The development of hospital wide patient-education director competencies

Members of the patient-education divisions of the Michigan Society of Healthcare Education and Training and the Great Lakes Chapter of the Society of Public Health Education drafted a model job description and related competencies, using representative position descriptions and a role delineation project as a basis. The product of this effort can serve as a model for hospital administrators hiring patient educators, professional organizations supporting patient education, universities and colleges training such specialists, and patient-education specialists pursuing continuing education.