Teaching and Facilitation Course for Family as Faculty: Preparing Families to be Faculty Partners in Healthcare Education

AbstractFamily-centered care (FCC) is widely established as the standard professional practice model in pediatric hospital settings (Arabiat, D., Whitehead, L., Foster, M., Shields, L.,& Harris, L. (2018). Parents ’ experiences of family centred care practices.Journal of Pediatric Nursing,42, 39 –44.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2018.06.012; Espe-Sherwindt, M. (2008). Family-centred practice: Collaboration, competency and evidence.Support for Learning,23(3), 136 –143.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9604.2008.00384.x). It embraces social work values that promote self-determination and family empowerment by positioning family members as partners in healthcare treatment, delivery, and decision-making (Kuo, D. Z., Houtrow, A. J., Arango, P., Kuhlthau, K. A., Simmons, J. M.,& Neff, J. M. (2012). Family-centered care: Current applica?tions and future directions in pediatric health care.Maternal and Child Health Journal,16(2), 297 –305.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-011-0751-7). To promote and advance FCC principles, healthcare organizations collaborate with patients and families as lived experience volunteers, or family leaders, to ensure program design and education reflect users ’ perspectives and experiences. Despite evidence for its efficacy and uptake (Arabiat, D., Whitehead, L., Foster, M., Shields, L.,& Harris, L. (2018). Parents ’ experiences of family centred care practices.Journal of Pediatric Nursing,42, 39 –44.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.201...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research