aspect, healthcare professionals are also impacted by these policies to check compliance with diabetes screening among patients.

This is an added job where healthcare professionals are responsible to identify the non-compliance among the group of patients, monitoring their diabetic status, and considering providing individualized education to ensure the underperformance of benchmarks is improved and patients receive better healthcare. 

Importance of New Policy and Practice Guidelines 

The importance of the new policy and practice guidelines can be analyzed using the data which was evaluated initially to identify the gap between MMC and national benchmarks. It was identified that the rate of foot examinations which should be at 84% according to national data, were lying at 40-42% in MMC. On the other hand, the HBA1c tests should be around 79.5% whereas in MMC they stayed at 37.3-48.3% (AHRQ, n.d.). These surprising results advocated the need for policy to improve the benchmarks. Moreover, the importance of performing foot examinations and HBA1c tests for non-diabetic and diabetic patients can be justified using literature where it is suggested that addressing these shortfalls will lower the burden of the disease, improve outcomes by minimizing complications, reduces financial problems, improves well-being by decrease morbidity and mortality rates (Sayeed et al., 2020).

Improving the quality of care and outcomes of healthcare practices by healthcare professionals is another important reason why these policies are important. Educating patients on self-management of diabetes, and taking care of their lab tests, and foot examinations will enable healthcare professionals to adequately care for and manage their health conditions. Thus, it is important to implement the policy and practice guidelines. Next, we will discuss your role in the implementation of the policy. 

Importance of Healthcare Professionals in Implementing New Policy

Being the frontline staff with the utmost interaction with the patients, it is your responsibility as healthcare professionals to implement the policies established for improving diabetes screening among the population. Training and development of healthcare professionals enable them to be motivated and confident in their practices consequently they can successfully implement the policies. These training sessions will enhance the satisfaction levels of healthcare professionals and improve their healthcare practices which will eventually improve patients’ health outcomes (Mendez et al., 2022). 

These policies and practice guidelines are standard for healthcare professionals to improve their practices. The involvement of healthcare professionals especially nurses, will ensure a collaborative environment whereby healthcare workers will feel empowered and valued. This provider empowerment and motivation will result in positive outcomes in terms of managing patients’ health conditions (Inayat et al., 2023). When frontline workers will have adequate knowledge and feel inspired, patients will automatically trust the healthcare system and will get involved in the self-management of their health conditions. 

Educational Activities for the Training Sessions

Training healthcare professionals for the effective implementation of policies require adequate and effective resources to be used for training sessions. Some of these educational activities include:

1. Interprofessional training: interprofessional training like this one is essential to create a collaborative environment in the healthcare setting. This collaboration among healthcare professionals from various domains ensures that patients receive holistic care using the same knowledge that is instilled through the training. Moreover, it also helps healthcare professionals to be on the same platform while understanding each other’s roles, expertise, and limitations (Tsakitzidis et al., 2021). Interprofessional training also fosters an environment whereby all individuals work together for the successful implementation of the policies. 
2. Simulation-based education: simulation-based education helps healthcare professionals to replicate their clinical situations using simulative aids whereby the learned curriculum can be practiced before implementing in actual clinical settings. This practice also improves their unde