• BMJ Support Palliat Care · Jun 2016

    Developing a palliative care competence framework for health and social care professionals: the experience in the Republic of Ireland.

    • Michael Connolly, Karen Ryan, and Karen Charnley.
    • UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care, Dublin, Ireland.
    • BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2016 Jun 1; 6 (2): 237-42.

    PurposeCompetence-based education in health and social care has been promoted through the Tuning Process in Europe. This papers reports on the process of developing a Palliative Care Competence Framework for health and social care professionals working in the Republic of Ireland.MethodA Palliative Care Competence Framework Steering Group, comprising a range of health and social care professionals, was established to oversee and drive the development of the framework, through identification of core competences and related indicators and supporting the work of 10 working groups to develop discipline specific competences.ResultsThe Palliative Care Competence Framework identifies six domains of competence with core indicators which all health and social care professionals should be able to demonstrate on completion of initial academic programme for professional registration or in the context of their current job. Discipline-specific competences supplement the core competences and describe additional skill-specific competences acquired during training in that discipline. Discipline-specific competences are organised in three ascending levels of expertise of palliative care practice.ConclusionsThe framework describes universal core competences in palliative care while also detailing individual competences for each health and social care discipline. It is envisioned that the framework will inform academic curricula and professional development programmes, and so will enhance the care of people with life-limiting illness, fostering greater interprofessional and interorganisational collaboration in palliative care provision.Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/

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