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Performance-based competencies for culturally responsive interprofessional collaborative practice.
Valerie Banfield1, Kelly Lackie
1Registered Nurses Professional Development Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Valerie.Banfield@cdha.nshealth.ca
A competency tool and development program were created for interprofessional facilitators in cancer care education. This enhances culturally sensitive, collaborative patient-centered practice among healthcare professionals.
Area of Science:
- Health Professions Education
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Cancer Care Workforce Development
Background:
- Community-based practitioners caring for cancer patients require continuing education.
- Interprofessional Core Curriculum (ICC) delivery necessitates culturally sensitive educators.
- Existing educational frameworks needed enhancement for interprofessional facilitator roles.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an interprofessional facilitator-collaborator competency tool.
- To design an interprofessional facilitator development program for the Partners for Interprofessional Cancer Education (PICE) Project.
- To enhance the capacity of healthcare professionals to deliver interprofessional cancer education.
Main Methods:
- Literature review to inform competency development.
- Stakeholder and expert feedback for tool refinement.
- Competency-based methodology and performance criteria for program design.
Main Results:
- An interprofessional facilitator-collaborator competency tool was created.
- A facilitator development program was designed based on the tool.
- Three main competency areas, with specific criteria and indicators, were defined.
Conclusions:
- The developed tool and program support the creation of effective interprofessional facilitators.
- This initiative enhances the delivery of collaborative, patient-centered cancer care education.
- The competency-based approach provides a framework for ongoing professional development.
