International Community of Practice for Person-centred Practice: position statement on person-centredness in health and social care

摘要

The aim of this article is to position person-centredness in the context of contemporary approaches to curriculum development in health and social care, and identify core principles to underpin person-centred curricula. Introduction and context The International Community of Practice for Person-centred Practice (PcP-ICoP) is an international community of collaborating organisations committed to improving the understanding of person-centredness and its advancement in clinical practice, research, education/learning, facilitation, management, policy and strategy. The PcP-ICoP is hosted by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh with partners from: Ulster University, Northern Ireland Fontys University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands The University of South-East Norway The University of Wollongong, Australia Western Norway University of Applied Sciences The University of Vienna, Austria The Health Service Executive, Republic of Ireland Solothurner Spit?ler AG, Switzerland NHS Lothian, Scotland The PcP-ICoP co-ordinates a programme of research and scholarship, and supports collaborative publications and presentations, as well as a thriving community of practice for doctoral students who are studying aspects of person-centredness (the SICoP). Each of the partner organisations is engaged in teaching/learning, research and scholarship activities connected to person-centred practice.