TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining a competency framework for health and social professionals to promote healthy aging throughout the lifespan
T2 - an international Delphi study
AU - Rodríguez-Monforte, Míriam
AU - Fernández-Jané, Carles
AU - Bracha, Marietta
AU - Bartoszewska, Adrianna
AU - Kozakiewicz, Mariusz
AU - Leclerc, Mariel
AU - Nimani, Endrit
AU - Soanvaara, Pauliina
AU - Jarvinen, Sari
AU - Van Sherpenseel, Meike
AU - van der Velde, Miriam
AU - Alves-Lopes, António
AU - Handgraaf, Marietta
AU - Grüneberg, Christian
AU - Carrillo-Alvarez, Elena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The promotion of healthy aging has become a priority in most parts of the world and should be promoted at all ages. However, the baseline training of health and social professionals is currently not adequately tailored to these challenges. This paper reports the results of a Delphi study conducted to reach expert agreement about health and social professionals’ competencies to promote healthy aging throughout the lifespan within the SIENHA project. Materials and methods: This study was developed following the CREDES standards. The initial version of the competence framework was based on the results of a scoping review and following the CanMEDS model. The expert panel consisted of a purposive sample of twenty-two experts in healthy aging with diverse academic and clinical backgrounds, fields and years of expertise from seven European countries. Agreement was reached after three rounds. The final framework consisted of a set of 18 key competencies and 80 enabling competencies distributed across six domains. The SIENHA competence framework for healthy aging may help students and educators enrich their learning and the academic content of their subjects and/or programs and incentivize innovation.
AB - The promotion of healthy aging has become a priority in most parts of the world and should be promoted at all ages. However, the baseline training of health and social professionals is currently not adequately tailored to these challenges. This paper reports the results of a Delphi study conducted to reach expert agreement about health and social professionals’ competencies to promote healthy aging throughout the lifespan within the SIENHA project. Materials and methods: This study was developed following the CREDES standards. The initial version of the competence framework was based on the results of a scoping review and following the CanMEDS model. The expert panel consisted of a purposive sample of twenty-two experts in healthy aging with diverse academic and clinical backgrounds, fields and years of expertise from seven European countries. Agreement was reached after three rounds. The final framework consisted of a set of 18 key competencies and 80 enabling competencies distributed across six domains. The SIENHA competence framework for healthy aging may help students and educators enrich their learning and the academic content of their subjects and/or programs and incentivize innovation.
KW - Competencies
KW - Delphi study
KW - Health professionals
KW - Healthy aging
KW - Social professionals
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U2 - 10.1007/s10459-024-10316-4
DO - 10.1007/s10459-024-10316-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85186634970
SN - 1382-4996
JO - Advances in Health Sciences Education
JF - Advances in Health Sciences Education
ER -