UNIVERSITY OF TURKU8th Nordic Conference for University Hospitalsand Faculty Deans, Turku 2004

Helena Leino-Kilpi, PhD, RN, ProfessorUniversity of Turku, Institute of Nursing Science

MULTIPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGERS

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HEALTH CARE MANAGER

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN HEALTH CARE

+ Dentistry Occupational therapy Medicine Physiotherapy Midwifery Radiography etc Nursing

- Economics Administration Social work

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NEED FOR HEALTH CARE MANAGERS

1994 12 000 heath care managers (includes also social sector)

2004 Around 10 000

Before 2010 1 600 retirement (~23 – 25%)

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MULTIPROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONWHY?

•Collaboration on different levels of health care •Collaboration between different units in health care •Collaboration between health care and other organisations in community

Multidimensional nature of health care

Mutual understanding and respect

Makram 1995, Purnell 1999

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SATISFACTION WITH HEATH CARE LEADERSHIP IN FINLAND (Wickström et al 2002)Health care professionals (n = 1517) + %

Hospital/in Patient 25

Public health 27

Mental health 25

Elderly long-term 44

Home care 41

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MULTIPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

• Basic professional education

• Continuing education

WHEN?

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EDUCATION IN FINLANDHealth care managers

Medical Nursing

Basic medical education in university

Specialisation

AdministrativeCompetence

Doctoraleducation

Basic nursingeducation in polytechnics

Doctoraleducation

20 h

2 yrs

Masters degree In health sciences

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MULTIPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

WHAT?

Health care as an organisationValue basis and ethicsLeadership/PersonnelCommunication and interactionEconomics and evaluationJurisprudence

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EDUCATION IN TURKU UNIVERSITY

Portfolio and evaluation of learning outcomes

Health careorganisation Leadership Economics

(15 cu)

3 cu 5 cu 4 cu

3 cu

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MULTIPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BARRIERS (e. g. Daly 2004, Mitchell et al 2004)

• Value basis

• Action basis Task orientation

Human orientation

• Evaluation basis

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Thank you for your attention!