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Introductory notes:• Hodges model was created by Brian E. Hodges in the 1980s• This presentation is purposely basic and un-themed. • These 10 slides summarise the first* podcast on Hodges model

posted online in late 2006:• http://www.archive.org/details/PeterJonesHodgesModelPodcastPart1WelcometotheQuad

• See also the complete podcast notes (with suggested answers to the two questions).

• Website: Hodges model• Blog: Welcome to the QUAD• Efforts are underway to create a new website using Drupal the

content management system

• Contact - h2cmng at yahoo.co.uk

*The second should be better!

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PODCASTWelcome to the Quadhttp://www.archive.org/details/PeterJonesHodgesModelPodcastPart1WelcometotheQuad

An Introduction to

Hodges Health Career Model

Part 1

Presented byPeter Jones

© 2006

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Aims & Objectives

• how and why the model was formulated

• its structure

• rationale for its content

• draw and label the model

• describe the model’s axes

• differentiate between the model’s care domains and their scope/content

While developed in health and social care, Hodges model has universal potential

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Brian E Hodges

• Brian was a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, he retired in 2005

• Taught on learning disability, community mental health, health visitor, district nursing and other programmes

• Community Mental Health Nursing course - case study using Hodges model

• 1985-87 nursing process, models

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Why bother?

1. Models are no longer flavour of the month.2. In this age of multidisciplinary teams and

integrated care surely nursing models have no role to play except possibly within nurse education.

3. If there was little or no time in the 80s and 90s for models in practise, then there certainly isn’t now.

4. And even if you are old enough to have the experience and things really do go round in circles this is one turn to many.

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Hodges model:developed to address four problems

1. To produce a curriculum development tool.

2. To help ensure holistic assessment and evaluation.

3. To support reflective practice, individually and in a group.

4. To reduce the theory-practice gap.

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Brian Hodges’ questions:

• Who do nurses care for?– Individuals– Groups and whole populations: global health

• What do nurses do?– Mechanistic: tasks, procedures, treatments– Humanistic: personal, empathy, caring

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Model diagrammatic formulation

• Paper exercise - output:

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Key assumptions:

1. Physical care informed by the SCIENCES

2. Emotional care informed by INTERPERSONAL – Psychology

3. Health and Social Care theory and practice are centred on the individual and the situations encountered.

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Care Domains & Content

• SCIENCES

• POLITICAL

• SOCIOLOGY

• INTERPERSONAL

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Closing Questions

• Sciences domain individual focus and yet groups must also be considered – public health. Is this a weakness of the model, or does it highlight the transition from individual care to care of groups which instantly becomes politicised?

• Is there a concept common across all domains that constitutes a fourth assumption?