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Wing tips brush the stream

As changing self changes others,

Ripples in a pool

(Poem by Angie Titchen – expression of an insightemerging through action learning within a practice

development project.)

Welcome to pening doors on creativity! resources toawa"en creative wor"ing. We are very pleased to

ofer this resource or practitioners in nursing, andother healthcare practitioners, who have aresponsibility or, or an interest in, systematicpractice development and its associated areas, suchas evidence-based practice, clinical leadership orclinical governance. We hope it will provide a ‘spark’to ignite your enthusiasm or using more creativeways o thinking about practice development, develop your practical skills and condence with creativity,and enable you to acilitate learning activities or

others using new skills and creative acilitation.pening doors combines creative activities, imagery,practical ideas and mini case eamples. !t seeks toetend urther the ability o practitioners to liberatetheir own eelings and thinking and use innovativestrategies with others, or the purposes o practicetransormation within person-centred, evidence-based care.

"his resource has been prepared within a creativeand re#ective mode o learning that we reer to asactive learning. $o there are lots o activities or youto do so you can make your own sel discoveriesabout creativity. "here are also reading suggestions,

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learning points and practical eamples o creativestrategies to deepen your knowledge and or you touse or adapt to support practice transormation.

"he term ‘practice’ reers here to any kind o practicein health, e.g., clinical practice, practicedevelopment, education and research, leadership andmanagement development, or the purposes oimproving patient care.

ploring our own creativity can enable greateremotional intelligence and provide the opportunity tolearn more about ourselves and the ways in which werelate to patients and colleagues in the workplacereshwater, &''/0. rom this eploration, we canenhance our own proessional efectiveness in patientcare and how we nurture creative workplacecultures.

)ecent developments in re#ective practice, moreactive methods o learning such as clinicalsupervision and action learning0 and systematicpractice development seek to emphasise theimportance and signicance o the whole personpractitioner and patient0 and attempt to challengehabitual ways o thinking and acting.

"his resource grew rom the work undertaken by the

)oyal *ollege o +ursing )*+0 1ractice2evelopment "eam over the last decade withcolleagues in the )*+-unded #ei$ing the %re collaborative in3uiry 4rts *ouncil ngland, &''50,and more recently rom the report &reative arts andhumanities in healthcare! swallows to othercontinents *oats et al., &''/0, which looks at theneeds o patients, staf and healthcare organisationsin relation to the arts. "he report identies the needor healthcare practitioners6

'to be encouraged and facilitated to use theircreative imagination in %nding ways ofdeveloping and sustaining humanistic caringpractices and 'to develop expertise throughgaining "nowledge and experience in wor"ingwith the arts in healthcare

*oats et al., &''/6 70

"he report called or greater investment indeveloping arts-based strategies in healthcare,including distance learning, or the benet o patientsand staf.

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"his resource contributes to that identied need. !naddition, the resource complements the work o the!nternational 1ractice 2evelopment *ollaborative inits use o creative arts in practice developmentschools see the )*+ 1ractice 2evelopment news

and events webpage6http699www.rcn.org.uk9practicedevelopment9news0,and the co-operative in3uiry into practicedevelopment theory undertaken by the !nternational1ractice 2evelopment *ollo3uium see, or eample,:c*ormack and "itchen, &''(0. "he !nternational1ractice 2evelopment &ollaborative is a body oorganisations that designs, runs and evaluatesinternational practice development schools. "he!nternational 1ractice 2evelopment &ollouium is agroup o practice developers who are generating aninternational practice development theory. !n mid-&''(, the !nternational 1ractice 2evelopment*ollo3uium was taken under the umbrella o the!nternational 1ractice 2evelopment *ollaborative.0

Who is this resource for?

"his resource has been developed or people whohave a responsibility or development, change oracilitation, whatever their role or proession. Westart rom the basis that you are curious about yourown and others’ creativity, that you may have somecreative eperience, and would like to bring creativemethods into your work.

;ur intention is to enable you to develop or deepen your connection with your own creativity so that youdevelop condence in the eperience o beingcreative, and also learn rom and adapt what othershave done. ;pportunities or creative practice areonly limited by what is appropriate and achievable in

particular contets.

"he eamples provided here are models or you touse but should not be studied as denitive< =ourknowledge o your own workplace needs will lead youinto generating your own creative solutions as yourcondence and skill grow.

We very much hope you en>oy this resource and thatit inspires you to nd ways to enable your own andothers’ creativity to grow within your practice

settings.

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Aims of the resource

"he aims o this resource are to6

• provide creative activities to develop condence in your own creativity

• provide inspiration and guidance or the creativeacilitation o others by providing acilitationeamples or the purposes o6

– releasing others’ creative imagination orefective problem-solving and collaborativeworking

– generating energy and commitment in novelways

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working with groups or teams to develop ashared vision

– eploring efective culture transitions withgroups

– evaluating pro>ects or programmes usingcreative methods

• act as a signpost9resource or your creativedevelopment.

Intended learning outcomes!n working with this resource, you are provided withthe opportunity to6

• build your own condence and develop yourcreativity by practising diferent creative activitiesusing a range o creative materials

• make a creative statement and action plan toclariy your ideas or introducing creative methodsin your own workplace9organisational settings

• develop understanding and insight into how todesign and acilitate creative processes withothers, and manage the challenges involved.

Resource structure

"his resource has two main sections6

• #ection A! *eveloping your creativity  p.?'0contains activities or developing your own

creativity and clariying your creative aspirationsor your work, to enable you to build condence

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and think through how you want to apply creativityin your workplace contets.

• #ection +! ,acilitating others p.8/0 containspractical eamples or creative acilitation oindividuals, groups or teams. =ou may beinterested in adapting the practical eamples or your own use, or taking bits and pieces romdiferent eamples and creating a new hybrid thatsuits your situation. !n doing this, however, pleaserespect )*+ copyright as indicated at thebeginning o this resource.

We suggest that, because o the way the resource isdesigned, you will nd it helpul to print out eachsection as you start to work through it and undertakethe learning activities described.

"his resource has been created in colour, which wehope will make looking at the electronic le or colourprintout more en>oyable, and make its componentparts more distinguishable rom each other. @owever,it has also been designed on the understanding thatmany people will print it out in black and white.

 4t the end o the resource you will nd a Palette ofresources p.(&0, which includes6

• urther reading

• details o useul websites

• inormation on courses in creativity

• eamples o the use o creative arts in a variety osettings and contets

• theories about the creative process

• eamples o warm-up and relaation activities

• details o the use o guided visualisation

• a list o the reerences used in this resource

• a eedback sheet or comments on this resource.

"here are many photos o nature in this resource."hese have been chosen to show how our creativity isoten awakened when we are working in nature Aincluding, or eample, working in your own gardensee the photo on p.78

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 =ou will see this sun symbol in #ection + to alert youto think about a specic point in the resource, as thismay assist your continued learning.

How to use this resource

We recommend you print out this inormation ormake notes rom it as guidance.

Preparation

1reparing to acilitate, using creative methods, needsto begin with your own eperience o working

creatively. Beore acilitating others, it is essential tohave gained an embodied understanding. "his meansrst participating in creative activities yoursel, sothat you appreciate what working creatively eelslike, looks like, and sounds like, learn how you andothers are afected and what the needs andchallenges are. $tarting with yoursel enables you tobecome attuned to the potential o this way oworking and your eelings and needs. !n turn, thiswill help to sensitise you to the kinds o needs othersare likely to have when you bring creative processes

into your work. Cet’s look in more depth at the twomain sections in this resource.

Section A: Developing your creativity

"his resource is organised so that you can rsteplore and work through a series o creativeactivities. "he activities will support you to develop your own creative abilities, and deepen your personalunderstanding o being creative and the kinds ooutcomes you can achieve. Cearning rom your own

eperience in this way will also help you discoverwhat you eel is important to attend to whenacilitating others to engage with creative processes.

 =ou will need to have a room where you can be 3uietand uninterrupted, and do the activities in your owntime.

We recommend that you organise your learning bykeeping re#ective and evaluative notes about eachactivity in #ection A, or eample6

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what you ound easy and what you ound dificult• what you discovered or ound surprising

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• how you managed any dificulties

• any changes you would make to the activity or your own or others’ needs

• any ideas sparked by the activity that you would

like to apply in your working contet, and issues tobe managed to achieve this.

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Section B: acilitating others

We recommend that you then study this section,which has a series o acilitation eamples with key

points about issues to attend to. =ou may choose touse these eamples as they are set out in thisresource, or adapt them in ways that suit yourcontet. Feep re#ective notes about #ection + bythinking about6

• what you ound useul in each eample

• specic situations you would consider it or

• any changes you would make i you decide to usethe eample

• what you would pay attention to and need tomanage i you use or adapt the eample.

Materials required 

"he basic materials you will need as you workthrough this resource are6

• a notebook and pen

• some paper white 4/ or coloured card, or#ipchart paper0

• a pack o crayons, pastels or elt-tip pens

• some old newspapers, magaGines or postcards

• scissors

• sticky tape

• glue sticks.

2o add anything else you are drawn to, e.g.6

• paints A plastic bottles o ready-mi paint incolours you like, brushes they don’t have to be

epensive0, some paper plates to pour paint on,and >ars or plastic cups to hold water

• modelling clay or children’s clay

• glitter, etc.

Browse in children’s shops or local stationery shopsor other shops which are good value or thesematerials. 4 budget o H?' should be ample to start you of.

 =ou might also like to have candles, any music that

inspires you, a camera not essential0, and some othe activities will invite you to use small ob>ects rom

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 your home or working environment and bits romnature leaves, etc0. ! you don’t want to use themthat is ne, as there are choices or materials in eachactivity.

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Working on your own and finding a creativecompanion

;pening up to your creativity, and acilitating others

using creative methods, is a >ourney o progression."he >ourney usually begins with eelings oawkwardness and uncertainty and evolves intoecitement, condence and clarity. *reative learninginvites a balance o, and trust in, your imagination,intuition and >udgement.

:ost people tend to start of by eploring theircreativity on their own, and by attending workshops.eel ree to eplore your creativity as ar as you canon your own by ollowing the activities in this

resource, and by going on workshops that interest you. 4s you build condence and knowledge you maynd it useul to nd a creative companion or you maypreer the term coach or mentor0. "his could besomeone rom your personal or proessional lie whois also interested in developing their creativity andthat o others.

 4 creative companion is like a learning partner withwhom you can discuss issues and ideas, share andsupport each other’s learning, and eedback on the

results o your creative activities. =ou may like toconsider this i it eels easible or you.

Continued professional development 

When considering how you want to incorporatecreativity into your practice, the learning rameworkwe recommend is6

• Cearn rom your own eperience. or eample,ollowing the activities or working with yoursel in

this resource, and becoming a participant inworkshops or on courses acilitated by creativeorganisations, other )*+ acilitators, creativepractitioners and artists. $ee the Palette ofresources.0

• Feep re#ective notes o your eperiences, learningand challenges and 3uestions you ask oacilitators about their creative practice oreample their intent, and how or why theyacilitate in particular ways0, as well as learning

rom your own eperience. "o help with learningrom your eperience, there are short re#ective

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3uestions accompanying the activities in thisresource.

• *onsider whether you can arrange or a creativecompanion who practises creatively to coach youin your development.

• *o-acilitate with someone who is moreeperienced than you, so that you can learn rom your >oint work as acilitators.

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!rigins of this resource

"his resource has evolved rom the work o a number

o practitioners developing the role o the creativeimagination and the use o creative media inhealthcare practice. "he knowledge and eperiencewhich inorm the resource comes rom our mainsources6

• *reative work rom the late ?77's up to &''( byindependent practitioners and healthcareproessionals in primary, acute and highereducation settings and at )*+ 1ractice2evelopment $chools, now known as !nternational

1ractice 2evelopment *ollaborative $choolsI romwork undertaken within the )*+ 1ractice2evelopment teamI through workshops and papersgiven at national and international conerences,and via publication in articles and books.

•  4 series o )*+-unded collaborative in3uiries A#ei$ing the %re 4rts *ouncil ngland, &''50 Awhich brought together healthcare, social care,education and independent practitioners over athree-year period &''?A&''80 to share anddevelop creative methods.

• 2evelopment o and participation in a series oworkshops in &''8 on the creative arts andhumanities in healthcare unded by the +ufield"rust, with published report *oats et al., &''/0.

• ;ver the last ew years, the work o the!nternational 1ractice 2evelopment *ollo3uiumhas urther etended our repertoire and epertisein using creative arts in co-operative in3uiries.

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We welcome any comments you may have on youreperience o using this resource, how you have used your enhanced creativity in your work and anyoutcomes or you, your service users9patients as wellas your ideas or improvements or changes. $ee the Palette of resources at the end o the resource or theeedback sheet.0

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$ndpoint

Beore starting #ection A, make sure you have sometime and a comortable space to support your

learning, and a notebook and pen to hand. =ou willthen be guided about other materials to use A romthe list under -aterials reuired p.D0 A as youcontinue through #ection A.

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