title: Training healthcare professionals as moral case deliberation facilitators: evaluation of a Dutch training programme.
abstract: Until recently, moral case deliberation (MCD) sessions have mostly been facilitated by external experts, mainly professional ethicists. We have developed a train the facilitator programme for healthcare professionals aimed at providing them with the competences needed for being an MCD facilitator. In this paper, we present the first results of a study in which we evaluated the programme. We used a mixed methods design. One hundred and twenty trained healthcare professionals and five trainers from 16 training groups working in different healthcare organisations throughout the Netherlands were included. After completion of the programme, participants feel sufficiently confident and equipped to facilitate an MCD session. Feeling competent does not mean that participants have no doubts or questions left. Rather, they are aware of their limitations and see the need for continuous learning. According to the respondents, the actual exercise of facilitating MCD during and in between the training sessions contributed most to the development of competences necessary for being an MCD facilitator. Respondents without prior experience of participating in MCD sessions felt less competent after the training than those who had participated in MCD sessions before. Self-attributed competence varied between participants with different professional backgrounds.
authors: University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen 9700RB, The Netherlands. m.plantinga@umcg.nl
authors: Mirjam
authors: M
authors: Plantinga
authors: Bert
authors: B
authors: Molewijk
authors: Menno
authors: M
authors: de Bree
authors: Marloes
authors: M
authors: Moraal
authors: Marian
authors: M
authors: Verkerk
authors: Guy A M
authors: GA
authors: Widdershoven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002977:Clergy; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D004493:Education; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009014:Morals; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009426:Netherlands; D009726:Nurses; D010820:Physicians; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011584:Psychology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012947:Social Work