Ruth Chambers

Providing tools to assist in the development of effective leadership skills in the NHS, this title presents the reader with a practical approach to becoming a competent leader, and prepares them to lead in a positive way while realising their responsibilities.

This text presents a guide to clinical effectiveness and governance. It aims to increase awareness of, and skills in, an evidence-based approach to health care, and there is advice on collecting, evaluating, interpreting and applying evidence.

This book uses examples of clinical audit from around twenty different clinical fields but with particular attention to chronic disease management. It uses a practical 'how-to-do-it' approach which makes the undertaking of clinical audit a positive exercise.

In this book/CD-ROM package, Wakley (Center for Health Policy and Practice, Staffordshire University, UK) and Chambers (Staffordshire University) show how general practice teams can improve their chronic disease management through problem-based learning. Writing from a UK perspective, they focus on the ten clinical fields given quality indicators i.

This title on imporving sexual health advice is aimed at health care professionals and educators and covers sexual health strategy, screening and investigations, contracepetion, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy, and sexual violence.

Illustrated throughout with practical tools and exercises, this guide shows how to create a positive learning culture within healthcare organizations. It demonstrates the importance of linking investments in individuals' learning to a learning strategy for the whole organisation.